Ryan Lipman Class: RS Junior Hometown: Nashville, Tenn. High School: Home School Height: 5-11

Honors
• 2012 SEC Academic Honor Roll
• 2011 First Team All-SEC
• 2010 First Team All-SEC
• 2010 SEC Co-Freshman of the Year
• 2010 SEC All-Freshman Team

2011-12 (Junior): Played in one fall match before redshirting due to injury.

2010-11 (Sophomore): Led the team with 24 victories this year ... Went 24-12 overall with a 15-7 mark at the No. 1 singles position ... Ended the year ranked 34th in the nation ... Named to the All-SEC First Team for the second consecutive year ... Selected to the NCAA Singles Championship but did not play due to injury ... Clinched Vanderbilt's win over No. 44 Indiana with a straight-set win at No. 1 singles ... Won five of his first six matches in the dual season ... Topped Wil Spencer, ranked 15th in the nation ... Defeated third-ranked Rhyne Williams of Tennessee ... Qualified for the ITA National Indoor Tournament ... Advanced to the semifinals of the USTA/ITA Ohio Valley Regional, before falling to eventual national champion JP Smith of Tennessee ... Went 3-1 at the Southern Collegiates, falling in the semifinal round.

2009-10 (Freshman): ITA Ohio Valley Freshman of the Year ... SEC Co-Freshman of the Year ... First Team All-SEC ... All-SEC Freshman team ... First player in school history to earn Ohio Valley Freshman of the Year honors or SEC Freshman of the Year honors ... First Vanderbilt freshman to earn First Team All-SEC accolades ... Played No. 1 singles entire dual season ... Only freshman in SEC to play No. 1 singles during league play ... Closed season ranked No. 28 in singles ... Finished 23-14 overall ... Went 12-10 in dual play, including 6-5 in SEC play ... Three-time SEC Freshman of the Week (2/10, 3/24, 4/14) ... Defeated 11 ranked opponents, including two first team All-SEC selections (Javier Garrapiz (Georgia) and Saketh Myneni (Alabama) ... Selected to NCAA Singles Championships ... Advanced to second round of NCAA Singles Championships, defeating No. 25 Thibaut Charron of VCU before losing to No. 8 Chase Buchanan of Ohio State ... Finished runner-up at Ohio Valley ITA Regionals ... Clinched Vanderbilt's win against Northwestern ... Finished 17-9 in doubles play, including 14-8 in dual play ... Went 10-4, including 7-4 in SEC play with Bryant Salcedo in No. 2 doubles slot ... Teamed with Salcedo to defeat No. 34 duo of Bernstein and Garrapiz from Georgia, 8-4 ... Finished 4-3 in dual play with Charlie Jones.

Prep/Juniors: Finished runner-up to Chase Buchanan at the 2009 USTA Boys' 18 National Championships, the most prestigious junior tournament for U.S. citizens ... Runner-up finish earned him a spot in the 2009 U.S. Open qualifying draw ... Lost to Illya Marchenko, 6-4, 7-6, in first round of qualifying draw ... Ranked No. 3 in the class of 2009 by Tennisrecruiting.net ... Consistently ranked in top 20 of USTA Boys' 18 singles rankings ... Recipient of the Bill Talbert Junior Sportsmanship Award from the United States Tennis Association ... Ranked No. 34 in final ITF Junior World Rankings in 2008 ... Coached by former Vanderbilt Head Coach Billy Tym since age six ... Also recruited by Georgia, Georgia Tech and Virginia among others.

Personal: Son of Lisa and Howard Lipman ... Mother, the former Lisa Tamborello, played women's tennis at Vanderbilt ... Younger brother Maxx is a nationally-ranked junior player.

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