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2020-21 Men's Tennis Roster
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Morkel, Charlie
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Charlie Morkel
- Height:
- 6-5
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Cape Town, South Africa
Bio
Honors and Awards:
2021 Big South Scholar-Athlete of the YearÂ
2021 All-Big South First Team Singles
Big South Player of the Week (March 31)
2020 Big South Scholar-Athlete of the Year
2019 Second-Team All-Big South Singles
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2020 (Junior): Became the first student-athlete in program history to be named the Big South Scholar Athlete of the Year for men’s tennis … Named Big South Player of the Week, February 5, winning singles and doubles as the Bulldogs downed James Madison in their home opener … Won eight singles matches on the season shortened due to COVID-19 … Went 6-4 playing at No. 1 and 2-2 playing at No. 2 … Led the team with five doubles victories playing across all three courts.
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2019 (Sophomore): Named Big South Second-Team All-Conference in singles … Ended with a 16-5 singles record … Won 10 straight matches… Finished with a 9-1 record versus Big South Conference opponents … Played at No. 1-5 and was a perfect 5-0 at No. 4 … Picked up six doubles wins.
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Prior to UNC Asheville: Spent freshman season in 2017-18 at Saint Francis ... Was chosen to the NEC All-Rookie Team after season in which he went 11-9 in singles and picked up four wins in doubles ... Morkel was 6-1 in NEC singles play during freshman campaign ... Morkel played at the No. 1 position at Paul Roos Gymnasium ... His high school team won the championship match at the Kersney Festival, which is South Africa’s National Championship ... Morkel reached the semifinals in doubles in the 2016 Wanderers Junior ITF Tournament, Green Point ITF Tournament and the Boland ITF Tournament ... He was on the South African U19 School’s Team ... Morkel entered college ranked No. 1 in the Boland province and placed third in the Tennis South African Masters ... He was a winner of three National Open Doubles tournaments ... Morkel recorded a 4.0 GPA in high school.
2021 Big South Scholar-Athlete of the YearÂ
2021 All-Big South First Team Singles
Big South Player of the Week (March 31)
2020 Big South Scholar-Athlete of the Year
2019 Second-Team All-Big South Singles
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2020 (Junior): Became the first student-athlete in program history to be named the Big South Scholar Athlete of the Year for men’s tennis … Named Big South Player of the Week, February 5, winning singles and doubles as the Bulldogs downed James Madison in their home opener … Won eight singles matches on the season shortened due to COVID-19 … Went 6-4 playing at No. 1 and 2-2 playing at No. 2 … Led the team with five doubles victories playing across all three courts.
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2019 (Sophomore): Named Big South Second-Team All-Conference in singles … Ended with a 16-5 singles record … Won 10 straight matches… Finished with a 9-1 record versus Big South Conference opponents … Played at No. 1-5 and was a perfect 5-0 at No. 4 … Picked up six doubles wins.
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Prior to UNC Asheville: Spent freshman season in 2017-18 at Saint Francis ... Was chosen to the NEC All-Rookie Team after season in which he went 11-9 in singles and picked up four wins in doubles ... Morkel was 6-1 in NEC singles play during freshman campaign ... Morkel played at the No. 1 position at Paul Roos Gymnasium ... His high school team won the championship match at the Kersney Festival, which is South Africa’s National Championship ... Morkel reached the semifinals in doubles in the 2016 Wanderers Junior ITF Tournament, Green Point ITF Tournament and the Boland ITF Tournament ... He was on the South African U19 School’s Team ... Morkel entered college ranked No. 1 in the Boland province and placed third in the Tennis South African Masters ... He was a winner of three National Open Doubles tournaments ... Morkel recorded a 4.0 GPA in high school.
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