Four-year letterman. ... Finished his career with a 38-19 (.667)singles record and 42-18 (.700) in doubles play. ... Played amajority of his singles and doubles matches in the upper tier ofthe Royal lineup.
Senior Year (2012-13): Earned first-teamall-Landmark Conference honors in both singles and doubles for thethird straight season. ... Went 8-4 at the top of the Royals'singles lineup, including 6-1 in conference play. ... Twicedefeated the Landmark Conference Player of the Year, Raul Smego ofDrew, beating him 2-6, 7-6, 6-4 on April 18 in the regular seasonand 6-2, 6-1 on April 27 in the Landmark Conference championshipmatch. ... Finished his career on a seven-match singles winningstreak. ... Teamed with David Teres to go 8-5 in doubles play,including 8-4 at the top doubles spot in the lineup. ... The duowent 5-2 in conference play. ... They rallied for a 9-7 victory ina 5-0 win over Juniata in a Landmark Conference semifinal on April23.
Junior Year (2011-12): Earned first-teamall-Landmark Conference honors in both singles and doubles for thesecond straight season. ... Anchored the top of the Royals' singleslineup by going 9-3 in dual match competition, including 5-2 inconference play. ... Was one of three players to win 10 or moresingles matches. ... Earned a 7-5, 6-4 win at No. 1 singles in theRoyals' 5-2 victory over Catholic in the Landmark Conferencesemifinals on April 25. ... teamed with fellow first-teamall-conference selection Bennett Kelley to go 10-3 in doublesaction, including a perfect 7-0 in conference play, all at the No.2 doubles slot in the lineup. ... Was one of four players to earnat least four victories in double play. ... Teamed with Kelley foran 8-3 win at No. 2 doubles in the conference semifinal win overCatholic on April 25.
Sophomore Year (2010-11): Earnedfirst-team all-Landmark Conference honors for his play in bothsingles and doubles...one of five players on the roster to win atleast 10 singles matches and finished with an 11-7 record,including a perfect 6-0 mark against conference opponents...went7-1 in singles at the number two spot in the lineup and 1-4 at thenumber one position...won six of his final eight matches of theseason, including one match that wasn't finished after he took thefirst set and led 1-0 in the second...only one of his 18 singlesmatches went three sets, and he won that match by overcoming a 6-2loss in the first set and winning the third and deciding set,11-9...along with freshman David Teres, led the Royals with 14 winsin doubles, including both of his matches in the LandmarkConference tournament: he and Teres downed Bernardo Nogalesand Jean Paul Roman, 8-1, in Scranton's 5-1 victory over CatholicUniversity in the semifinals; the pair also defeated Raul and EliotSmego, 8-5, in a heartbreaking 5-4 loss to Drew University in thefinals on April 30 in Madison, New Jersey...accounted for two ofScranton's three points in a 6-3 loss to Drew University in aLandmark Conference regular-season match: teamed with Teresto defeat Raul and Eliot Smego, 8-6, before topping Alex Belfioreat the number two singles, 6-2, retired...11 of his 13 doublesmatches in dual-match competition were played at the number onespot in the lineup.
Freshman Year (2009-10): Posted a 9-5record in singles, including a 4-2 mark against Landmark Conferenceopponents, and was 8-5 in doubles...earned second-team all-LandmarkConference honors with his partner, junior Carl Caceres, for hisplay in doubles...played in two different spots in the singleslineup: went 6-3 at three and 3-2 at two...won his final fivesingles matches of the season, including a 6-4, 7-6 (7-5) victoryover Alex Belfiore in the Royals' 5-3 loss to Drew University inthe championship match of the Landmark Conference tournament onSunday, May 9, in Madison, New Jersey...accounted for two points inthe Royals' 8-0 victory over Moravian College in the semifinals onWednesday, May 5, at the Poly Hi Tennis Courts: teamed withjunior Carl Caceres to defeat Stefan Apostolos and Kevin Holze,8-3, in doubles before downing Holze, 6-0, 4-6, 7-5, insingles...three of his five losses in singles went three sets.
Personal
Younger brother of former Scranton tennis player Tagg McGurrin(2008-2009). ... Had a highly successful career at nearby ScrantonPreparatory School, where he was the 2009 player of the year andthree-time all-regional selection by the Scranton Times-Tribune.... Led the Cavaliers of head coach Jack Lennox (former Scrantonhead men's tennis coach) to Lackawanna League and PennsylvaniaInterscholastic Athletic Association (PIAA) District II Class AAtitles, along with semifinal berth in state tournament. ... Went21-2 in singles his senior year.
Awards & Honors
CoSIDA Academic All-America 2nd-Team Selection (2013)
CoSIDA Academic All-America 3rd-Team Selection (2012)
CoSIDA District IV All-Academic Team (2012, 2013)
Intercollegiate Tennis Association All-Academic Team (2010)
Landmark Conference 1st-Team Singles (2011, 2012, 2013)
Landmark Conference 1st-Team Doubles (2011, 2012, 2013)
Landmark Conference Player of the Week (March 19, 2012; April 16,2012)
Landmark Conference Men's Tennis Senior Scholar Athlete (2013)
Landmark Conference Spring All-Academic Team (2012)
Landmark Conference Academic Honor Roll (2011, 2012, 2013)
Scranton Carlesimo Award recipient for outstanding academic andathletic excellence (2013)
