Freshman from Israel is currently ranked No. 350 in the world rankings…joins the Bears after completing three years of mandatory military service…one of the highest world ranking players in collegiate tennis…PERSONAL/PREVIOUS: Reached a high of No. 320 in the world ATP rankings in 2002…defeated No. 108 Noam Behr in Andorra Futures Event…also defeated Florida State’s Xavier Luscan in Tallahassee Futures…beat ATP No. 296 Uzbekistan’s Dmitri Tomashevich in Fergana, Uzbekistan tournament to advance to the Round of 16…hobbies include playing soccer, chess and computer games…parents are Itzhak and Eveline Dekel…born December 20, 1980 in Haifa, Israel.