Ahad Athar

Height:
6-2
Weight:
165
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Mt. Airy, N.C.
High School:
Mount Airy High School

General - Walk-on player from Mount Airy, N.C. … will compete for playing time during the spring season … Competed in the ITA South Atlantic Championships Qualifying Round in the fall … Has a solid baseline game.

As a Junior - Was an ACC Academic Honor Roll selection, with a 3.218 grade-point average … A valuable practice player to a team that was short on numbers … Did not play college tennis his first two years at UNC.

Prep - Four-year veteran of the Mt. Airy High School tennis team … Team captain, Team MVP and Conference Player of the Year as a senior in 1996 … Awarded all-conference honors four straight years … While a member of the Mt. Airy squad, the team went undefeated in conference play from 1993-1996 with a 98-7 overall record … Helped Mt. Airy win state championships in men's tennis in both 1993 and 1996 … Very academic-oriented as well as being an athletic phenom while a prepster … Member of National Honor Society and Quiz Bowl Vice President … An active participant in art, spanish and math clubs … Also played junior varsity basketball and ran cross country.

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