Bert Vancura
School: |
Columbia University |
Year: |
Junior |
Home Town: |
New Hyde Park |
Home State: |
New York |
Home Country: |
United States(USA) |
High School: |
Herricks |
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Dominant Hand: |
Right |
Major: |
Biophysics |
Singles Record: |
5-1 |
Doubles Record: |
2-2 |
Fall 2011: Advanced to semifinals of A doubles bracket at the Princeton/Farnsworth Invitational with partner Winston Lin, beating the No.1 seed from Penn State, as well as a team from Penn … advanced to the semifinals of the C singles draw at the USTA National Tennis Center Invitational, beating players from Fairfield and Brown … competed in the B singles bracket at the Columbia Classic.
At Herricks: Earned top 20 National Ranking in Boys 12s-16s ... won Sectionals in Eastern Section in all age categories (12s-16s) ... member of the Boys 16s Intersectional Team that finished fourth nationally in 2009 ... member of the Boys 18s National Team in 2011.
Personal: Son of Ivana Vancurova and Ales Vancura ... plans to major in biophysics ... took first place in the 2008 National French Contest ... earned Award for Outstanding Achievement in French and the Henry Jacobs Science Scholarship for Outsanding Achievement in Science his senior year ... National Merit Commended Scholar (2010) ... AP Scholar with Distinction (2010) ... awarded the Rensselaer Medal Award for Outstanding Achievement in Math and Science (2010) ... participated in the Intel and Siemans Science Research Competitions (2010-11).