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PORTLAND STATE VIKINGS

2020-21 Men's Tennis Roster

Larry Lawson
Larry Lawson
Larry Lawson
Eric Naslund
Eric Naslund
Eric Naslund
Larry Lawson

Tommy Edwards

  • Class
    Senior
  • Hometown
    Hillsboro, Ore.
  • Highschool
    Century HS
  • Prev School
    Century HS

Biography

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS:

Awards:

- All-Big Sky Honorable Mention singles (2021)
- All-Big Sky Honorable Mention Singles (2019)

- All-Big Sky Second Team Doubles (West, 2018-19)
- All-Big Sky Second Team Doubles (Fortini, 2021)
- 2016 Bulldog Classic Singles B Finalist

- 2016 Bulldog Classic Consolation Doubles Champion
- 2019 Pacific Northwest Invitational Doubles Champion
- Academic All-Big Sky (2017)
- Academic All-Big Sky (2018)
- Academic All-Big Sky (2019)
- Academic All-Big Sky (2020)
- Big Sky Player of the Week (2/5/20)

Career Records - Singles:

- T-1st all-time in overall singles wins (45)
- Ranks 4th all-time in overall singles win percentage (45-42, .517)
- Ranks 2nd all-time in Big Sky singles wins (19)
- Ranks 2nd all-time in singles wins at No. 2 (21)
- Ranks 3rd all-time in win percentage at No. 2 singles (21-30, .412)
- Ranks 1st all-time in wins at No. 3 singles (18)
- Ranks 2nd all-time in win percentage at No. 3 singles (18-11, .620)

Career Records - Doubles (Individual):

- All-time leader in overall doubles wins (47)
- Ranks 4th all-time in overall doubles win percentage (47-35, .573)
- T-1st all-time in Big Sky doubles wins (20)
- All-time leader in wins at No. 1 doubles (47)
- Ranks 4th all-time in win percentage at No. 1 doubles (47-35, .573)

Career Records - Doubles (Team):

- All-time leader in overall doubles wins (West, 27)
- Ranks 9th all-time in overall doubles wins (Boniel, 9)
- Ranks 6th all-time in overall doubles win percentage (West, .659)
- Ranks 3rd all-time in Big Sky doubles wins (West, 12)
- Ranks T-5th all-time in Big Sky doubles wins (Boniel, 5)
- All-time leader in wins at No. 1 doubles (West, 27)
- Ranks T-4th all-time in wins at No. 1 doubles (Boniel, 9)
- Ranks T-6th all-time in wins at No. 1 doubles (Fortini, 8)
- Ranks 2nd all-time in win percentage at No. 1 doubles (West, .659)
- Ranks 4th all-time in win percentage at No. 1 doubles (Boniel, .529)
- Ranks T-5th all-time in win percentage at No. 1 doubles (.500)

Single Season Program Records:

- All-time leader in single season wins at No. 3 singles (11, 2019)
- All-time leader in single season individual wins at No. 1 doubles (15, 2018)
- T-1st all-time leader in single season individual win percentage at No. 1 doubles (.682, 2018)
- All-time leader in single season overall team doubles wins - West (15, 2018)
- All-time leader in single season team wins at No. 1 doubles - West (15, 2018)
- Al-time leader in single season team win percentage at No. 1 doubles - West (.682, 2018)


2021 SEASON (Redshirt Senior):

Posted a 7-8 singles record and 7-7 doubles record… Went 2-2 against regular-season Big Sky opponents... Earned six of his seven wins at the No. 2 spot… Was 1-0 in No. 1 singles against Lewis & Clark’s Ramez Attia… Won a team-high seven matches at No. 1 doubles with partner Matteo Fortini… Was 2-1 against regular-season Big Sky doubles opponents… Named Honorable Mention All-Big Sky singles honors… Named Second Team All-Big Sky doubles with Fortini.


2019-20 SEASON (Senior):

Went 6-10 in singles and 6-8 in doubles during the season…Went 4-5 in singles during the dual season between a 2-0 record at line one and a 2-5 record at line two…Named Big Sky Player of the Week after sweeping his singles and doubles matches against Santa Clara (2/2)…Won four of his five singles matches between Feb. 2 and 28…Won his first-ever match at line one in the Vikings’ 5-2 win over George Fox (2/7), beating Will Leach 6-4, 1-6, 6-4…Dropped only three games in a 6-1, 6-2 win over Southern Utah’s Juan Erro at line two on Feb. 28…Went 3-5 in doubles during the dual season with all of the match coming at line one alongside Sam Roberts…Became the Vikings’ all-time leader in doubles wins with a 6-3 win over Montana State’s Nejc Sitar and C. Damgaard-Qvist on March 7…Beat the 52nd-ranked doubles team nationally in Santa Clara’s Arthur Neuhaus and Vasileios Iliopooulos, winning 6-4 on Feb. 2.
 

2018-19 SEASON (Junior):

Went 16-6 in singles and 13-8 in doubles … Went 7-3 in Big Sky play … Played on three different courts, but primarily at No. 3 where he was 11-5 … Started year by winning five of first six matches in the non-conference … Won his first conference match against Louis Chabut of Sacramento State 6-1, 6-4 (2/16) … Defeated Joaquin Espinoza of Montana State 6-7 (4), 6-2, 6-2 at No. 3 (2/23) … Won 6-4, 6-3 at No. 4 against Eastern Washington’s Martin Bats (3/2) … Beat Southern Utah’s Remus Cope 6-3, 7-5 at No. 4 (3/22) … Went on a six-match winning streak from 4/5 to 4/25 … Won 6-7, 7-6, 6-1 against Northern Colorado’s Adolfo Arroyo at No. 2 singles (4/14) … Won the clinching match 3-6, 6-3, 6-2 at No. 3 singles in Portland State’s win over Idaho State, securing a berth at the Big Sky Championships … Beat Weber State’s Bo-Han Li at No. 3 singles 6-4, 6-2 (4/21) … In Big Sky quarterfinal win against Montana (4/25), he defeated Ludvig Hallgren 7-5, 2-6, 6-4 … Went 5-4 in Big Sky doubles matches … Won five of first six non-conference doubles matches with Avery West … Won 7-6 against Idaho’s Longhi Neto/Santibanez in first Big Sky match (2/15) to cap off five-match winning streak … Beat Montana State’s Flink/Brown (2/23) … Became all-time winningest doubles team in program history with 6-0 win against Pacific (4/5) … Beat Northern Colorado’s Pease/Smalley 6-3 at No. 1 doubles (4/14) … Defeated Idaho State’s Trhac/Lohse 6-4 (4/19) … Finished regular season with a 6-2 win against Weber State’s Van Schoor/Van Wyk (4/21) … In Big Sky quarterfinal against Montana (4/25), defeated Canellopoulos/Korkh 6-0 at No. 1 doubles ... Went 3-7 in singles and 2-5 in doubles during the fall season… advanced to the quarterfinal of the Gonzaga Fall Invitational ... defeated Gonzaga’s Hunter Egger 7-6 (4), 5-7, 7-5 in the round of 16 ... finished the fall season 2-0 against Big Sky opponents in doubles with Avery West ... defeated Montana State’s Fling/Damgaard Qvist 8-7 (5) ... defeated Eastern Washington’s Balce/Field 8-5.
 

2017-18 SEASON (Sophomore):

Beat Weber State’s Nick Werner 6-4, 6-3 at line three in the Vikings’ Big Sky quarterfinal match against the Wildcats (4/26)...Broke the single-season record for wins at No. 1 doubles with his 15th win of the season in the Vikings’ 6-1 win over Arizona Christian (4/24)...Beat the Firestorm’s Enzo Douillac and Jesse Miritello 7-5 at line one for the record win with Avery West...Broke the single-season records for overall wins and wins at No. 1 doubles by a doubles team with his 14th win of the season with Avery West in the Vikings’ match against Montana (4/15)...Beat the Grizzlies’ Ignacio Tejerina and Victor Casadevall 6-2 for the record win...Swept his singles and doubles matches in the Vikings’ 7-0 win over North Dakota (4/6)...Only dropped two games while beating UND’s Annei Laska 6-2, 6-0 at No. 2 singles...Beat Sacramento State’s Dom Miller 7-5, 1-6, 6-3 at line three in the Vikings’ match against the Hornets (3/31)...Beat Sonoma State’s Nate Oppenheim and Sean Alves 8-2 at No. 1 doubles with Avery West in the Vikings’ 5-4 win over Sonoma State (3/29)...Beat Weber State’s Stefan Cooper and Kris Van Wyk 6-4 at line one in the Vikings’ 4-3 loss to the Wildcats (3/23)...Beat his second nationally ranked doubles team of the season with Avery West with a 7-5 win over Idaho’s Mark Kovacs and Carlos Longhi Neto on March 9, when Kovacs and Longhi Neto were ranked 53rd in the nation...Swept his singles and doubles matches in the Vikings’ 6-1 win over Lewis-Clark State (3/8)...Clinched the Vikings’ 4-3 comeback road win over Seattle (3/2) with a 7-5, 6-7, 6-1 win over the Redhawks’ Emilio Monroy at No. 2 singles...Swept his singles and doubles matches in the Vikings’ 5-2 win over Northern Colorado (2/24)...Only dropped one game while beating the Bears’ Michael Kritzinger 6-1, 6-0 at line three...Won his sixth straight doubles match with Avery West with a 6-3 win over Southern Utah’s Pablo Guerra and Agustin Tamagnone at No. 1 doubles...Upset the 50th-ranked doubles team nationally in the Vikings’ 5-2 win over Idaho State (2/10), beating the Bengals’ Peter Trhac and David Felxi 6-4 at line one with Avery West...Won his fourth straight match at No. 1 doubles in the Vikings’ 7-0 win over Linfield (2/3)...Upset UP’s Mike Pervolarakis and Alex Wallace at No. 1 doubles with a 7-5 win on Feb. 3...Won his second straight match at No. 1 doubles with Avery West in the Vikings’ 5-2 win over Seattle (1/27), beating Seattle’s Trenton Nield and Colton Weldreyer, 6-4...Swept his singles and doubles matches while only dropping a game in each in the Vikings’ 7-0 win over Puget Sound (1/26)...Went 4-3 in singles and 4-3 in doubles during the fall season…Advanced to the second round in singles at all three fall tournaments…Advanced to the quarterfinals of the doubles draw with two wins at the Dar Walters Fall Classic (10/6-8) while playing alongside Avery West…Won his opening round doubles match at all three tournaments in the fall.
 

2016-17 SEASON (Freshman):

Beat Weber State's Stefan Cooper, an All-Big Sky first-team selection who went 11-0 in Big Sky matches in 2016, 6-4, 0-6, 7-5 in the Vikings' 5-2 loss to the Wildcats (4/1)...Beat an older player in Idaho State's Quentin Wacquez, a senior, in straight sets, 7-6 (1), 6-4 at line two in the Vikings' 4-3 loss to the Bengals (3/31)...Came back from a 0-5 deficit to start his match against Northern Colorado's Kyle Pease and beat Pease 7-6, 4-6, 7-5 to help the Vikings in their 4-3 win over the Bears (3/26)...Also came back from a 1-4, love-30 deficit to win his seventh straight doubles match with Nathan Boniel in the Vikings' win over the Bears...Swept his singles and doubles matches in the Vikings' 4-3 loss to Montana State (3/12)...Beat Montana State's Rok Sitar 6-4, 6-0 at line two in singles, and beat Sitar and Alexander Flink 6-1 at line one in doubles...Won his fourth straight doubles match with a 6-2 win over North Dakota's Dustin Britton and Travis Lau at line one with partner Nathan Boniel...Swept his singles and doubles matches in the Vikings' 7-0 win over Linfield (2/23), and only dropped two games while beating Linfield's Trent Prussing 6-2, 6-0 at line two...Won in both singles and doubles for the second straight match, winning 6-3, 6-2 at line two over EWU's Victor Pereira on Feb. 17, and 6-3 at line one over Pereira and Robert Dula...Swept his singles and doubles matches in the Vikings' rematch against Seattle on Feb. 11...Beat Seattle's John Stormans 6-3, 6-4 at line two in singles, and beat Seattle's Trenton Nield and Matt Alderson 6-3 at line one in doubles... Beat Sacramento State's Dom Miller 6-4, 6-4 in his Big Sky debut and debut at line two…Won both his singles and doubles matches in the Vikings' 4-3 loss to Seattle (1/27)...Swept his singles and doubles matches in the Vikings' 7-0 sweep of Willamette (1/21)...Only dropped two games in his 6-0, 6-2 win over Willamette's Hunter Yee at line three...Went 5-4 in singles and 6-3 in doubles during the fall season...Made the finals of singles flight B at the Bulldog Classic (10/28-30)...Won the consolation doubles title at the Bulldog Classic with teammate Nathan Boniel...Beat three Big Sky opponents during the fall in Idaho State's Bjorn Scheepbouwer, Idaho's Guilherme Scarpelli and Montana's Ludvig Hallgren.
 

CENTURY HIGH SCHOOL:

State semifinalist (2015)…Three-time state quarterfinalist (2013, 2014, 2016)…2016 Metro League Singles Champion…Two-time Pacific Conference Singles Champion (2013, 2014)…Ranked as high as 247th nationally by TennisRecruiting.net…Ranked 11th in Boys 18’s in PNW…Three-time first-team all-league selection; twice with the Pacific Conference (2013, 2014) and once with the Metro League (2016)…C.L.A.W Boys Tennis Leadership award recipient (2016)…OSAA Scholar Athlete (2016)…Salutatorian of his 2016 Century High School graduation class…President’s Award recipient for Academic Excellence (2016)…Metro League All-Start Academic Award recipient (2016)…Three-time Athlete of the Month (May 2013, May 2014, April 2016)…Eight-time scholar athlete at Century…Also played a year of basketball in addition to tennis in high school.
 

PERSONAL/MISCELLANEOUS:

Son of Dave and Kelly…Has a brother, Robbie, and a sister, Katie…Plans on majoring in accounting.

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  • 2017-18Sophomore

  • 2018-19Junior

  • 2019-20Senior

  • 2020-21Senior

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