BALTIMORE, MD – The Johns Hopkins men's tennis team placed six players on the 2024 All-Centennial Conference team it was announced this morning. Graduate student
Hanyu Liu, senior
Daniel Ardila, junior
Marco Azar, sophomores
Allen Gong and
Pranav Gadiraju and freshman
Chakor Rajendra each earned all-conference honors.
Hopkins has produced 72 All-Centennial Conference selections in singles and 68 in doubles since the conference's inception in 1994.
Ardila grabbed First Team All-Centennial honors in singles for the first time in his career. He is 12-11 this season, including 6-2 in conference matches. He paired with Azar to earn First Team All-CC honors in doubles as the duo is 11-6 overall and 5-1 in the conference. This is Ardila's third all-conference honor in doubles, and second first team selection. He is the ninth player in program history to earn First Team All-CC honors in singles and doubles in the same season.
Liu, Gong and Rajendra each earned second team honors in singles. Liu earns All-CC honors in singles for the second straight year and is tied for the team lead with 18 wins. He is 18-5 overall and went 6-1 in conference matches. Gong earns all-conference honors for the first time in his career. He is 14-10 on the season, including 5-1 in the conference. Rajendra is tied with Liu in singles wins as he is 18-4 in his rookie campaign. He also went 7-0 in Centennial Conference matches. Rajendra's 18 singles' wins are tied for sixth most by a freshman in JHU history.
Gong and Gadiraju garnered Second Team All-Centennial honors in doubles. The pair is 8-4 on the season, including 6-1 in conference matches. This the first all-conference doubles honor for each of them. Azar was named Honorable Mention All-CC in singles, his first career all-conference in singles. He is 15-3 on the season and went 7-0 in conference matches.