Ranked No. 15 in the nation in doubles at the conclusion of spring regular season play.  2004-05: Clinched Cal’s Feb. 12 win over Arizona with a three-set victory on court three … In doubles play with partner Conor Niland, clinched the doubles point on court one en route to upsetting USC (4/9) … Competed in three fall tournaments for Cal, amassing three singles wins … Advanced to the round of 32 at the ITA West-North Regional Championships, defeating Brett Womack of Gonzaga (6-0; 6-4) and Timo Kienle of USF (6-3; 6-2) ... Entered the fall as the No. 18 doubles team in the country, along with partner Conor Niland … Posted a 6-4 tournament doubles record … Upset Virginia’s No. 6 duo of Rylan Rizza and Antonio Ruiz, 8-3, at the Icy Hot/ITA Men’s All-American Championships, advancing to the quarterfinals of the tournament … Strung together four consecutive victories, defeating teams from Washington, Santa Clara, USF and Oregon, to advance to the finals of the ITA West Regional Championships, before falling to the No. 1 Stanford team of Sam Warburg and K.C. Corkery, 8-2 … Ended the fall as the No. 6 doubles team in the West Region.  2003-04: Finished the year ranked No. 9 nationally in doubles … Awarded Pac-10 Co-Doubles Team of the Year … Named Pac-10 All-Academic Team … Named doubles All-American … Finished 2004 with records of 13-25 in singles competition and 20-14 in doubles play … Advanced to the quarterfinals of the Pac-10 singles tournament by defeating No. 94 Krzysztof Kwinta (UCLA) and No. 64 Roger Matalonga (Arizona) … Came from behind to defeat No. 100 Ruben Torres (USC), 2-6; 6-2; 6-2…advanced to the semifinals of the Pac-10 doubles tournament with partner Balazs Veress … Six-game doubles winning streak which included five wins over ranked opponents … Advanced to the final of the Sherwood Cup, before falling to No. 7 Alberto Francis-Kris Kwinta (UCLA), 8-5.  2002-03: Finished the season with a mark of 9-14, but gained valuable match experience in just his second year of collegiate competition … Closed-out the season wining three of four, including a victory over Scott Felsenthal of Washington (6-1; 6-1) at the Pac-10 Championships … Proved his value in doubles where he competed with seven different partners in the spring going 23-13 overall and 16-8 in dual matches … His most success came with Balazs Veress as his partner, as the two recorded a 9-3 dual meet record and a 10-4 mark overall … At Bulldog Classic in Fresno, advanced to semifinals in back draw with 6-4; 5-7; 1-0(8) win over Paul Dilloway of UC Davis … Scored straight set win over Arron Spencer of Oregon in second round of Omni Hotel Regional Championship back draw to advance to the consolation Round of 16.  2001-02: Played in seven dual matches, mostly at doubles … Advanced to Round of 16 at Pac-10 invitational, defeating Jonathan Scott (ASU) in straight sets … In doubles, paired with Balazs Veress at team’s final six dual meets, posting 4-2 record … Pair scored win against UMBC at NCAA Regionals, finishing their match in 28 minutes, an 8-0 victory … At Bulldog Classic in the fall, advanced to finals in back draw … Scored straight set win over McClure Wallace of Nevada in second round of Omni Hotels Regional Championship to advance to round of 32 … First collegiate win came against Illinois’ Jamal Parker at Napa Valley Tennis Challenge by 6-4; 6-3 score … In doubles, teamed with fellow newcomer Kevin Patrick, advancing to Round of 32 at both the Omni Hotels Regional Championship and Bulldog Classic.

Previous Experience: Won state 5A championship for singles in Texas … Was Junior Davis Cup champion with Team Texas … Two-time high school team MVP … Won Tiger Fight Award twice while in high school …

Personal: Born Feb. 6, 1983, in Bryan, Texas … Parents are Janet and Jean-Louis Briaud … Lists traveling and guitar among his hobbies and having a Christian influence on society as his career goal … Major is industrial engineering and operations research … Member of Alpha Pi Mu industrial engineering honor society … Sister, Natalie, graduated from Rice University.

BRIAUD’S Career Record

Singles                         Doubles

                        Dual     Overall             Dual     Overall

2001-02             0-1        9-7                    4-2        8-7                               

2002-03             2-3        9-14                  16-8      23-13                           

2003-04             7-17      13-25                13-8      20-14

2004-05             12-8      17-15                10-8      18-13

Totals               21-29    48-61                43-26    69-47