2008 Returning Letter Winners
- Jono Martin
- Senior
- North Oaks, Minn.
- Mounds View High School
- Three-year letter winner…two-time all-conference performer in doubles…posted a singles record of 13-9 seeing the majority of his action at #2 and #3…he was 16-8 in doubles competition…earned five letters for Mounds View Mustangs playing on teams that captured four Suburban East Conference titles, three section titles and one state championship in 2004…three-times earned all-conference honors…selected team MVP…son of Steve and Kimi Martin.
- Derek Hoffman
- Senior
- Eagan, Minn.
- Eagan High School
- Two-year letter winner…two-year letter winner for Eagan High School Wildcats and was named Most Dedicated twice and Most Improved once…all-Lake Conference performer…son of Ken and Sheree Hoffman.
- Reid Mason
- Senior
- Edina, Minn.
- Edina High School
- Three-year letter winner…earned all-conference honors in doubles in 2006 …posted a mark of 9-1 in singles play and 13-4 in doubles increasing his career doubles record to 44-21…earned three letters while playing for Edina High School teams that compiled a dual meet record of 56-17…twice earned all-conference honors and was also a member of two state championship teams…selected Most Improved player…son of John and Rebecca Mason.
- Brad Nelson
- Senior
- Northfield, Minn.
- Northfield High School
- Three-year letter winner…2007 ITA Scholar-Athlete…was crowned Flight A Iowa Conference doubles champion with teammate Utsab Rijal last season…this is the second time he has captured this honor…this duo was 19-7…this is also his third time he has earned all-conference honors in doubles…posted a singles mark of 17-3 seeing the majority of his action at #3 and #4 raising his career record to 49-25…he is 64-29 in doubles play…two-time academic all-conference honoree…earned five letters while playing for Northfield High School…three-times earned all-Missota Conference honors…twice named team captain and once team MVP…son of Bill and Connie Nelson.
- Matt Olson
- Senior
- St. Paul, Minn.
- Como Park High School
- Three-year letter winner…captured the 2007 Iowa Conferece Flight B singles champion after defeating teammate Reid Mason in three sets…2006 and 2007 ITA Scholar-Athlete…two-time academic all-conference honoree…played #1 singles for Como Park Cougars…five-time letter winner in tennis earning St. Paul City Conference all-conference honors three times and honorable mention all-conference honors twice…placed third in doubles play in 2004 in region tournament…three-times named team MVP…son of Mark and Norma Olson.
- Jared Wiklund
- Senior
- Duluth, Minn.
- East High School
- Three-year letter winner…2007 ITA Scholar-Athlete…teamed with Cole Henry and captured the Iowa Conference Flight B doubles championship…missed earning all-conference honors in Flight A by one match…tallied a singles record of 14-7 and was 14-4 in doubles play…earned six letters in tennis and two in soccer while at Duluth East High School…played on tennis teams that compiled a dual meet record of 80-15…twice earned all-conference honors…won two section singles titles and one section doubles title…2004 Minnesota State Tournament doubles champion…son of Timothy and Michelle Wiklund.
- Thomas Orser
- Junior
- Keller, Texas
- Keller High School
- Two-year letter winner…all-conference performer after reaching the quarterfinals of the IIAC Flight A singles bracket…tallied a singles mark of 17-6 and was 8-3 in doubles play last season…academic all-conference honoree…2006 and 2007 ITA Scholar-Athlete…prior to moving to Keller, Texas he qualified for the 2002 Montana State Tennis tournament as a freshman…in 2003 he posted a record of 13-3 en route to qualifying for the Texas Private School Association state tennis tournament…in 2004 he claimed the Texas District 5A singles championship while at Keller High School…named team MVP…distinguished graduate and Texas scholar…son of James and Elizabeth Orser.
- Max Busch
- Sophomore
- Duluth, Minn.
- Marshall High School
- 2007 Iowa Conference MVP…earned this honor after capturing the Flight A singles title in straight sets over #2 seed Ryan Yao of Coe…posted a record of 13-9 in singles and was 17-8 in doubles play…named team MVP…four-year letter winner while at Marshall High School…captured four Section 7A singles titles and placed fourth at the state tournament as a sophomore and was the state runner-up as a senior…son of Randy and Kimberly Busch.
- Utsab Rijal
- Sophomore
- Kathmandu, Nepal
- New Summit High School
- 2007 Iowa Conference Flight A doubles champion playing with Brad Nelson…tallied a singles mark of 18-9 and was 22-8 in doubles play…was the top ranked junior player in Nepal for eight years…was also the top ranked junior player in Hong Kong in 2004…son of Mukesh Rijal.
