Toby Samuel

AWARDS
2x SEC Academic Honor Roll (2021, 2022)

ITA Carolina Region Rookie of the Year (2021)

All-SEC First Team (2022)

All-SEC Second Team (2021)

SEC All-Freshman Team (2021)

IN THE RECORD BOOKS
Individual Season
T-2nd – Combined SEC wins (16 in 2020-21)
T-3rd – SEC singles wins (9 in 2020-21)
T-3rd – SEC singles winning percentage (.900 (9-1) in 2020-21)
T-3rd – Combined SEC winning percentage (.727 (16-6) in 2020-21)
T-5th – Doubles dual-match wins (18 in 2020-21)
5th – Combined dual-match wins (37 in 2020-21)
6th – Combined dual-match winning percentage (.771 (37-11) in 2020-21)
T-7th – Singles win streak (14 from 1/31/21 to 4/4/21)
T-7th – SEC doubles wins (7 in 2020-21)
T-8th – Doubles wins (26 in 2020-21)
T-8th – Doubles dual-match winning percentage (.720 (18-7) in 2020-21)
T-13th – Doubles matches played in a season (37 in 2020-21)
T-19th – Combined wins (53 in 2020-21)
19th – Combined winning percentage (.746(53-18) in 2020-21)
Tied for most doubles wins by a freshman in program history (26 in 2020-21)

Doubles Team Season
T-1st – Matches won (26 in 2020-21) – with Jake Beasley
1st – Matches played (37 in 2002-21) – with Jake Beasley

2021-22 (SOPHOMORE)

• Named to the All-SEC First Team after going 8-2 in SEC singles from the No. 2 spot in the lineup
• Ranked as high as No. 41 in singles and ended the season ranked No. 59 in the nation
• Primarily played in the No. 2 singles position where he put up a 16-5 record
• Led the team with seven match clinches on the year
• Clinched the match against Duke in a comeback victory to send South Carolina to the ITA Indoor National Championships
• Earned six wins over ranked opponents on the season with his highest coming over the nation’s No. 38 player in South Carolina’s upset of Stanford at the ITA Indoor National Championships
• Closed the season with seven consecutive singles wins beginning midway through conference play and extending through the SEC Tournament
• Was a staple of the doubles lineup where he primarily played at the No. 2 position with Jake Beasley. Went 16-8 in dual match doubles including an 8-2 mark in conference play.
• Ranked as high as No. 55 in doubles with Beasley and earned upsets over Nos. 27 and 65.

2020-21 (FRESHMAN)

• Named to the All-SEC Second Team and SEC All-Freshman Team
• Ended his freshman season ranked No. 71 nationally
• Became the fifth Gamecock to pick up ITA Carolina Region Rookie of the Year recognition
• Ranks third in program history in SEC singles wins (9) and SEC singles winning percentage (.900, 9-1)
• Teamed with Jake Beasley to tie school record for wins by a doubles team in a season (26)
• Closed the year with a 5-1 singles record in postseason play (SEC and NCAA Championships) and a 4-1 doubles mark in that stretch
• Launched a 14-match singles win streak at Wake Forest (Jan. 31) that ended in a tough loss to the No. 8 player in the nation (Apr. 9)
• In the NCAA Round of 16 match against No. 4 Texas (May 17), teamed with Beasley to deliver the doubles point then made it a 3-0 Gamecock lead with his singles victory over the country’s No. 75 player
• Provided the match-clinching doubles point in both the Gamecocks’ SEC Tournament wins, including a three-set win over the No. 18 player in the nation to send the team to the semifinals for the second time in as many SEC Tournaments

PRE-COLLEGE

• Joined the program with an ITF Juniors ranking of 129 and UTR of 13.0
• Reached the doubles semifinals of the Junior Wimbledon Championships in 2019
• Was the runner up of the ITF Juniors J3 tournament in Istanbul

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