2023-24 Men's Tennis Roster
Holden Koons
- Class:
- Graduate Student
- Hometown:
- York, Pa.
Accolades:
- 2022 CAA Player of the Year
- First Team All-CAA singles
- 2020-21 JMA Male Rookie of the Year
- CAA Co-Rookie of the Year
- First Team All-CAA singles
- First Team All-CAA doubles
- First Team All-Sun Belt singles
- ITA Scholar-Athlete
2024 (Graduate Student): Named to the 2024 All-ACC Doubles First Team with partner DK Suresh Ekambaram... The pair exploded for a standout year, ranking as the No. 2 doubles team within the Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) by the spring's conclusion... Also played as the No. 1 tandem in the country from March 8 to April 14... Koons/Suresh Ekambaram captured victories in 14 of 18 matchups against ranked doubles teams, five of which happened over top-15 foes, and finished with an overall 25-5 record... Through conference play, the two went 9-1 in completed showings... In singles, Koons went 25-4 for the spring, tying with freshman Luca Pow for the team lead in solo wins... Mainly played singles at the No. 5 and No. 6 spot for the Deacs, winning each of his final five completed matches... Went 7-2 against conference foes in singles.
2023 (James Madison): Finished year #9 in Atlantic Region singles rankings … Played at #1 singles and #1 doubles … Had a 29-12 singles record, including a 14-7 mark in dual play … Tallied a 13-13 doubles record, including 10-6 in dual play … Finished 4-4 in Sun Belt singles matches and 3-2 in conference doubles bouts … Sun Belt Conference Player of the Week (Feb. 8) … Clinched JMU dual victories vs. Mount St. Mary's (Feb. 5) and at Longwood (Mar. 28) … Had a 15-5 singles record and 3-7 doubles record during fall tournament play.
2022 (James Madison): CAA Player of the Year … Second Team All-CAA doubles with Youssef Sadek … VaSID First Team All-State singles … ITA Scholar-Athlete … Finished year #18 in Atlantic Region singles rankings … Played in all 20 dual matches at No. 1 singles and doubles … Had a 29-10 singles record, including an 18-2 mark in dual play … Tallied a 19-13 doubles record, including 12-8 in dual play … Went a perfect 6-0 in singles matches against top CAA opponents … Three-time CAA Player of the Week (Feb. 23, Mar. 9, Mar. 22) … CAA Doubles Team of the Week with Youssef Sadek (Jan. 26).
2021 (James Madison): CAA Co-Rookie of the Year … First Team All-CAA singles … First Team All-CAA doubles .. ITA Scholar-Athlete … Finished year #20 in Atlantic Region singles rankings … Played in all 16 dual matches at No. 1 singles and primarily at No. 1 doubles … Had a 10-5 singles record … Tallied a 9-5 doubles record, including 8-5 at No. 1 … Two-time CAA Player of the Week (Mar. 17, Apr. 21).
2020 (James Madison): 2020 VaSID University Division Rookie of the Year … ITA Scholar-Athlete … Played primarily at No. 2 and No. 3 singles and No. 1 and No. 2 singles … Had a 20-9 singles record, including an 11-2 mark in dual play … Tallied a 17-7 doubles record, including 9-2 in dual play … Season-high eight-match singles win streak from Jan. 18 to Mar. 10 … Won eight of 11 dual singles wins in straight sets.
Personal: Son of Mark and Dawn Koons … Has two brothers Cameron and Hayden … Father played tennis at Shippensburg (1986-90) … Majoring in finance.
