GILBERT, AZ – Three Blue Jays have been named All-Americans by the Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) it was announced today. In addition, Johns Hopkins is ranked eighth in the ITA's final national ranking.
Junior
Allen Gong and freshman
Dylan Blenkiron earned ITA All-America honors in doubles and sophomore
Chakor Rajendra earned the honor for singles. This is the second time in the last three years that the Blue Jays have produced three All-Americans. Hopkins has now produced 21 All-Americans in singles and 25 in doubles.
Hopkins finished the season with a 16-8 record and advanced to the NCAA Quarterfinals for the sixth time since 2012. All 24 of the Blue Jays' matches this season came against ranked opponents. The 16 ranked wins, including a pair of top-10 wins, are the most in school history.
Gong and Blenkiron earned All-America honors after going 2-1 at the 2024 ITA Cup in October. The pair had finished as the runner-up at the ITA Southeast Doubles Championship to earn a spot in the national championship. The duo went 7-3 record for the season.
Gong finished the season with an overall doubles record of 21-10, while Blenkiron went 21-16. Blenkiron is just the seventh Blue Jay freshman to earn All-America honors and the first since Thomas Yu in 2018. His 21 wins are tied for the third most wins by a freshman. Blenkiron is ranked 11
th in the nation in doubles with
Daniel Ardila, the pair went 14-13 and earned a bid to the NCAA Doubles Championship.
Rajendra advanced to the NCAA Quarterfinals in singles and finished the season with a 22-15 record. In the fall, he finished as the ITA Southeast Championship runner-up in singles and earned a bid to the ITA Cup. Rajendra's 22 wins are tied for fifth most in school history and he is now tied for 23
rd with 41 career singles wins. He is ranked 22
nd in the nation for singles and is also ranked 31
st in doubles with Gong. The duo went 13-5 on the season.
In addition to Rajendra, Ardila is also ranked nationally in singles. He finished the season with a 12-9 record and is ranked 49
th in the nation. He ended his career with a 52-35 record in singles and 73-37 in doubles. He is tied for 12
th in JHU history in singles wins, sixth in doubles and eighth in combined wins (125).