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- Height:
- 5'8"
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- Weight:
- 156
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- Year:
- SO
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- Hometown:
- Oujda. Morocco
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- High School:
- Al Badil Attarbaoui, Morocco
Bio
2018-19: Went 21-3 in singles (primarily at #1/#2) and 19-7 in doubles (primarily at #2) on the season… Won the Big 8 North Conference singles championship and reached the Big 8 North Conference final in doubles (w/ Luu)… Reached the 4th round in singles and the quarterfinals in doubles (w/ Luu) at the Individual State Championships at Ojai… Singles highlights included beating Sonoma State #3 Max Nudell 6-2, 6-3, beating Chabot #1 Roger Wen 6-3, 6-2, and defeating UC Santa Cruz #3 Kris Harris 6-4, 6-4… Doubles highlights included a victory over Chabot #1 Yap/Wen by the score of 8-6 and beating Decock/Signorello (SBCC) 6-4, 6-4 in the Ojai Rd of 16… He was chosen as the ITA Region I Player to Watch… Selected for the Big 8 North All-Conference 1st Team… Chosen as a 2019 JuCo ITA Singles All-American… Finished the season with state rankings of #8 in singles and #12 in doubles (w/ Luu)… He led the Beavers on the season with 40 total match victories
2019-20: Went 12-3 in singles and 11-2 in doubles… Reached ITA Regional final in singles and in doubles (w/ Erwin)... Reached Modesto Invitational Flight 1 singles final and won the Doubles Flight 1 event (w/ Guenard)... Singles highlights included defeating Justus Drees (HNU) 7-5, 6-4, beating Santiago Sarudiansky (SSU) 5-7, 4-3 ret., and winning against Nick Khamphilath (FH) in the Modesto Invitational Flight 1 semifinal 1-6, 6-1, 6-3… Doubles highlights included beating the HNU #1 team of Drees/Luque 6-4 (w/ Guenard), defeating UC Santa Cruz #1 Chen/Tjoa 8-4 (w/ Guenard), and winning against the #1 San Diego City pairing of Goldin/Zatarain in the final of the Modesto invitational Flight 1 doubles draw 6-3, 6-1 (w/ Guenard)
Junior/High School Accolades: Attained a ranking of #16 in the boy’s 18 age group in Morocco… Reached an overall ranking of #71 in Morocco.
Favorite Shot: Drop shot
Favorite Quote: “It is not death that a man should fear, but he should fear never beginning to live.” –Marcus Aurelius
Personal: His favorite athlete is Muhammed Ali… His favorite human beings are his parents… his brother currently competes at the junior level in Morocco
Why He Chose ARC: “Coming here has given me the chance to pursue my dream. It is something that I couldn’t do elsewhere without the help of the coaching staff at ARC and my personal coach, Amine Khaldi.”
News Mentions
ARC Men's Tennis Finishes Ranked #2 in the State
May 1, 2020
ARC continued their streak of 5 consecutive shutouts against community college competition
9-0 victory over the Chabot Gladiators
March 5, 2020
ARC Stayed Undefeated in Conference Play and against Solano
February 28, 2020
Beavers Defeat Pirates 9-0
February 22, 2020
ARC Men’s Tennis Has Battle Against NCAA DIII Opponent UC Santa Cruz
February 22, 2020
Men’s Tennis Opens Conference Play with Victory Over Falcons
The Beavers opened conference play at Folsom Lake College to face off against the Falcons.
February 18, 2020
Beavers Win Modesto Tournament for the 5th Consecutive Time
The American River men's tennis team won the prestigious MJC Invitational for the fifth consecutive time it has been held.
February 14, 2020
Beavers fall just short against NCAA DII Opponent, Sonoma State University
The beavers competed against their second straight NCAA DII opponent, the Sonoma State Seawolves. Sonoma has been a DII powerhouse in recent...
February 10, 2020
Men's Tennis - First match of the season a Success
The Beavers started the year off well with a 5-2 victory over NCAA Division II opponent Holy Names University.
January 31, 2020