2019-20 Men's Tennis Roster
Mack Galvin
- Height:
- 5-8
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Arlington Heights, IL
- High School:
- Rolling Meadows
2019-20 | SENIOR: Team captain ... team MVP ... 31-5 record.
2018-19 | JUNIOR: 21-17 overall record ... 14-10 in singles and 7-7 in doubles ... 5-6 singles record in duals and 1-4 in MW play ... 5-2 in dual doubles and 4-1 in conference doubles...went 9-4 in tournament singles and 2-5 in tournament doubles ... Academic All-Mountain West.
2017-18 | SOPHOMORE: Posted an 11-14 overall singles record with an 6-11 mark in duals and a 5-3 mark in tournament play … posted a 14-8 overall record in doubles matches … 8-5 in dual match doubles … 6-3 in tournament doubles … 2-1 in conference doubles.
2016-17 | FRESHMAN: Team MVP ... Team Lightning Bolt Award Winner ... posted a 26-14 overall singles record … recorded a 10-6 record in singles tournaments and a 16-8 record in dual meet singles … posted a 2-5 record in conference singles matches … recorded a 13-13 overall record in doubles matches … posted a 7-6 record in tournament doubles matches and a 6-6 record in dual meet doubles … registered a 3-3 mark in conference doubles … completed Expeditionary Survival and Escape Training over the summer … earned jump wings … Commandant’s list and Athletic Director’s list in spring 2017.
High School: Lettered four years in tennis … was a four-time conference champion and state qualifier … two-time third-team all-state honoree … earned second-team all-state honors once … finished fourth in the state in 2016 … member of the National Honor Society … was a member of his high school’s mentoring team.
Personal: Member of cadet squadron 12 ... son of Edward and Karen Galvin … one of three children … has a brother that played collegiate soccer … history major … would like to go to pilot training and become a pilot in the Air Force … was also recruited by Marquette … active in his squadron as the Group 2 Commander, in charge of cadet squadrons 11-20 and the group support staff ... during the summer prior to his senior season: was the admin squadron commander and completed powered flight ... during the summer prior to his junior season: completed Operations Air Force at Fairchild AFB, WA, where he shadowed operational squadrons and also had a ride in a KC-135 and a Huey. During the second period of summer, was the Operations Group Superintendent managing over nine summer programs across the Academy. For his third summer period, completed a cadet summer research program at the Microsoft Technology Center in Reston, VA. ... on the Dean's and Commandant's lists ... hobbies are reading, eating and museum visits ... began playing tennis at age 12 ... credits his parents and private coach Jason Stanislaw as having the biggest influence on his sports career ... came to the Academy to serve, take advantage of the opportunities, play tennis and help others ... pre-match superstition is to listen to "Lift Off" by Kanye West and Jay-Z ... favorite possession is his large collection of books ... one thing on his bucket list is to visit Israel and travel around southeast Asia ... on road trips, he never forgets his phone and something to read ... dream vacation is a beach on the coast of Spain ... guilty ploasure is double stuff Oreos ... favorite role model is Ulysses S. Grant ... most notable thing about his hometown is the pizza, which he considers the best in the USA ... enjoys listening to EDM and rap ... favorite TV show is A Game of Thrones ... favorite movie is Inception ... favorite class subject is history ... favorite athletes are Roger Federer and Tom Brady.
