Matt Rodriguez

Photo by: Ty Russell

Height:
6-2
Weight:
null
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Boca Raton, Fla.

Career
2022 Academic All-Big 12 First Team
2022 ITA Scholar-Athlete
2021 Academic All-Big 12 First Team

Senior (2021-22)
(Fall) Completed his senior campaign 1-1 in singles.

Junior (2020-21)
3-4 on the year in singles and 10-10 in doubles … (Spring) Appeared in the doubles lineup in 12 matches, playing 11 of those with Jake Van Emburgh … 5-5 with Van Emburgh primarily at the No. 3 line … Clinched OU’s doubles point against Baylor with a 6-3 win over Charlie Broom and Matias Soto on court three … Did not appear in the singles lineup during spring dual matches … (Fall) 3-4 in fall singles play and 5-4 in doubles … Academic All-Big 12 First Team.

Sophomore (2019-20)
Went 3-4 in singles and 5-3 in doubles before the year ended due to COVID-19 … (Spring) Missed the first 12 matches of the season due to injury … Went 2-0 in doubles action after returning on March 7 … Partnered with Mark Mandlik, notched a 6-2 victory against Kansas City (March 7) and clinched the Sooners’ doubles point against Nebraska (March 8) in a 7-5 battle on court three … (Fall) Went 3-4 in fall singles play … Made a run to the ITA Central Region Championships round of 32 … Also advanced to the doubles quarterfinal alongside Jochen Bertsch at Regionals.

Freshman (2018-19)
Finished his inaugural year at 13-8 overall … (Spring) Competed in just one match in singles, clinching against Creighton with a 6-1, 6-4 rout of Daniel Lopez-Rey on court six … Went 2-0 in doubles with Spencer Papa at the No. 3 line … (Fall) Led the Sooners in fall singles wins with a 7-4 mark … Went 1-2 at the Ivy Plus Invite, tallying his first collegiate win with a 6-2, 7-5 victory over Timothy Wang (Columbia) … Won three matches to advance to the round of 32 in the ITA All-American pre-qualifier … Went 3-1 at the ITA Central Region Championships.

Junior Career
A 5-Star recruit according to TennisRecruting.net; No. 41 nationally … USTA ranking of No. 56 … 2016 National Boys 16s Level 2 Champion … 2016 Regional Boys 18s Champion … 2017 Level 3 Boys 18s National Champion … Florida representative for the 2016 Bill Talbert National Sportsmanship Award.

Personal
Son of Judi and Jorge Rodriguez … Attended Score Academy in Boca Raton, Fla. … President of the Young Entrepreneur’s Club and a member of the honor roll at Score Academy … Chose OU over TCU and Wake Forest … Enjoys hanging out with friends and playing soccer in his free time … Aspires to play tennis professionally after college.