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| Height: | 6-1 |
| Weight: | 165 |
| Year: | Sr. |
| Hometown: | Springfield, Mass. |
| High School: | Cathedral |
As a senior:
Became the winningest player in program history with 137
career victories, including 26 as a senior ... Earned First Team
All-NEC recognition out of the No. 2 singles flight and Second Team
All-NEC with No. 2 doubles partner Andrew Weeden ... Named Team MVP
... Played his best tennis at the end of the season, earning NEC
Player of the Week on March 30 and April 13 ... Went an undefeated
10-0 out of the No. 2 singles flight in dual matches, part of a
12-1 dual match record and a 15-5 singles mark for the season ...
Pushed Stanford's Ryan Thacher, ranked No. 84 in the nation, to a
4-6 first set in the NCAA Tournament First Round ... Easily
disposed of Sacred Heart's Chris Ujkic, 6-1, 6-0, to give the
Bobcats' their first point in a come-from-behind victory over the
Pioneers in the NEC Tournament Championship ... Clinched the
Bobcats' 4-3 NEC Tournament Semifinal victory with a three-set win
over Fairleigh Dickinson's Peter Skvarka, 6-4, 4-6,
6-2.
As a junior:
Won a career-high 38 matches, including a team-high 21
singles victories...earned his 100th career win in the NEC
Tournament Semifinals, defeating Sacred Heart's Kirill Kasyanov,
6-1, 6-3, in the top flight...won 10 of his first 11 singles
matches of the year, including victories in his first two matches
of the ITA Regionals against opponents from Fairfield and
Dartmouth...won his singles flight at the Bucknell Round Robin with
wins against opponents from Bucknell, UConn and Wilkes...won the
top singles flight at the Quinnipiac Invitational, defeating two
competitors from NEC rival Sacred Heart, as well as one each from
Bucknell and Boston University...paired with Charlie Feldman to win
the top doubles flight at the Bucknell Round Robin with wins
against teams from Bucknell, Wilkes, and UConn...earned NEC Player
of the Week in consecutive weeks (10/14, 10/21) for his efforts at
the Quinnipiac Invitational and the ITA
Regionals.
As a sophomore:
Paired with Scott Salway to earn Second-Team All-NEC
honors ... named Team MVP ... won 28 matches while playing
primarily out of the No. 1 singles and No. 2 doubles flights ...
earned five wins at No. 1 singles, while perhaps his most notable
accomplishment at the position came in defeat - he became the only
conference opponent to take a set from NEC Player of the Year
Philip Stephens, winning by a 6-4 margin in the NEC Championship
... a two-time NEC Player of the Week ... paired with Charlie
Feldman to win 12 doubles matches, including a 4-2 record in dual
matches ... went 5-2 with Salway out of the No. 2 doubles flight
... paired with Feldman to take the Flight One Championship at the
Fairfield Doubles Festival ... narrowly missed the Quinnipiac
Invitational Flight A Championship, falling in a third-set
tie-break, 10-8, to Sacred Heart's Kirill Kasyanov ... advanced to
the round of 32 at ITA Regionals.
As a freshman:
Selected Second-Team All-NEC at the No. 2 doubles flight
along with fellow freshman Charlie Feldman ... named NEC Co-Player
of the Week Oct. 3, with Feldman, after the duo's "B" Flight
Championship at the UConn Invitational ... Won consecutive doubles
championships in he and Feldman's first two collegiate tournaments
at the Fairfield Doubles Festival and UConn Invitational ... also
took the Flight B Doubles Championship at the Quinnipiac
Invitational ... compiled over 30 wins in singles and doubles for
the year ... competed primarily out of the No. 2 and 4 flights,
compiling a 14-6 overall singles record.
Before Quinnipiac:
Achieved a #11 New England regional ranking in the 18 and
under division while compiling a 40-18 record and reaching the
state semifinals playing No. 1 for Cathedral High School in
Springfield, Mass... Was First-Team All-Western Massachusetts
and captained his high school team for three years each... Led
Cathedral to the Western Massachusetts
semifinals.
Personal:
Born John Hughes in Springfield, Mass... The son of
Deborah and John Hughes... Has three sisters, Andrea, Meredith, and
Caitlin... Father, John, played tennis at Holy Cross... Sister,
Meredith, plays tennis at Western New England College... Chose
Quinnipiac while also considering St. John's Univ., and the Univ.
of Rhode Island... Majoring in business.









