Pleasant Prairie Native Humphreys Earns All-America Accolades at UW-Whitewater

2015 Oct 9

John Humphreys, a Pleasant Prairie, WI, native and senior on the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater men's tennis team, won the doubles championship at the United States Tennis Association/Intercollegiate Tennis Association Midwest Region Championships at Gustavus Adolphus College in St. Peter, Minn.

Jake Humphreys (Kenosha, Wis./Tremper) and Michael Treis (Brookfield, Wis./Central), who entered the weekend as the top seed in the draw, won their semifinal match and claimed the title on a third-set super tiebreaker. By winning the championship, Humphreys and Treis earn All-America accolades and will compete in the USTA/ITA Small College National Championships on Oct. 15-18 in Sumter, S.C.

Humphreys is majoring in finance.

Humphreys has now earned five All-America honors, including two in doubles. Treis is a first time All-American.

Humphreys also qualified for the singles semifinals, falling in three sets against No. 4 seed Brady Anderson of Coe (Iowa).

See below for complete results for Humphreys and Treis.

Round of 64: d. Sam Stickles/Zach Lane (Grinnell) 8-2

Round of 32: d. Kolin Kiekhofer/Bret Lizotte (Bethel) 8-1

Round of 16: d. No. 9 Andrew Dahl/Andrew Rust (UW-Eau Claire) 8-2

Quarterfinal: d. No. 7 Brady Anderson/Josh Pudlo (Coe) 8-2

Semifinal: d. No. 8 Tommy Entwistle/Zach Ekstein (Gustavus Adolphus) 8-2

Final: d. No. 2 Andres Saenz/Mohanad Al Houni (Gustavus Adolphus) 7-5, 3-6, 1-0 (12-10)