Mitch Harper Season 2020-21

2020-21 (Graduate student): Began year ranked No. 38 in the country... Missed time due to injury... Had two ranked wins on Court 1, vs. No. 92 of Duke and No. 65 of North Carolina in ACC quarterfinals... Went 8-4 on Court 1... Literally played on one leg...  Defeated No. 75 duo from North Carolina on Court 2 with Alex Ribeiro... Second team All-ACC... Second team VaSID All-State... 2021 ITA Scholar-Athlete

2019-20 (Redshirt-senior): Undefeated run through nine matches... Started season unranked, finished No. 47 in the country... Wins against No. 96 Ricardo Roberto (LSU), No. 90 Hamish Stewart (Alabama), and No. 92 Tadas Babelis (NC State)... Picked up wins on Court 2 against No. 2 UNC and No. 7 NC State

2018-19 (Senior): Advanced to the semifinals of the Oracle ITA Masters… Competed at the Men’s Tennis All-American championship in singles and teamed up with Carlo Donato for doubles… Round of 16 at ITA Atlantic Region Championship… Second round of ITA Fall Nationals

2017-18 (Junior): All-ACC First Team… NCAA Singles Qualifier… ITA Nationals Qualifier – Singles & Doubles… ITA Atlantic Region Player to Watch… Finished the season ranked 27th in the country… VaSID (Virginia State) Player of the Year… Tallied a 15-7 record this spring and was 20-12 overall… Opened the spring going undefeated (3-0) against ranked opponents at the Longhorn Invitational… Had 14 ranked singles wins in 2017-18, including the following that finished the season in the top-40: No. 18 Jose Salazar (Arkansas), No. 24 Carl Söderlund (UVA), No. 30 Aziz Dougaz (FSU), No. 34 Daniel Valent (Vandy), No. 38 Felix Corwin (Minnesota)… Closed out the final weeks of the spring with a 10-3 tally, helping the Hokies to wins over No. 13 Florida State (deciding match), No. 49 Louisville, No. 42 Miami and defending national champion No. 41 Virginia… Tallied 24 wins in doubles, including 13-4 in the spring with Carlo Donato as the pair finished ranked 54th… The pair defeated No. 31 Nicolas Alvarez and Catalin Mateas of Duke… Helped to secure the doubles point in close 4-3 wins over No. 41 Virginia and No. 12 Florida State, in that match he and Donato defeated the 33rd-ranked pair Jose Gracia and Lucas Poullain… In the fall, won the Milwaukee Classic (ITA Gold Tournament), earning a spot at the ITA Fall Championships… Advanced to the Round of 16  doubles at the ITA All-American Championships with teammate Henrik Korsgaard. 

2016-17 (Sophomore): Went 14-9 in duals, including a 5-3 clip at the two and 7-6 at three... Had singles wins in matches against No. 50 Alabama, No. 4 North Carolina and No. 18 Georgia Tech... Defeated UNC's 84th-ranked Robert Kelly... Was 5-4 in fall tournaments. 

2015-16 (Freshman): Went 13-11 in duals with an 8-7 tally at five... Had singles wins in Tech matches against No. 40 NC State, No. 6 Wake Forest, No. 51 Notre Dame and again over then-No. 7 Wake Forest in the ACC Tournament... Tallied a 15-8 mark in doubles during the spring, claiming victories in matches against No. 65 Alabama, No. 40 NC State, No. 23 Florida State and No. 1 UNC.

Prior to Virginia Tech: Ranked number 5 in U/18 in Australia and Number 61 in the Men’s Open Ranking in Australia... Participated and qualified for the junior Australian Open in 2015 and lost to world junior number 12 in three sets... Finished with a personal best ITF junior World Ranking of #185... Won the under 18 Australian National Doubles two years in a row... Has a world ATP ranking in both singles and doubles.

Personal: Born on September 5, 1997 in Rockhampton, Australia... Majoring in Business Administration.