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    Michael Wardell

    Player Profile

    Class:
    Junior

    Hometown:
    Fort Myers, Fla.

    High School:
    Fort Myers

    Height:
    5-10

    Major:
    Undeclared

    05/10/2012

    Auburn Tennis Faces Drake to Open NCAA Tournament

    Tigers looking for first Sweet 16 berth since 2002

    04/23/2012

    Auburn Honors Tiger Student-Athletes at

    Tigers honored at annual awards banquet

    04/18/2012

    Men's Tennis Faces South Carolina to Open SEC Tournament

    Tigers seeded seventh; winner to face Georgia

    04/05/2012

    Huge Home Weekend for Men's Tennis with Tennessee, Georgia

    Tigers pushing for big crowd for Friday's match with Vols

    04/01/2012

    Auburn Outlasts South Carolina, 4-3, for First SEC Road Win

    Tigers host Tennessee and Georgia next weekend

    As a Junior
    Fall 2011: Finished with a 6-4 record in singles ... Advanced to the third round of the USTA/ITA Southern Regional after defeating Louisiana-Lafayette's Rick DeGroot, 7-6 (3), 6-1 ... Went 2-0 at the UCF Invitational ... Compiled a 5-1 record in doubles competing with Liam Gomez and Rafael Rondino ... Advanced to the Round of 16 at the Southern Intercollegiate Championships with Gomez after toppling Virginia Tech's Jon Pine and Zach Pine, 8-2 ... Finished the fall season with 3 wins at the UCF Invitational.

    As a Sophomore
    Spring 2011: Went 3-0 during the Auburn Invitational ... Went 0-2 in dual season.
    Fall 2010: Had a successful fall season, finishing 7-4 in singles competition ... Won the Musso Draw title at the Crimson Tide Fall Invitational ... Defeated Alabama's Ian Chadwell (0-6, 6-2, 6-1) to reach the finals and topped Shaun Waters from Middle Tennessee (6-4, 4-6, 7-5) to win the draw ... Picked up a pair of wins at the Georgia Tech Invitational ... Team with Michel Monteiro in doubles competition and the pair went 1-2 overall ... Defeated Oliver Strecker and David Salazar of Lipscomb, 8-5, at the Georgia Tech Invitational.

    As a Freshman
    Fall 2009: Had a 5-7 mark in singles play ... Recorded first collegiate win over Martin Shishkov of Georgia State at the Georgia Tech Fall Invite ... Defeated Abdelrahman Zaki of New Orleans at the 2009 Wilson/ITA Southern Regional ... Grabbed a win over Centenary's Micah Threadgill at the tournament ... Topped Embry Riddle's Charlie Rice in two sets at the Auburn Fall Classic ... Finished with a 3-4 doubles record with partner Nick Maurillo ... Picked up a pair of wins at the South Carolina Tournament ... The pair came away with an 8-1 win over Zander Woodford and David Spennare of Embry Riddle at the Auburn Fall Classic ... Went 1-1 with classmate Davis Taylor at the Auburn Fall Classic, defeating Ivan Cressoni and Chris Sheehan of South Carolina.
    Spring 2010: Competed in four matches for the Tigers at the No. 6 spot during the dual season.

    Prior to Auburn
    Attended Fort Myers High School ... A state doubles champion in Florida.

    Personal
    Son of Mark and Linda Wardell ... Has two brothers: Richard and Josh.

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