2007 SEC Indoors Doubles Champion

2006 Second-Team All-SEC

2006 SEC Good Works Team

2006 First-Team All-Louisiana

2005 First-Team All-Louisiana

Coach Brown on Bryan

“We look for Danny to have another great season. He has improved different parts of his game, especially his serve. He is a great team player and enjoys to battle. He did a great job as our captain last year and we are expecting big things out of him this season.”

Bryan busted on to the scene as a junior as he a received a number of individual accolades. Looks to continue to be a leader as he will remain as a team captain and is one of three seniors on the team. Bryan looks to take care of some ‘unfinished business’ on the doubles court as he and partner Colt Gaston won eleven-straight matches to end the season but fell just short of getting into the NCAA Doubles Championships.

Fall 2006

Ranked No. 101 in the preseason ITA rankings … Ranked No. 12 in the preseason doubles rankings along with partner Colt Gaston ... Named as one of the team’s co-captains along with Ken Skupski … Won the A bracket singles title at the Rice Invitational … Reached the Round of 16 of the Wilson/ITA Region III Indoor tournament … Won the top singles bracket at the Ragin’ Cajun Classic without losing a set … Compiled a team-high 11 singles wins during the fall …Notched four wins in doubles … Played an exhibition singles match against Skupski in “Duel Under the Oaks,” a charity event hosted by LSU on Oct. 29, 2006.

Junior Season (2005-06)

A proven leader who his teammates picked as team captain before the season … Took his leadership role in stride as he received second-team All-SEC honors … Named to the SEC Good Works team … Named a first-team All-Louisiana selection for the second-straight season … Chosen as the SEC Player of the Week (3/21-27/06) … Defeated Florida’s Chris Brandi in straight sets, 7-6 (9), 6-2, to clinch a victory for the Tigers over then eighth-ranked Gators (3/28/06) … Excelled on the doubles court ... Finished the season ranked No. 43 with doubles partner Colt Gaston as the duo won their last 11 matches of the season  ...  Kicked off the fall by winning the doubles title at the Rice Crowne Plaza Invitational with Gaston ... Reached the doubles final of the ITA Southeast Regional Championship ... Reached the singles semifinals at the Wells Fargo Hurricane Katrina Relief Tournament … Earned third varsity letter.

Sophomore Season (2004-05)

Named first-team All-Louisiana in 2005 ... Finished the season with a 23-11 overall record in singles competition, including an 18-5 record in dual matches ... Won eight-straight singles matches to end the season ... Recorded a stellar 35-7 overall record in doubles competition, including a 17-2 record with partner Colt Gaston ... He and Gaston were 12-0 in No. 2 doubles ... Had an 18-5 overall record with Jason Hazely ... Was 9-1 in fall matches with Hazely and the two made it to the semifinals of the ITA Southeast Regional Championships ... Named to the SEC Good Works Team ... Earned second varsity letter.

Freshman Season (2003-04)

Finished the season with a 16-8 singles record, including 5-1 in dual matches ... Contributed regularly in the Tigers' doubles lineup, earning a 16-3 record with Cory Ross ... Went 8-0 in the fall with Ross, winning Tulane's Beau Holton Memorial Invitational and the UL-Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns Classic … Earned first varsity letter.

Prior to LSU

Two-time 5A State Champion at Brother Martin HS ... Ranked No. 1 in Louisiana for five years and top-10 in the nation for the same span ... Team MVP in 2001 and 2002 ... State championships in the 12, 14 and 16 age divisions.

Personal

Born Dec. 15, 1985, in Lafayette, La. ... Full name is John Daniel Bryan ... Parents are Bill and Glenda Bryan ... Has one sister, Lindsay Bryan, who plays tennis for Ohio State ... Father and uncles played tennis for UL-Lafayette ... Came to LSU because of Coach Brown and the potential success of the team ... Majoring in business.

Bryan's Career Statistics

Singles

YEAR             OVERALL                             VS. TOP 125              SEC DUAL

                        W        L          PCT.                W        L          PCT.    W        L          PCT

2003-04           16        8          .667                 -           -           --         0          1          .000

2004-05           23        11        .676                 0          3          .000     5          4          .556

2005-06           19        14        .576                 0          3          .000     7          4          .636

Fall 2006          11        2          .846                 2          1          .667     -           -           --

Totals               69        35        .663                 2          7          .222     12        9          .571

Doubles

YEAR             OVERALL                             VS. TOP 60                SEC DUAL

                        W        L          PCT.                W        L          PCT.    W        L          PCT

2003-04           20        6          .769                 0          1          .000     1          1          .500

2004-05           35        7          .833                 2          3          .400     7          2          .778

2005-06           27        7          .794                 2          4          .333     8          1          .889

Fall 2006          4          2          .667                 1          1          .500     -           -           --        

Totals               86        22        .796                 5          9          .556     16        4          .800