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Ht/Wt
5'
11"
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150 lbs.
Class
Junior
Hometown
Las Vegas,
Nevada
Last School
Odyssey High School
Roster Years
2010-2013
Personal
- Son of Mark and Elizabeth Kawka
- Has two sisters
- Majoring in exercise science
- Decided to come to BYU because of its great academics and tennis team
- Nationally ranked Call of Duty player
Before BYU
- Ranked No. 1 high school player in Nevada while playing for Odyssey High School
- Finished third in singles and first in doubles in the Hawaii National Level 2
Stats
Year | Singles | Doubles |
---|---|---|
2010-11 | 31-9 | 23-15 |
2011-12 | 27-12 | 27-10 |
2012-13 | 27-6 | 19-7 |
Career | 85-27 | 69-32 |
BYU Hall of Fame
Freshman Year
2010-2011
- Put up a 12-4 singles record in fall play with a four-game winning streak
- Defeated UCLA's Daniel Kosakowski, who was seeded No.2 in the tournament and ranked No. 5 nationally as a junior player
- Played in the ITA All-American Invitational with doubles partner Thomas Shubert
- Went 9-3 with doubles partner Evan Urbina, recording a seven-game winning streak
- Played in the Mountain Region doubles final against teammates Thomas Shubert and Spencer Smith
- Took the Utah Invitational doubles title with Evan Urbina
- Ranked No. 88 nationally in singles at the start of the spring season
- Put up the Cougars' first singles point against No. 52 San Diego State
- Secured the doubles point for BYU against San Diego State with partner Evan Urbina
- Secured the doubles point for BYU and clinched the match for BYU with a singles match against Boise State
- Ranked as high as No. 88 nationally
- Finished the season ranked No. 112 in singles
- Recorded 22 doubles wins with Urbina
- Secured the win for BYU against TCU during regular season play
- Named MWC Freshman of the Year and Mountain Region Rookie of the Year
- Finished with 31 singles wins
- Earned MWC Player of the Week for his performance in the MWC Championships final against TCU
- Finished the season No. 13 in the Mountain Region and No. 6 in doubles with Evan Urbina
- Finished the season No. 107 in the nation
Sophmore Year
2011-2012
- Ranked No. 53 nationally in singles in the preseason
- Reached the singles final of the Southern California Intercollegiate Championships and advanced to the doubles semifinals with Georgy Batrakov but did not compete due to BYU's policy of not playing on Sunday
- Posted an 11-5 record during the fall
- Ranked No. 44 nationally in singles to start the spring season
- Topped No. 75 Matt Kandath of No. 9 Stanford on Feb. 10
- Went 6-0 in singles during the month of February
- Defeated No. 6 Alex Llompart and Finn Tearney of No. 7 Pepperdine April 21
- Had a team-best 26-9 doubles record with Georgy Batrakov at the No. 1 doubles position
- Had the second most singles wins with 27
- Named to the All-WCC Second Team Doubles
Junior Year
2012-2013
- Won the singles final at the Utah Fall Tennis Classic
- Won the doubles final at the Utah Fall Tennis Classic with partner Keaton Cullimore
- Defeated No. 44 Winston Lin from Columbia 6-0, 6-4 on Jan. 21.
- Named to Pre-Season All-WCC team
- Named WCC Player of the Month in January and April
- Beat Santa Clara's No. 65 John Lamble 7-6(0), 6-3 on Feb. 9
- Topped No. 47 Enej Bonin from Denver 6-7(4), 6-1, 6-0
- Earned All-WCC First Team honors in both singles and doubles
- Upset No. 8 Sebastian Fanselow from Pepperdine on April 27
- Defeated Boise State's No. 29 Andrew Bettles in straight sets
- No. 1 all-time with a 0.758 singles win percentage
- No. 7 all-time in career singles victories with 85
- Named Singles Player of the Year in the Mountain Region
- Voted Doubles Team of the Year in the Mountain Region with teammate Francis Sargeant
Senior Year
Graduate Year
Redshirt Year
Medical Redshirt Year
- M Tennis | Jun, 06
2013 season ends with sweep of regional awards
- ImageM Tennis | May, 07
Kawka earns second Player of the Month award
- ImageM Tennis | May, 07
Kawka earns second Player of the Month award
- ImageM Tennis | May, 02
Kawka named to All-WCC First Team Singles
- ImageM Tennis | Apr, 27
Pepperdine narrowly tops BYU 4-3 in WCC tournament
- ImageM Tennis | Apr, 26
BYU tops San Diego 4-3 to advance to finals
- ImageM Tennis | Apr, 24
Cougars enter WCC tournament as a 2 seed
- ImageM Tennis | Apr, 20
Spencer Smith guides Cougars past LMU on the road
- ImageM Tennis | Apr, 19
No. 39 BYU falls short against No. 8 Pepperdine
- ImageM Tennis | Apr, 17
No. 39 BYU plays its last two matches on the road
- ImageM Tennis | Apr, 13
7-0 win over Gonzaga marks eight straight for BYU
- ImageM Tennis | Apr, 12
Cougars remain undefeated in region play over four seasons
- ImageM Tennis | Apr, 11
No. 42 Patrick Kawka cruises to lead BYU past Portland
- ImageM Tennis | Apr, 09
Netters hit the road for three matches
- ImageM Tennis | Apr, 06
BYU snaps Boise State's 28-home match win streak
- ImageM Tennis | Apr, 02
No. 41 BYU faces No. 45 Boise State as part of College MatchDay
- ImageM Tennis | Mar, 30
Cougars finish with 11-0 home record
- ImageM Tennis | Mar, 28
Last home match against Saint Mary's
- ImageM Tennis | Mar, 22
BYU remains unbeaten at home with win over USF
- ImageM Tennis | Mar, 20
Netters host San Francisco on Friday
- ImageM Tennis | Mar, 16
No. 39 Cougars win five singles matches to beat No. 60 New Mexico
- ImageM Tennis | Mar, 13
BYU hosts No. 60 New Mexico
- ImageM Tennis | Mar, 09
Netters earn a win over No. 47 San Diego
- ImageM Tennis | Mar, 06
Conference match against No. 47 San Diego
- ImageM Tennis | Mar, 02
Sixth place in HEB Tournament
- ImageM Tennis | Mar, 01
BYU splits matches in first day of HEB Tournament
- ImageM Tennis | Feb, 23
Netters win in rivalry game against Utah
- ImageM Tennis | Feb, 20
Cougars in Deseret Duel Saturday
- ImageM Tennis | Feb, 16
No. 50 BYU defeats No. 52 Denver
- ImageM Tennis | Feb, 15
No. 50 BYU tops UNLV 5-0 at home
- ImageM Tennis | Feb, 13
Back-to-back matches this weekend
- ImageM Tennis | Feb, 09
Netters upset No. 37 Santa Clara
- ImageM Tennis | Feb, 07
Kawka named WCC Player of the Month
- ImageM Tennis | Feb, 07
Kawka named WCC Player of the Month
- ImageM Tennis | Feb, 06
Cougars begin conference play
- ImageM Tennis | Feb, 02
No. 48 BYU beats Air Force at home
- ImageM Tennis | Feb, 01
Netters fall to No. 18 Stanford
- ImageM Tennis | Jan, 31
BYU picked 4th in WCC, Kawka named to all-conference team
- ImageM Tennis | Jan, 31
BYU picked 4th in WCC, Kawka named to all-conference team
- ImageM Tennis | Jan, 28
No. 57 BYU loses first match of 2013
- ImageM Tennis | Jan, 26
Cougars top South Florida at ITA Kick-off Weekend
- ImageM Tennis | Jan, 21
No. 58 BYU upsets No. 44 Columbia 4-3
- ImageM Tennis | Jan, 19
Cougars get a victory in New York City
- ImageM Tennis | Jan, 17
Men's tennis travels to New York
- ImageM Tennis | Jan, 17
Men's tennis travels to New York
- ImageM Tennis | Jan, 14
BYU tops Weber State and Utah State at home
- ImageM Tennis | Jan, 09
Netters host first home game against in-state foes
- ImageM Tennis | Oct, 19
Fillmore and Sargeant still alive in ITA Men's Regionals
- ImageM Tennis | Oct, 16
Cougars travel to Las Vegas for Regionals
- ImageM Tennis | Oct, 05
Kawka and Cullimore compete in ITA All-American Tournament