Sam Shropshire

Height:
6-2
Weight:
null
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Philadelphia, Pa.
High School:
Chestnut Hill Academy

2016-17: Second-Team All-Big Ten ... Fourth-straight all-conference selection ... Only one of three athletes in program history to be named All-Big Ten every season of his career ... Recorded nine singles wins between the No. 2 and No. 3 spots ... Anchored the No. 1 doubles spot with fellow senior Konrad Zieba ... Picked up 11 doubles wins ... Ranked seventh in program history in singles winning percentage ... Tallied his 59th career doubles victory in the NCAA tournament to reach ninth all-time for NU.

2015-16: First-Team All-Big Ten ... Advanced to the Round of 32 at the NCAA Singles Tournament ... Currently ranked No. 40 in singles by the ITA ... Named Big Ten Athlete of the Week on March 15 for his efforts in leading NU over Illinois ... Reached 20 singles wins for the third consecutive year ... Went undefeated in Big Ten play at 7-0 ... Had 11 wins over ranked opponents ... Beat No. 115 Alec Adamson (UC-Davis) in three sets in the first round of the NCAA tournament (5/25) ... Defeated No. 93 Jathan Malik to help lead Northwestern over No. 21 Michigan (4/15) ... Beat the No. 8 player in the country in Jared Hiltzik to help Northwestern to a 4-3 win over No. 8 Illinois (3/12) ... Won first seven matches at No. 2 doubles with partner Konrad Zieba ... Duo's .826 winning percentage (19-4) ranks third all-time at Northwestern for a single-season ... Duo also ranks sixth in program history with 19 doubles wins ... Began the 2016 season ranked No. 50 in singles ... 12-5 in duals at the No. 2 singles position ... Advanced all the way to the consolation finals at the ITA All-American Championships in Tulsa, Okla. (10/10).

2014-15: First-Team All-Big Ten selection (unanimous) ... Finished 23-12 in singles and 16-12 in doubles ... Anchored the No. 1 spot in singles and split between No. 1 and 2 in doubles ... Beat Oklahoma's No. 57 doubles team Andrew Harris and Alex Ghilea 8-5 at No. 1 with Pasareanu (5/9) ... Ranked No. 48 in singles and No. 64 in doubles with Alex Pasareanu beginning 5/1 .... Ranked career-high No. 42 in singles and No. 58 in doubles with Pasareanu 4/21-5/1 ... Defeated 21st-ranked Leandro Toledo of Minnesota 6-1, 7-5 at No. 1 (4/19) ... Won eight singles matches in a row 3/27-4/19 ... Ranked No. 66 in singles and No. 53 in doubles with Pasareanu 4/14-/21 ... Beat No. 112 Matt Hagan of Iowa 6-3, 6-4 at No. 1 (4/12) ... Ranked No. 57 in singles and career-high No. 44 in doubles with Pasareanu 4/7-14 ... At No. 1, bested Michigan's No. 67 pair Petrone/Zhu 8-3 (4/4) ... Defeated Michigan State's No. 17 doubles team Jadun/Mullane at No. 1, 8-6 (4/3) ... Ranked No. 92 in singles 3/24-4/4 ... Ranked No. 69 in doubles with Alex Pasareanu 3/24-4/4 ... At No. 1, bested No. 32 Mikael Torpegaard of Ohio State 6-3, 7-6 (7-3) (3/27) ... Defeated Columbia's No. 20 duo of Narayana/Schnur with partner Alex Pasareanu at No. 1, 6-3 (3/14) ... Ranked No. 88 in singles 3/10-24 ... Named Big Ten Athlete of the Week, the first such award of his career (3/10) ... Achieved five straight singles victories at No. 1 2/22-3/8 ... Ranked No. 93 in singles 2/24-3/10 ... Ranked No. 96 in singles 2/10-2/24 ... Took down Duke's No. 36 Jason Tahir 6-1, 7-6 (13-11) (2/1) ... Defeated No. 123 Robbie Mudge of NC State 7-6 (7), 6-3 (1/16) ... Went 4-2 in fall singles play ... Ranked No. 78 in preseason rankings.

2013-14: First-Team All-Big Ten selection ... Big Ten Freshman of the Year ... ITA Midwest Rookie of the Year ... Co-led the team with 24 singles wins (24-5) and finished 11-8 overall in doubles ... Competed at No. 2 in the singles lineup ... Posted a .828 singles winning percent (24-5), which tied for third among the best single season singles winning percents in Wildcat history ... Ranked No. 107 in singles beginning 5/1 ... Went undefeated in regular season Big Ten play (10-0), the first Wildcat to do so in over twenty years ... Won thirteen straight singles contests amidst an eighteen-match unbeaten streak to finish the season ... Ranked No. 120 from 4/22 to 5/1, No. 112 from 4/13 to 4/22, No. 125 from 4/8 to 4/15, No. 113 from 3/25 to 4/8, No. 100 from 3/11 to 3/25, and No. 85 from 2/25 to 3/11 ... Won three consecutive singles contests 2/16-23 ... Beat two ranked opponents over 2/21-23 weekend: Harvard's No. 103 Shaun Chaudhuri (2/21) and N.C. State's No. 100 Robbie Mudge (2/23) ... Ranked season-high No. 81 from 2/11 to 25 ... Won three straight doubles matches with Alp Horoz 2/2-9 ... Defeated No. 57 Rhys Johnson of Vanderbilt 6-1, 6-2 (2/2) ... Won two matches in the opening weekend, both of which clinched NU victories (1/25-26) ... Entered dual match season ranked No. 114 ... Went 4-2 in fall season.

High School: Rated as a blue chip recruit and No. 24 ranked U.S. player according to TennisRecruiting.Net ... ATP world ranked in singles, picking up 2 ATP points during summer of 2013 ... No. 1 player in the middle-states region ... Reached round of 16 at U.S. Nationals, beating No. 16 world ranked junior in the tournament ... Winner of 2012 U.S. Spring Nationals Doubles Championships and National Open in Marietta, Ga. ... Third place at U.S. National Hardcourt Doubles Championships in 2011 ... 2011 Bill Talbot Sportsmanship Award winner ... 2012 Consolation winner at National Open in Aston, Pa.

Shropshire's Stats

SINGLES RESULTS

Season	Overall W-L	Dual Match	Fall	Conference	1	2	3	4	5	6
2013-14	24-5	20-3	4-2	10-0	2-1	16-2	2-0	---	---	---
2014-15	23-12	19-10	4-2	9-1	19-10	---	---	---	---	---
2015-16	21-9	15-5	5-3	7-0	3-0	12-5	---	---	---	---
2016-17	9-8	9-8	0-0	4-2	---	2-1	7-7	---	---	---
Career	77-34	63-26	13-7	30-3	24-11	30-8	9-7	---	---	---

DOUBLES RESULTS

Season	Overall W-L	Dual Match	Fall	Conference	1	2	3
2013-14	11-18	9-17	2-1	2-9	0-5	9-12	---
2014-15	16-12	15-10	1-2	6-2	8-3	6-5	1-2
2015-16	21-5	19-4	2-1	7-2	---	19-4	---
2016-17	11-10	11-10	0-0	3-4	11-10	---	---
Career	59-45	54-41	5-4	18-17	19-18	34-21	1-2