Dan Urban
School: |
Columbia University |
Year: |
graduated |
Home Town: |
Livingston |
Home State: |
New Jersey |
Home Country: |
United States(USA) |
High School: |
Newark Academy |
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Dominant Hand: |
Left |
Major: |
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Singles Record: |
34-13 |
Doubles Record: |
33-25 |
Fall 2008: Won twice in the “B” singles draw of the Princeton Invitational, including a 6-3, 7-5 win in round one and a 6-2, 6-1 victory in round two. Spring 2008: Captured the “C” singles title at the Columbia Classic, with an upset over Cornell’s second-seeded Jeremy Feldman in semifinals and a win against Marist’s Nicholas Perry in the finals ... beat Binghamton’s Vloedgraven, 6-3, 6-4 at No. 6 singles ... defeated Radford’s No. 3 doubles combo with teammate Magdy El Mihdawy, 9-8 (5) ... won at No. 6 singles against Fairleigh Dickinson’s Nace, 6-0, 6-1 ... defeated Manhattan’s No. 2 doubles pair, 8-0 with El Mihdawy ... earned ITA scholar-athlete recognition for the second year in a row ... paired with teammate Jared Drucker, beat Army’s Lucivero-Lucero No. 3 doubles duo, 8-2 ... in his first Ivy match of the spring, defeated Dartmouth’s Curtis Roby, 6-3, 3-6, 3-0 ret. ... at sixth singles, defeated Yale’s Josh Lederman, 6-1, 7-5 ... with teammate Mark Clemente, finished the season with an 8-1 No. 3 doubles win over Penn’s Schwartz-Roth team. Fall 2006/Spring 2007: Missed most of the season due to injury. Spring 2006: Went 9-4 in singles and 9-7 in doubles ... finished 3-2 at No. 6 singles in the Ivy League and was 3-0 at #5 in non-conference action ... teamed with Jared Drucker at No. 3 doubles ... picked up wins vs. Harvard, Princeton and Penn.
At Newark Academy: Earned four varsity letters, three at tennis powerhouse Newark Academy ... played No. 1 singles for Newark and led the team to three state titles ... first team All-Essex at No. 1 singles as a sophomore, junior and senior year ... also second team All-State as a sophomore and junior, first team as a senior ... reached a #5 national ranking in doubles as a junior, ranked #58 in Boys 16, ranked 82 in Boys 18 ... ranked #1 in New Jersey as a senior ... three-time Essex Player of the Year.
Personal: Parents are Suzanne and Lajos ... political science major.