2015-16 Men's Tennis Roster
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Agarwal, Rishab
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Rishab Agarwal
- Height:
- 5-11
- Weight:
- 149
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Hyderabad, India
- High School/Previous School:
- NRI Academy
Bio
Career
Singles Record: 66-29 // 49-17 Dual Record // 22-7 SEC
Doubles Record: 32-23 // 25-16 Dual Record // 7-10 SEC
Awards/Honors
NCAA Singles Championship Bid (2016)
All-SEC Second Team (2015, 2016)
NCAA Elite 90 Academic Award (2016)
SEC Scholar Athlete of the Year (2016)
Co-SIDA First Team Academic All-American (2016)
MSU Newsome Academic Award Recipient (2014-16)
SEC Community Service Team (2016)
Junior (2015-16)
Singles: 22-13 // 16-7 Dual Match // 7-5 SEC
Doubles: 10-12 // 7-7 Dual Match
Awards/Honors
NCAA Singles Championship Bid
All-SEC Second Team
NCAA Elite 90 Academic Award
SEC Scholar Athlete of the Year
Co-SIDA First Team Academic All-American
MSU Newsome Academic Award Recipient
SEC Community Service Team
FALL:
- Earned two quarterfinal and one semifinal finish in futures action in the fall
- Picked up four wins on his way to a SEC Fall Classic finals showing in his singles bracket
- Teamed with Trevor Foshey to win two matches at the SEC Fall Classic
- Went 9-2 in three-set matches and 7-4 in tiebreaks, best marks on the team for both categories
- Clinched seven matches for the Bulldogs in the Spring, a team high
- Reached a season high 54th ranking in singles on April 26
- At one point in the season won eight-straight singles matches
- By the end of the season, Agarwal had amassed a 30-5 career record in home singles
- Earned his 50th career singles win on Feb. 6 against Samford’s Trey Carter
- Went 22-7 against SEC opponents by the end of his junior year
- Had a 7-5 record against SEC opponents playing from the No. 2 or No. 3 spot
- His highest ranked win of the season came April 22nd against Ryotaro Matsumura ranked 39th at the time
Singles Record: 25-6 // 19-3 Dual Match // 8-0 SEC
Doubles Record: 5-1 // 3-0 Dual Match
Awards/Honors
- 2015 All-SEC Second Team
- 2015 SEC Championship All-Tournament Team
- 2015 Academic All-SEC
FALL:
- Won five of his first six matches to start off the fall season
- During that streak, picked up his first-career ranked win, defeating No. 105 William Kallberg of Ole Miss at the SEC Fall Coaches Classic
- Teamed with Robin Haden, made an appearance in the round of 16 at the USTA/ITA Southern Regional Championships in the doubles bracket
SPRING:
- Finished the year with a team-leading 25 overall and 19 dual match victories
- Named All-SEC Second Team
- Named to the 2015 SEC Championship All-Tournament Team
- Opened the dual-match slate by winning seven of his first nine matches, including the first three of the year
- All of his victories have currently been straight-sets wins
- Picked up his 25th-career win against Alcorn State's Garry Amor on Jan. 30
- Earned his 20th-career dual-match victory against Samford's Eduardo Lourido Sanchez on Feb. 7
- Clinched MSU's 4-3 victory against No. 49 Alabama in its final match of the 2015 Blue Gray National Tennis Classic
- Capped off his regular season with a perfect 8-0 record in SEC play, one of three players in the league to earn such record
- Increased to an 11-match winning streak after a 6-3, 4-6, 6-2 victory against Chase Perez-Blanco to clinch a 4-3 victory No. 17 Florida in the SEC Championship quarterfinals, which is best in the SEC
- Finished the season on a 12-match winning streak after defeating Denver's David Fox 2-6, 7-6(2), 7-5 to clinch MSU's NCAA Championship First Round victory against the 50th-ranked Pioneers
- The win against DU's Fox earned him his 25th overall win of the 2014-15 season
- Has split time in doubles with Robin Haden and Florian Lakat, going a combined 3-0
- With Lakat, clinched the doubles point against Samford on Feb. 7, en route to a 4-0 victory for MSU
Singles Record: 14-7 // 14-7 Dual Match // 7-2 SEC
Doubles Record: 15-8 // 15-8 Dual Match // 5-6 SEC
SPRING:
- Agarwal joined the Mississippi State program in January 2014
- Earned his first collegiate and dual match victory against Jackson State's Camilo Patino in a 6-1, 6-5(2) victory
- Defeated Auburn's Joseph Van Dooren for his 10th career victory, while also helping MSU sweep the opening weekend of SEC play
- After dropping his second set, fought back to defeat Vanderbilt's Jeff Offerdahl, helping MSU earn a 4-3 road victory
- Went 7-2 (.778) in SEC play in his rookie season, which stood second on the team in wins and winning percentage
- Clinched a total of three matches for the Bulldogs on the year, tying for second on the team
- Was dominate in tiebreakers, winning a team-high eight tiebreakers, while only dropping two sets decided by tiebreakers
- Finished the season winning eight of his last 11 decisions, including a four-match winning streak, a career-high
- Paired with senior Zach White for a majority of his doubles matches, winning 13 matches with White, tied for best on the team in doubles
Pre-Mississippi State
- Attended NRI Academy in 11th and 12th grade. Prior to that, attended Gitanjali Devshala from 1999-2011
Personal
- Native of Hyderabad, India
- Born Dec. 5, 1995
- Majoring in Business Information
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