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Blaze Schwartz
 Blaze Schwartz
Class:
Senior

Hometown:
Pensacola, Fla.

High School:
Washington

Height:
5-10

2011 - SPRING SEASON
• Paired with Joe Delinks to defeat Gabe Townes and Vincent Verpeaux of Gerogia State 8-3 at the No. 1
• Defeated Jacksonville at doubles with Delinks 8-5 at the No. 1
• Won No. 1 doubles with Delinks against Mauricio Ballivian and Anis Ghorbel of Drake 8-4 • Beat Branko Weber of Troy in No. 1 singles 6-2, 2-6, 6-4
• Handled Troy in No. 1 doubles with Delinks 8-6
• Clinched victory over Stetson with 6-3, 7-6 win at No. 2 singles against Cesare Gallo
• Joined Delinks for win over the 40th-ranked duo Njal Stene and Maksim Levanovich of Stetson 8-5
• Battled Daniel Vardag of FAU to a 6-3, 4-6, 6-1 victory at No. 2 singles
• Picked up No. 2 singles victory against Gabriel Echeverry of FGCU 6-3, 6-2
• Met with Delinks to defeat Echeverry and Matthew Rock of FGCU at No. 1 doubles 8-6
• Defeated Waylon Chin of No. 34 Miami at No. 1 singles 6-4, 6-4
• Upset 89th-ranked player in the country Idan Mark of Tulane 7-5, 7-5
• Paired with Delinks at No. 2 doubles for win over Austen Kauss and Jonas Dierckx of Iowa 8-2
• Was victorious at No. 1 doubles with Delinks against Laurent Montoisy and Gergo Weidinger of Texas A&M-Corpus Christi 8-5
• Fought with Delinks to defeat Lucas Jovita and Jamal Adderley of USF 9-8 at No. 1 doubles
• Topped George Chanturia of No. 52 DePaul 6-4, 6-1 at No. 3
• Paired with Delinks for victory at No. 1 doubles over Bartosz Jozwiak and Sven Kasper of No. 52 DePaul, 8-3
• Met with Delinks at No. 1 to defeat Jeffrey Smallwood and Marc Misanovic of Bethune-Cookman 8-1
• Handled Santiago Lobelo of Bethune-Cookman 6-0, 6-3 at No. 3
• Defeated Hanno Bartsch of South Alabama 6-1, 6-1 at No. 3
• Won at No. 1 doubles with Delinks against Jairo Seur and Alexandre Bernard of South Alabama, 8-6
• Defeated Freeman and Spennare of Embry-Riddle with Delinks, 8-4
• Paired with Delinks to defeat Jordan Smith and David Henry of Memphis 6-5 in the Conference USA Championship quarterfinals

2010 - FALL SEASON
• At the Gator Invitational, joined Joe Delinks for an 8-1 win over Romain Deridder and Sebastian Hagn of USF
• Defeated Dean O'Brien of Georgia Tech 6-4, 6-3 at the ITA Southeast Regional Championship.
• Joined Joe Delinks to win the doubles championship at the UCF Invitational against Marc Abdelnour and Oliver Webb of FAU
• Won four singles matches during the fall campaign

2010 - SPRING SEASON
• In singles action, finished 11-9 in dual-match play
• Had a 5-3 mark at the No. 3 spot in singles competition
• Went 13-6 at the No. 1 position with Marc Rocafort in doubles competition
• In doubles competition, ranked as high as 21st nationally with Rocafort
• Defeated Massimo Mannino of East Carolina, 6-2, 6-4, at the Conference USA Championship
• Swept Maurice Wamukowa of Florida A&M, 6-0, 6-0
• Defeated David Simon of Miami 6-1, 4-6, 6-3
• Defeated Matthijs Verdam of Georgia Southern 6-4, 6-3
• At the No. 1, defeated Georgia Southern in doubles competition 8-3 along with Rocafort
• Along with Rocafort and Beigart went undefeated in doubles competition at the USF Spring Invitational

2009 - FALL SEASON
• Posted a win against Wake Forest's Amogh Prabhaker, 6-4, 6-4
• Along with Rocafort, defeated South Florida's Jamal Adderly and Romain Deridder at Southern Intercollegiates (8-2)
• Defeated Bethune-Cookman's Marc Masinovic 6-3, 6-2 at the FSU Invitational
• With Beigart, posted a 8-2 win over Florida State's Aaron May and Anderson Reed
• Took the Singles B title over South Carolina's Chris Sheehan with a 6-1, 6-3 victory
• With Rocafort, took doubles A title at UCF Invitational with a 8-4 victory over South Carolina's Ivan Cressoni and Johannes Pulsfort
• Went 6-3, 6-7 (9), (10-7) for a win over Michael Moore of Florida A&M at the ITA Southern Regional Championship
• Went undefeated with Rocafort in doubles play at the USF Invitational
• Defeated Mark Oljaca of South Florida, 4-6, 7-6, (7-4)

2009 - SPRING SEASON
• Selected to the All-Conference USA Second Team
• Earned a spot on the C-USA Commissioner's Academic Honor Roll
• Led UCF with a 15-6 singles mark
• Went 9-6 at No. 3 and 5-0 at No. 4
• Facing Henrik Skalmerud of No. 70 East Carolina, recorded a 6-2, 6-4 victory at No. 3 at the C-USA Shootout
• At No. 4, topped Roman Stoisavljevic of 67th-ranked New Mexico State, 6-4, 4-6, 6-4
• Was a 6-4, 6-1 winner at No. 3 over Stefan Bojic of No. 47 Radford
• Held on for a 7-5, 1-6, 6-2 win against No. 59 Florida Atlantic's Lawrence Harradine at No. 3
• Began the year with a 4-6, 6-0, 6-1 triumph at No. 5 over Marko Ballok of No. 13 Tulsa
• In doubles play, recorded a 7-1 mark with Johan Beigart
• The pair went 5-1 at the top spot
• With Beigart, registered a 9-8 (7) win over 53rd-ranked Darren Walsh and Adham el-Effendi of SMU at the C-USA Championship
• The tandem posted three wins at the top spot at the C-USA Shootout
• Joined Beigart for an 8-5 triumph at No. 2 over Westin Wendt and Carl Sundberg of No. 33 Miami
• Also went 2-1 with Danny Colón

2008 - FALL SEASON
• Recorded a 7-2 singles mark
• Claimed the flight B title at the C.L. Varner Memorial Invitational
• Collected wins over Rollins' Britten Vaught (6-4, 6-0) and Nick Rowlands (6-1, 6-1) at the event
• Claimed a pair of victories at the rain-shortened UCF Invitational
• Defeated Jackson Moore of Georgia State (6-3, 6-4) at the tournament
• Also topped LSU's Julien Gautheir, 1-6, 6-3, 7-5
• Went 4-2 in doubles action
• Along with Joe Delinks, defeated Georgia State's Trenton Spinks and Henri Mangin, 8-4, at the USF Invitational
• Also bested Florida Gulf Coast's Danny Lee and Ervin Garibovic, 8-5

2008 - SPRING SEASON
• Earned Intercollegiate Tennis Association All-Scholar Athlete honors
• Named to the Conference USA Commissioner's Academic Honor Roll
• Recorded a 9-2 mark in singles, all at the No. 6 position
• Missed the first half of the campaign due to an injury
• Topped No. 72 Florida Atlantic's Joe Cadogan, 6-4, 6-2
• Took a 6-1, 6-4 win against Murilo Martins of Louisiana-Lafayette
• Defeated Cornell's Andy Gautheir, 6-4, 7-6 (8)
• Prevailed at No. 57 UC-Irvine against Ryan Mayer (6-1, 6-4)
• Knocked off Cal Poly's Blake Wardman, 6-4, 7-5
• Posted a 6-3, 3-6, 6-1 win over No. 51 Tennessee Tech's Mario Gutierrez
• Defeated USF's Thomas Estrada (6-4, 6-1)
• Registered a 6-2 doubles record with Tarek Ben Soltane
• Also played with Sinan Sudas, going 8-3
• Teamed with Sudas to defeat No. 70 UAB's Dan Cornei and Alex Emery, 8-5, at No. 3 at the C-USA Championship
• Defeated No. 44 Denver's Benny Althaus and Niklas Persson, 8-3, at No. 3 with Ben Soltane
• At No. 3, conquered Cal Poly's Drew Jacobs and Blake Wardman with Ben Soltane, 8-2
• Prevailed over James Crawford and Mario Gutierrez of No. 51 Tennessee Tech, 8-1, at No. 3
• With Sudas, registered an 8-5 victory against Auburn's Nick Maurillo and Michael Monteiro

2007 - FALL SEASON
• Recorded an 8-3 singles mark
• Knocked off Jacksonville's Jordi Ballester, 6-4, 1-6, 6-3, at the Seminole Invitational
• Topped Rollins' Jack Barrett (6-1, 6-0) at the C.L. Varner Memorial Invitational
• Also defeated Ray Duyungan, 6-0, 6-1, at the tournament
• Went 6-1 in doubles
• Joined Sinan Sudas to beat Auburn's Lukas Marsoun and Nick Maurillo for the B title at the Seminole Invitational
• The pair breezed past Florida State's Michael O'Shea and Ryan Boyajian, 8-3, in the quarterfinals
• Was victorious with Jimmy Roesch against Edson Lima and Josh Samuels of Florida Gulf Coast, 8-2, at the UCF Fall Invitational

PRIOR TO UCF
• Played for coach Krissy Mayew at Washington High School
• Florida Class 2A state doubles champion in 2007
• Helped lead Washington to the Florida Class 2A state title
• Named the Pensacola News-Journal Boys Tennis Athlete of the Year in 2006
• Was listed in the top 30 in the United States Tennis Association Florida junior rankings
• Ranked in the top 15 in doubles
• Achieved a perfect 4.0 grade point average in high school

PERSONAL
• Born in Pensacola, Fla.
• Son of Jay and Babette Schwartz
• Majoring in Political Science

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