| Kellen Damico |
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Senior
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| Hometown:
Parker, Colo.
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| High School:
Ponderosa/Laurel Springs
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| Height:
6-1
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| Experience:
3L
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•2008 ITA All-American (doubles)
•2010 Big 12 champion, No. 2 doubles (with Ed Corrie)
•2008 NCAA All-Tournament Team (No. 1 doubles with Ed Corrie)
•2008 All-Big 12 (singles and doubles)
Records
Career
Singles: 73-39
Doubles: 69-28
Dual-Match Singles: 48-27
2009-10
Singles: 20-12
Doubles: 25-6
Dual-Match Singles: 14-9
2008-09
Singles: 24-11
Doubles: 19-12
Dual-Match Singles: 20-8
2007-08
Singles: 29-16
Doubles: 25-10
Dual-Match Singles: 14-10
AS A JUNIOR (2009-10)
• posted a 20-12 overall singles record and a 14-9 mark in dual-match play
• registered a 25-6 overall doubles record, including a 19-4 mark in dual matches alongside Ed Corrie, with whom he won the Big 12 title at No. 2 doubles
• defeated Minnesota's Rok Bonin by a 6-4, 7-6 (2) count in UT's 4-0 win over the Golden Gophers in the round of 32 at the NCAA Championships
• outlasted Texas A&M's Alexis Klegou 6-3, 4-6, 7-5 to cap Texas' 7-0 win over the Aggies that clinched a share of the Big 12 regular-season crown for the Longhorns
• defeated Baylor's Attila Bucko 6-1, 6-3 in Texas' 4-3 win over the Bears in Waco
• knocked off Oklahoma's Costin Paval by a 6-3, 6-0 count in Texas' 6-1 win over the Sooners in Austin
• edged Florida State's Clint Bowles (7-5, 3-6, 1-0 [11-9]) in Texas' 6-1 win over the Seminoles
• defeated Duke's Dylan Arnould (6-1, 4-6, 7-6 [6]) in the Longhorns' 5-2 win on the Blue Devils' home courts
• knocked off Stanford's Ryan Thacher (6-4, 6-4) in UT's 4-0 win over the Cardinal in the opening round of the ITA National Team Indoor Championship
• notched a 6-1, 2-6, 6-3 win over Texas A&M's Alexis Klegou in UT's 4-3 win over the Aggies at the Texas Cup in Houston
• defeated Texas Tech's Andre Stabile and Texas A&M's Calon Alpar each in straight sets at the ITA Texas Regional Championship
AS A SOPHOMORE (2008-09)
• finished the season at No. 80 in the ITA singles rankings after going unbeaten in his last 14 matches of the season (won last 12 decisions, 2 matches were suspended)
• totaled a 24-11 overall singles record, including a 20-8 mark in dual matches, and a 19-12 overall doubles record
• clinched Texas' 4-3 win over fifth-seeded Tennessee in the NCAA Championships' round of 16 with a 6-3, 6-7 (2), 6-3 win over the Vols' Matteo Fago
• defeated USC's 82nd-ranked Jaak Poldma, 6-1, 6-3 in UT's 4-1 loss to the Trojans in the NCAA semifinals
• knocked off Washington's Martin Kildahl by a 6-3, 7-5 count in Texas' 4-0 win over the Huskies in the NCAA Championships' round of 32
• defeated Baylor's 117th-ranked Dominik Mueller by a 6-2, 6-1 count in UT's 4-3 loss to the Bears in the finals of the Big 12 Championships
• helped UT to a 4-2 win over second-seeded Texas A&M in the semifinals of the Big 12 Championships with a 7-5, 6-4 win over the Aggies' Wil Spencer
• defeated Oklahoma's Ionut Beleleu by a 6-2, 6-1 margin in UT's 4-0 Big 12 quarterfinal win over the Sooners
• rallied for a three-set win over the Aggies' Spencer in UT's 4-3 regular-season loss at Texas A&M
• defeated Michigan's Andrew Mazlin in straight sets at No. 2 singles in Texas' 4-0 win over the Wolverines in the opening round of the ITA National Team Indoor Championships
• outlasted Texas A&M's 53rd-ranked Austin Krajicek in a third-set super-tiebreaker in the Longhorns' 7-0 win over the Aggies at the Texas Cup in Houston
• teamed with Ed Corrie to knock off Tennessee's top-ranked duo of Davey Sandgren and John-Patrick Smith by an 8-5 count and helped Texas nail down the doubles point in the Horns' NCAA round-of-16 win over the Vols
AS A FRESHMAN (2007-08)
• NCAA All-Tournament Team, No. 1 doubles (w/ Ed Corrie)
• All-Big 12 singles and doubles
• fell to eventual NCAA runner-up J.P. Smith of Tennessee in the 64-player singles draw at the NCAA Championships
• with classmate Ed Corrie, suffered a 6-4, 6-4 loss to eventual NCAA doubles champions Kaes Van't Hof and Robert Farah in the 32-team doubles draw at the NCAA Championships
• defeated Baylor's David Galic in three sets in UT's 4-2 Big 12 Championship finals loss to the Bears
• defeated Texas A&M's Wil Spencer by a 6-1, 6-3 count in UT's 4-0 win over the Aggies in the Big 12 Championship semifinals
• defeated Oklahoma State's 78th-ranked Ivan Puchkarov by a 6-2, 6-0 count in UT's 6-1 win over the Cowboys
• defeated Virginia's fifth-ranked Dominic Inglot by a 6-2, 7-5 count in UT's 5-2 loss to the Cavaliers
• defeated USC's Kaes Van't Hof in three sets in UT's 4-1 win over the Trojans at the ITA National Team Indoor Championships
• defeated Georgia's Nate Schnugg in three sets in UT's 4-2 loss to the Bulldogs in the quarterfinals of the ITA National Team Indoor Championships
• defeated Texas A&M's Wil Spencer in straight sets in UT's 4-0 Texas Cup victory over the Aggies in Houston
• reached the singles semifinals at the ITA South Central Regional Championship
• won the main singles draws at his first two collegiate tournaments - the HEB Baylor Invitational and the Racquet Club Collegiate Invitational
• with then-UT senior Luis Diaz Barriga, fell to USC's Farah and Van't Hof by a 3-6, 6-3, 6-4 count in the semifinals of the ITA National Indoor Intercollegiate Championships
• with Diaz Barriga, defeated Mississippi's Bram ten Berge and Erling Tveit in the round of 16 and Ohio State's Mike O'Connell and Matt Allare in the quarterfinals of the ITA National Indoor Intercollegiate Championships
• teamed up with Diaz Barriga to defeat Texas A&M's Chris Chirico and Conor Pollock to win the ITA South Central Regional doubles title
BEFORE TEXAS
• 2006 Wimbledon Boys' Doubles Champion (with Nate Schnugg)
• 2007 French Open Boys' Doubles Finalist (with Jonathan Eysseric)
• 2007 French Open Boys' Singles Semifinalist
• Participated in the main doubles draw at the U.S. Open in 2006 and 2007
• Doubles finalist at the 2006 Australian Open Junior Championships
• Reached the singles and doubles rounds of 16 at the 2007 Wimbledon Boys' Championships
• Captured the boys' doubles title at the 2007 USTA Boys' 18 National Championships in Kalamazoo, Mich.
• Ranked as high as No. 1 in the International Tennis Federation (ITF) boys' doubles rankings and No. 5 in the ITF boys' singles rankings
PERSONAL
Son of Ermie and Lisa Damico ... has one sister, Krista (20), a junior on the Texas women's tennis team ... grandfather, Edwin Gilbert, swam for four seasons at the University of Texas and is a member of the UT Men's Athletics Hall of Honor ... born March 16, 1989 in Torrance, Calif.
