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  Derrick Spice
School: Wake Forest University
Year: Senior
Home Town: Olmsted, Ohio
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High School: Midview
Height: 6-3
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Birth Date: Tuesday, May 17, 1983
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Singles Record: 89-63
Doubles Record: 81-52

2003-04 (Junior)
Received All-ACC honors ... named ACC player of the week twice in three weeks from Feb.9 to Feb. 23 ... selected to compete at the NCAA Singles Championship ... was ranked as high as 35th during the season ... nationally-ranked from Feb. 24 to final June 4 poll ... filled the No. 1 singles slot for the majority of the season ... finished the season with a 16-17 singles record and team leading 26-13 doubles mark ... dropped a three set, 4-6, 6-2, 6-1 match to Arkansas' Adrians Zguns in the first round of the NCAA Singles Championship ... helped the Deacs earn the doubles point against #29 Mississippi State in the NCAA Tournament first round with an 8-5 victory at No. 1 with Brett Ross ... upset #66 Clemson's 32nd-ranked pairing of Nathan Thompson and Jarmaine Jenkins at No. 1 doubles with Ross ... won matches at No. 1 singles and doubles against #30 Miami ... played No. 2 doubles with freshman Todd Paul against #8 Duke and knocked off the seventh-ranked tandem of Phillip King and Jonathan Stokke, 8-6 ... picked up his first ACC win with a straight-set triumph over #16 Virginia's 24th-ranked Doug Stewart ... teamed up with Paul for an 8-2 No. 2 doubles victory against #19 South Carolina ... defeated #9 Michael Kogan of Tulane at No. 1 singles in three-sets ... knocked off 13th-ranked Izak van der Merwe of #75 Old Dominion, 3-6, 6-3, 6-4 ... earned singles and doubles victories at No. 1 in team's loss to #12 Virginia Commonwealth ... teamed up with Brett Ross at No. 1 doubles and defeated #31 Minnesota's 50th-ranked pairing of Clay Estes and Avery Ticer ... pulled off a huge upset against #26 Jeff Kader, 6-3, 6-3 in team's victory at William & Mary ... began the dual season with an upset victory over 34th-ranked Michael Rubin of Michigan at No. 1 singles ... had an 8-5 singles record and 11-4 doubles mark in fall play ... won four straight singles matches at the ITA Regionals and advanced to the semifinals where he dropped a hard-fought match to Duke's Ludovic Walter ... teamed up with Brett Ross and had a strong fall ... were runners up at the Southern Intercollegiate Championships after winning their first four matches ... dropped just seven games in four matches on the way to winning the doubles championship at the South Carolina Invitational.

2002-03 (Sophomore)
Went 19-18 in singles play and 19-19 in doubles ... played mostly at No. 2 singles, going 5-7 there, but posted a 4-1 mark at the fourth slot ... won first four dual singles matches in straight sets as Wake started out 4-0 ... teamed with Mike Murray to beat Manuel Lievano and Clay Estes as the Deacons upset #10 Minnesota Feb. 15 .. defeated Brown's top player Jamie Cerretani Feb. 22 ... led team to 4-3 win over #49 Virginia Tech Feb. 28 with doubles victory over Grant Reynolds and Saber Kadiri and then upset #83 Andres Laulund in straight sets ... defeated Duke's Jason Zimmerman Mar. 26 ... teamed with Brett Ross to upset #19 Roger Anderson and Scott Schnugg in the 4-3 upset at #14 Georgia Tech Mar. 30 ... beat Trystan Meniane and Greg Archer with partner Ross in the 4-2 win over #41 North Caorlina Apr. 2 ... dismantled #109 Nathan Thompson 6-0, 6-3 in the 5-2 win against #32 Clemson Apr. 4 ... upset South Carolina's #56 Angelo Niculsescu Apr. 9 ... won the deciding singles match in the 4-0 ACC Quarterfinal victory over #37 Virginia ... teamed up with Ross to defeat Ryler DeHeart and Chris Martin from Illinois Jan. 13 in Hawaii and picked up singles wins over John Nallon from Texas A&M and Jason Menke from Oregon ... tied for 97th in the preseason singles rankings ... went 6-4 in fall doubles play and 4-5 in singles ... won three singles matches to advance to the quarterfinals of the Baylor Intercollegiates and advanced to the quarterfinals in doubles with David Loewenthal ... advanced to the finals in doubles at the Virginia Invitational with partner Brett Ross, including an 8-5 win over Virginia's Michael Duquette and Darrin Cohen.

2001-02 (Freshman)
Named the ACC Rookie of the Year after cumulating a team-leading 36-13 singles record plus a 20-10 doubles mark ... ACC Champion in the No. 3 flight with a 7-1 record, earning All-ACC honors ... shattered the single-season school record of 30 with 36 singles victories ... named the ACC Player of the Week March 26 after going undefeated in both singles and doubles play in conference wins at Virginia and Maryland ... started the spring 2-4 at the No. 2 singles position before moving to No. 3, where he rattled off 10 consecutive wins, including wins over 100th-ranked Joao Menano from Georgia Tech and 103rd-ranked Jason Zimmerman from Duke ... finished the year 20-10 in doubles play, partners with Mike Murray in all but one match ... he and Murray led the team with a 16-6 dual doubles record, playing all but one match at the No. 2 position, including a sparkling 7-1 ACC mark ... got off to a sizzling start in the fall with a 15-3 singles record ... began season with 4-0 start, winning the East Flight singles of the Southeastern Collegiate Invitational ... stumbled in the first round of the singles Flight A of the Cingular Wireless Classic in Lafayette, LA, and then advanced to the semifinals of the consolation bracket ... won all singles matches at the South Florida Fall Classic ... picked up three straight singles victories to qualify for the ITA Region II Championships and then beat first round opponent to advance to the round of 32 ... went 3-2 in fall doubles action, including a 3-0 weekend at the South Florida Fall Classic with partner Mike Murray

Background
Lettered four years in tennis at Midview High School ... two-time State Champion ... ranked 31st in nation Boys 18 ... ranked 1st in Northeast Ohio ... ranked 3rd in midwest ... Honor Roll student ... chose Wake Forest over Ohio State, Clemson, Michigan and Kentucky ... brother, Nate, is a member of the swim team at Clemson ... born May 17, 1983 in Fairview, OH ... parents are Don & Ann Spice ... favorite movie is Ferris Bueller's Day Off ... place he'd most like to visit is Australia.