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Edson Sanchez
- Year:
- Senior
- Height:
- 5-7
- Hometown:
- Saltillo, Mexico
- High School:
- Prepanet
- Major:
- Media Arts and Design
Bio
2024-25 as a Senior:
2023-24 as a Junior:
2022-23 as a Sophomore:
2021-22 as a Freshman:
High School:
Personal:
- Played primarily at #4 singles and #2 doubles
- Had a 6-14 singles record, including an 0-11 mark in dual play
- Tallied a 12-14 doubles record, including 8-8 in dual play
- Turned in a 4-3 Sun Belt doubles record at #2 position
- Had a 6-3 singles record and 4-6 doubles record during fall tournament play
- Produced a six-match singles win streak during the fall
- Advanced to doubles round of 16 with Markus Giersiepen at ITA Atlantic Regional Championship
- Went 3-0 in singles at River City Tennis Open
2023-24 as a Junior:
- Played primarily at #6 singles and #3 doubles
- Had a 5-16 singles record, including 4-5 mark in dual play
- Tallied an 18-16 doubles record, including a 6-10 mark in dual play
- Clinched deciding point for JMU vs. George Mason (Feb. 17) and Davidson (Feb. 24)
- Season-high, four-match singles win streak in spring, going 2-0 each on courts five and six
- Turned in pair of four-match doubles wins streaks – one in fall and one in spring
- Had a 1-9 singles record and 12-5 doubles record during fall tournament play
- Won B1 doubles flight title with 3-0 record with Francisco Sinopoli at Wake Forest Invitational
- Went 4-1 in doubles with Sinopoli at ITA Atlantic Regional Championship
- Also turned in 2-1 doubles mark at UNCG Fall Invitiational
- Dean's List (Fall 2023)
- 2023-24 Sun Belt Conference Academic Honor Roll
- JMU Athletic Director's Scholar-Athlete (Spring 2024)
2022-23 as a Sophomore:
- Played primarily at #5 singles and #2 doubles
- Had a 22-15 singles record, including a 12-8 mark in dual play
- Tallied a 21-13 doubles record, including a 10-9 mark in dual play
- Went 10-6 on court five
- Turned in four-match singles win streak during fall and had multiple streaks of three wins in a row during spring
- Season-high, seven-match doubles win streak during the fall
- Had a 10-7 singles record and 11-4 doubles record during fall tournament play
- Went 3-0 in doubles at Richmond City Tennis open with Julian Lozano
- Won B doubles flight with Julian Lozano at Wake Forest Invitational
- Dean's List (Spring 2023)
2021-22 as a Freshman:
- Played in all 20 dual matches, primarily at No. 5 singles and at Nos. 2 and 3 doubles
- Had a 15-8 singles record, including a 14-6 mark in dual play
- Tallied a 7-12 doubles record, including 6-10 in dual play
- Clinched a team-high five JMU dual wins: vs. Georgetown (Feb. 4), vs. Drexel (Mar. 24), vs. Navy (Mar. 27), vs. Elon (Apr. 5) and vs. Morgan State (Apr. 16) in York, Pa.
- Had season-high, six-match singles win streak to begin dual play
- Won five of final six singles bouts to end the season
- Won in both his singles and doubles debut at the Liberty Hidden Dual tournament (Jan. 14)
- Joined the program in January 2022, making debut at Liberty Hidden Dual tournament
High School:
- ITF career-high ranking of #134 in the world in 2021
- Won three doubles titles
- Ranked #4 in Mexico’s U18 rankings
- Competed in PTT Manzanillo events in summer of 2021
Personal:
- Son of Alejandro Sanchez Solano and Claudia Marcela Elizondo Alvarez
- Majoring in media arts and design
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