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Chris Hincker

Senior
Roanoke, Va./Patrick Henry

At Delaware: Team's most experienced player • one of only two seniors on the squad • three-year letterwinner • will return to a top-six singles and pair for a top-three doubles spot for the Blue Hens • CoSIDA Academic All-American nominee • team's active career leader in singles wins (55-22) and doubles wins (41-19) • No. 4 on UD career singles wins list with 55 and needs 15 victories to equal record of former teammate Austin Longacre (70-38 in 2006-10) • ranks No. 9 for career doubles wins with 41 and needs 15 to equal Longacre's UD standard of 56-41.

2009-10 Season: Led the team in singles victories as a junior when he posted a mark of 18-8 playing at the No. 2-4 singles spots • 18 wins was the sixth most single-season singles victories in school history • teamed with three different partners to go 19-8 in doubles play • notched a 16-6 record when teamed with Courtney Scott • 16-6 performance ranks third best all-time for top single-season doubles wins by a team • duo improved to 30-10 for their career to move into the third place on the UD top career doubles wins list • CoSIDA Academic All-American nominee.

2008-09: Tallied an 18-6 singles record as a sophomore • went 15-5 at the No. 5 spot • 18 wins ranks tied for sixth on all-time most single-season singles wins • went 18-6 in doubles action • teamed with Courtney Scott for a 14-4 record between No. 2 and No. 3 doubles matches • Swarthmore Invitational Flight C singles champion.

2007-08: Went 19-8 overall in singles play as a freshman • competed at the No. 2, 3 and 4 spots • set school record for singles wins in a season by a freshman and also recorded the fifth best single season win mark • teamed with four different players for a combined 4-5 record in doubles play • tied for fourth in school history in singles matches played in a season with 27 • ECAC Open Invitational Flight 4 Champion.

High School: Three-year standout in tennis at Patrick Henry High School • played at No. 1 singles spot for Patrick Henry as a senior when he also served as team captain and earned MVP honors • 2007 All-Timesland Player of the Year • Virginia AAA state finalist in singles as a senior • team won state title his freshman year when he played at fourth singles • National Merit Scholar Commended Student • honor roll student.

Personal: Christopher Gregory "Chris" Hincker ("hinker") • son of Michael and Alice Hincker • honor student as a health and exercise science and physiology major at Delaware • member of UD's Honors Program and is a Distinguished 1743 Scholar • hopes to become an orthodontist • enjoys playing guitar, skiing, basketball, and teaching tennis • has a brother, Alex • father is a mortgage lender • worked as a tennis instructor over the summer • serves as team representative to SAAC along with teammate Nick Piacente.