2022-23 Men's Tennis Roster
Arjun Kersten
- Height:
- 5-9
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Plano, TX
- High School:
- Plano West Senior
- 2024-25 Team Captain
- Mountain West Player of the Week (4/16/25 - Air Force school record for most MW POWs in one season)
- Mountain West Player of the Week (3/19/25)
- Mountain West Player of the Week (1/22/25)
- 2024 ITA Bedford Cup in the Mountains Singles Main Draw Champion (first ever at Air Force)
- 2024 Mountain West Fall Qualifier semifinalist (3rd place)
- 2023-24 Team MVP (2x)
- 2022-23 Team MVP
- 2025 All-Mountain West Singles (3x)
- 2025 All-Mountain West Doubles (3x)
- 2024 All-Mountain West Singles (2x)
- 2024 All-Mountain West Doubles (2x)
- 2023 All-Mountain West Singles
- 2023 All-Mountain West Doubles
- 2023-24 Team Lightning Bolt Award Winner (most combined dual wins - 17) (2x)
- 2022-23 Team Lightning Bolt Award Winner (most combined dual wins - 23)
- 2024 Iron Bolt Award (excellence in strength and conditioning)
- 2024 ITA Scholar-Athlete
- Selected to play in 2022 UTR Men's PTT Dallas
- Mountain West Freshman of the Week - 4/25/22 (4x)
- Mountain West Freshman of the Week - 4/20/22
- Mountain West Freshman of the Week - 4/13/22
- Mountain West Freshman of the Week - 2/2/22
2024-25 | Senior: Team Captain ... All-Mountain West Singles and Doubles for third season ... ITA Mountain Region singles ranking of #16 ... main draw champion in singles at the 5th Annual Bedford Cup in the Mountains, becoming the first Falcon in program history to win the singles title at the Bedford Cup ... third place in men's singles at the inaugural Mountain West Men's Tennis Fall Qualifier ... Mountain West Men's Tennis Player of the Week (Jan. 22, 2025, March 19, 2025, April 16) ... Air Force Athletics Athlete of the Week (March 17, 2025) ... School-record three MW POW's in one season.
2023-24 | Junior: Team MVP ... All-Mountain West Singles and Doubes ... Team Lightning Bolt Award Winner for most combined duals wins (17) ... 28 total wins ... 5-1 in MW singles play, including a 3-1 mark at No. 1 singles ... nine dual doubles wins ... 3-2 in MW doubles ... ITA Scholar-Athlete.
2022-23 | Sophomore: Team MVP ... All-Mountain West Singles and Doubles ... Team Lightning Bolt Award Winner for most combined duals wins (23) ... Selected to participate in 2022 UTR Men's PTT Dallas ... second on team with 41 total wins ... second on team with 22 total singles wins and 12 singles wins in duals ... went 7-3 at No. 1 singles ... led team with 19 overall doubles wins ... led team with 10 doubles wins in duals ... went 3-2 in MW doubles play ... went 3-2 in MW singles.
2021-22 | Freshman: 44-26 record ... 27-11 in singles and 17-15 in doubles ... tied for team-lead in overall wins and led team in overall singles wins ... went 16-4 in dual singles and 9-10 in dual doubles ... 4x Mountain West Freshman of the Week ... went 10-3 at No. 4 singles and 4-0 at No. 3.
High School: Tennis Recruiting national ranking of #42 as a senior with a five-star ranking … coached by Morgen Walker … earned four varsity letters in tennis and two in basketball … USTA high national ranking of #42 and #4 ranking in the state of Texas … three-time 6A state team finalist … team captain as a junior and senior … member of National Junior Honor Society.
PERSONAL: Member of Cadet Squadron 20 … son of Steven and Punam Kersten … has a younger brother, Kishan … management major … future career plan is to become a Space Force finance officer … twitter handle is: @arjunkersten ... Why I decided to come to the Academy: “I chose to go to the Academy because it allowed me to pursue three things that I am passionate about: tennis, academics and serving my country.” … hobbies are video games, spike ball, volleyball, soccer, basketball, football, board games, fantasy football and watching shows/movies … began playing tennis at age three … credits his parents, who are both tennis coaches, as giving him a great base to start his tennis journey … pre-match superstition is telling self to win the last point … one thing on his bucket list is to go to London and watch this favorite team, Chelsea FC, play … dream vacation spot is Hawaii … guilty pleasure is his moms Bundt cake … favorite role model is Roger Federer … favorite athlete is Luka Doncic and Christian Pulisic … something most people don’t know about him is that he loves technology … notable thing about his hometown is his high school is the second-biggest in Texas … favorite TV show is The Office … favorite movie is Inception … favorite class subject is physics.
