Nemanja Guzina

Photo by: Ball State University Creative Services

Class:
Graduate Student
Hometown:
Toronto, Canada
High School:
Silverthorn Collegiate Institute

2018-19 (Senior): Earned Academic All-Mid-American Conference honors for the third-straight season . . . received All-MAC Second Team accolades for the second-straight year . . . competed mainly on the top two courts . . . paired up with twin brother Marko on the top court in doubles action, earning wins over Buffalo, Binghamton, Northern Illinois and Toledo . . . played in 33 matches.

2017-18 (Junior): Earned All-Mid-American Conference Second Team and Academic All-MAC honor . . . Appeared in 30 matches and 19 dual competitions . . . played mainly at the No. 1 and No. 2 singles positions . . . opened fall action with three straight wins at the Purdue Fall Invitational (Sept. 15-17) . . .closed out Mid-American Conference action with back-to-back victories over Binghamton (4/21/18) and Buffalo (4/22/18) . . . competed with Collin Rigney at No. 1 doubles . . . helped the Cardinals to their 34th appearance in the Mid-American Conference Tournament.

2016-17 (Sophomore): Earned Academic All-MAC honors . . . recorded the second best mark for the Cardinals last season with an overall mark of 21-13 which included a 14-10 dual record and a 5-2 conference ledger . . . saw action on courts two, three and four last year . . . he found the most success at the No. 4 singles position after collecting a 9-3 record on that court . . . finished the season 6-4 in his last 10 matches of the year.
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2015-16 (Freshman): Received individual Intercollegiate Scholar-Athlete accolades after posting a (3.752) grade point average . . . won 20 matches as a true freshman . . . earned three Mid-American Conference victories . . . played on courts 1-4 during singles action . . . opened fall season with a win over Marquette’s Scott Christian (Sept. 18, 2015) . . . closed the season with a three set win over Buffalo’s Amar Hromic at the MAC Tournament (May 2).

PREP: In 2014-15 finished fourth in the U18 Indoor Provincial Championships and finished fifth in the Ontario U18 Outdoor Provincial Championships . . . was also the Boys Doubles U18 Finalist in the 2014 Ontario Outdoor Provincial Championships . . . earned runner-up in the Boys U18 National Selection and reached the quarterfinals of the Canadian U18 ITF World Ranking Event in doubles . . . in the Outdoor Canadian National Championships, finished top 10 in the Canadian National Championships in singles and made the quarterfinals in doubles . . . Has won more than 10 provincial/national level tournaments in singles and doubles . . . Played for team Ontario for many years . . . was ranked consistently in the top 20 in Canada in the U16 and U18 categories.

PERSONAL: Son of Gedeon Guzina and Ana Guzina...one twin brother Marko who also plays on the Ball State Men’s tennis team . . . born on February 8 1997 in Toronto, Canada.