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  Sebastian Nieves

Sebastian Nieves

Player Profile

Class:
Senior

Hometown:
Bogota, Colombia

High School:
St. George's

Height:
5-9

Honors and Awards: Ranked Seventh in the East Region (2009)...East Coast Conference First-Team selection (2009)... National Student-Athlete Day Certificate of Recognition Award (2009)...Named ECC Player of the Week 3/17, 3/24 (2009)...ECC Academic Honor Roll (2009).

2009: Finished his season with the Panthers' strongest record 12-3, 3-1 ECC in singles, positions first-third...began the year with a five game winning streak, which was cut short by nationally ranked Niel Causen of Rollins College in a close, 6-4, 0-6, 2-10 outing...continued the season, commanding four out of six in mixed positions...ended on a six game winning streak, being ranked seventh in the East Region...had one shut out, and 18 sets won by four or more...posted a 11-5, 3-2 ECC record in second doubles with partner Anton Voynov...began the year with a five game winning streak in doubles and carried a four game streak in April.

2008: Covering the first five spots, finished the season 13-7 and 7-3 in his last 10 games...had three complete match shutouts and seven matches decided by five or more...13-6 in doubles with a six game winning streak during April.

2006-07: Finished the season 10-8 - 5-4 in both doubles and singles.

At St. George's: Ranked in the top 5 players of Bogota.

Personal: Son of Elena and Jairo Nieves, has two brothers; Jairo and Leon (25)... Born February 22... Majoring in business administration and management..likes to play music in free time.