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  Kaes Van't
School: Univ. of Southern California
Year: Senior
Home Town: Newport Beach, Calif.
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High School: Mater Dei HS
Height: 6-1
Weight: 185 lbs.
Birth Date: Friday, August 01, 1986
Dominant Hand: Left
Major: Business
Singles Record: 103-50
Doubles Record: 105-37
THIS SEASON: Kaes Van't Hof enters his fourth and final season at USC ranked No. 43 in the preseason ITA rankings.

2007: Kaes Van't Hof served as team captain, playing primarily at the No. 3 singles position and at No. 1 or No. 2 in doubles with Robert Farah... Posted a 30-8 overall singles record, going 19-3 in dual matches... Finished the year ranked No. 63 following an appearance in the NCAA Singles Championships... Ended ranked No. 43 in doubles with Farah, posting a 22-7 overall record and going 17-5 in dual matches... Twice selected Pac-10 Player of the Week... Named to All-Pac-10 Second Team... Honored as the West Region's Arthur Ashe Sportsmanship Award recipient... Reached Pac-10 Tournament semifinals in singles and the doubles final with Farah... Went 6-2 in singles during the fall, winning the Fresno Bulldog Classic after beating teammate Jason McNaughton in the final... Went 3-3 in doubles, going 2-1 with McNaughton and 1-2 with Gary Sacks... Earned Pac-10 Academic honorable mention.

2006: Van't Hof played primarily at the No. 2 and 3 singles positions... Went 7-2 at No. 2 on the way to a 12-9 dual match record and a 20-16 overall singles mark... Was 10-7 in doubles play with Jeff Kazarian and also paired with Dejan Cvetkovic (1-1), Whit Livingston (5-1), Garrett Snyder (1-0) and Chong Wang (1-1)... Was 3-0 at the No. 2 slot with Livingston and 3-0 at the No. 3 slot with Kazarian... Won his first-round match at the Pac-10 Tournament with a victory over No. 67 Chris Surapol of UCLA... Reached the quarterfinals of the Pac-10 doubles tournament with Cvetkovic... Received All-Pac-10 honorable mention... Compiled a 5-4 record in fall tournaments, competing at the ITA/Icy Hot All-America Championship, USD Torero Challenge and ITA Western Regional.

2005: In his freshman year, Van't Hof compiled the team's best singles and doubles records... Primarily playing in the No. 4 (8-3) and No. 5 (6-5) positions, he racked up a 22-15 season singles record and a 21-14 season doubles record... Tallied a 9-2 streak throughout the month of March and April... Boasted a 6-1 record in Pac-10 play and advanced to the quarterfinals at the 2005 Pac-10 Championship tournament... Teamed up with Jeff Kazarian (4-0) to clinch the Pac-10 Championship Invitational Title... Paired up with Jarryd Cooper (7-4) to compete in the No. 3 position for the team in dual matches... Also played with Brian Wright (6-4) to reach the Round of 16 in the ITA Regional Championships... Also paired up with Johan Berg (0-1), Drew Hoskins (2-5) and Whit Livingston (1-0).

HIGH SCHOOL: Van't Hof is a 2004 graduate of Mater Dei High in Santa Ana, Calif. ... A four-year tennis letterwinner who played No. 1 singles and doubles... Named the 2004 Los Angeles Times Player of the Year, Orange County Register Player of the Year and CIF Player of the Year after compiling a 43-1 record as a senior... Captured the 2004 CIF Southern Section Individual Singles Championship... As a junior, he reached the finals of the CIF Singles Championships... Also named to the Los Angeles Times All-Star first team in 2004 and second team in 2003... Ranked as high as No. 4 nationally (USTA) and No.1 regionally (SCTA) in Boys 18 singles in 2004... Captured the 2002 B18 USTA Super National Winter Doubles Championshhip, 2002 B16 USTA National Open Doubles Championship and 2001 Pasadena Rose Bowl Singles Championship... A singles finalist at the 2004 California Bowl and 2002 Ojai Valley Tournament... A doubles finalist at the 2003 U18 Super National Clay Courts... An Academic Top 10 selection at Mater Dei as a sophomore, junior and senior... Awarded the Student-Athlete award in 2004.

PERSONAL: Kaes Matthew Van't Hof was born on August 1, 1986, in Newport Beach, Calif. ... The son of Robert and Betsy Van't Hof, he has one sister, Elizabeth, and one brother, Robert... Both parents graduated from USC (Robert `80, Betsy `83)... His father was a three-year letterwinner (1978-80) on the Trojan men's tennis team and the 1980 NCAA Singles Champion... A three-time singles All-American and two-time doubles All-American, Robert was inducted into the ITA Hall of Fame in 2003... Kaes is a business and accounting major who would like to either play professional tennis or enter the business world following graduation.