Lestter Yeh
Lestter Yeh
  • Height:
    5'11"
  • Weight:
    140
  • Year:
    SO
  • Hometown:
    Arcadia, CA
  • High School:
    Temple City HS
  • Major:
    Psychology
  • College:
    Claremont McKenna

Bio

On Court: Started competing in SoCal junior tournaments at age 10 and USTA Nationals in 12 and under division...continued sectional, national, and ITF tournament play up through 18 and under division...4 star recruit on TennisRecruiting.net as a junior and senior...played #1 singles for three years at Temple City HS, after attending San Marino HS as a freshman...Temple City Captain junior and senior year...Rio Hondo league doubles champion...CIF quarter-finalist in doubles...CIF singles round of 16...reached top 35 in nation in 14s, top 70 in nation in 16s, including two national doubles titles....as a freshman made Stags Tennis debut at USTA / ITA West Regionals in October, going 4-2 in singles and 2-1 (with Butts) in doubles...appeared in two singles dual matches in the spring, against Brandeis on Feb 22, and then against Hawaii-Hilo in Oahu on Marh 22...played #6 and #5 singles, losing only four games in four sets...appeared in four doubles duals in the spring (all with Pereverzin), going 1-3...completes first year with overall record of 6-2 in singles and 3-4 in doubles...as a sophomore won two matches in each the singles and doubles of the USTA / ITA West Regionals in September...had two straight set wins in opening rounds of singles before losing tough three set match to Santa Cruz's Eli Scandalis...partnered junior Cameron Bernhardt in doubles, earning win over 8th seeds Cummins and Wilson of Redlands in the first round...dropped opening singles dual match of the spring season, then won seven straight at the #1, #3 and #6 positions...was extremely valuable as first Stag off the bench during the last two weeks in March, getting key wins against Hardin-Simmons, Williams, Pacific (OR), Chapman, and Redlands...completed 2014 with records of 10-3 in singles and 7-2 in doubles, playing with Morkovine.

Tools: Babolat Pure Drive Roddick strung at 53 lbs with Solinco Barb Wire in the mains and Solinco Revolution in the crosses.

Personal: Only child of Pearl and Lawrence Yeh...started playing tennis at age nine...competes internationally for U.S. in soft tennis, including world championships in Seoul, Korea in 2011...also enjoys basketball, slalom inline skating and drawing

Favorite Stag: Warren Wood

Say What?: Overtly introspective