Posted: Apr 27, 2020
With the 2020 spring sports unable to hold Senior Days on campus, the Haverford College Athletic Department is recognizing these seniors in a virtual ceremony, with some special help from their teammates. Today, we celebrate the 2020 Haverford College men's tennis seniors.
2020 Haverford College Men's Tennis Senior Class
- Haverford advanced to three straight Centennial Conference semifinal appearances and was consistently ranked as one of the top teams in the Atlantic South Region
- 35-26 team record over last four years (21-6 in Centennial Conference matches)
- Team's 13 wins in 2019 was just one shy of the school record
- Defeated No. 31 Stevens for team's first nationally-ranked win since 2016 in abbreviated 2020 season
- Each of these student-athletes were named to the Centennial Conference Academic Honor and were selected as ITA Scholar-Athletes
- Four Ambler Scholar-Athletes
Raja Arul • Economics major • Shakopee, Minnesota
- Second-team All-CC doubles (2017)
- Centennial Conference All-Sportsmanship Team (2017)
- Two-time Centennial Conference Academic Honor Roll (2018, 20), studied abroad in 2019
- ITA Scholar-Athlete (2018)
Adam Branovan • Economics major; Psychology minor • Livingston, New Jersey
- Three-time Centennial Conference Academic Honor Roll (2018, 19, 20)
- Two-time ITA Scholar-Athlete (2019, 20)
- Won matches against McDaniel in both singles (2018) and doubles (2019) during his time in the varsity lineup
David Kong • Economics major; Philosophy minor • Hong Kong, China
- First-team All-Centennial Conference in doubles (2018), second-team in 2017
- Second-team All-Centennial Conference in singles (2018)
- Centennial Conference All-Sportsmanship Team (2018)
- Ambler Scholar-Athlete
- Three-time ITA Scholar-Athlete (2017, 18, 20), studied abroad in 2019
- Two-time Centennial Conference Academic Honor Roll (2018, 20)
- Philadelphia Inquirer Academic All-Area Team (2018)
Rob Kresch • Political Science major; Psychology minor • Allendale, New Jersey
- 15-5 career record in singles, 17-12 career record in doubles
- Ambler Scholar-Athlete
- Two-time Centennial Conference Academic Honor Roll (2018, 20), studied abroad in 2019
- Two-time ITA Scholar-Athlete (2017, 20)
Arnav Patodia • Economics major; Psychology minor • Kochi, India
- 39 combined career victories in singles and doubles (21 of which came during junior season)
- Ambler Scholar-Athlete (2020)
- Four-time ITA Scholar-Athlete (2017, 18, 19, 20)
- Three-time Centennial Conference Academic Honor Roll (2018, 19, 20)
Kevin Yan • Economics major; Mathematics minor • Basking Ridge, New Jersey
- Centennial Conference Scholar-Athlete of the Year (2019)
- Centennial Conference Rookie of the Year
- First-team All-Centennial Conference singles in 2017, earning second-team honors in 2018, 19
- Two-time second-team All-CC in doubles (2018, 19)
- Ambler Scholar-Athlete
- Archibald MacIntosh 1921 Award
- Four-time ITA Scholar-Athlete (2017, 18, 19, 20)
- Three-time Centennial Conference Academic Honor Roll (2018, 19, 20)
- Philadelphia Inquirer Academic All-Area Team, CoSIDA All-District Team