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2014-2015 Men's Tennis Roster

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Nils Schuhmann

Nils Schuhmann

  • Height:
    5-8
  • Class:
    Senior
  • Hometown:
    Karlstadt, Germany
  • High School:
    Johann-Schoner Gymnasium

Summary

Biography

2014-15 (Senior)
  • Played in 17 singles and 16 doubles matches
  • Posted a 6-11 overall singles record while going 6-8 in dual matches and 2-2 in Big West play
  • All 14 dual matches were on No. 1 court where he recorded a 6-8 record
  • Went 5-13 overall in doubles matches with a 4-9 mark in dual matches and 1-1 in conference action. Paired six times with Joakim Pinola going 3-3 in those matches and 10 times with Carter Lam with a record of 2-8
  • Named Big West Tennis Athlete of the Week for March 23-29 after a pair of victories over conference foe UC Davis. Despite UH losing a tight match to the Aggies, 4-3, Schuhmann did his part to try to lift his team to victory. He teamed with Pinola on the No. 1 doubles court for a 6-2 win over the UC Davis duo of Bryce McKelvie and Brett Bacharach, helping UH to capture the doubles point. Then, at No. 1 singles, Schuhmann gutted out a three-set win over Alec Adamson. Schuhmann battled back from a first set deficit to defeat Adamson, 5-7, 6-4, 10-8 (super tiebreaker). 
  • For the second straight season, Schuhmann, a four-year letterwinner from Karlstadt, Germany, earned all-conference accolades in both singles and doubles. In singles, UH's No. 1 player was voted to the BWC second team after recording wins over No. 71 UC Davis' Alec Adamson on Mar. 26 and No. 60 UC Santa Barbara's Ziad Sultan. He and partner Pinola were named all-conference honorable mention.
  • Became just the fourth Rainbow Warrior to garner ITA Scholar-Athlete honors three times during his collegiate career
  • Honored as one of UH’s “Top 5 All-Hawai‘i Rainbow Warrior Academic Honorees” at this year’s H-Award


2013-14 (Junior):
  • Named first team all-Big West in doubles with partner David Schuster and second team all-Big West singles
  • Went 8-8 overall in singles and 3-1 in Big West play
  • Was 6-7 in doubles and 3-1 in Big West play
  • Won three straight singles matches early in the season, one at No. 16 California (1/30/14) and another vs. No. 39 Michigan (3/6/14)
  • Also won at doubles at Cal with partner David Schuster

2012-13 (Sophomore):
  • Completed 18 singles and 15 doubles matches for the season
  • Easily the standout player for the Warriors this season going 11-7 in singles matches
  • Had two four-match win streaks (Feb. 28-Mar. 9 and Mar. 30-Apr. 11) with all matches being won in straight sets
  • Won three straight doubles matches with Carter Lam (Mar. 30-Apr. 11)

2011-12 (Freshman):
  • Competed in nine singles matches going 3-6 on the season
  • Won his first singles match at the D'Novo All-American Championships with a win against Texas Christian University (Oct. 1-5)
  • Went 1-1 in the ITA Regionals and defeated Gerrett Taylor of the University of San Diego (10/20)
  • Undefeated in WAC singles play in the No. 4 Court and 1-0 in WAC doubles action with partner Danilo Casanova
  • Won seven straight sets in the late stages of the season, winning three matches

Prep:
  • A 2011 graduate of Johann-Schoner-Gymnasium in Karlstadt, Germany
  • Played for the TSV Karlstadt club team from 2004-2012
  • Ranked seventh on the junior circuit and No. 130 overall in Germany
  • Ranked Top 40 of the Europe U16 ranking
 
Personal:
  • Born in Karlstadt, Germany
  • Major is international business
  • Has two older brothers and one older sister
  • Parents are Ursula and Borkhard of Karlstadt, Germany



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Historical Player Information

  • 2011-2012Freshman

    5'8"

  • 2012-2013Sophomore

    5'8"

  • 2013-2014Junior

    5'8"

  • 2014-2015Senior

    5'8"