Patrick Kawka Athlete Profile - MTEN

Patrick Kawka

Ht/Wt

11"

150 lbs.

Class

Junior

Hometown

Las Vegas,

Nevada

Last School

Odyssey High School

Roster Years

2010-2013

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