Junior (2016-17):
Second season in the program saw him emerge as a consistent contributor to the singles lineup ... Capped off the campaign with an overall singles mark of 20-7, which included a 16-5 effort during the spring portion of the schedule ... Posted a 10-3 record at No. 5 singles and a ledger of 6-2 at the No. 4 spot where he played over the team's last nine matches ... Came through with the clinching point in Emory's 5-3 victory over No. 10-ranked Williams (May 22), topping Deepak Indrakanti, 6-4, 6-4, at No. 4 singles ... Provided the winning point against Carnegie Mellon (Feb. 25) in the semifinals of the ITA National Indoor Championships, defeating Mark Pettyman in a three-set slugfest, 7-6, 2-6, 6-1, as the Eagles held off the Tartans for a 5-4 triumph ... Accounted for one of the team's points vs. No. 4 Middlebury, capturing a 2-6, 7-6, 6-2, outcome over Timo van der Geest ... Put Emory ahead by a 4-1 count in an eventual 5-1 triumph vs. North Carolina Wesleyan (May 13) in the second round of the NCAA Tournament, beating David Appelqvist, 6-4, 6-3, at No. 4 singles ... Topped a pair of opponents at No. 5 singles from Division I schools, Amer Bedwan from Troy University (7-6, 6-4) and Mac Rechan from Georgetown (7-5, 6-1) ... Emerged victorious in a three-set battle at No. 4 singles vs. Washington University's (Apr. 23) Jeremy Bush, 6-4, 2-6, 6-2, helping Emory to an 8-1 win over the Bears in the final of the UAA Championships.
Sophomore (2015-16):
First year in the program saw him register an overall singles record of 6-4 ... Won his first three singles encounters, including a 0-6, 6-4, 6-3, decision over Sewanee's Eric Roddy en route to a quarterfinal berth in the ITA South Regional Championships ... Split four singles matches during the spring portion of the schedule ... Logged a 6-2, 6-2, outcome at No. 3 singles over Centre College's Alex Wemerling ... Finished with a 5-3 doubles ledger, with three of those triumphs coming with Aman Manji at the ITA South Region Championships.
Prior To Emory:
Played for NCAA Division I member Southern Methodist during the 2014-15 school year ... Went 6-4 in overall singles action, including a 3-0 mark in the spring at the No. 6 position ... Won a consolation round match over Braxton Bates from Oral Roberts at the ITA All-American Championships.
High School:
Captained his H.B. Plant High School tennis team as a junior and senior ... Played No. 1 singles and doubles his final two campaigns ... Was the 130th-ranked recruit nationally and No. 38 in the Southeast Region according to tennisrecruiting.net.
Personal:
Son of Ron and Deb Josepher ... Born March 14 ... Plans to major in business.
Career Stats
SINGLES |
TOTAL |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
Tour |
Final Nat'l Rank |
Final Reg. Rank |
2015-16 |
6-4 |
--- |
--- |
1-0 |
0-1 |
1-0 |
0-1 |
4-2 |
NR |
NR |
2016-17
|
20-7
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
6-2
|
10-3
|
0-0
|
4-2
|
NR
|
NR
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total |
26-11 |
--- |
--- |
1-0 |
6-3 |
11-3 |
0-1 |
8-4 |
|
|
DOUBLES |
TOTAL |
1 |
2 |
3 |
|
Tour |
Final Nat'l Rank |
Final Reg. Rank |
2015-16 |
5-3 |
--- |
1-0 |
1-1 |
3-2 |
NR |
NR |
2016-17
|
0-1
|
---
|
0-0
|
0-0
|
0-1
|
NR
|
NR
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total |
5-4 |
--- |
1-0 |
1-1 |
3-3 |
|