2022-23 Men's Tennis Roster
Justin Waldman
- Height:
- 5-10
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Marietta, GA
- High School:
- North Paulding
- 2023 College Sports Communicators Academic All-District VII
- 2023 ITA Scholar-Athlete
- 2022 ITA Scholar-Athlete
- 2021 ITA Scholar-Athlete
- 2020 ITA Scholar-Athlete
- 2022 Academic All-Mountain West
- 2021 Academic All-Mountain West
- 2020 Academic All-Mountain West
- 2022 MW Scholar-Athlete
- 2021 MW Scholar-Athlete
- 2020 MW Scholar-Athlete
- 2020 Coach Gugat "Attitude Is Everything" Award Winner.
2021-22 | Junior: 23-31 overall record ... 10 singles wins and 12-11 mark in doubles ... went 8-5 in dual doubles, including 2-1 in MW play.
2020-21 | Sophomore: Posted 17-20 overall record ... went 7-13 in singles and 10-7 in doubles ... competed at No. 2 and No. 3 singles and No. 3 doubles ... went 5-2 in MW doubles ... MW Scholar-Athlete ... MW All-Academic ... ITA Scholar-Athlete.
2019-20 | Freshman: Posted 25-15 overall record ... went 13-8 in singles and 12-7 in doubles ... after going 3-6 in tournament singles, went 10-2 in dual doubles, including a 9-2 mark at No. 4 singles ... went 6-4 in tournament doubles and 6-3 in dual doubles ... ITA Scholar-Athlete ... MW Scholar-Athlete ... MW All-Academic ... Coach Gugat "Attitude Is Everything" Award Winner.
High School: Tennis Recruiting national ranking of #109 as a senior… Lettered four years in tennis … high school coach was Bernie Cordial … four-time Paulding County Player of the Year for Tennis … sent undefeated as a sophomore, junior and senior at North Paulding … four-time state team tournament participant … also played for Atlanta Tennis Inc. (ATi) and was coached by Austin Roebuck … graduated in top 10 percent of graduating class … received highest marks in honors Spanish and honors US History … four-star ranking and as high at #13 in the southern section and #3 in USTA rankings for Georgia … participated in Hard and Clay National Championships, two-time doubles and one-time singles championship finalist in Georgia State Qualifying Championship … doubles finalist in Southern Closed Championship and Sportsmanship Award recipient at Southern Closed Championship.
PERSONAL: Member of cadet squadron 30 … son of Michael and Juliet Waldman … has an older sister … nickname is J-Wald … biology, pre-med major … future career plans are medical school and to become a physician … Why I decided to come to the Academy: “I came to the Academy to honor and protect the United States while receiving the highest quality education. I want to defend the ideas of democracy and serve the citizens of our country and allow them to live a life of freedom without worrying about any opposition.” … on the USAFA Ace list (4.0 GPA) for the spring semester of 2020 and 2021 ... active in his squadron as the squadron operations non-commissioned officer in charge (NCOIC) ... during the summer prior to junior year, did summer research in the USAFA biology department, took a philosophy class (Philosophy 310) and was the wing staff NCOIC and sent the routine order everyday ... during the summer prior to sophomore year, shadowed a Covid ICU and took a summer class ... hobbies are playing tennis, hanging out with friends, trivia, reading, listening to music, playing video games and watching movies … began playing tennis at age eight … credits his coach, Austin Roebuck, as having the biggest influence on his sports career … pre-match superstition is to listen to slow jams … favorite possession his Garmin watch … one thing on his bucket list is to complete jump training (Airmanship 490) … on road trips, never forgets his phone charger ... dream vacation spot is Iceland … guilty pleasure is goldfish … favorite role model is his dad … something most people don’t know about him is that he is a Utah Jazz fan … enjoys listening to Mt. Joy, Wallows and Hippocampus … favorite TV show is The Office … favorite movie is Good Will Hunting … favorite class subject is biology … favorite athlete is Roger Federer … is excited to be a part of the USAFA men’s tennis team and is ready to go to work!
