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John Wu
West Chester, Pennsylvania
 
Legacy Youth Tennis & DuPont CC
Recent Graduate, Class of 2014
 

Overall Record: 20-18 Top 100 Strength of Schedule
GENERAL INFORMATION
 Height: 5' 6"
 Weight: 145 lbs
 Plays: Right-handed
 H.S. Coach: Sharon Largent
 Private Coaches:   Kamala Kannan & Punch Meleka
 Favorite Player: Roger Federer
 

TOURNAMENTS
- Sportsmanship Award - Middle States, 2011
- Singles' winner - B18 USTA Regional (West Chester, PA, July 2013)
- 3rd in doubles - B18 USTA Regional (West Hartford, CT, August 2013)
- Won two rounds of doubles with Michael Quang and one round of singles at Kalamazoo, 2014
- Played all 4 USTA B18 supernationals in the junior year
- Member of the Middle States Jr Davis Cup Team, July 2014. Contributed to the team's 7th place finish by winning two singles (2-2 at line 2 and 3) and one doubles (1-1 at line 2).
- Member of the Middle State Jr Davis Cup Team, July 2013
- Member of the 2011 Middle States BG16 Zonal team that won the inaugural Team Spirit Award (St. Louis), playing Line 2
- Member of the 2012 Middle States BG16 Zonal team that won another Team Spirit Award (St. Louis), playing Line 1
- Advanced to Round of 64 in B16 Kalamazoo in both singles and doubles, overcoming knee injury, Aug. '12
- Singles finalist, B14 L3 Section Championship, June '11
- Winner - West Draw, B14 Hard Court National Championship, Aug. '11
- Doubles champ, 3rd in Singles B18 L4 Section Championship Jan '13
- Doubles finalist, B18 L4 Section Championship March '13
- Doubles semifinalists, B18 L3 Section Championship June '12 & '13
- 4th in singles and 2nd in doubles, B18 L3, Jan '14
- 2nd in singles, B18 L4, March '14
- Singles and doubles champs, B18 L5, Nov, '12
- Ranked #1 in B18 and #4 in Open Division in the Middle States Section
- Winner, Delaware State Mens Open Championship, June '13
- Winner, Spooky Nook, $2,500 Challenge Mens Open, September '13

HIGH SCHOOL
High School Tennis (103-8 in singles including 70-1 in dual matches)
- Freshman in 2011, Posted 18-1 in dual matches (3-0 1st single and 15-1 2nd single); Chesmont American League doubles champion with Matt Sokoloff and singles finalist (lost to teammate, Michael Furr, the 2011 PIAA champion); 3rd in District 1 doubles tournament; helped lead the Unionville team to the final of both District 1 and PIAA Team Championship.
- Sophomore in 2012, went undefeated in dual matches (2-0 1st single and 18-0 2nd single); Chesmont American League singles champion (beating teammate, a defending PIAA champion, in the final); finished 3rd in PIAA Singles Championship; helped team finish 2nd in District 1 and 2nd round of the states
- Junior in 2013, 1st single, 25-1 (including 17-0 in dual matches). Chesmont American League singles champion. Finalist of District 1 Singles Championship, had to default the final due to illness. Led the team to another overall Chesmont League team champion, 3rd year in a row.
- Senior in 2014: Captained the team that placed 2nd in overall Ches-Mont league; won the 3rd Chesmont league singles title; District 1 singles champion; and PIAA Singles Champion. Undefeated senior season with 27-0 including 15-0 in dual matches.
- AP Scholar with Distinction, National AP Scholar

ACADEMY
- Trains at Legacy Youth Tennis & Education (formerly Arthur Ashe Youth Tennis & Education), working with Coaches Kamala Kannan, Justin O'Neal, and Jon Glover (2010-2014)
- Trained at RAW Tennis Academy at DuPont Country Club under Rob Wirth (2008-2013)

 
RECENT COMMITMENTS
12/03 JD Drake chooses Westmont
12/02 Felix Obermair chooses Old Dominion
12/02 Anya Tkachyk chooses Ball State
12/02 Arush Gupta chooses Campbell
12/02 Gabriella Sadowski chooses Purdue
12/02 Olivia Watson chooses Centre
12/02 Hugh Outwater chooses Franklin & Marshall
12/02 Emma Flanigan chooses Grove City
12/01 Eva Kovachev chooses Trinity (TX)
12/01 Marina Markina chooses Old Dominion

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