The University of Texas at Austin Athletics
2023-24 Men's Tennis Roster
Roster
Evin McDonald
- Height:
- 6-1
- Weight:
- null
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Bethesda, Md.
- High School:
- Whitman
- Major:
- Economics
• Qualified as 2023 ITA Scholar-Athlete
• 2023 Big 12 Individual Champion at No. 3 doubles (with Chih Chi Huang)
• Captured the Flight C singles title at the 2022 Commodore Invitational
• 2022 Academic All-Big 12 First Team
• 2021 Academic All-Big 12 First Team
• 2019-20 Academic All-Big 12 Rookie Team
• Signed his commitment to compete for The University of Texas Men's Tennis program in November 2018
FALL (2022)
• Finished the fall ranked No. 104 in singles
• Compiled an 8-2 singles record and 4-3 doubles mark, including 3-3 with Nevin Arimilli
• Won his first eight singles contests, while only dropping one set
• Completed the eight-match winning streak with a prequalifying win at the ITA All-American Championships over Roman Postolka of UAB, 6-4, 6-3
• Captured the Flight C singles title at the Commodore Invitational with wins over Mitchell Deams of Vanderbilt, 6-2, 6-0; Lucas Da Silva of South Carolina, 1-6, 6-1, 6-3; Will Nolan of Auburn, 6-4, 6-2; and Marcus Ferreira of Vanderbilt in the final, 6-2, 6-3
AS A SOPHOMORE (2022)
• Registered a 5-6 overall record in the spring, including a 3-5 dual match mark that includes 1-0 at No. 5 and 2-5 at No. 6
• Was 2-6 overall in doubles in the spring with a 1-4 mark in dual matches, including 0-1 at No. 2, and 1-3 at No. 3
• Clinched the overall match against UTRGV with a 6-3, 6-1 win over Chris Lawrance at No. 5, while pairing with Eshan Talluri for a 6-0 shutout of Misha Kvantaliani and Michael Davis at No. 3
• Clinched the overall match at No. 21 Pepperdine with a 6-3, 2-6, 6-4 win over Eric Hadigian at No. 6
• Clinched the overall match at Arizona State with a 4-6, 6-4, 6-2 win over Spencer Brachman at No. 6
• Opened the spring with singles wins over Miguel Perez Pena of Georgia, 6-4, 1-6, 7-6 (5), and Oren Vasser of Miami, 7-5, 7-5, along with a 6-4 doubles victory with Nevin Arimilli against Perez Pena and Mathis Debru at the Miami Spring Invite
FALL (2021)
• Posted a 7-7 singles record and 2-6 doubles mark
• Collected four wins at the ITA Texas Regionals in reaching the consolation semifinals, including straight-sets wins over Miguel Alonso of UTSA, Luke Casper of Texas A&M, Emir Sendogan of Rice and Liam Krall of SMU
• Recorded a singles pre-qualifying win at the ITA All-American Championships with a 6-3, 6-2 decision over Marino Jakic of DePaul
• Paired with Micah Braswell to top No. 25 Tristan McCormick and Hamish Stewart of Georgia, 8-7 (9), while also downing Ryder Jackson of USC in singles, 6-2, 6-4, at the Southern Intercollegiates
• Reached the doubles quarterfinals of the Battle in the Bay Classic with Nevin Arimilli with an 8-4 win over Andrew Rogers and Tim Zeitvogel of Pepperdine
AS A FRESHMAN/ADDITIONAL (2021)
• Registered a 13-11 singles record in dual match play and a 17-17 overall mark in 2020-21
• Was leading his singles match against No. 79 Josh Goodger, 6-2, 4-6, 6-3, at No. 6 when play finished versus No. 2 Florida in the NCAA Semifinals
• Clinched a 4-3 victory over No. 13 South Carolina in the NCAA Round of 16 that completed a 3-0 comeback with a 3-6, 6-4, 7-5 win over Thomas Brown at No. 6
• Contributed to an NCAA Tournament first round sweep of Northern Arizona with a 6-1, 6-1 win over Joachim Schaefer at No. 6
• Clinch a 4-1 victory over No. 21 Oklahoma State in the Big 12 Championship semifinals with a 6-3, 6-4, 6-4 win over Matisse Bobichon at No. 6
• Played No. 5 and captured a 6-4, 6-4 win over Dimitrios Azoidis in a 4-1 victory at No. 21 Texas Tech
• Clinched a 4-3 victory over No. 6 Texas A&M with a 7-6 (4), 6-4 win over Bjorn Thomson at No. 6
• Returned to No. 6 and collected a 7-5, 3-6, 1-0 (7) superbreaker win against Anotnio Muniz of No. 29 South Florida
• Topped Carlos Hassey, 6-4, 4-6, 7-6 (5), in a 4-3 win over No. 15 Arizona
• Took a 6-1, 6-1 win over Adam Oscislawski at No. 5 at Rice
• Began a five-match singles winning streak by clinching a 4-3 victory for Texas at No. 28 Oklahoma, 7-6 (6), 5-7, 7-5 at No. 5
• Helped Texas to a 4-3 over No. 1 USC with a 2-6, 7-5, 7-5 sin over Jake Sands at No. 6 at ITA National Indoors
• Played No. 4 against UIW and defeated Omar El Kadi, 6-3, 7-5
• Downed Juan Jose Bianchi, 6-0, 6-1, at No. 6 against SMU
• Opened dual match play with a 6-3, 6-1 win over Alejo Ferrer Chueca of Louisiana at No. 6
• Registered a 3-1 record in doubles with three different partners at the Alabama Spring Shootout
FALL (2020)
• Posted a 4-3 record in singles and 2-2 mark in doubles in the fall
• Defeated Alex Martinez of Oklahoma, 6-7 (6), 6-4, 6-4, before falling 10-8 in a third set tiebreaker against Luc Fomba of TCU at the Big 6 Invite
• Also went 2-1 in doubles while partnered with Jacob Bullard with 8-3 wins against Isaac Arevalo and Connor Johnson, and Justin Bloss and Franco Ribero of Texas Tech
• Went 3-1 in singles with wins over Justin Schlageter, 6-3, 6-7 (7), 7-6 (6), and Nathan Han, 6-2, 6-4, of Oklahoma, and Franco Ribero, 6-3, 6-1 of Texas Tech at the Lakes Tennis Invite
AS A FRESHMAN (2020)
• Rallied for a 4-6, 6-1, 6-4 singles win at No. 6 over Juan Pablo Cenoz in a 6-1 victory over Tulsa
• Took his second collegiate singles victory in the second half of a doubleheader with a 6-1, 7-5 win over Joao Alcantra at No. 6 in a 4-3 over UTSA
• Played at No. 5 singles in his first collegiate dual match and secured a 6-4, 6-4 win over Shunya Maruyama in a 6-1 win over Nebraska
• Compiled a 5-1 record with two singles and three doubles wins, as both sets of his only singles defeat ended in tiebreakers at the Miami Invitational
FALL (2019)
• Registered records of 5-5 in both singles and doubles during the fall
• Reached the singles round of 32 and doubles round of 16 at the ITA Texas Regionals with 2-1 records in each
• Paired with Jacob Bullard to post a 2-2 doubles record at the Southern Intercollegiate Championships
• Advanced to the singles final of Tiger East Draw of the Ivy Plus Invitational, including ranked wins over No. 73 Karl Poling of Princeton, 7-6 (2), 5-7, 6-1, and No. 94 Jan-simon Vrbsky of SMU, 6-4, 6-4 before falling to No. 9 Jack Lin of Columbia
BEFORE TEXAS
• 2019 Maryland 4A State Singles Champion
• Won a Bronze Ball in singles at the 2019 USTA Boys National Clay Court Championships in Delray Beach, Fla.
• Reached the singles round of 32 and the doubles second round at the 2019 18s USTA Nationals in Kalamazoo, Mich.
• Selected first team of the Washington Post's 2018 Spring All-Met team three years in a row
• Was the Montgomery County champion and Region II runner-up and was a semifinalist at the 2018 Maryland state tournament
• Finished in the Top 16 in the USTA 16s in Kalamazoo and earned a Bronze Ball in doubles at the 2018 16s Winter Championships
• Claimed a Bronze Ball in doubles at the 2017 14s Hard Courts, while also finishing fourth in singles
• Won a Silver Ball in the 2017 14s National Doubles.
RANKINGS
High Universal Tennis Rating: 12.89
High TennisRecruiting.net Ranking: 15
Highest Collegiate Ranking (ITA Singles/Doubles): N/A
Highest Pro Ranking (ATP Singles/Doubles): N/A
