Texas A&M Men’s Tennis Recruiting Class Ranked No. 2 in the Nation

COLLEGE STATION, Texas – Texas A&M's 2018 men's tennis recruiting class was ranked No. 2 in Tennis Recruiting Network's Top 25 Winter Rankings, announced last week. The five member signing class was announced by Texas A&M men's tennis head coach Steve Denton last November.
 
The group consists of elite junior prospects Austin Abbrat, Alejandro Vedri Asensi, Guido Marson, Jack Pulliam and Noah Schachter.
 
Abbrat is rated as a five-star prospect by TRN and listed as the No. 6 junior player in the state of Texas and No. 63 player nationally. Abbrat is a native of Spring, Texas and currently trains at the Giammalva Elite Academy and is trained by Sammy Giamalva Jr.
 
Vedri of Valencia, Spain achieved a career-high ITF ranking of 123 and is one of the top junior players in Spain. The right-hander earned a 13.51 UTR after claiming wins at several tournaments in the last six months including a doubles championship at the Budaors Cup. Asensi is coached by Antonio Gil Betoret.
 
Marson from Napoli is one of the top 5 nationally ranked junior tennis players in Italy. His career high ITF ranking is 144 and claims a UTR rating of 13.99. He has several wins over top international junior players in recent months. Guido is coached by internationally renowned tennis coach, Riccardo Piatti who has coached Novak Djokovic, Richard Gasquet, Ivan Ljubicic and recently Milos Raonic.
 
Pulliam, a four-star recruit and No. 66 prospect in the class of 2018, is from Manhattan Beach, California. The right-hander is currently ranked No. 1 in the USTA Southern California Section in doubles. Pulliam currently trains under the direction of Fritz Wolmarans.
 
Schachter, from Wesley Chapel, Florida, trains at Saddlebrook Prep Tennis Academy under the direction of Matt Gordon. The five-star recruit is rated as the No. 22 player in the 2018 earning a career-best ITF ranking of No. 185 in February of 2017 after earning ITF points from wins at the Pan American ITA Championship, Prince George's County International Hard Court Junior Tennis Championships, USTA International Spring Championships and the Costa Rica Bowl.
 
Below are the TRN's recruiting class winter rankings with point totals. First-place votes are in parentheses.
 

Rank	Team	Votes
1	Florida (13)	487
2	Texas A&M (5)	457
3	Michigan (1)	454
4	Princeton	409
5	Miami (FL)	399
6	Harvard (1)	379
7	Oklahoma State	337
8	USC	336
9	Wisconsin	334
10	Virginia	329
11	UCLA	270
12	Oklahoma	266
13	Ohio State	262
14	South Carolina	248
15	Illinois	219
16	Indiana	206
17	Tennessee	179
18	Stanford	171
19	Air Force	119
20	LSU	115
21	Portland	94
22	Georgia	92
23	Central Florida	75
24	Nebraska	69
25	North Carolina	51

 
 
The Aggies are currently 4-0 with a pair of road wins and a sweep of Cal Poly and LSU at the ITA Kick Off Weekend in College Station. The Maroon & White travel to Columbus to take on No. 2 Ohio State on Friday at 5 p.m. before taking on No. 25 Texas Tech in Houston on Feb. 11 at 1 p.m.
 
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