At Florida State: Enters his final season at Florida State ranked 15th in the preseason ITA National Rankings...Needs just 25 singles victories to surpass Jason White as the winningest singles player in school history...Sitting out the fall semester to play full-time on the FUTURES Tour...Will be enrolled in classes for the spring semester...Enters the year ranked in the FSU top ten in career singles, doubles and combined victories...Currently tenth in singles (67), ninth in doubles (49) and eighth in combined wins (116).
Summer 2004: Spent most of the summer playing on the FUTURES Tour...Brought his ATP doubles ranking up by 45 points to 744 in the world on October 11, while his singles ranking reached its peak at No. 838 on August 2...Had success during doubles play, advancing to at least the quarterfinals in four events...Best outing of the summer came at the tour stop in Peoria, Ill., where he teamed up with Goran Dragicevic to advance to the finals of the doubles bracket...Won two singles matches in Illinois, picking up triumphs in Peoria and Decatur, Ill...Advanced to the semifinals in back-to-back competitions in California...Along side playing partner Rameez Junaid, the duo made it to the semis at the FUTURES stops at Costa Mesa and Irvine...Played one of his best matches of the summer in front of the hometown fans at the Scott Speicher Center during the USTA Challenger tournament...Beat second-seed Eric Taino, the No. 163 player in the world, 6-3, 6-0...Also picked up a victory in doubles, teaming up with John Paul Fruttero to beat Andres Pedroso and Todd Widom.
Junior Year (2003-04): Became just the third player in Atlantic Coast Conference history to be named league Player of the Year twice as he picked up his second award...Ended the year ranked 30th in the country by the ITA, reaching as high as No. 19 during the season...Became the first Seminole in two years to win a match at the NCAA Championships as he took a first round victory off Mississippi State's Romain Ambert...Lost in the second round to SMU's Johan Brunstorm...Became just the third player in school history to post at least 20 singles wins in back-to-back seasons with his 21-13 record at number one singles...Posted a 10-9 ledger against ranked opponents...Three of those victories came against top-15 opponents...Compiled the best record in the ACC at the number one position, going 6-2 as he picked up his second All-ACC honor...Started the year with the biggest win of his collegiate career as he knocked of second-ranked Bo Hodge of Georgia at the ITA All-American Tournament...Helped the Seminoles beat No. 4 Duke with his 6-4, 7-5 triumph against 11th-ranked Phillip King...Second victory during the dual match season was a 6-3, 6-4 win over No. 11 Patrick Ysern of San Diego, in a rematch from the opening round of the ITA National Indoor Championships in Ann Arbor, Mich...Best winning streak of the season was a five-game run during the middle of the year that concluded with a 6-4, 4-6, 6-2 win over #24 Doug Stewart of Virgina...Partnered up with freshman Jonathas Sucupira to post a 17-8 record at number two doubles, including a mark of 14-6 during the dual meet campaign...Lost only one match at the number two position during ACC competition as the tandem posted a 6-1 mark.
Sophomore Year (2002-03): Ended season ranked 38th in the country...First FSU men's tennis player to be named ACC Player of the Year after posting an overall ledger of 29-12, the fourth-highest total in school history...Qualified for the NCAA Tournament in singles, losing his opening round match to Alejandro Tejerina of Tulsa (5/21)...Posted a 12-11 mark against ranked opponents...Picked up ATP Tour points over the summer as a participant on the FUTURES Tour...Advanced to the semifinals of the Ursula Beck Men's Pro Tennis Classic...Named ACC Player of the Week (3/10).
Freshman Year (2001-02): Joined the Seminoles in the spring after graduating high school a semester early...Saw first collegiate action in the ACC Indoor Championships, where he reached the quarterfinals...Amassed a team-high 15-6 record...Highlighted season with a victory over nationally ranked Trystan Menaine of UNC (4/10)...Recorded 11 doubles victories and only five losses with four different partners.
High School and Other Accomplishments: Named to the all-state tennis team...Named North Carolina player of the year as a freshman...Finished the 2000 season ranked number three in the USTA boy's 16 and under division...North Carolina state high school champoin...Qualified as a semifinalist in the National Hardcourts competition...Also earned all-state and all-conference honors for soccer...Named conference Player of the Year in soccer.
Personal: Son of Pam and Ernie Cloer...Majoring in sports management...Born February 9, 1984....Father Ernie is a teaching professional.
