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athlete photoAustin Longacre
Senior
Landenberg, Pa./Avon Grove

At Delaware: One of the most decorated players in school history...fourth-year team member...owns career records of 52-30 in singles and 40-31 in doubles...52 wins ranks him third on all-time wins list...doubles team with Nolan Greenberg tied for third in career doubles wins at UD...expected to play No. 1 or No. 2 singles for the Blue Hens...will also be a top doubles player...three-year letterwinner.

2008-09: Scored a singles record of 20-5 to sit third on the all-time most wins list only to his own 2007-08 record of 22 wins and Jon Zolin's 21 wins (1973-74)...tallied a 14-7 doubles record...earned 2nd team All-Colonial Athletic Association singles honors and was a 3rd team All-CAA doubles selection...Swarthmore Invitational Flight A champion in singles and doubles play...ITA Regionals competitor for singles and doubles...named CAA Singles Player of the Week on March 20...received UD Alumni Association Alexander Taylor Team MVP Award for the second consecutive year.

2007-08: Owns the school record for singles wins in a season with 22...owns the matches played in a season record with 33...doubles team with Nolan Greenberg is 4th in doubles wins in a season with 15...2nd team All-CAA for singles matches...3rd team All-CAA for doubles action...CAA Doubles Team of the Week (Mar. 24)...ECAC Open Invitational Flight 1 Runner-Up...ITA Regional competitor for singles and doubles...UD Alumni Association/Alexander J. Taylor Team MVP Award.

2006-07: Posted 10-14 singles mark as a freshman, including 6-9 at No. 1 and 4-5 at No. 2...teamed with three different partners to finish 8-11 at first doubles..went 3-4 at No. 2 doubles with Jason Hanschmann...selected to CAA Commissioner's Academic Honor Roll.

High School: Four-year standout in tennis at Avon Grove High School...played No. 1 singles all four years...won Pennsylvania singles state championship in 2006.

Personal: Austin Wendel Longacre...born in Orange, Texas...son of Audy and Debbie Longacre...honor student as a finance major at Delaware...has been playing tennis since he was nine years old...both parents graduated from Delaware...has an older sister...teaches tennis during the summer...serves as a leader of Delaware Chrisian Athletes.

Year Singles Doubles
2006-07 10-14 11-15
2007-08 22-11 15-9
2008-09 20-5 14-7
Totals 52-30 40-31

 

 
 
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