Personal Statement
1. My aspirations for long term is to find a college where I can reach my fullest tennis potential where I can be a great positive role model to both my team and school. I can and hopefully I will contribute immediately to the team with my athleticism and positive attitude in order to bring in the future as many victories as possible.I am also interested in attending a school with a very competitive athletic program. I am interested in a school that challenges me mentally and piques my interests socially. I have a passion for the competitive environment. Tennis is my heart and passion and will always give coaches, teammates, teachers, and school my 110% effort in the classroom, practices, and games. I am always the first and last both student and player to leave the classroom and practices due to my dedication to improve on every aspect of my game and as a student.
2. I am a leader amongst my peers; I am dynamic, versatile and also a quick learner.I have always succeeded as a player and as a student. I believe I could be a good fit in your team. I am a team-work player who never loses any motive to win every match. I believe that I can contribute to bring as many as possible victories for the University. I am a hard worker who always wants to improve, I am a fighter on the court and I never give up.
3. I am a very selfless and put my team before myself so that my team as a whole is successful. I am very competitive, desire to be great, my passion for the game drives me to exceed. My goal is to graduate and make my parents, coaches, and school, very proud. What makes me different in character from other recruits in character, I believe is my services as a volunteer . I have been a volunteer since 3rd of January 2016 providing services 3 hours per week. I am offering my services with the aid of "PRAKSIS" a non-governmental organization. My work as a volunteer is to provide clothing support to homeless people . I felt that I had the moral obligation to do so as I see the homeless people needing help. It is a really nice emotion helping others and seeing their expressions when you "give" . It is a love motion that everyone could do. What makes me different from other recruits in athletics is my achievements in both national and international level.I am nationally ranked #2 (2016, 2017), my best ITF ranking for this year is #728, my best ETA ranking was #293 (2014) and my current UTR is 11.58. I have won many national tournaments, I made the final at the last national championship, I have made the final in doubles of an ITF tournament in 2017 and 2 times semifinalist in doubles in ITF 2017 and semifinalist in singles in ITF 2016.
My best accomplishments are :
National Level: I have won many players of the Greek National team and also a guy who played in the mens Davis Cup team in 2017 Stamatios Kapiris who reached the ATP ranking of #1524 and a UTR of 13 . I won tough in the third set in the final of a national tournament and it was one of my best wins of my career. I have also won every time we played against each other in national tournaments Paris Pentousis who reached #330 ITF ranking and has a UTR of 12 .
International level : Best wins in singles : ETA 2014 Len Schouten ( 2 sets) a guy from Nederlans who reached # 101 ITF ranking and has a UTR of 13. ETA 2015 Markus Wander ( 2 sets) a guy from Germany who has a UTR of 13, ITF 2016 Giovanni Peruffo ( 3 sets) a guy from Italy who reached #619 ITF ranking and has a UTR of 12, ITF 2016 Vladimir Senchuk (2 sets) a guy from Russia who reached #527 ITF ranking and has a UTR of 12 , ITF 2016 Belal Abou Taleb ( 2 sets) a guy from Egypt who reached #544 ITF ranking and has a UTR of 12. In doubles : ITF 2017 James Story ( 2 sets) a guy from England who reached #158 ITF ranking and has a UTR of 12 in doubles and 13 in singles, ITF 2017 Dominik Palan with his partner Robert Steinhauser both guys from Czech Republic ( 2 sets) Palan reached #184 ITF ranking and has a UTR of 12 in doubles and 13 in singles and Steinhauser reached #510 ITF ranking and has a UTR of 12 in both singles and doubles.
