2000-01: Recorded a 6-2 singles record and 3-2 doubles record in the fall season but then had to redshirt the spring season. 1999-00: In Big-Ten singles action went 2-4 with an overall record of 7-17 ... teamed with Adam Hourani (0-1), Jimmy McGuire (2-2), and Sean Lasko (3-2) ... while paired with Sean Lasko won the C Flight Doubles Championship at the Ball State Invitational going 3-0. Pre-MSU: Four-year letterwinner at East Lansing High School … team captain as a senior … four-time all-conference and all-area (1996 – 1999) … voted all-state in 1997, ‘98 and ‘99 … team MVP as a sophomore and junior … went 22-0 at No. 2 singles in sophomore year … National Indoors and Nationals competitor as a sophomore - and played in the International Grass and Hard Courts tournament as a junior ... member of the National Honor Society. Personal: Born March 28, 1981 in East Lansing, Mich., he is the son of Lee and Marilyn Townsend … sister, Brooke, played on the MSU women’s tennis team … is a human biology major.