2022-23 Men's Tennis Roster
Josh Wilson
- Class:
- Senior
- Height:
- 6-2
- Weight:
- 180
- Prev School:
- Wolsey Hall Distance Learning
- Hometown:
- Reigate, United Kingdom
2021-22 (Jr.)
• Honored as ASUN Men’s Tennis Scholar-Athlete of the Year for a second straight season• Named to ASUN All-Conference first team
• Selected to 2022 ASUN All-Tournament team
• Voted to VaSID All-State singles second team for the second time in his career
• Ended season as No. 11-ranked singles player in ITA Atlantic Region
• Named ASUN Player of the Week for the sixth time in his career, March 8
• Named ITA Scholar-Athlete for the fourth straight year
• Honored on 2021-22 VaSID Academic All-State team
• Tabbed to ASUN All-Academic team
• Garnered inclusion on ASUN Academic Honor Roll for a fourth consecutive season
• Set a new program record with 29 singles victories (15 in fall, 14 in spring) and finished season with 29-11 overall mark
• Posted an 8-2 mark after moving into the No. 1 slot in the lineup on March 26, stayed at No. 1 through the end of the season
• Won 6-4, 6-4 over FGCU’s Magnus Johnson, the ASUN Player of the Year, on court one in the ASUN title match, April 24
• Held 6-4 mark in the No. 2 slot in the lineup and finished with 14-6 dual match record in singles
• Led the team with 15 fall singles triumphs
• Won 17 doubles matches on the year (10 spring, seven fall), posted an 8-1 mark with Christiaan Worst as his partner in the spring
• Posted an 8-1 mark with Christiaan Worst as his partner in the spring, including a perfect 5-0 ASUN record
• Went 3-0 with Goncalo Ferreira as his partner at the Liberty Spring Hidden Dual, Jan. 14-15
• Ended year ranked second in program history with 75 career singles victories and 10th with 59 doubles triumphs
Spring 2021 (So.)
• Selected as ASUN Men’s Tennis Scholar-Athlete of the Year• Named to ASUN All-Conference second team
• Tabbed ASUN Player of the week on Feb. 3
• Earned ITA Scholar-Athlete status
• Named to ASUN All-Academic team
• Honored on 2020-21 VaSID Academic All-State team
• Garnered inclusion on ASUN Academic Honor Roll
• Totaled 12 doubles victories, third most on the team
• Posted 7-1 No. 3 doubles record with Steve Mundt, including 2-0 ASUN record, from March 31-April 24
• Also won four doubles matches with Goncalo Ferreira as his partner and one with Zion Heaven
• Tallied eight singles wins on the season, six in the No. 2 position and two in the No. 3 slot
• Held a four-match winning streak to start the month of February (Feb. 1-15)
*Note: Liberty did not compete in a fall 2020 season due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
2019-20 (So.)
• Achieved VaSID All-State singles second team honors, becoming the first player in program history to be named to a VaSID All-State singles team in back-to-back seasons• Honored as ASUN Men’s Tennis Player of the Week a league-best three times during spring (Feb. 12, Feb. 26 and March 11)
• Honored as ITA Scholar Athlete after maintaining a 4.0 GPA
• Garnered inclusion on ASUN Academic Honor Roll
• Claimed 16 total singles matches on the season, seven in the spring and nine in the final
• Held best winning percentage (.667, 16-8) of any Flames player in singles
• Posted 7-5 spring singles record in No. 2 position in the lineup
• Clinched Liberty’s 4-3 victory at Virginia Tech (Feb. 9) with a three-set win (4-6, 6-2, 6-4) over the Hokies’ Alex Ribiero, the Flames’ first-ever triumph over an ACC foe
• Earned singles victories over foes from No. 38 Virginia, Penn State, William & Mary and Elon
• Reached Red singles flight final in fall at Liberty University Invitational (Sept. 15)
• Had pair of four-match winning streaks during the season, one in the fall and one in the spring• Totaled 12 doubles victories on the year, five in the spring and seven in the fall
• Posted 11 doubles wins on the season with partner Goncalo Ferreira, the most of any Liberty duo
• Went 6-0 in fall doubles competition and collected five wins in the spring with Ferreira
• Posted 3-2 No. 1 doubles mark and 2-3 No. 2 doubles mark alongside Ferreira
• Earned ranked doubles win with Ferreira a 7-5 triumph over Penn State’s 46th-ranked duo of Christos Antonopoulos and Christian Lakoseljac on Feb. 21
• Claimed Red doubles flight title with Ferreira on Sept. 15 at the Liberty University Invitational, going 3-0 in the process
• Closed fall campaign with 3-0 doubles weekend with Ferreira at Flames Invitational (Nov. 8-10)
*Note: Remainder of the season was cancelled on March 13, 2020 due to health concerns related to the COVID-19 virus
2018-19 (Fr.)
• Unanimously named ASUN Men’s Tennis Freshman of the Year, becoming Liberty’s third conference freshman of the year in program history• Selected to ASUN All-Conference first team (singles)
• Achieved VaSID All-State singles first team honors
• Unanimous selection to ASUN All-Freshmen team
• Selected as ASUN Player of the Week on Jan. 30
• Honored as 2019 ITA Scholar Athlete while achieving a perfect 4.0 GPA in first year
• Garnered inclusion on ASUN Academic Honor Roll
• Garnered first career national ranking, a No. 53 doubles ranking, from the ITA on Nov. 15 with partner Eddie Gutierrez
• Concluded the year as the No. 17-ranked singles player in Atlantic Region
• Finished second on the squad with 22 singles victories, 16 in the spring and six in the fall
• Held a 12-5 mark at No. 2 singles for the Flames and went 6-1 in ASUN singles contests
• Had a five-match winning streak in ASUN singles play from March 23-April 6
• Led the team with 18 doubles victories, nine in the spring and nine in the fall
• Held an 8-5 record (7-5 No. 2, 1-0 No. 1) in doubles with partner Ian Sturgill in the spring, including a 4-3 mark in ASUN bouts
• Had a trio of three-match doubles winning streaks during the season
Prep
• Graduate of Wolsey Hall Distance Learning• Reached the singles and doubles finals in the British Junior National 18U in 2017
• Captured doubles title and finished runner-up in singles at the 2017 ITF Nottingham event
• Claimed the Junior County Cup as part of 18U Surrey team
• Won the Surrey team tennis division with Reigate Lawn Tennis Club men’s team
• Claimed the Sutton Easter Gr 2 Open Men’s (singles)
• Won the ITF Nike Junior Internationals doubles division
• Finished runner-up at the LTA British Tour Worthing (singles)
• Took second place in singles at the 2017 ITA Estonian Junior Open
• Made the semifinals at the ITF Nike Junior International (singles)
• Reached as high as No. 35 in the Men’s Open rankings (Canada) at age 16
• Held a British tennis rating of 1.1
Personal
• Son of Glenn and Kerry Wilson• Sister and brother are both national-level rock climbers
• Earned bachelor’s degree in business administration, currently pursuing master’s degree in accounting
• Birthday is July 8
