Ian Wagner
Ian Wagner
Height: 5-9
Weight: 170
Year: Sr.
Hometown: Columbus, OH
High School: The Wellington School
Parents: Chris & Norma Wagner

Career:
Closed out a memorable four-year career in the No. 6 spot on the school's all-time list with 88 singles victories .... 10th on the program's career ladder with a .778 winning percentage (88-25) in singles action ... Holds down the No. 4 spot on Emory's all-time chart with 86 doubles wins.

Senior (2014-15):
Finished off the season with an overall singles record of 19-11 (14-9 dual) ... Saw the bulk of his dual singles play at the No. 4 position where he compiled a ledger of 11-8 ... Continued his outstanding doubles play, registering a won-lost slate of 23-12 (15-9 dual) ... Earned All-America honors for the second time in his career when he and Alex Ruderman joined forces to capture the ITA South Region Championships, defeating the North Carolina Wesleyan tandem of Robert Kjellberg and Sebastian Sikh, 8-3, in the finals ... The doubles team of Wagner and Ruderman were chosen to compete in the NCAA D-III Championships, and ended the campaign with a record of 21-10 (14-8 at the No. 1 position) ... Wagner and Ruderman wound up the season ranked as the No. 6 doubles team in Division III and second in the Atlantic South Region ... Playing at No. 1 doubles with Ruderman, the pair accounted for the Eagles' first point and tied the match at 1-1 against No. 5-ranked Washington University in the NCAA Quarterfinals ... Won his first four singles matches and advanced to the semifinals of the ITA South Region Championships where he fell to teammate Eric Halpern ... Defeated NCAA Division II foe Jose Sota, 6-4, 5-7, 10-8, in his opening singles match at the Grizzly Open ... 6-2, 6-4, victory over Trinity's (TX) Clayton Neiss at No. 4 singles tied the match at 3-3 in the finals of the ITA National Indoor Championships ... Helped the Eagles to a 6-3 win, moving up to the No. 3 singles post and coming away with a 6-4, 6-1, triumph over North Carolina Wesleyan's Fabio Pereira ... Captured seven-of-eight singles matches (Mar. 21-Apr.10) with all of his wins coming in straight sets including a 6-3, 6-2, decision vs. BYU-Hawaii's Taylor De Hoyas ... Recipient of the Spring 2015 NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship.

Junior (2013-14):
Ended the season tied with Eric Halpern for the most singles wins on the squad, posting a 24-5 record with his victory total tying for the No. 16 position on the program's seasonal chart ... Concluded the year ranked as the No. 20 singles player in the Atlantic South Region ... He and Alex Ruderman were the No. 6-ranked doubles team in the Atlantic South Region, compiling an overall slate of 11-8 with all of those decisions coming at the No. 1 spot ... Registered a final mark of 18-11 in doubles ... Won 11 straight singles matches (Feb. 14- Mar. 15) playing in the Nos. 3, 4 and 5 spots during the streak ... Went 3-0 at No. 5 singles at the ITA National Indoor Championships (Feb. 21-22), which included straight-set wins over Erik Lim of Johns Hopkins and Colin Haas of Kenyon ... Impressive singles play at the Stag-Hen Invitational (Mar. 14-15) saw him go 3-0 at No. 5 ... Played 12 of his last 13 singles matches at No. 4 ... His 7-6, 6-1 victory over Kenyon's Jacob Huber at No. 4 singles evened the match at 4-4 in an eventual 5-4 Emory triumph in the third round of the NCAA Championships (May 11) ... Helped the Eagles to a 5-4 decision over Kenyon (Mar. 30), teamming with Ruderman for an 8-3 verdict vs. Sam Geier and Tim Rosensteel in doubles, and then posting a 6-2, 6-3 triumph over Rosensteel at No. 4 singles ... Won his first four singles outings at the ITA Regionals in straight sets and advanced to the semifinals where he dropped a three-set battle to teammate and eventual champ Eric Halpern ... Played doubles with Rafe Mosetick early in the early in the year with the pair finishing with a 5-3 record, 2-2 at the No. 1 post ... Recipient of the Sonny Carter Scholarship, presented annually to an Emory College of Arts and Sciences junior who demonstrates a commitment to developing his or her full human potential, and who clearly strives to use his or her intellectual, physical, and moral qualities for the common good ... Capital One Academic All-District Men's At-Large Team honoree. 

Sophomore (2012-13):
Fine second year with the program that was highlighted with All-America honors after he and Elliot Kahler became the first duo in school history to claim the NCAA D-III Doubles title ... Wagner and Kahler defeated the Cal Lutheran tandem of Nick Ballou and Raymond Worley, 7-5, 7-5, in the semifinals before topping Robert Kjellberg and Artsiom Prostak of North Carolina Wesleyan, 7-6, 6-1 in the championship encounter ... The Wagner/Kahler team finished with an overall doubles ledger of 24-7 (16-6 at the No. 1 spot) with the victory total tying the school's seventh-highest seasonal effort ... Wagner/Kahler accounted for the Eagles' first point in a 7-2 NCAA third-round win against No. 17 Texas-Tyler with an 8-6 verdict over Daniel Brown and Ryan Ybarra ... Wagner and Kahler rattled off seven straight wins during the spring portion of the schedule (Feb. 19 - Mar. 5) including a 9-8 (7-3) outcome over Kenyon College's CJ Williams and Tim Rosensteel at the National Indoor Championships (Feb. 24) ... Fine performance in singles, racking up an impressive mark of 21-5, including an 18-4 performance in dual competition ... Saw the bulk of his singles action at the No. 3 spot whe he turned in a 13-2 effort ... His .807 winning percentage in singles placed 27th on Emory's single-season ladder (minimum 15 or more wins) ... Captured First Team All-UAA honors at No. 3 singles after going 3-0 at the conference championships ... Gave Emory a 4-2 advantage in an eventual 5-4 decision over No. 24 NC Wesleyan (Apr. 23) with a 6-3, 6-3 win at No. 3 vs. Johan Ljungdahl ... Recorded the squad's lone point vs. D-I member Furman (Mar. 21) with a win over the Palladins' Alex Christ at No. 2 ... Posted a 6-1 record in three-set matches.

Freshman (2011-12):
Solid rookie year with the Eagles as a key member of both the singles and doubles contingents ... Totaled an impressive overall singles record of 24-3 (21-3 dual) ... Compiled a won-lost ledger of 21-6 in doubles that included a 20-5 effort in dual matches with Elliot Kahler ... Saw the majority of his singles play at the Nos. 3 and 4 positions ... Fashioned a perfect 8-0 record at No. 4 singles and a 12-3 showing at No. 3 ... Played No. 3 singles in the team's final five matches of the year ... Landed First Team All-UAA honors at No. 4 singles after registering three straight-set triumphs at the league championships ... Ended the campaign as the No. 45-ranked D-III singles player in the nation ... Snapped a 4-4 deadlock and provided the clinching point in Emory's 5-4 win over Williams in the national semifinals with a dramatic 6-7, 6-2, 7-5 decision over Matt Micheli at No. 3 singles ... Earlier in that match vs. Williams, he and Kahler rallied from a 2-5 deficit to chalk up an 8-6 triumph at No. 2 doubles that gave the Eagles a 2-1 lead ... Came through with an impressive 6-1, 6-4, win over C.J. Williams of Kenyon in the national championship affair that knotted the match at 2-2 ... He and Kahler accounted for the initial point of the match at No. 2 doubles vs. North Carolina Wesleyan (May 13) in the third round of the NCAA Tournament with an 8-4 win ... Named UAA Player of the Week (Apr. 23) after finishing with a 3-0 record in both singles and doubles, claiming two of his singles victories at No. 4 before upending Alex Cooper of Sewanee, 6-3, 6-0 at No. 3 ... Helped Emory to its first-ever win over Auburn-Montgomery (Feb. 12) with a 6-7, 6-1, 6-2 come-from-behind outcome over Josh Reason at No. 3 singles ... He and Kahler posted the match's first point at No. 2 doubles against Washington and Lee (May 12) in the second round of the NCAA Tourney, followed by a 6-3, 6-1 triumph vs. Jeremy Becht at No. 3 singles that upped the Eagles' advantage to 4-0 ... Won all three of his doubles matches at the ITA National Indoor Championships while picking up straight-set decisions at No. 3 singles against foes from Kenyon and UC-Santa Cruz.

High School:
Four-year member of the tennis program at The Wellington School ... Was coached by Klint McHenry and Tom Haddow ... Four-time qualifer in Ohio's Division II Singles Championship and advanced to the title match his senior year ... Took home third place in the Division II Singles Championship as a sophomore ... Division II First Team All-State honoree as a freshman, sophomore and senior and was a second-team choice his junior year ... Was ranked as the No. 6-ranked player in the state of Ohio and 16th in the Great Lakes Region ... Served as a team captain his senior year ... Posted a 25-3 record at No. 1 singles his final campaign.

Personal:
Son of Chris and Norma Wagner ... Majors in physics and math.


Career Stats

SINGLES TOTAL 1 2 3 4 5 6 Tour Final Nat'l Rank Final Reg. Rank
2011-12 24-4 --- 1-0 12-2 8-0 0-1 --- 3-1 45 15
2012-13 21-5 1-1 4-1 13-2 --- --- --- 3-1 NR NR
2013-14 24-5 --- --- 1-1 10-3 9-0 --- 4-1 NR 20
2014-15 19-11   1-0 2-1 11-8 --- --- 5-2 NR NR
Total 88-25 1-1 6-1 28-6 29-11 9-1 -- 15-5  
 
DOUBLES TOTAL 1 2 3   Tour Final Nat'l Rank Final Reg. Rank
2011-12 21-6 1-0 19-5 --- 1-1 NR NR
2012-13 24-7 16-6 --- --- 8-1 1 1
2013-14 18-11 15-10 --- --- 3-1 19 6
2014-15 23-12 15-8 --- 0-1 8-3 6 2
Total 86-36 47-24 19-5 0-1 20-6