2009-10 Men's Tennis Roster
Roster
Patrick Smith
- Height:
- 6-1
- Weight:
- 174
- Class:
- Redshirt Senior
- Hometown:
- Munich, Germany
- High School:
- Max-Planck Gymnasium HS
Roo Item -- Finished his career with 41 doubles and 40 singles victories... the doubles mark is tied for third in the record books, while the singles wins are the fourth most all-time.
2009-10 -- Summit League Player of the Year... all-Summit League honoree... just the third player in school history to earn league Player of the Year honors... posted a 16-5 singles and an 18-4 doubles record... went a perfect 4-0 in singles and 6-0 in doubles in Summit League play... competed primarily at the No. 2 singles and No. 1 doubles position... the 18 doubles victories are the most in a single season in school history, while the 16 singles wins are the second most... the 16 wins at the two singles position and the 18 wins at No. 1 doubles line are also school records... went a combined 4-0 in wins over Murray State and Southern Illinois to earn Summit League Player of the Week honors on Feb. 9... won a combined 22 consecutive matches (11 singles/11 doubles) from March 22 through April 23... also selected as The Summit League Player of the Week in back-to-back weeks on April 6 and April 13... named The Summit League Men's Athlete of the Month for April... teamed with Bret Berryman in doubles... the duo broke the school record for victories in a single season with their 8-1 triumph over Centenary's Shoptaugh/Magil on April 11... named to The Summit League Winter/Spring Academic all-League team and to the Commissioner's List of Academic Excellence.
2008-09 -- First Team all-Summit League selection for the second straight year after posting a 14-6 singles record and a 10-6 doubles mark... the 14 singles wins are tied for the second most in a single season in UMKC history... played at the No. 1-3 positions in singles and at the one line in doubles... went 6-0 in singles and 2-0 in doubles in Summit League play... teamed primarily with Bret Berryman in doubles on the year... won five of his first eight singles matches to start the season and his first five doubles matches... named The Summit League Men's Tennis Athlete of the Week on Feb. 3 after posting a 6-0 record in three team victories... won 13 straight matches (nine singles/four doubles) to close out the regular season... named the League Athlete of the Week a second time on April 14 after going 5-0 in the league cluster in Fort Wayne... won four-of-five doubles matches to close out the season... clinched UMKC team victories in the matches against Northwest Missouri State and Western Illinois in The Summit League semifinals... the win over WIU's Francisco Ortiz (6-7 (5), 6-4, 6-2) helped the 'Roos advance to the final of the league Championship... claimed a straight set victory over ORU's Dmitry Suslov (6-4, 6-3) to help propel the Kangaroos to the Summit League title and to an NCAA Tournament berth... named to The Summit League Winter/Spring Academic all-League team and to the Commissioner's List of Academic Excellence.
2007-08 -- First Team all-Summit League selection after finishing with a 6-7 singles record and a 5-8 doubles mark on the year... saw action at the No. 1 and No. 2 positions in singles and at the one line in doubles... had a 3-1 singles mark and a 4-0 doubles record in Summit League play... teamed up with freshman Serge Ristivojevic in doubles... his 6-4 mark at the No. 2 singles line is tied for the fourth most wins at the position in a single season in school history... won five-of-seven matches in singles to close out the year, which included winning three straight from Mar. 23 to Mar. 30... ended WIU's Martin Bostrom's 14-match winning streak with a 7-6 (3), 6-3 victory on Mar. 30... the win was the lone victory over Bostrom during the regular season... was victorious in four-of-five matches in doubles to close out the year... helped UMKC claim the doubles point with an 8-5 victory over ORU's Alex Kotsuik and Alex Dargel at The Summit League Championship... recipient of UMKC's Sam Davidson Award, which is presented annually to a student-athlete who best exemplifies the ideals of scholarship, sportsmanship and goodwill... named to The Summit League Winter/Spring Academic all-League team and to the Commissioner's List of Academic Excellence... also was named an ITA Scholar-Athlete.
2006-07 -- Posted a 4-9 overall record in singles and had an 8-5 record in doubles... competed at the No. 2 singles position and teamed with Richard Harrison to form the No. 1 doubles tandem... finished with an even 2-2 mark in Mid-Con singles matches and had a 4-2 record in league doubles contests... won his first collegiate singles match in a 6-2, 6-2 victory over Nikita Dudar of Creighton on Feb. 11... closed out the year with two straight singles victories... had a three-match and a four-match winning streak in doubles... won 7-of-9 matches in doubles to close out the year... named to the Mid-Con Winter/Spring Academic all-Conference team and to the Mid-Continent Conference Commissioner's List of Academic Excellence.
2005-06 -- Redshirted.
High School -- Played on the club team TC Blutenburg in junior competition... earned runner-up honors two consecutive years with his team in Munich.
Personal -- Born Sept. 11, 1984... son of Peter and Beatrice Smith... majoring in pre-med/German.
CAREER STATISTICS
Singles Results
| YEAR |
Overall |
Summit |
No. 1 |
No. 2 | No. 3 | No. 4 | No. 5 | No. 6 |
| 2007 |
4-9 |
2-2 |
- |
4-7 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| 2008 |
6-7 |
4-0 |
0-3 |
6-4 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| 2009 |
14-6 |
6-0 |
1-0 |
13-5 |
0-1 |
- |
- |
- |
| 2010 | 16-5 | 4-0 | 0-2 | 16-3 | - | - | - | - |
| TOTALS |
40-27 |
16-2 |
1-5 |
39-19 |
0-1 |
- |
- |
- |
Doubles Results
| YEAR |
Overall |
Summit |
No. 1 |
No. 2 | No. 3 |
| 2007 |
8-5 |
4-2 |
8-4 |
- |
- |
| 2008 |
5-8 | 3-1 |
5-8 |
- |
- |
| 2009 |
10-6 |
10-6 |
10-6 |
- |
- |
| 2010 | 18-5 | 6-0 | 18-5 | - | - |
| TOTALS |
41-24 |
23-9 |
41-23 |
- |
- |
