2014-15 Men's Tennis
Roster
Damien David
- Height:
- 6-1
- Weight:
- 160
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Montreal, Quebec
- High School:
- Georges Vanier
2014-15: An All-MAC Second-Team selection...compiled a singles record of 21-18, while playing primarily first singles...recorded a doubles showing of 20-18...named MAC Singles Player of the Week on Feb. 4 having won first singles matches at Army and against Boston College at the Army Kickoff...selected UB Male Athlete of the Week and was named to the MAC Doubles Team of the Week after winning three of four matches played and helping the Bulls clinch a spot in the 2015 MAC Tournament...concluded his career ranked third in combined wins with 131, in singles victories with 74 and in doubles wins with 57...named to the Academic All-MAC Team and a MAC Distinguished Scholar Athlete as a senior.
2013-14: David earned top conference honors as a junior being named MAC Player of the Year...also claimed All-MAC First-Team recognition for the second time in his career and was named to the 10-man Academic All-MAC Team...selected MAC Singles Player of the Week on April 9 and shared Doubles Team of the Week honors with Akhil Mehta on March 16...had a 3-1 MAC record in singles play and went 11-10 overall...tallied a doubles record of 10-11 with a dual match doubles record of 8-10 at first doubles.
2012-13: Named to the All-MAC Second Team...compiled 4-4 singles and 7-3 doubles records in the fall...was 13-6 in singles and 9-8 in doubles in the spring...earned a seeding and a first-round bye as he scored three total victories at the ITA Regionals, reaching the third round of singles and combining with Ivan Vereshchaga to finish 2-1 with wins over opponents from Boston College and Binghamton before falling to the tournament’s top-seeded duo...registered two wins in the Cordish Draw of the Princeton Invitational including a three-set quarterfinal triumph...reached the A Flight doubles semifinals at the Penn Invitational.
2011-12: Named team’s co-MVP during a sensational freshman campaign...finished with a 25-9 singles record and was 13-16 in doubles play...broke UB records for most wins in a season and the most by a freshman...playing first singles, he went 5-0 in MAC contests...his 25 victories were the most by a men’s tennis player since Nikesh Singh Panthlia scored 24 victories in the 2008 season...named to the All-MAC First Team and was the league’s Newcomer of the Year...selected Northeast Region Rookie of the Year by the Intercollegiate Tennis Association...led the Bulls with 11 singles wins in the fall...won the A singles title at the Cornell Invitational, finishing 4-0...reached the B flight championship match at the Princeton Invitational, falling in three sets, as he finished 3-1 in his first collegiate tournament...won B singles and paired with Vusa Hove to win the A doubles title at the UB Invitational...earned a first-round bye and went 1-1 at the ITA Regionals, reaching the third round.
Personal: Born July 14, 1993...son of Liette David...also played soccer in high school...favorite athlete is Marat Safin...favorite food is paté chinois, a French-Canadian version of English shepherd’s pie...lists playing in the Junior Davis Cup as his greatest athletic experience...majoring in civil engineering.
