Midd Tennis Roars Into 2023

Happy 2023 to our Middlebury Tennis Family! We want to share with you our excitement for the upcoming tennis season. In this blog post we spotlight our freshmen class, give a welcome back to our returners who studied abroad, and share our Spring 2023 dual match schedule and alumni match weekend! 

Returners from Study Abroad and Community Service Note

The Fall was incredibly fun and productive, with the Panthers posting some impressive results. Bringing a new level of energy and force back to campus, Aidan Harris, Max Kim, Joe Mairs, and Noah Laber have all returned from their study abroad experience at King’s College in London. 

These four took advantage of their study abroad in London including
visiting many different European countries/cities.

The team is now hard at work this J-Term and have accelerated their preparation for our spring season while only having to focus on one class this month! The coaching staff could not be more pleased with the organization and camaraderie of this year’s squad, and we know the efforts they are putting in now will be critical to our success moving forward. Another shout out the coaching staff wants highlight is that our players really stepped up during our community service project in December where we partnered with the HOPE foundation to provide holiday gifts to families in need in Addison County. Our players had a blast and gathered a huge number of toys and needed items this holiday season!

Freshmen Spotlights

Juju, Hugh, and Nate represent our current freshmen class, beasts!

Hugh Hentschel:

• Hometown: Rye, New York 
• Siblings: Three older sisters
• Favorite Food: Chicken Parmesan
• Favorite Hobby Outside of Tennis: Playing with my dogs
• Pets: Two dogs (Golden retriever-Bowie, German shepherd-Heidi)
• Favorite Pro Tennis Player: Roger Federer
• Best Part About Being in Vermont: The big scenery and mountains 
• Favorite Thing About Middlebury College So Far: The dining services

Julian Wu

• Hometown: Tenafly, New Jersey 
• Siblings: Lulu, twin sister (also plays tennis at Middlebury)
• Favorite Food: Sushi
• Favorite Hobby Outside of Tennis: Skiing
• Pets: No pets
• Favorite Pro Tennis Player: Ben Shelton
• Best Part About Being in Vermont: Snow
• Favorite Thing About Middlebury College So Far: Team and amazing campus

Nathan Jackson

• Hometown: Charlotte, North Carolina 
• Siblings: One younger sister and one older brother (Allen also played tennis for Middlebury)
• Favorite Food: Steak
• Favorite Hobby Outside of Tennis: Going to the beach
• Pets: Two dogs (Cavapoos named Wrigley and Cubby)
• Favorite Pro Tennis Player: Roger Federer
• Best Part About Being in Vermont: The outside scenery
• Favorite Thing About Middlebury College So Far: The people

2023 Schedule 

We also wanted to share with you our finalized 2023 Spring Schedule.  We have a fun and challenging schedule planned, with many matches that will allow us to test ourselves against some of the toughest competition in DIII, as well as some challenging matches against non-DIII opponents as well. 

Alumni Match Weekend (April 22nd to 23rd)

Alumni match weekend will take place on April 22nd and 23rd. when we host Amherst on Saturday and Hamilton on Sunday. We will host a gathering Saturday evening for our alums with food and drinks after the Amherst which begins at 2pm EST.

Thanks for reading along and stay tuned for more updates! Go Midd!

- The Middlebury Men’s Tennis Coaching Staff