Ben Wagland
blank Ben Wagland
Class:
Freshman

Hometown:
Sydney, Australia

High School:
Knox Grammar School

Height / Weight:
6-3 / 170

2012-13 (FRESHMAN)

• Final singles record of 26-8, including 18-4 in dual matches, 6-2 in the SEC and a combined 12-4 at Nos. 2-3 singles before moving into the No. 1 spot for the NCAA Championships; logged seven ranked wins and tied for team-high with seven clinches

• Played in the NCAA Singles & Doubles Championships; earned doubles All-America honors with Hernus Pieters by virtue of being a No. 5-8 seed for the tournament, reaching the quarterfinals, and ending ranked inside the top-10

• Ended the year ranked No. 5 in doubles with Pieters and No. 34 in singles; No. 1-ranked player in the Southeast Region in singles and doubles at end of the year

• Named first team All-SEC and All-Freshman

• SEC Tournament Most Valuable Player and All-Tournament Team

• ITA Southeast Region Rookie of the Year

• Two-time SEC Freshman of the Week

• Reached doubles finals of the USTA/ITA National Indoors with Pieters

• Won the doubles consolation draw with Pieters at the ITA All-American Championships in Tulsa to secure the bid to Indoors

• Posted a 6-3 singles record in his first fall in Athens, including a 1-1 record against ranked opponents

• Finished the fall 11-2 with Pieters in doubles, amassing five ranked wins, and ending with an 8-2 record in their last 10 matches

• Won two singles matches in the Audi Napa Valley Classic

PREP

• Broke into the top 50 of the Junior ITF world rankings in 2010

• Was ranked as high as No. 10 in January 2011

•Represented Australia in 14/u World team Championships which Australia won for the first time ever.

•Scholarship holder at the Australian Institute of Sport in 2011

•Reached the singles quarterfinals of the Mitsubishi-Lancer International Juniors Championships in 2011

•Final of Asia/Oceania Closed Singles Championship & Winner of doubles

• Runner-up in the doubles of the Australian Open Junior Championships in 2011

PERSONAL

• Born March 16, 1993

• Son of Greg and Sue-Ellen Wagland; has a brother, Scott, and a sister, Danielle

• Major: Pre-Business

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