Andrew Adams

Awards
Senior Year (2014-15)
SEC Spring Academic Honor Roll
 
Junior Year (2013-14)
ITA All-America
Second-Team All-SEC
ITA Scholar-Athlete
SEC Spring Academic Honor Roll
 
Sophomore Year (2012-13)
Second-Team All-SEC
ITA Carolina Region Player to Watch
SEC Spring Academic Honor Roll
 
Freshman Year (2011-12)
ITA Carolina Region Rookie of the Year
SEC All-Freshman Team
ITA Scholar-Athlete
SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll
 
In the Record Books
Career
13th – Doubles winning percentage in a career (.654, 53-28)
5th – Doubles team winning percentage in a career (Adams/Koch, .733, 22-8)
10th – Dual-match singles matches played in a career (89)
8th – Dual-match doubles wins in a career (46)
1st – Dual-match doubles winning percentage in a career (.697, 46-20)
10th – Dual-match combined wins in a career (96)
10th – Dual-match combined winning percentage in a career (.619, 96-59)
4th – SEC doubles matches won in a career (18)
1st – SEC doubles winning percentage in a career (.643, 18-10)
7th – SEC combined wins in a career (33)
5th – SEC combined winning percentage in a career (.508, 33-32)
2nd – Singles matches played vs. ranked opponents in a career (54)
4th – Singles wins vs. ranked opponents in a career (19)
 
Season
7th – Doubles team winning percentage in a season (.683 (10-2) in 2014-15)
6th – Dual-match doubles wins in a season (17 in 2013-14)
8th – Dual-match combined winning percentage in a season (.725 (29-11) in 2011-12)
1st – SEC doubles wins in a season (8 in 2013-14)
9th – SEC doubles winning percentage in a season (.667 (8-4) in 2013-14)
Most SEC doubles wins by a junior (8 in 2013-14)
 
Career Summary
Finished four solid seasons as an All-American (2014) and two-time All-SEC selection (2013, 2014) … Holds three school records in doubles – two career and one single-season – and ranks among the program’s top 10 in 10 other career standings and four other single-season lists … Ranked as high as No. 25 in singles during his career with his best final ranking coming in 2013-14 at No. 39 … Is second Gamecock ever to earn regional ITA Player to Watch honors (2013) but the first to do so after being named the region’s Rookie of the Year (2012) … Was twice named an ITA Scholar-Athlete (2012, 2014) and was on the SEC Spring Academic Honor Roll all four years of his career.
 
Senior Year (2014-15)
Finished the season with a 12-20 singles record, working hard at the top of the Gamecocks’ singles lineup to shake off a winter injury … Enjoyed best doubles season of his career, going 19-6 overall with two partners … Teamed with Andrew Schafer to lead the team in SEC action with a 5-3 doubles record out of the No. 3 spot in the lineup … Closed his final campaign with wins in two of his last three singles matches with the one loss coming in a hard-fought three-set effort against the nation’s 16th-ranked player … Notched a ranked singles win with a dominant 6-3, 6-0 outing against Texas A&M’s Shane Vinsant (Mar. 8) … opened the spring campaign with an 11-match win streak in doubles – five with Kyle Koch and six with Schafer … reached the doubles quarterfinals at the ITA Carolina Regional with Koch … advanced to the round of 32 in singles at the ITA Carolina Regional in the fall.
 
Junior Year (2013-14)
Became second Gamecock to earn All-America status in as many seasons … Earned second All-SEC Second Team recognition of his career … Finished No. 39 in the nation in the final singles rankings after 15-10 record that included an 8-7 mark against nationally ranked opponents … Moved into the No. 1 spot in the lineup in late march, turning in a 6-4 record at the position, including a 3-3 slate in SEC action … Teamed with Kyle Koch in March for a 12-5 doubles record, including a school-record eight in SEC action … Dominated elite opponents in the NCAA Singles Championship en route to the Round of 16, yielding just four games to the No. 3 player in the nation then powered past No. 26 Daniil Proskura of Alabama, who he had lost to in three sets earlier in the season … Posted a top-20 victory over Vanderbilt’s top player (Apr. 13) to clinch the team’s road win that closed the SEC schedule … Also clinched doubles point against the Commodores with Koch … Delivered the only dual-match loss to eventual SEC Player of the Year Nik Scholtz of Ole Miss (Apr. 4) to help team to 4-2 victory … Opened doubles play with Koch winning first nine outings at No. 2 spot in the lineup, including one over a ranked tandem … Named ITA Scholar-Athlete.
 
Sophomore Year (2012-13)
Named All-SEC Second Team and ITA Carolina Region Player to Watch … Closed season ranked No. 89 in the nation in singles, coming in as high as No. 62 during the season … Posted five of his 10 dual-match singles wins in SEC action, playing in No. 2 singles spot for majority of season … Collected five wins over nationally ranked opponents … Joined doubles lineup midway through SEC slate, teaming with Thiago Pinheiro to win first six matches … Fought through tough third set to put team up 3-2 against LSU in SEC Tournament (Apr. 18), helping team to first win at the event since 2008 … Won a tiebreak (with Pinheiro) to clinch doubles point in 4-3 win over Kentucky in regular-season finale (Apr. 14) … Yielded just three games to then-No. 46 Gonzales Austin of Vanderbilt (Apr. 12) in dominant Gamecock win over nation’s 13th-ranked team … Delivered team’s 4-3 win over Florida (Mar. 8) with a three-set comeback victory over then-No. 6 Florent Diep … Rallied from a set down against NC State (Feb. 10) to win his singles match and tie team score at 3-3 in eventual Gamecock win … Advanced to quarterfinal of ITA Carolina Regional, ceding just 10 games over first three rounds of play … Earned a spot in the qualifying for the ITA All-American Championships.
 
Freshman Year (2011-12)
Finished season ranked No. 111 in the nation in singles … Earned ITA Carolina Region Rookie of the Year honors and a spot on the SEC All-Freshman team after leading the team with a 28-10 overall singles record … Stands ninth in school history with a .725 (29-11) combined winning percentage in dual matches in a season … Ranks among program’s top five freshmen in several categories – singles wins (4th, 28), dual-match singles wins (4th, 20), dual-match singles winning percentage (5th, .769), SEC match singles wins (5th, 6), SEC match singles winning percentage (5th, .545) and dual-match combined winning percentage (4th, .725) … Became one of just nine Gamecock freshmen since 1985 to compete solely in one of the top three singles positions and is second among the group in dual-match winning percentage (.769, 20-6), just behind four-time All-SEC selection Guillaume Legat (.808, 21-5) … Won six of his last seven matches, including three of four against ranked opponents … Posted 27 of his 28 wins in straight sets … Moved up to the No. 2 spot in the SEC Tournament, knocking off No. 66 Alex Stamchev of Auburn 6-4. 6-3 to record his highest-ranked win of the season (Apr. 19) … Recorded five of his six SEC wins in the final six regular-season matches, including a third-set tiebreak victory against No. 98 Chris Simpson of LSU (Apr. 6) and the team victory clinching win against Alabama (Mar. 30) … Opened the dual-match season with six straight victories, highlighted by providing the decisive team point four times … Did not play doubles in the second half of the dual-match season … Led the team with a 7-2 singles record in the fall … Won two matches at the ITA Carolina Regional before withdrawing with an injury … Took third in the Black bracket of the Duke Fab Four Invitational, winning three of his four matches, including his first win over a ranked opponent in his second collegiate outing … Named ITA Scholar-Athlete.
 
High School/Junior Highlights
Rated a blue chip signee and rated No. 16 in the nation (August 2011) by tennisrecruiting.net … Earned the No. 22 seed in the USTA Boys 18 National Championships in 2011 … Did not play high school tennis … Was 49-19 as a junior, including a 34-17 mark against players rated five-star or above … Advanced to the 2011 USTA Winter National Championships quarterfinals, defeating two top-11 players at the event … Reached the fourth round of the 2010 U.S. Junior ITF International Hardcourt Championships … Earned a spot in the final of the USTA Eastern Sectional Closed Championships as well … Was ranked among the nation’s top 10 in the Boys 16 age division.