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2023-24 Men's Tennis Roster

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Friday, Nov., 17, 2023. (Stephen Spillman)

Micah Braswell

  • Height
    6-0
  • Class
    Senior
  • Hometown
    Sarasota, Fla.
  • High School
    Florida Virtual School
  • Major
    Undeclared

Biography

• Qualified as 2023 ITA Scholar-Athlete
• 2023 ITA All-American (singles)
• 2023 NCAA Singles Championship Round of 16
• Selected as an alternate to the 2023 NCAA Championships draw for singles
• 2023 NCAA Championship All-Tournament Team (No. 3 singles)
• 2023 CSC Academic All-District Team
• Reached the singles quarterfinals at the 2022 ITA All-American Championships 

• Selected to the 2022 NCAA Championships draw for singles
• 2022 First-Team All-Big 12 (singles)

• 2022 Academic All-Big 12 First Team
• 2022 ITA Scholar-Athlete

• Selected to the 2021 NCAA Championships draw for singles
• 2021 Big 12 Freshman of the Year
• 2021 Second-Team All-Big 12 (singles)
• 2021 ITA Scholar-Athlete
• Big 12 Player of the Week (March 7, 2021) 
• Singles Co-Champion at the 2020 Big 6 Fall Invite
• Singles Co-Champion at the 2020 TCU Invite
• Singles Champion at the 2020 Lakes Tennis Invite
• Signed with Texas in November 2019 and enrolled in August 2020

FALL (2022)
• Posted records of 4-2 in singles and 1-1 in doubles
• Began ranked No. 16 in singles and finished No. 30
• Reached the singles quarterfinals at the ITA All-American Championships with three-straight ranked wins against No. 101 Alex Martinez of Oklahoma, 7-6 (5), 4-6, 6-4; No. 36 Tadeas Paroulek of Baylor, 6-3, 1-6, 7-5; and No. 106 Jeremy Schifris of Drake, 6-2, 6-0

AS A SOPHOMORE (2022)
• Forced to withdraw from NCAA Singles Championship prior to the tournament due to injury
• Registered a 16-6 singles record in dual match play that included 11-4 at No. 1 and 5-2 at No. 2, while going 6-9 in doubles, including 0-3 at No. 1, 2-0 at No. 2 and 4-6 at No. 3
• Tallied a 9-4 record against ranked opponents in dual match play
• Reached as high as No. 21 in the ITA single rankings on April 6 and 20 and finished No. 31
• Missed the Big 12 Tournament due to injury
• Closed the regular season with a 6-3, 7-6 (5) win over No. 108 Tyler Zink at No. 1 to clinch a 5-2 win over No. 52 Oklahoma State
• Downed No. 50 Mason Beiler, 7-5, 6-7 (6), 1-0 (10), as part of a 7-0 sweep over No. 38 Oklahoma
• Defated No. 109 Issac Arevalo, 6-4, 6-4, at No. 1 singles, while pairing with Chi Chi Huang to clinch doubles with 6-4 win over Reed Collier and Olle Wallin at No. 3 in a 7-0 sweep against No. 40 Texas Tech
• Registered a 6-4, 6-1 win over Alex Martinez at No. 1 at No. 30 Oklahoma
• Clinched doubles at No. 21 Pepperdine with Chih Chi Huang with a 6-4 win over Corrado Summaria and Tim Zeitvogel at No. 3, and followed with a 6-3, 7-5 win over No. 13 Daniel De Jonge at No. 1
• Topped No. 8 Cannon Kingsley of No. 2 Ohio State, 6-4, 5-7, 6-2, at No. 1
• Collected a 4-6, 7-5, 6-2 win over Noah Schachter at No. 1 in a 4-3 win at No. 28 Texas A&M
• Recorded a 4-6, 6-2, 6-2 win over No. 47 Tristan McCormick at No. 15 Georgia at No. 2
• Downed No. 51 Melios Efstathiou of No. 6 Wake Forest, 6-4, 6-3, at No. 1, while partnering with Chih Chi Huang for a 6-1 win against Eduardo Nava and Filippo Moroni at No. 2 in doubles at ITA Indoors
• Topped NCAA Defending Champion and No. 92 Sam Riffice, 7-5, 7-5, at No. 1 in a 4-3 win over No. 5 Florida at ITA Indoors
• Clinched both doubles and the overall match in a 4-0 sweep against UCF with a 7-5, 7-5 win over Lleyton Cronje at No. 1 singles and a 6-4 win with Chih Chi Huang against Trey Hilderbrand and Cooper White at No. 2
• Downed Sumit Sarkar, 7-5, 6-2, at No. 1, and paired with Chih Chi Huang for a 6-0 shutout of Campbell Salmon and Eduardo Morais at No. 3 in a 7-0 sweep of Rice
• Named Big 12 Player of the Week with singles wins at No. 2 over No. 87 Hugo Hashimoto of Columbia (6-2, 6-3), and Quinn Vandecasteele of Oregon (6-2, 6-1), and a 6-3 doubles win with Chih Chi Huang over Vandecasteele and Ryoma Matsushita of Oregon at No. 3 in 4-0 overall sweeps of the ITA Kickoff Weekend
• Defeated Fabien Salle, 6-2, 6-3, at Arizona State at No. 2
• Topped Duarte Vale of No. 1 Florida, 6-2, 6-3 at No. 2
• Won two doubles matches against teams from UCF, first 7-6 (3) with Chih Chi Huang against Lleyton Cronje and Cooper White, then 6-3 with Cleeve Harper against White and Trey Hilderbrand at the Miami Spring Invite

FALL (2021)
• Posted an 8-4 singles record and 2-5 doubles mark
• Reached the singles semifinals of the ITA Texas Regionals with wins over Tomas Reche of Incarnate Word, Jacob Burmm of Baylor, and Lui Maxted and No. 43 Sander Jong of TCU, before falling just short against No. 18 Juan Carlos Aguilar of TCU in three sets
• Advanced to the singles round of 32 at the ITA All-American Championships with a 6-2, 6-4 win over No. 119 Lodewijk Weststrate of USC, and came up just short in a superbreaker with Evin McDonald in doubles qualifying against No. 48 Emile Hudd and Shunsuke Mitsui of Tennessee
• Went 2-1 in singles at the Southern Intercollegiate Championship, barely falling to No. 23 Hamish Stewart of Georgia before topping No. 107 Bradley Frye of USC, 6-4, 6-4, and Justin Boulais of Ohio State, 3-6, 6-1, 6-3, while also pairing with Evin McDonald for an 8-7 (9) doubles win over the No. 25 duo of Stewart and Tristan McCormick
• Opened the year with a 6-1, 6-3 singles win over Stefano Tsororiotis of UC Santa Barbara, and an 8-5 doubles win with Richard Ciamarra against Paul Barretto and Samuel Rubell at the Battle in the Bay Classic

AS A FRESHMAN (2021)
• Rated No. 29 in the final ITA singles rankings with a high of No. 16 on March 30
• Posted a 20-5 singles record, including an 11-match winning streak (Jan. 31-March 27), and a 15-7 doubles mark in dual match play
• Registered overall records of 35-6 in singles and 27-11 in doubles in 2020-21
• Held match points versus No. 9 Gabriel Decamps of UCF in the first round of the Singles Championship before falling in a third-set tiebreaker, 2-6, 6-1, 7-6 (7)
• Was leading his match against eventual Singles National Champion No. 6 Sam Riffice of Florida, 7-6 (3), 3-2 when play stopped in the NCAA Semifinals
• Earned his two highest-ranked singles wins of the year in the NCAA Round of 16 and Quarterfinals by downing No. 22 Connor Thompson of No. 13 South Carolina, 6-3, 6-4, and No. 52 Riley Smith of No. 12 USC, 6-4, 6-3, both at No. 2 and both helping Texas to 4-3 team wins
• Paired with Payton Holden for a 6-4 win over Jake Sands and Ryder Jackson of No. 12 USC, while going unfinished with a 5-1 lead versus No. 80 Phillip Jordan and Raphael Lambling of No. 13 South Carolina
• Clinched the doubles point in the NCAA Second Round match against Northwestern with a 7-5 win with Payton Holden over Natan Spear and Steven Forman in a 4-0 sweep
• Claimed his first career NCAA Tournament wins by clinching the doubles point with Payton Holden, 6-2, over Chris Steele and Maciej Ziomber at No. 3, and topping Facundo Tumosa, 6-0, 6-2, at No. 2 in a sweep of Northern Arizona
• Defeated Emile Hudd of No. 18 Oklahoma State for the second time in dual match play with a 6-3, 6-2 victory at No. 2, while pairing with Payton Holden to down Luke Hammond and Mathieu Scaglia, 6-4, in a 4-1 win in the Big 12 Championship semifinals
• Clinched the doubles point with Payton Holden with a 7-0 tiebreaker over Charlie Broom and Finn Bass at No. 3 in a 5-2 win at No. 2 Baylor
• Clinched both doubles and the overall match against No. 18 Oklahoma State with a 6-3, 6-2 win over No. 107 Emile Hudd at No. 2 in the deciding match of the 4-3 win, and a 6-4 win with Payton Holden over Etienne Donnet and Mathieu Scaglia at No. 3
• Registered an efficient 6-1, 6-1 win over No. 111 Mason Beiler at No. 2, while partnering with Payton Holden for the first time in dual match play for a 6-1 victory over Matt Rodriguez and Jake Van Emburgh at No. 3 in a 5-2 win over No. 21 Oklahoma
• Part of a 6-1 win over No. 29 South Florida with 6-4, 6-2 victory over Ivan Yatsuk at No. 3
• Secured his top-ranked win of the season with a 6-7 (6), 6-3, 6-1 victory over No. 54 Filip Malbasic at No. 2, along with partnering with Jacob Bullard for a 6-3 win over Malbasic and Gustaf Strom in helping Texas to a 4-3 win over No. 15 Arizona
• Completed a four-match road trip with a 4-0 singles record by defeating Mohamed Abdel-Aziz of Rice, 6-3, 6-2
• Earned Big 12 Player of the Week honors for the week ending March 7 in helping Texas to road wins at No. 26 Oklahoma State and No. 28 Oklahoma in non-conference matches
• Returned to No. 2 singles and helped Texas to a 4-3 win at No. 28 Oklahoma by downing Alex Martinez, 4-6, 6-3, 6-4, and pairing with Cleeve Harper for a 6-1 win over Mason Beiler and Max Stewart in his only No. 2 doubles match of the season
• Clinched his second straight overall match with a 7-5, 7-6 (5) win over No. 86 Henrik Korsgaard at No. 2 in a 4-1 win at No. 26 Oklahoma State
• Captured his first 4-3 deciding clinch with a road win over Luis Erlenbusch, 7-5, 6-7 (3), 6-1 at Tulane at No. 3 singles
• Registered a 4-6, 6-3, 6-2 win over Martim Prata of No. 10 Tennessee at No. 3 singles
• Earned his first ranked singles win against No. 104 Stefan Dostanic, 6-4, 5-7, 6-4, at No. 3 while topping Mor Bulis and Lodewijk Weststrate with Cleeve Harper at No. 3 in a 4-3 win over No. 1 USC at ITA Nationals
• Collected three wins in a doubleheader with UIW and Texas A&M-CC with two No. 2 singles wins against Arnau Miralles of UIW (6-2, 6-0), which was his first career overall clinch, and Ryuya Ata of TAMCC (6-1, 6-4), while pairing with Cleeve Harper to clinch doubles against Chad Nguyen and Nathan Schwartz of TAMCC (6-2)
• Topped Andrea Bolla of Arizona State, 6-3, 6-4 at No. 3 singles, while partnering with Cleeve Harper for a 6-3 win over Moritz Hoffmann and Makey Rakotomalala at No. 3 in a 4-3 win
• Gathered a 6-4, 6-1 win over Goncalo Ferreira and clinched the doubles point against Liberty with Cleeve Harper, 6-3, over Nicaise Muamba and Thando Longwe-Smit at No. 3
• Played his first match at No. 2 singles versus SMU and downed Jan-Simon Vrbsky, 6-4, 6-2, while pairing with Cleeve Harper for a 6-1 win over Caleb Chakravarthi and Huntley Allen
• Won his first career singles dual match against Kajin Karlo of Louisiana, 7-5, 3-6, 1-0 (6) at No. 3, along with clinching the doubles point with Jacob Bullard, 6-3, over Orio Fillat Gimenez and Alejandro Sanchez Gonzalez of Louisiana at No. 3
• Flight 1 Singles Co-Champion with Eliot Spizzirri and Flight 2 Doubles Champion partnered with Cleeve Harper of the Alabama Spring Shootout
• Went 3-0 win singles at the Alabama Spring Shootout with wins against Zhe Zhou, Riccardo Roberto and Patrick Kaukovalta
• Posted a 3-1 doubles record at the Alabama Spring Shootout with two wins paired with Cleeve Harper and another with Payton Holden

FALL (2020)
• Won the first nine singles matches of his career and went 12-1 in fall tournament play
• Recorded a 9-3 record in doubles in the fall
• Won the co-championship in singles of the Big 6 Fall Invite with Eliot Spizzirri with a 3-0 record that included wins over Nathan Han of Oklahoma, Parker Wynn of Texas Tech and Luc Fomba of TCU, avenging his only singles loos of the fall
• Combined with Payton Holden for a 2-1 doubles record at the Big 6 Fall Invite with wins over Baylor and Texas Tech
• Advanced to the Flight 1 East Semifinals in singles of the ITA Texas Regionals, defeating Finn Bass of Baylor and Dimitrios Azoidis of Texas Tech before falling in his only loss of the fall to Luc Fomba of TCU
• Partnered with Jacob Bullard to go 3-0 in doubles at the ITA Texas Regionals with wins against Texas Tech, UT-Arlington and Texas teammates Leighton Allen and Nevin Arimilli in the Blue Draw East Final
• Won the co-championship in singles of the TCU Invite with a 3-0 record including wins over Etienne Donnet Oklahoma State, Alex Martinez of Oklahoma and Charlie Broom of Baylor
• Completed the TCU Invite with a 2-1 doubles record, pairing with Jacob Bullard for one win and Cleeve Harper for another, both against Oklahoma
• Won the singles title at the Lakes Tennis Invite with a 4-0 record including wins over Franco Ribero, Dimitrios Azoidis and Ilgiz Valiev of Texas Tech and Mason Beiler of Oklahoma
• Notched a 2-1 doubles record at the Lakes Tennis Invite, pairing with Eshan Talluri for one win and Cleeve Harper for another, both against Oklahoma

BEFORE TEXAS
• Moved up to No. 1 in the country by TennisRecruiting and has had a high ITF junior ranking of No. 101
• In 2019, won the Vancouver Grade 3 ITF singles title and the Irvine Grade 4 ITF singles title
• Was a singles finalist at the College Park Grade 1 ITF and the Santo Domingo Grade 3 ITF
• Also competed in qualifying singles of the U.S. Open Junior Championships
• Won the doubles title at the USTA Florida "Bobby Curtis" Junior State Doubles Championships in 2017 for 16s and in 2015 for 12s
• His father, Ty, played college tennis at Florida State, was an assistant coach there from 2000-04 and has been Director of Tennis at Sarasota's Laurel Oak Country Club since 2004

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Historical Player Information

  • 2020-21Freshman

    6'0"
  • 2021-22Sophomore

    6'0"
  • 2022-23Junior

    6'0"
  • 2023-24Senior

    6'0"
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