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2010-11 Tennis-M Roster

Casey Cullen

Casey Cullen

  • Height:
    6-0
  • Class:
    Senior
  • Hometown:
    Beverly Hills, Mich.
  • High School:
    Birmingham Seaholm

Summary

Biography

2010-11

  • Team captain
  • Second Team All-MAC for second straight season
  • Finished ahead of R.J. Dunkle for most career doubles wins in program history; leads WMU with 111 career doubles wins
  • Ended career with 182 career individual victories, which ranks 11th in program history
  • Tied for team lead in doubles wins with 25-9 record in doubles play, including perfect 5-0 record in MAC regular season play
  • Posted a 17-7 doubles record with fellow Second Team All-MAC performer Pablo Olivarez, including 15-5 in dual matches
  • Led the Broncos with a 28-10 record in singles play, including a 5-0 record in MAC regular season play
  • Won eight of his final 10 matches in 2010-11
  • Registered a 10-4 record in No. 5 singles play
  • Went 5-0 against Ferris State, IPFW, and Buffalo to earn MAC Player of the Week honors on March 30
  • Went 5-0 to win Flight B Singles at the Purdue Fall Invitational (9/17-19) ... defeated Ryan Bandy of Notre Dame 3-6, 6-2, 1-0 (6) in the finals
  • Won three matches in a row before falling in the finals of Flight B Singles at the Wildcat Invitational (10/15-17)
  • Won three matches in qualifying to advance to main draw singles at the ITA Midwest Regional (10/21-22)
  • Won four consecutive dual singles matches (1/21-2/11)
  • Paired with Pablo Olivarez to defeat opponents in match against No. 67 Northwestern
  • Earned fourth letter

2009-10

  • Second Team All-MAC, Academic All-MAC
  • WMU Doubles Team of the Year with sophomore Pablo Olivarez
  • Set WMU school record with 33 doubles wins
  • Went 25-4 in dual match doubles at No. 1 (1-0), No. 2 (11-2) and No. 3 (13-2)
  • Finished the year with 17 consecutive doubles victories, including 3-0 to lead WMU to MAC Tournament championship
  • Led the team with 17-6 mark in doubles with Olivarez, including team-best 13-4 record in dual matches
  • Went 9-0 in dual doubles at No. 2 with Kazuya Komada
  • Named MAC Player of the Week (2/10) after going 5-1 against Illinois State, Green Bay and No. 38 Northwestern
  • Named MAC Player of the Week (3/10) after going 3-1 at the H.E.B. Tournament of Champions in Corpus Christ, Texas
  • Named MAC Male Scholar Athlete of the Week (4/29) after sweeping both his matches in a victory over Toledo
  • Finished 9-3 at No. 4 singles and 7-6 at No. 5
  • Reached the doubles final in two fall tournaments (IU Invitational, Vredevelt Invitational)
  • Earned third letter

2008-09

  • Academic All-MAC and ITA Scholar-Athlete
  • WMU Most Improved Player
  • MAC Player of the Week (3/11) after going 3-1 at the H.E.B. Tournament in Corpus Christi, Texas, against No. 50 DePaul and No. 53 Middle Tennessee State
  • Went 4-1 at No. 1 doubles with Kevin Hayward and 8-2 at No. 3 doubles with Pablo Olivarez, including 2-0 at the MAC Tournament
  • Started the year ranked nationally No. 49 in doubles with Kevin Hayward
  • Reached the semifinals of the Vredevelt Invitational in singles and the semifinals of the Wildcat Fall Invitational in doubles with Olivarez
  • Earned second letter

2007-08

  • WMU Doubles Team of the Year with Kevin Hayward after leading the team with a 28-4 doubles record, 18-4 in dual matches
  • Tied a 25-year-old school record with 19 consecutive doubles victories
  • Went undefeated in dual singles matches (7-0)
  • Posted the highest overall winning percentage on the team (.797)
  • Teamed with Hayward to defeat the No. 38 doubles team in the country, Jason Jung and Mike Sroczynski of Michigan, 8-6 in the first round of the NCAA Tournament
  • MAC Player of the Week (3/5) after going 2-1 at the 38th H.E.B. Collegiate Team Championships and tying the WMU consecutive doubles victories record
  • Earned first letter

High School

  • Won Division II No. 1 singles state championship in 2006, semifinalist in 2007, quarterfinalist in 2005
  • Led Maples to third place in Division II in 2006, fourth in 2007, seventh in 2005
  • Two-year team captain was all-area and all-state and four-time team MVP
  • Won USTA Tim Gullikson Scholarship
  • Ranked No. 1 in Michigan and No. 3 in the Midwest by the USTA in 2007
  • Ranked No. 75 in the country by TennisRecruiting.net in 2007
  • Won Southeast Michigan Qualifier in 2007 & 2005, 2006 Midwest Indoor B18 Open Championship, 2006 Midwest Indoor Singles Championship, 2005 St. Louis Clay Court Doubles and 2005 New Mexico Open B18
  • Finalist at 2005 B16 Doubles National Winter Championships
  • Three-year qualifier for the USTA Boys Nationals in Kalamazoo

Personal

  • Majoring in accountancy with 3.60 GPA
  • Interned for the Detroit Pistons/Shock in Summer ‘09
  • Son of Keith and Sara Cullen ... both parents graduated from Ripon College
  • Dad, Keith, is a tennis pro
  • Has an older sister, Taylor
  • Born Feb. 6, 1989

 

Cullen's Career Statistics (as of 3/9/11)

Year Singles Doubles Overall
2007-08 16-6 31-6 47-12
2008-09 15-10 22-13 37-23
2009-10 22-18 33-9 55-27
2010-11 20-8 15-8 35-16
Overall 73-42 101-36 174-78

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Historical Player Information

  • 2007-08Freshman

    6'0"
  • 2008-09Sophomore

    6'0"
  • 2009-10Junior

    6'0"
  • 2010-11Senior

    6'0"