2018-19 Men's Tennis Roster
Patrick Sklenka
- Height:
- 6-0
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Cumming, GA
- High School:
- West Forsyth
2018-19 | SOPHOMORE: All-Mountain West singles ... All-Mountain West doubles ... team MVP ... posted 36-31 overall record at No. 1 singles and No. 1 doubles ... 17-16 overall singles record and 19-15 doubles record ... 10-13 in dual singles and 7-3 in tournament singles ... 13-11 in dual doubles ... went 5-2 in conference doubles.
2017-18 | FRESHMAN: Posted an overall record of 7-22 in singles with a 6-17 record in duals and a 1-5 record in tournament … went 0-7 in conference … posted an overall record of 14-14 in doubles … 9-12 in duals … 5-2 in tournament … 1-6 in conference.
Before Air Force: Four-year letterman at West Forsyth High School … three undefeated high school seasons along with three terms as the team captain … earned MVP honors on three occasions … trained at Lifetime in Peachtree Corners … two-time Kalamazoo competitor … tennis recruiting national ranking of No. 54, the highest for any Air Force recruit in over a decade … National Honor Society … Beta Club … DECA Club.
Personal: Member of cadet squadron 34 … parents are Doug and Wendy Sklenka with one younger sibling … political science major … would like to attend pilot training … recruited by Navy, Alabama, Davidson and Furman ... active in his squadron as the public affairs non-comissioned officer (NCO) and is also an element leader in direct supervision of three sophomore and three freshmen ... during the summer prior to junior season completed Operation Air Force to Vandenberg AFB, CA and was a Military Operations in Urban Terrain (MOUT) cadre (cadet officer) for rising sophomores, teaching them how to operate in urban environments and how to handle and shoot firearms ... during the summer prior to sophomore season completed evasion survival training (EST) and unmanned aircraft systems where he flew the RQ11 for three weeks ... hobbies are Netflix, anime, video games and sleeping ... began playing tennis at age four ... credits his juniors coach, Will Wright, as having the biggest influence on his sports/tennis career ... pre-match supersition is to warm up for the hour with headphones in ... favorite possession is his watches ... one thing on his bucket list is to visit every continent ... on road trips, never forgets his PS4 ... dream vacation spot is Asaka, Japan ... favorite role model is Roronoa Zoro ... enjoys listening to EDM ... favorite TV show is The Walking Dead ... favorite movie is Gladiator ... favorite class subject is Political Theory ... favorite athlete is Mesut Özil ... choose to attend the Academy when associate head coach Evan Urbina recruited him.
