"Jarin is going to be very crucial to the success of this team. It's time for him to be vocal leader for us. He can be in the top 100 in the country if he builds on the good fall where he won a tournament. He has a good grasp on things and I will be looking for more than Jarin the player, but for Jarin the leader." -Coach Tim Cass
An All-Big 12 doubles selection as a junior ... Captured the Big 12 No. 3 doubles championship with teammate Cody Hubbell ... Earned First Team Academic All-Big 12 accolades as a junior ... Also led the squad in overall doubles wins with 29 ... Will be the Aggies' team captain as a senior ... A three-time Oklahoma state champion ... A constant threat in the lineup, he was instrumental in the Aggies' recent success. ... He has been a part of the 2001 Big 12 Championship team and two Big 12 Tournament Championships ... Also, the team has reached the NCAA round of 16 and round of 8 during his last two seasons ... Was the Big 12 No. 2 Doubles Runner-Up as a freshman ... Won the National Indoors Doubles Championship three times as a junior league player ... Is an all-court player who is very sound fundamentally ... Has a strong left handed serve.
2001 (SENIOR/FALL): Captured the singles title in the UTSA/Fairoaks C.C. Fall Invitational ... He won five matches in three days including the championship match over teammate, Khaled El Dorry, 6-4, 6-1 ... Each of his matches were won in straight sets ... Also competed in the Omni Hotels Region VI Championships where he was 2-2 ... In doubles, he and Ryan Newport reached the quarterfinals as the No. 3 seed.
2000-01 (JUNIOR): The Big 12 No. 3 Doubles Champion with teammate Cody Hubbell ... Was an All-Big 12 selection in doubles ... The duo posted a perfect 8-0 record in the league ... Was ranked in the 50 in doubles all season and finished at No. 45 ... Finished as the team leader in doubles wins with 29 ... With Hubbell, the duo was 27-9 overall and 18-5 in dual matches ... They won 14 of their last 15 matches ... In limited singles play, he was a force ... Posted a 15-4 overall record and a 5-1 dual match record ... His most important win came in the Aggies' Big 12 opener at Kansas where he clinched the match with a three set win over Andrew Metzler, 4-6, 6-0, 6-2, at No. 6 ... It was the last match standing in a 4-3 win for A&M ... Was named to the first-team Academic All-Big 12 team this season ... In the fall, he was 4-2 in action at the ITA Regional ... After falling in the round of 64 of the 128-player draw, he began a nice run in the consolation bracket ... Won three rounds in the consolation bracket before falling in the quarterfinals.
1999-2000 (SOPHOMORE): Helped to anchor the bottom half of the Aggies' starting six ... Mainly saw action at No. 6, but played at No. 2 and No. 5 on occasion ... Had the third most wins this season for the Aggies at 20-9 ... Was 14-5 in dual play and has finished the season by winning six straight ... Had a six-match winning streak just prior to his last streak ... Won 12 of his last 13 matches ... Was 12-15 in doubles with Keith From, Cody Hubbell, Dumitru Caradima, Ryan Newport, and Stephen Moros ... Was instrumental in the Aggies winning the inaugural WingspanBank.com World Team Tennis Co-ed National Championship ... Teamed with Shuon Madden in the men's doubles matches ... Advanced to the finals in Flight A of the Continental Airlines Cup where he fell to Louisiana State's Anthony Mateljan ... Won two rounds in the pre-qualifying at the ITA All-American ... Fell in the second round of singles in the ITA Regional ... Finished the fall with a 6-4 singles record and a 1-4 doubles mark.
1998-99 (FRESHMAN): Was the Big 12 Conference No. 2 Doubles Runner-up with partner Brent Horan ... The duo built a 12-5 overall record and a 4-1 mark in the league ... Was the Aggies' top reserve in singles ... Compiled a 16-5 overall sigles record ... Saw action mainly at No. 6 ... Recorded the team's second-best overall doubles record at 24-8 ... Posted the Aggies' second best singles record in the fall with a 12-3 overall record ... Won the Continental Airlines Cup at Rice in the Flight D singles.
HIGH SCHOOL/JUNIORS: Was a three-time Oklahoma State Champion in 5A singles ... Was the National Indoors Doubles Champion in the 14's, 16's and 18's ... Was the National Clay Courts runner up in doubles in the 18's ... Ranked in the 60s in the 14's division ... Ranked No. 28 in the 16's division ... Ranked in the 80's in the 18's division ... Won the Oklahoma Jim Thorpe Award ... Was the 1998 Oklahoma Player of the Year ... Won the 1997 Missouri Valley Sportmanship Award.
PERSONAL: Jarin Kristopher Skube is the son of Mark and Kris Skube of Edmond, Okla. ... Born December 17, 1979 in Downer's Grove, Ill. ... Business Administration major ... Has an older brother Justin ... Named to the First Team Academic All-Big 12 team as a sophomore ... A good student, ranked No. 28 out of 381 in his graduating class ... Posted a 3.95 GPA ... Was a member of the National Honor Society and earned the President's Academic Achievement Award ... Lists Michael Jordan as his favorite professional athlete "because of his athletic ability and his humble attitude" ... Says his most memorable moment at A&M was winning the World Team Tennis National Championship as a sophomore ... Once practiced with former Aggie Brent Haygarth and lists him as the toughest person he has ever played.
