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    John Collins     
     
      John Collins
Class:
Senior

Hometown:
Bowie, Md.

High School:
DeMatha High School

Last College:
University of Maryland

Height / Weight:
6-1 / 175

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RECORD & HONORS
Career Singles Record: 77-53
Highest Singles Rank: No. 121 (Spring 2010)
Career Doubles Record: 79-54
Highest Doubles Rank: No. 6 with Hunter Reese (9/7/2012)

Singles Title
2012 Tennessee Fall Invitational (Flight 2)

Doubles Titles
2012 USTA/ITA Ohio Valley Regional Championships (with Mikelis Libietis)
2012 ITA National Collegiate Summer Circuit Championships (with Hunter Reese)
2011 USTA/ITA Atlantic Regional Championship (with Maros Horny at Maryland)

2012-13 - SENIOR

Singles Record: 20-9 (4-2 SEC)
Doubles Record: 23-16 (4-5 SEC)

SPRING SEASON

  • Started primarily at No. 5 singles and No. 2 doubles, later playing some at the No. 6 singles position
  • Over the Vols' first 10 matches, he clinched a team-leading three of them
  • Went 2-0 against Brian Page to clinch both road matches at Illinois
  • Climbed to No. 34 in the rankings with Jones after going 2-1 at the ITA National Team Indoors
  • Went on a 3-match winning streak, contributing to the Vols' wins against Georgia Tech, Mississippi State and South Carolina
  • Picked up first SEC doubles win with Ed Jones at the No. 3 position against Texas A&M. The two ended up going 4-5 in SEC doubles
  • Ended singles in the SEC on a two-match winning streak against LSU and Alabama
  • Went 2-1 in doubles and did not finish a singles match during the Vols' run to the finals of the SEC Tournament

FALL SEASON

  • Started the season at the Baylor HEB Intercollegiate, reaching the second round of singles and the quarterfinals in doubles
  • Reached the consolation doubles semifinals at the ITA All-American Championships with Hunter Reese
  • Captured his first collegiate singles title, winning five matches to take the second flight at the Tennessee Fall Invitational. He defeated teammate Edward Jones 7-6, 6-2 in the final. Also reached the top-flight doubles final with Jones
  • Won back-to-back regional titles in two different regions. A year after winning the Atlantic championship, Collins teamed up with Mikelis Libietis to win five matches and take the USTA/ITA Ohio Valley Regional Championship
  • Lost in the opening round doubles of the USTA/ITA National Intercollegiate Indoor Championships.

SUMMER 2012

  • Transferred to Tennessee for senior season after Maryland's men's tennis program was cut
  • won the doubles title with Hunter Reese at the ITA National Collegiate Summer Circuit Championships.

2011-12 - JUNIOR AT MARYLAND
Singles Record: 12-15 (7-4 ACC)
Doubles Record: 23-13 (6-5 ACC)

SEASON RECAP

  • Paired with Maros Horny in doubles to finish second on the team with 23 wins and led the squad in ACC singles victories (7)
  • earned a bid to the 2012 NCAA Doubles Championships becoming the first Maryland doubles team to appear in the tournament since 2008
  • ranked as high as No. 21 nationally by the ITA in doubles
  • playing alongside Horny became the first Maryland tandem to win the USTA/ITA Atlantic Region title and earn a bid to compete at the USTA/ITA National Indoor Intercollegiate Championships
  • played as the No. 1 doubles team all season alongside Horny compiling a 15-8 record
  • handed then-No. 4 Kevin King and Juan Spir of Georgia Tech their only conference loss of the season (3/25)
  • finished with a 10-11 record in singles playing primarily at the No. 5 position where he went 6-2
  • defeated William Parker in the Terps' upset of No. 18 North Carolina (4/15).

2010-11 - SOPHOMORE AT MARYLAND
Singles Record: 22-16 (2-9 ACC)
Doubles Record: 19-14 (3-7 ACC)

SEASON RECAP

  • Led Maryland to a banner year and its first NCAA tournament appearance and win in school history
  • 22 singles and 19 doubles victories led the team for a second year in a row
  • played predominantly at No. 2 singles compiling an 8-4 mark
  • knocked off a team-high four ranked opponents
  • included in that was a win over 91st-ranked Clint Bowles of Florida State in the Terps' first round win over the `Noles in the ACC Championships (April 21)
  • paired with junior Maros Horny for a 7-3 mark in doubles and the No. 41 spot in the final ITA doubles rankings
  • duo won three of their final four matches
  • upset second-ranked Drew Courtney and Michael Shabaz of top-ranked Virginia in the ACC tournament (April 22).

2009-10 - FRESHMAN AT MARYLAND
Singles Record: 22-16 (4-7 ACC)
Doubles Record: 19-13 (3-8 ACC)

SEASON RECAP

  • Led the team in both singles (22) and doubles (19) victories
  • 9-2 singles tournament mark also led the squad
  • nationally-ranked in singles during the spring, reaching No. 121
  • had a season-long nine-match singles winning streak from Feb. 12 to March 10, which included a victory over Anton Andersson of No. 75 William & Mary. He won all but one of those matches in straight sets
  • teamed with Jesse Kiuru for the final seven ACC matches going 4-3
  • duo knocked off Carlos Salmon and Tripper Carleton of No. 23 Wake Forest, 8-4, in the final regular-season match (April 18)
  • they also upended Carleton and Zach Leslie, 8-6, four days later in the opening round of the ACC Tournament.

PRIOR TO MARYLAND
  • A 2009 All-American at DeMatha High School in Maryland
  • named 2009 all-county player of the year
  • made the 2009 Washington Post All-Metropolitan team
  • led team to undefeated season as a senior
  • team won the Washington Catholic Athletic Conference title
  • undefeated in both singles and doubles as a senior
  • also won the league tournament title in both singles and doubles
  • Was a five-star recruit coming out of high school and was listed the No. 1 player in Maryland by tennisrecruiting.net.

PERSONAL
  • Parents: John and Marjorie Collins
  • mother is a tennis teaching pro who played at Colorado State
  • born Jan. 28, 1991
  • has one sister, Kristin
  • nickname is JC
  • loves music, plays the piano and saxophone and played in his high school's wind ensemble for three years.

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