Michael Schecter
| School: |
Wofford |
| Year: |
Sophomore |
| Home Town: |
Rome, Ga. |
| Home State: |
N/A |
| Home Country: |
United States(USA) |
| High School: |
The Darlington School |
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| Birth Date: |
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| Dominant Hand: |
Right |
| Major: |
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| Singles Record: |
0-0 |
| Doubles Record: |
0-0 |
Competed in five regular-season matches, all at the No. 6 position ... defeated his opponent from Presbyterian ... posted a 2-1 record at the 2007 Southern Intercollegiate to advance to the quarterfinal round ... registered wins against his foes from UNC Wilmington and Charleston Southern.
High School
Presented with the Best Player Award in 2006 ... recipient of the Best Effort Award in 2004 and 2005 ... played at No. 1 singles all four years ... a four-year letterwinner ... served as the team’s captain his junior and senior seasons ... a five-time USTA Georgia state champion ... winner of four Sportsmanship Awards from two state championships, one Southern Zonal and one from the Georgia Tennis Association ... ranked as high as No. 2 in Georgia and among the top 50 in the Southern Section ... crowned the 2003, 2005 and 2006 Georgia State Junior Clay Court Open Champion in the Boys’ 16s ... placed third at the 2004 event ... earned a third-place finish at the 2005 Georgia Junior Closed Challenger ... was the top-seeded player at the 2006 Little Caesars tournament ... won his first tournament at age nine ... competed in his first international tournament in the Dominican Republic ... defeated the No. 2 seed at the event, who was the No. 1 player in the country at the time ... his high school team reached the state finals his freshman year ... squad also captured three-straight Region 6 2-A titles ... a two-time USTA Zonals Team Southern squad member ... also ran cross country ... an AP scholar ... graduated with High Honors ... a member of the National Honor Society, Mu Alpha Theta Mathematics Honor Society and Spanish Honor Society ... attended a Congressional Student Leadership Conference for medicine and healthcare ... also traveled to Washington, D.C., for a National Young Leaders Conference in 2005 ... presented with the Hugh Merson Pursuit of Excellence Award and the E.L. Wright Award for Music Appreciation ... served as the secretary for the Spanish Club ... was a class representative for the Discipline Committee ... member of the Cum Laude Society, Gamma Chi Epsilon, Science Club, Math Team and Y-Cabinet ... volunteered at the Boys and Girls Club ... named the April 2007 Noon Optimist Student of the Month.
Personal
Born April 14, 1989, in Rome, Ga. ... son of Dr. Jay and Gina Schecter ... majoring in psychology and Spanish.
2008-09
Reached the quarter-finals of the Division III singles flight at the 2008 Southern Intercollegiate Championships hosted by the University of Georgia… Participated in the Wofford Fall Challenge, USC Upstate Invitational and UNCW Fall Invitational during the fall tournament season … Played six matches in the spring posting four wins… Earned wins over Mount Olive, UNC Asheville, Lipscomb and Gardner-Webb.
2007-08
