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2023-24 Men's Tennis Roster

Avery Zavala

  • Height 6-0
  • Weight 175
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Amarillo, Texas
  • Highschool Allen HS
  • Prev School Arkansas

Biography

2023-24 All-Conference Second Team No. 1 Singles
2023-24 All-Conference First Team No. 1 Doubles
2023-24 SLC All-Academic First Team
2023-24 2x SLC Player of the Week (Jan. 23, March 26)
2022-23 All-Conference First Team No. 1 Doubles

2022-23 SLC Player of the Week (March 28)

2023-24 (Sr.):
 Named to the All-Conference Second Team at No. 1 singles after going 11-7 overall and 3-1 in conference... tied for league-best record at the top spot... won the head-to-head duals with No. 1 players from New Orleans, Nicholls, and Lamar... earned All-Conference First Team recognition at No. 1 doubles for second year in a row... paired with Etienne Marty at No. 1 doubles as the duo never dropped a conference doubles match at 3-0, topping New Orleans, Nicholls, and Lamar... they were leading UIW's top doubles pair 5-4 before being called off... team lead in doubles victories with a 12-5 record all from court one... won the season's opening SLC Player of the Week award after helping the Islanders to a sweeping start to the year, going 2-0 in both his singles and doubles duals... repeated as the SLC Player of the Week on March 26 after going 3-0 at No. 1 singles and 4-0 at No. 1 doubles that week notably over New Orleans and Nicholls... named to the All-Academic First Team after also maintaining a 3.625 overall GPA in his accounting degree
 
2022-23 (Jr.): Named to the All-Conference First-Team doubles after going 17-6 overall and 4-1 in conference, and won all three doubles matches in the conference tournament... played No. 1 doubles with Pascal Lorieul... Clinched the doubles point in the finals of the conference tournament 7-6 (6) against New Orleans which played a big role in A&M-Corpus Christi’s 4-3 win to earn the league’s automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament... Helped men’s tennis win its 22nd conference championship... Entered the NCAA Tournament on an 11-match winning-streak in doubles... Played No. 1 singles and tallied a 15-9 overall record and 3-2 in conference... Record non-conference singles wins against Southern Miss, UL-Lafayette and UTRGV... Named SLC Player of the Week on March 28 after a 5-0 week, highlighted by a 6-2, 6-4 singles victory on court one against UT Arlington... Crowned champion of Singles Flight A at the Islander Open II in the fall.

Previous School (2020-22): Played two seasons with the Arkansas Razorbacks and posted a 6-2 dual record in singles… registered a win over Vincent Rettke (No. 22 Alabama) in straight sets 6-2, 7-6 (5)… notched wins over Kentucky, Omaha, Oral Roberts and Saint Louis… earned SEC All-Academic honors
 
Prep: Five-star recruit by Tennis Recruiting Network… number one player coming out of the state of Texas… won doubles bracket at the USTA National Level 2 Tournament in Austin, Texas…  also picked up third-place finishes in singles and doubles at the USTA National Level 2 Tournament in Corpus Christi, Texas in October 2019… four-year All-State honoree… and his high school teams to three district championships… lost only three singles matches at his entire high school career
 
Personal: Born April 9, 2002… nickname is AZ… son of Luis and Laura Zavala… his father played tennis at West Texas A&M… has three brothers Josh, Jacob and Sebastian… favorite athlete is Roger Federer… majoring in accounting

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Historical Player Information

  • 2022-23Junior

    6'0" 175 lbs
  • 2023-24Senior

    6'0" 175 lbs