2022-23 Men's Tennis Roster
Phillip Deaton
- Height:
- 5-11
- Class:
- Freshman
- Hometown:
- Seattle, WA
- High School:
- Bellarmine Prep
- 2025 All-Mountain West Singles (2x)
- 2025 Team Coach Gugat "Attitude is Everything" Award winner
- 2025 ITA Scholar-Athlete
- 2023 Mountain West Freshman of the Year
- 2023 ITA Mountain Region Newcomer of the Year
- 2023 All-Mountain West Singles
- 2023 Team Most Improved Award Winner
- 2023 Lightning Bolt Award Winner (most combined singles and doubles wins in duals - 23)
- 2023 Academic All-Mountain West
- MW Player of the Week (April 9, 2025)
2024-25 | Junior: All-Mountain West Singles ... ITA Mountain Regional doubles semifinalist with AJ Moore ... ITA Sectionals qualifier with Moore ... MW Player of the Week (April 9, 2025) ... 26 total wins and was second on team with seven dual doubles wins ... team Coach Gugat "Attitude is Everything" Award winner ... ITA Scholar Athlete.
2023-24 | Sophomore: 24 combined wins ... fourth on team with 13 singles wins and seven dual singles wins ... went 7-7 at No. 1 singles ... 11 doubles wins with six in duals play ... one win at No. 2 doubles and five at No. 3.
2022-23 | Freshman: 2023 Mountain West Freshman of the Year ... 2023 ITA Mountain Region Newcomer of the Year ... 2023 All-Mountain West Singles ... Team Most Improved ... Lightning Bolt Award Winner (most combined singles and doubles wins in dual - 23) ... led team with 44 combined wins ... 27-7 record in singles ... 14-4 in dual singles and 13-3 in tournament singles ... tied for third on team with 17 doubles wins ... Academic All-Mountain West.
High School: Tennis Recruiting national ranking of #106 and highest ranking of #102 and four-star recruit … #2 ranked player in the state of Washington and the Pacific Northwest … lettered two years in high school … team MVP both years, team captain and state winner for Washington 1X … honors society member and graduated with 3.99 GPA … high school was Dick Snyder … also played for Mercer Island Country Club and was coached by Jesse Walter.
PERSONAL: Member of cadet squadron 2 ... Son of Bob and Melinda Deaton … has a younger sister … related to former professional tennis player Peanut Louie-Harper … “Why I decided to come to the Academy: “I saw the opportunity the Academy presented me with and took it instantly. I see the community here and it’s a place I want to be. The Academy is very prestigious and offers me a chance to serve back to our great country.” … hobbies are watching and playing sports with friends (basketball, football, baseball and tennis) and eating good food (Din Tai Fung is his favorite restaurant) … began playing tennis at age four … credits his dad and coaches as having the biggest influence on his sports career … pre-match superstitions are running back to the back fence right after the coin flip and touching the fence, wore read in the finals of tournaments and parking the car facing the courts … favorite possession is a necklace given to him by his grandmother … one thing on his bucket list is to visit Paris … dream vacation spot is the Bahamas … guilty pleasure is binge-watching Friends … favorite role model is his grandmother … something most people don’t know about him is that he’s lefthanded … enjoys listening to Rap, Pop and R&B … favorite TV show is Friends … enjoys horror movies … favorite class subject is English … favorite athlete is Steph Curry.
