2021-22 Men's Tennis Roster
Robert Baylon
- Height:
- 5-10
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Buena Park, CA
- High School:
- John F. Kennedy
- 2022 All-Mountain West Singles and Doubles
- 2022 Arthur Ashe Leadership & Sportsmanship Award Winner - ITA Mountain Region
- 2022 ITA Rafael Osuna Sportsmanship Award Winner - ITA Mountain Region
- 2022 Team MVP
- 2022 Coach Gugat "Attitude is Everything" Award Winner
- 2022 Lightning Bolt Award Winner (Most dual victories on team - 30 overall wins, 17 doubles, 13 singles)
- Did not lose a MW Doubles match as a junior and senior (9-0 combined in 2021 and 2022)
- 2021 Coach Gugat "Attitude is Everything" Award Winner
- 2021 Lightning Bolt Award Winner (most wins)
2021-22 | Senior: Team Captain ... All-MW singles and doubles ... 44-25 overall record ... 30-12 record in dual play ... 13-7 at No. 1 singles ... 14-5 at No. 1 doubles ... went 5-0 at No. 1 doubles in MW play ... team MVP ... Coach Gugat "Attitude is Everything" Award Winner ... Lighting Bolt Award Winner for most dual wins (30 overall, 17 doubles and 13 singles).
2020-21 | Junior: Led team in overall, singles and doubles wins ... 23-11 overall record ... went 11-9 in singles and 12-2 in doubles ... went 4-0 in doubles play ... ended season with 10 consecutive doubles wins at No. 2 with Jordan Azuma ... played singles at No. 2 and No. 3 and No. 4 ... went 3-4 in conference play at No. 2-4 singles ... Coach Gugat "Attitude is Everything" Award winner ... Lightning Bolt (most wins) Award Winner.
2019-20 | Sophomore: Did not compete in any matches.
2018-19 | Freshman: Posted 20-14 overall record...10-10 in singles and 10-4 in doubles...went 7-9 in dual singles and 2-1 in conference play...7-4 record in dual doubles and 1-0 in conference...was a perfect 4-0 in #3 doubles.
High School: Ranked #1 in U18’s in Mid Atlantic…2018 tennis recruiting national ranking of #29…won the 2016 Oracle/ITA Junior Masters…National Junior leadership team…National Honor Society member.
PERSONAL: Member of cadet squadron 4...son of Michael and Blecilda Baylon…older brother, Rickey, played tennis at San Diego State…nickname is Bert…Foreign Area Studies major and Spanish minor...active in his squadron as an element non-commissioned officer (NCO)...during the summer prior to his sophomore year: Completed Expeditionary Survival Training (EST) and completed a summer biology class...hobbies are billiards, ping pong, anime, Netflix, Catan and Avalon...began playing tennis at age six...credits older brother, Rickey, has having the biggest influence on his sports career...one thing on his bucket list is to travel across Asia...something most people don't know about him is that he's a huge 88Rising fan...most notable thing about his hometown is that its 15 minutes from Disneyland...enjoys listening to R&B, Hip Hop and EDM...favorite TV show is Demon Slayer...favorite movie is Kimi No Nawa...favorite class subject is Spanish...favorite athlete is Roger Federer.
