High School: Four-year letterwinner at Richard Montgomery High School...played No. 1 singles as a junior and senior and No. 2 singles as a sophomore...team Most Valuable Player in both 2006 and 2007...honor roll student.

Personal: Nicholas Paul Piacente...son of Steve and Felicia Piacente...has two sisters, Danielle, 25, and Ali, 21...both sisters played college tennis, Danielle at Maryland and Ali at UNC-Charlotte...engineering major at Delaware...worked at an Italian ice shop over the summer...enjoys biking, snowboarding, and playing the guitar...cites father as biggest influence on tennis career.