Norfolk State University Athletics

2014 (Senior Year): Member of the Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) Scholar-Athlete team for the third year in a row … Named to the MEAC All-Academic team … Won the team’s Outstanding Contribution to Tennis Award … Was 3-2 in singles play, including 1-0 at the No. 4 spot and 2-2 at the No. 6 position … Earned wins over players from Coppin State, UMES and Chowan … Posted a 3-3 doubles record with teammates Daniel Grauel and Samuel Lemberger, with wins over Hampton, UMES and Chowan … Went 1-0 at the No. 1 position, 0-1 at the No. 2 slot and 2-2 at the No. 3 position.
 
2013 (Junior Year): Named to the ITA Scholar-Athlete team … Member of the MEAC All-Academic Team … Competed during the fall tournament season … Did not compete in any dual matches in the spring.
 
2012 (Sophomore Year): Named the Rosa Alexander Scholarship recipient at the end-of-year banquet … Member of the ITA Scholar-Athlete team and the MEAC All-Academic Team … Also named to the Virginia Sports Information Directors (VaSID) Academic All-State team … Finished the year with a 8-8 overall singles record, including 7-5 in dual play … Also carried a 9-15 doubles mark, 8-12 in dual action … Went 1-3 in doubles in conference play and 0-1 in singles … Competed primarily at the No. 5 and 6 singles spots with appearances at the No. 3 and 4 slots … Won four matches in a row at one point and earned wins over Rider, LaSalle and Hampton in both singles and doubles … Posted a 6-7 doubles record with teammate Christian Romanzini … Also went 2-3 with Shaheed Mourillon-Swift and competed in two matches with Igor Braga … Competed mainly at the No. 2 spot but also played several matches at the No. 1 and 3 doubles positions … Won four doubles matches in a row halfway through the season.
 
2011 (Freshman Year): Named the MEAC Rookie of the Week on April 7 … The team’s Rookie of the Year … Posted an 8-18 overall singles record on the year, including 5-13 during the spring dual season … Saw most of his time at No. 4 singles … Also had a 1-0 record at No. 3 and a 3-4 record at No. 5 … Went 1-2 in MEAC play … Had a 4-16 doubles record, including a 4-12 dual mark … Carded an 0-3 record against MEAC opponents … Had a 4-9 doubles record at the No. 3 position, including 3-4 with Brian Bullock … Also competed with Christian Romanzini in nine matches at the beginning of the year … Played once at No. 1 doubles and twice at No. 2 … Won three straight matches in both singles and doubles near the end of the year.
 
High School: Competed for four years on the varsity tennis team … Named first-team All-State as a junior … Tabbed to the All-State Second Team senior year … Earned all-county, all-district and all-conference honors junior and senior years … Also earned all-sectional honors sophomore and junior year and all-regional honors junior year … Led team to the conference championship senior year … Owned a 20-2 record at No. 1 doubles senior year for Greenwood Community HS … Reached the sixth round of the state doubles tournament junior year … Owned a 22-2 record at No. 1 doubles that year for Greenwood junior year … Competed in the state tournament in singles play sophomore year … Competed at No. 1 singles for Greenwood that year … Led team to the sectional championship and reached the regional final as a freshman.
 
Personal: Full name is Kenton James Austin … Goes by Kent … Born Nov. 23, 1991 … Son of Jamica and Patrick Austin … Has one younger sister, Kaitlin … Majoring in accounting.

Austin's Career Record

Singles	Dual	MEAC	1	2	3	4	5	6
2011	5-13	1-2	--	--	1-0	1-9	3-4	--
2012	7-5	0-1	--	--	1-0	1-0	2-1	3-4
2013	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--
2014	3-2	0-1	--	--	--	1-0	--	2-2
Totals	15-20	1-4	--	--	2-0	3-9	5-5	5-6

 

Doubles	Dual	MEAC	1	2	3
2011	4-12	0-3	0-1	0-2	4-9
2012	8-12	1-2	1-2	3-9	4-1
2013	--	--	--	--	--
2014	3-3	--	1-0	0-1	2-2
Totals	15-27	1-5	2-3	3-12	10-12