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- Year:
- Sr.
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- Hometown:
- San Jose, Calif.
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- High School:
- California Connections Academy at Ripon
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- Major:
- Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Bio
2023-24: Put together most successful singles campaign of career with a 12-8 record … Played in the second, third and fourth flights, finding the most success at No. 4 with a 7-4 mark … Also had a winning record at No. 3 singles at 3-2 … Started the season with a three-match winning streak in singles, all coming in three sets … Won a three-set battle 6-4, 5-7, 1-0 (10-5) against Sam Rudenberg of #38-nationally ranked Grinnell (March 18) … Collected 11 total doubles wins, most of them coming with Arnav Yadav, to the tune of an 8-6 record … Concluded the season with three straight doubles wins, only surrendering a total of eight games across the three matches … Had one of the Scots’ four wins (8-5 at No. 2 doubles) in the NCAC Quarterfinal loss to Wabash (Apr. 26) … ITA Scholar-Athlete … Member of the fall and spring semester AD Honor Roll.
2022-23: Named NCAC Athlete of the Week on Feb. 27 after a perfect 4-0 weekend, sweeping singles and doubles against both Grove City (Feb. 25) and Capital (Feb. 26) … Collected 50th collegiate victory across singles and doubles against Allegheny (April 22), winning 8-2 in the second doubles flight and 6-1, 6-3 at the No. 4 slot … Second on the team with 10 singles victories, finishing with an overall record of 10-10 … Played in the second, third and fourth flights … Had two separate three-match winning streaks, including one to end the season … Only dropped one set across those winning streaks … Primarily played second doubles, logging a 9-15 overall record … Won six of nine doubles matches in the middle of the spring season … Blanked the No. 2 duo from Union (March 20) by a score of 8-0.
2021-22: Regular in the lineup, primarily playing fourth singles and third doubles … Went 12-11 in doubles and 9-11 in singles … Scored an 8-3 win at third doubles with Patrick Johnson against Wittenberg (April 19) in the quarterfinals of the NCAC Tournament to help the program secure a top-four finish for the first time since 2007 … Key in helping Wooster take down six-time defending OAC champion John Carroll (Feb. 19) with an 8-6 win at third doubles and a 6-7, 6-1, 1-0 (6) win at fourth singles … Went 2-1 in NCAC East Division play in doubles with an 8-7 (2) win over Allegheny (April 9) and an 8-3 victory over Oberlin (April 10).
2020-21: Member of the All-NCAC East Team in doubles … Went 7-4 in singles, primarily playing the fourth and fifth flights … Went 3-7 in doubles, which included a 2-3 mark in the top flight … Fought back from an opening-set loss against Kenyon (April 17), extended match by fighting off multiple match points in second-set tiebreaker, and eventually won 3-6, 7-6 (10), 6-3 at No. 5 singles to help Scots to first win over Lords since 1999 … Won 6-1, 6-1 at No. 4 singles and 8-4 at No. 3 doubles at Oberlin (May 1) to help Scots to first win over Yeomen since 2010 … Won 3-6, 6-1, 6-1 at No. 4 singles at Kenyon (April 18) and had a big 6-2, 7-5 victory over conference power Denison (April 4) … Opened year with 7-6 (3), 4-6, 6-3 win at No. 6 singles against regional power Carnegie Mellon (March 20).
Prior to Wooster: Attended California Connections Academy and Evergreen Valley High School.
Personal: Born Sept. 19, 2002 … Parents are Tarun Dewan and Deepa Sood … Biochemistry & molecular biology major ... Ping Pong club, Wooster Health Coach.
News mentions

Men's Tennis Team, Individuals Recognized by ITA
Six individuals named scholar athletes
July 24, 2024

Men’s Tennis Loses Heartbreaker in Quarterfinals
Scots Narrowly Fall to Wabash in Opening Match
April 26, 2024

Men Fall to Tigers to Conclude Indiana Trip
Scots win three singles flights in 6-3 loss
April 7, 2024

Scots Trade 8-1 Matches to Conclude Spring Break
Men's tennis defeats St. Ambrose and falls to Grinnell
March 18, 2024

Men's Tennis Defeats Lake Forest for First Win in Hilton Head
Stratford secures team's 5-4 win after taking No. 6 flight
March 14, 2024

First-years Provide Boost for Men's Tennis
Three newcomers collect wins as Scots fall 5-4 to Hope
January 26, 2024

First-years Lead Way for Scots at ITA Regionals
Dixit, VanOyen and Yadav collect wins in Kalamazoo
October 1, 2023

Men’s tennis plays in first invite of season
Dewan and VanOyen lead way for Scots
September 17, 2023