Notes
The table above lists all recruits as of January 6, 2025. In addition to the Star Rating, we display the highest TRN and ITF junior rankings - as well as the best UTR and World Tennis Number (WTN) ratings - for each player since August 1, 2024. For international players we display the TRN ranking they would hold if eligible.
Also Receiving Votes
Other men's programs receiving votes are: Rice (19), UC Davis (15), Ball State (14), Chicago (9), Stanford (8), Cal Poly (7), Georgia Southern (7), Georgetown (6), Nebraska (6), Yale (6), Brown (3), Florida Atlantic (3), California (2), Rollins (1), UC Santa Barbara (1)
Top Frogs
One of the standout stories in men’s college tennis today is the rise of the Texas Christian University Horned Frogs. TCU has cemented itself as a national powerhouse, capturing back-to-back ITA Indoor National Championships in 2022 and 2023. This past spring, the Horned Frogs achieved a historic milestone, clinching their first-ever NCAA Tournament Title.
Head Coach David Roditi has capitalized on this momentum, securing commitments from several top-tier recruits for the upcoming season. TCU's recruiting success earned them all 14 first-place votes from our panel, making them the unanimous No. 1 team in our rankings.
Leading the incoming class is No. 1 recruit Jagger Leach (Sarasota, Fla.), who has made waves on the ITF circuit. Leach won four ITF singles titles in 2024 and competed in all four junior grand slam events, highlighted by a quarterfinal run at Wimbledon.
Joining Leach in Fort Worth are fellow Blue Chip seniors Maximus Dussault (Stuart, Fla.) and Cooper Woestendick (Olathe, Kansas). Dussault, with a career-high ITF ranking of No. 83, claimed a gold ball at the 2023 Boys 16 Winter Nationals and secured five singles wins at the 2024 Nationals in Kalamazoo before competing at the US Open Juniors. Meanwhile, Woestendick, the doubles champion at the 2024 Australian Open Juniors, also played in the other three junior grand slams. Woestendick’s decision to enroll early at TCU this spring makes him ineligible for our final recruiting class rankings, but his presence will undoubtedly bolster the Horned Frogs' roster.
Coach Roditi expressed his enthusiasm for the new recruits in a school release: “We couldn’t be more excited and can’t wait for our fans to come watch these guys. The future of our program couldn’t be any brighter.”
High Five
The North Carolina Tar Heels’ recruiting class features a stellar trio, including two recruits ranked among the Top 10 nationally. Blue Chip seniors Ian Mayew (Cary, N.C.) and Kase Schinnerer (Lewisburg, Pa.) will team up with 5-Star recruit and local standout Oliver Narbut to make their way to Chapel Hill. This impressive group amassed 319 points, solidifying UNC’s comfortable hold on the No. 2 spot in our rankings.
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Mayew, the No. 2 senior recruit, showcased his talent by competing in three junior grand slam events in 2024 and winning ITF singles titles in Barranquilla and San Jose. Schinnerer, a consistent presence in the Top 10 of the Class of 2025, is ranked No. 63 in the ITF rankings and also participated in three junior slams. Narbut, a high school state champion, has collected seven USTA national balls, including the 2023 USTA Boys 16s National Clay Court doubles title.
At No. 3 in our rankings are the Vanderbilt Commodores. This strong class includes Blue Chip senior Jack Satterfield (Tampa, Fla.), 5-Star senior Cayden Wang (Irvine, Calif.), and international standout Hoyoung Roh, a South Korea native who has trained at IMG Academy. Together, this talented group earned 309 points from our panel.
Rounding out the Top 5 are the Columbia Lions and Kentucky Wildcats. Columbia’s three-recruit class includes two Blue Chip standouts, earning the Lions 306 points. Meanwhile, Kentucky’s strong recruiting effort brought in two highly regarded Canadian players, helping the Wildcats secure 281 points in the rankings.
Conference Call
One conference stands out in our rankings in terms of both numbers and power - the Southeastern Conference.
The SEC leads all conferences with 7 ranked recruiting classes. The aforementioned Vanderbilt and Kentucky classes lead the way in the No. 3 and 5 spots, respectively. They are joined in the rankings by the Alabama Crimson Tide (No. 6), Texas Longhorns (10), Georgia Bulldogs (16), LSU Tigers (20), and Texas A&M Aggies (21). The SEC also has more Top 10 classes than any other conference with 4.
The Big 10 conference is next in line with five ranked classes led by the Illinois Fighting Illini (9).
Power Play
Of the 25 teams in our rankings, 22 hail from the so-called “power conferences,” which include the Power Four football schools and the Ivy League. The remaining three recruiting classes - Charlotte, Memphis, and San Diego - represent programs outside those traditional powerhouses.
The Charlotte 49ers (No. 23) and Memphis Tigers (25) both come from the American Athletic Conference. Charlotte’s class is headlined by local star Jack Di Menna, the reigning high school 4A state champion, along with international standouts Massimo Pizzigoni (Italy) and Moritz Muenster (Germany). Memphis brings in a pair of talented international players: Marcos Castro Fabra (Spain) and Jarrod Joyce (Australia).
Meanwhile, the San Diego Toreros boast a standout recruiting class that landed them in the Top 10 at No. 8. Their trio of international recruits - Luc Wieland (Switzerland), Vincent Marysko (Germany), and Timothy Barthes (France) - secured San Diego’s place among the nation’s elite.
Service Winners
Scattershooting through the rankings …
- Lone Star and Carolina - The states of Texas and North Carolina dominate the rankings with three programs each. Representing the Lone Star State are TCU (No. 1), Texas (No. 10), and Texas A&M (No. 21). From the Tar Heel State, North Carolina (No. 2), Duke (No. 19), and Charlotte (No. 23) showcase their recruiting strength.
- Fresh Faces - Sixteen of the 25 teams in this year’s rankings were unranked in the 2024 edition published last spring.
- Into the Hunt - Chris Doerr, named head coach of the University of Memphis in 2023, has the Tigers on the Prowl. Memphis debuts at No. 25 with its first-ever ranked recruiting class. Congratulations to Coach Doerr and his team!
- Breaking Records - Four programs boast the highest-rated recruiting classes in their history: TCU (No. 1), Penn (No. 7), Purdue (No. 22), and Memphis (No. 25). A big round of applause for the Horned Frogs, Quakers, Boilermakers, and Tigers!
- Consistency Counts - Princeton earns the No. 14 spot in this year’s rankings, marking their sixth consecutive appearance - a streak unmatched by any other program.
- Top Dawgs - The Georgia Bulldogs, ranked No. 16, hold the record for most appearances in our rankings with 16 placements over the past 20 years. Close behind are Princeton and Michigan, each with 14 appearances.
- Welcome Back - Purdue’s No. 22 spot signals their return to the rankings after a 15-year absence - the longest hiatus among this year’s ranked programs. Welcome back, Boilermakers!
Panelists for 2025
The 14 panelists for this voting period are shown below alphabetically. Please join us in thanking them for donating their time and talents to this effort.
- Brian Boland - Boland College Tennis Placement, Former Head Coach at Virginia and Baylor
- Joseph Braden - Director of Tennis at Schwartz Tennis Center, USTA/Midwest Tournament Director
- Casey Chapin - National Tournament Director, Director, Hudlow Tennis Center
- Brian Cory - Director of Tennis at Carmel Valley Athletic Club, National Tournament Director
- Sonny Dearth - Virginia Media, Daily Press newspaper and dailypress.com Web site in Newport News, Va.
- David Donn - Donovan Tennis Strategies, Mental Game Coach
- Tim Donovan - Donovan Tennis Strategies, DTS College Prospects Showcases
- Larry Haugness - Former ITF and USTA National Tournament Director, PTR National Tester, USPTA, Junior Davis Cup Coach, Clinician for USTA Idaho, High School and College Tennis Coach
- Matt Knoll - American College Placement, Former Head Coach at Baylor University, USTA National Collegiate Committee
- Patty Lambropoulos - Junior Tennis Coordinator, College Park Athletic Club, National/Sectional/Local Tournament Director, Chicago District Board of Director, USTA National Jr Competition Committee, Midwest Junior Competition Committee
- Colette Lewis - ZooTennis.com
- Rick Limpert - TRN contributor, freelance writer
- Rob Raines - Former Assistant Coach at Brown University
- Julie Wrege - TRN principal, TennisInformation.com principal, former National Tournament Director, former USTA junior ranking chair and USTA Tennis Rules Committee member
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