| Daniel Whitehead |
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Junior
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| Hometown:
Sugar Land, Texas
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| High School:
home schooled
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| Height:
5-9
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| Experience:
2L
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- 2012 Academic All-Big 12 (second team)
Records
Career (through March 26, 2012)
Singles: 60-26
Doubles: 65-19
Dual-Match Singles: 27-13
2011-12 (through March 26, 2012)
Singles: 22-9
Doubles: 20-7
Dual-Match Singles: 9-6
2010-11
Singles: 27-9
Doubles: 22-5
Dual-Match Singles: 16-5
2009-10
Singles: 11-8
Doubles: 23-7
Dual-Match Singles: 2-2
AS A JUNIOR (2011-12)
• Off to a 5-1 start in dual-match play, all at No. 2 singles
• Registered a dominant 6-1, 6-2 win over North Carolina's Brennan Boyajian in Texas' 5-2 win on the Tar Heels' home indoor courts
• Clinched UT's 4-0 win over Texas Tech in the second round of the ITA Kick-Off Weekend with a 6-1, 6-4 win over the Red Raiders' 23rd-ranked Gonzalo Escobar
• Posted a 6-2, 6-1 win over John Collins in UT's 4-0 win over Maryland in the opening round of the ITA Kick-Off Weekend
• Defeated Rice's Peter Frank 6-4, 6-3 in Texas' 5-2 road win over the Owls
• Registered a 1-6, 6-3, 6-4 win over SMU's Mischa Nowicki in Texas' 5-2 road win over the Mustangs
• Defeated Denver's Fabio Biasion (6-1, 6-2) at the Key Biscayne Quad
• Won his singles flight at the Southwest Shootout, where he defeated teammate Soren Hess-Olesen in the finals (4-1, ret.); defeated UT Arlington's Yauheni Yakaulen (6-2, 6-1) and TCU's Nick Chappell (6-3, 6-4) to reach the finals
• Defeated Rice's Michael Nusslein (7-6, 6-1) in the round of 64 and Texas A&M's John Lewis (brother of UT's Jacoby Lewis) in the round of 32 (6-1, 6-3) at the ITA Texas Regional Championships
• Defeated Tulsa's 88th-ranked Grant Ive (6-1, 6-4) and East Tennessee State's Sander Gille in the opening rounds of the qualifying draw at the ITA All-American Championships
• Won the 32-player singles draw at the season-opening Racquet Club Collegiate Invitational, where he defeated teammate Soren Hess-Olesen in the finals (3-2, retired); defeated Maryland's Andy Magee (7-6, 6-3), TCU's Will Stein (6-4, 6-4), Tulsa's Grant Ive (6-1, 6-4) and Texas Tech's Raphael Pfister (6-2, 6-1) to reach the finals
AS A FRESHMAN (2009-10)
• registered an 11-8 overall singles record, including a 2-2 mark in dual matches
• tallied a 23-7 overall doubles record, including a 12-4 mark in dual matches
• defeated Ryan Wiggins of St. Edward's (6-0, 6-4) in UT's 7-0 win over the Hilltoppers
• edged Texas A&M-Corpus Christi's Alex Pavlov (2-6, 6-4, 1-0 [12-10]) in Texas' 7-0 win over the Islanders
• defeated Texas-Arlington's Brieuc Hamon (6-1, 6-4) and teammate Josh Zavala (5-7, 6-1, 6-1) at the Texas Invitational
• blanked Prairie View A&M's Ronald Chidzikwe (6-0, 6-0) at the ITA Texas Regional Championship
• defeated SMU's Artem Baradach (2-6, 6-3, 7-6), Texas Tech's Raphael Pfister (6-2, 6-2) and Boise State's Cristian Hodel (6-4, 6-3) at the season-opening Racquet Club Collegiate Invitational
BEFORE TEXAS
• ranked as high as No. 27 nationally in the USTA Boys' 16 division
• ranked No. 1 in the state of Texas in the boys' 14, 16 and 18 age divisions
• reached the fourth round in the boys' 16 division at the USTA Summer National Championships in Kalamazoo, Mich.
• coached by Steve Bryan, a former NCAA singles champion at Texas
PERSONAL
Son of Doug and Jan Whitehead ... has one brother, Michael (22) ... born Nov. 16, 1990 in Houston, Texas ... major is undergraduate studies.
