Prep: Was a two-year letterwinner at Science Hill High School and then attended Heritage Academy in Hilton Head, South Carolina for one year before graduating in May of 2005...As a junior, he was named Outstanding Tennis player and captained his junior team...In high school he was coached by Pete Zannis and he was coached by Billy Stearns at Heritage Academy.

Personal: Born Aug. 16, 1987 in Johnson City, Tennessee...Son of Lee and Susan Chase...His dad runs Dawn of Hope and his mom owns Cabinets Inc...He is undecided on his major...Lists his greatest on-court accomplishment as being ranked in the top five in Tennessee in 16's...Would play Stanford if he could pick a team to schedule...Was offered scholarships by Austin Peay and East Carolina, but choose Memphis because he said it's a 'great school with good tennis.'..Nickname is Cheese.