2015 (Senior Year): Named to the All-MEAC second team for the second straight season … Earned the team’s Mentally Toughest award … Garnered MEAC Player of the Week honors on April 1 … Member of the MEAC All-Academic Team and the AD’s Honor Roll … Also grabbed a spot on the Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) Scholar-Athlete team for the third year in a row … Earned a place on the Virginia Sports Information Director’s (VaSID) Academic All-State team … Posted a 9-10 overall singles record, including 3-1 in the MEAC … Earned a win at No. 2 singles and also went 2-5 at No. 3, 4-2 at No. 4 and 2-3 at No. 5 singles … Had five straight victories near the end of the season … Carded wins over players from Delaware, UNC Asheville, Florida A&M, Hampton, North Carolina Central and North Carolina A&T … Also had wins over UMES and Coppin State to earn conference player of the week accolades … Tallied a perfect 4-0 record in the MEAC in doubles and went a team-best 9-5 overall on the year … Posted a 4-0 record at No. 3 doubles and also went 5-2 at No. 2 and 0-3 at No. 1 … Won his last eight doubles contests of the year, including a perfect 5-0 with teammate Igor Braga … Also competed in five matches with Pascal Domnik and four with Fatehdeep Singh … Earned wins over tandems from FAMU, Bethune-Cookman, N.C. Central, Hampton, N.C. A&T, Richmond and Longwood … Both triumphs over N.C. Central helped NSU come away with a 4-3 win in MEAC play.
2014 (Junior Year): Named to the All-MEAC second team … Named MEAC Player of the Week on Feb. 26 … Earned a spot on the MEAC All-Academic team and the AD’s Honor Roll … Also garnered a spot on the ITA Scholar-Athlete team … Posted an 11-7 mark in singles play, which included a 3-1 record in conference play … Was 8-5 at the No. 6 spot, 2-2 at the No. 5 position and 1-0 at the No. 3 spot … Picked up wins against William & Mary, North Carolina Central, Florida A&M, Bethune-Cookman, Coppin State (twice), Maryland Eastern Shore, James Madison and Longwood … Won three straight matches near the end of the season … Finished 6-7 in doubles play, which included a 2-1 mark in MEAC play … Competed in doubles with Samuel Lemberger, Kent Austin and Pascal Domnik … Picked up wins over North Carolina Central, Florida A&M, UMES and Longwood … Went 1-0 at the No. 1 position and 5-7 at the No. 3 spot.
2013 (Sophomore Year): Member of the ITA Scholar-Athlete team and the AD’s Honor Roll … Earned MEAC Player of the Week honors twice, once on Feb. 13 and then again on April 10 … Won the team’s Most Improved Player Award … Went 10-8 overall in singles play, including a 2-1 conference mark … Competed at the No. 4, 5 and 6 slots in singles play … Went 2-1 at No. 4, 4-3 at No. 5 and 4-4 at the No. 6 spot … Earned wins over players from South Carolina State, Bethune-Cookman, Delaware, Richmond and UMES, among others … Also had a 9-7 doubles record, 1-1 in MEAC play … Went 8-5 competing with teammate Samuel Lemberger in doubles play … Also competed with Robin Riethmueller and Shaheed Mourillon-Swift during the season … Had a 3-0 mark at the No. 2 doubles spot … Also went 1-0 at the No. 1 doubles position and 5-7 at the No. 3 doubles slot … Had victories over tandems from Hampton, Liberty, Bethune-Cookman, Binghamton, Coppin State and UMES.
2012 (Freshman Year): A two-time MEAC Rookie of the Week, on March 28 and then again on April 5 … Finished the year with a 15-9 overall singles record, including 2-2 in conference play … Also had a 5-8 doubles record, 0-2 in MEAC play … Won six straight singles matches and 12-of-15 at one point during the season … Earned wins over opponents from Drexel, Hampton, North Carolina Central, Florida A&M, Delaware, LaSalle, Rider and Morgan State … Had a 5-4 record at No. 4 singles and 7-5 at No. 5, and also played once each at the No. 1, 2 and 3 slots … Went 3-4 at No. 2 doubles and 2-4 at the No. 3 spot … Competed in five matches with teammate Igor Braga and in four with Shaheed Mourillon-Swift … Also played matches with Christian Romanzini, Ben Marks and Roosevelt Cooper during the season.
High School: Won a local tournament in 2011 in Garmisch Partenkirschen in Southern Germany … Was also a finalist at a local tournament in Neuperlach in the city of Munich in the Summer of 2011.
Personal: Full name is Daniel Grauel … Born on Oct. 18, 1992 … Son of Wolfgang and Sabine Grauel … Has one older brother, Patrick … Majoring in finance … Member of the NSU Honors College and Chi Alpha Sigma … Enjoys going out, travelling, cooking and heading to the beach.
Grauel's Career Record| Singles | Dual | MEAC | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| 2012 | 15-9 | 2-2 | 1-0 | 1-0 | 1-0 | 5-4 | 7-5 | -- |
| 2013 | 10-8 | 2-1 | -- | -- | -- | 2-1 | 4-3 | 4-4 |
| 2014 | 11-7 | 3-1 | -- | -- | 1-0 | -- | 2-2 | 8-5 |
| 2015 | 9-10 | 3-1 | -- | 1-0 | 2-5 | 4-2 | 2-3 | -- |
| Totals | 45-34 | 10-5 | 1-0 | 2-0 | 4-5 | 11-7 | 15-13 | 12-9 |
| Doubles | Dual | MEAC | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2012 | 5-8 | 0-2 | -- | 3-4 | 2-4 |
| 2013 | 9-7 | 1-1 | 1-0 | 3-0 | 5-7 |
| 2014 | 6-7 | 2-1 | 1-0 | -- | 5-7 |
| 2015 | 9-5 | 4-0 | 0-3 | 5-2 | 4-0 |
| Totals | 29-27 | 7-4 | 2-3 | 11-6 | 16-18 |
