Conner Edwards

Height:
6-2
Weight:
150
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Topeka, Kan.
High School:
Washburn Rural HS

2014-15 -- Had a breakout season, totalling 19 singles victories to match the school record, after putting up only three wins in his previous best season... He also became the school's all-time leader in doubles wins with 47, posting 18 in 2014-15... He won a season-best four matches in a row at one point in singles, while winning six straight in doubles... Was also named WAC Player of the Week for the first time, earning it on Feb. 9.

2013-14 -- Had a successful doubles season, playing in the No. 2 position all year... He teamed with Vinh Pham for an 11-9 mark at that position, and they ended the season on a six-match win streak... In singles, he played at the No. 5 and 6 positions, picking up each of his wins at No. 6.

2012-13 -- Went 2-10 overall in singles and 4-9 in doubles action... Defeated John Ellis of Omaha in fall play, while picking up a win over Armaan Choudhary of IUPUI in the Summit League Championship match... In doubles play he teamed with Tim Akhmedov for two early season wins in the spring, followed by a win in the Summit League Championship over IUPUI with teammate David Heckler... Earned a spot on the Academic Honor Roll for his work in the classroom.

2011-12 -- Recorded a 3-11 singles mark and 13-8 doubles record... went 0-2 at No. 4, 2-3 at No. 5 and 1-6 at No. 6 singles... went 0-3 at No. 2 and 13-5 at No. 3 doubles... 13 doubles wins are tied for the eighth most in a season in UMKC history... 13 wins at No. 3 doubles with partner Tomas Patino are the most in a season in UMKC history... named to The Summit League Winter/Spring Academic All-League Team... recorded first collegiate singles win over Oklahoma State's Trevor Horstmann, 6-4, 6-4 at No. 5 (1/20)... won back-to-back singles matches over Creighton's Gabe Nagy, 3-6, 7-5, 6-4 at No. 5 (2/9) and over IUPUI's Thomas Gans, 6-1, 3-6, 6-3 at No. 6 (3/3)... teamed with Tomas Patino to win first collegiate doubles match over Saint Louis' Bobby Kidera and Yehia El Sallaly at No. 3, 8-4 (3/9)... beat No. 43 Arkansas pairing of Victor Hoang and Jovan Parlic, 8-6 at No. 3 with Patino (3/23)... won six consecutive matches with Patino from Apr. 3-7, including a Summit League win over IPFW's Andres Cobos and Junya Saruta, 8-6 at No. 3 (4/7)... partnered with Patino at No. 3 to win back-to-back league matches over South Dakota State's Alejandro Marin and Morgan Salo, 8-1 (4/19) and Western Illinois' Daniel Sweeney and Jesus Roman, 8-0 (4/22)... defeated Salo and Marin in The Summit League Championhsip Semifinals match, 8-1 with Patino at No. 3 (4/27).

High School -- Was all-city for four years, all-state for three years and Team Captain for two years at Washburn Rural... led team to Third Place finish at the Kansas 6A State Championships as a senior, a fourth place finish as a junior, a fifth place finish as a sophomore and a sixth place finish as a freshman... individually finished third in state as a senior, junior and freshman and fourth as a sophomore.

Personal -- Born July 18, 1993 in Arlington, Texas... parents are Brian and Lorie Edwards... has an older sister Cassie...majoring in psychology.

CAREER STATISTICS

Singles Results

YEAR	Overall	League	No. 1	No. 2	No. 3	No. 4	No. 5	No. 6
2012	3-11	1-1	-	-	-	0-2	2-3	1-6
2013	2-10	-	-	-	0-1	-	0-4	1-2
2014	3-13	-	-	-	-	-	0-7	3-4
2015	19-9	1-3	-	-	-	1-1	7-6	7-1
TOTALS	27-43	2-4	-	-	0-1	1-3	9-20	12-13

Doubles Results

YEAR	Overall	League	No. 1	No. 2	No. 3
2012	13-8	3-1	-	0-3	13-5
2013	4-9	-		3-4	0-3
2014	12-11	-	-	11-9	-
2015	18-13	2-2	-	-	12-12
TOTALS	47-41	5-3	-	14-15	25-20