Jake Berber
Jake Berber
  • Height:
    5-11
  • Weight:
    155
  • Year:
    Sr.
  • Hometown:
    Austin, TX
  • High School:
    St. Stephen's Episcopal School
  • Major:
    Neuroscience
  • College:
    Claremont McKenna

Bio

On Court: 4-star recruit on TR.net who ranked in the top 50 nationally and top 5 in Texas in the 12s, 14s, and 16s...won 16s Texas Sectionals Doubles and reached quarters of 16s doubles at Kalamazoo...played #1 singles for his high school team St. Stephen's all four years...as a freshman was one of six first year players on the Stags Tennis roster..made debut at ITA West Regionals in October where he won three of five matches in singles and one of three matches in doubles with partner Daniel Park...appeared in six singles dual matches in the spring at No. 3-5, posting a 4-2 record...three of his six singles matches were decided by match tie-breaks, with Berber winning one of the three...made his greatest impact in doubles, becoming a fixture in the starting lineup after contributing to a big win against Middlebury at No. 3 doubles with Alex Brenner in front of family and friends on his home courts in Austin, TX...settled in with senor captain Glenn Hull at No. 2 doubles for the remainder of the season and post-season, going 12-5 in 17 doubles duals with Hull, including three wins during the NCAA team event...completes his first year as a Stag with overall records of 7-4 in singles and 17-11 in doubles...as a sophomore returned with a strong fall showing at the ITA West Regionals, capturing the doubles title with Niko Parodi over teammates Oscar Burney and Julian Gordy...entered tournament as 7th seeded team and won five matches to advance to the ITA Oracle Cup in Rome, GA and earn ITA All-American honors...lost three close matches at the Oracle Cup to finish the fall with a 5-3 record and earn fall rankings of #8 nationally and #2 in the West...in singles entered ITA West Regionals as #9 seed and was 2-2 in four matches...appeared in eight singles dual matches in the spring, playing at the No. 4-6 positions and not dropping a set...toughest outing was a 6-4, 7-6(6) win at No. 5 singles in the Stags opening match against Arizona Christian on February 10...featured prominently in the re-birth of Stags doubles in 2018, starting in 16 dual matches with four different partners...his only three doubles losses were to Emory, Bowdoin, and Williams, finishing with a 13-3 dual match record...overall records were 10-2 in singles and 18-6 in doubles...as a junior spent fall semester abroad in Auckland, New Zealand...returned to action in the spring to appear in four different dual matches, including the Stags' home opener on February 23...lost at No. 4 singles against Hope International, but then won his next three matches partnering Jake Williams at No. 3 doubles against Christopher Newport, Western New Mexico, and Whittier...made important contributions during the Stags' post-season run serving as player-coach...finishes 2019 with overall records of 0-1 in singles and 3-0 in doubles...one of eight Stags to earn better than a 3.5 GPA and garner ITA Scholar-Athlete honors...as a senior made impressive return to action at the ITA West Regionals, winning Flight C without the loss of a set in five singles matches...partnered Casey Morris to reach the doubles quarterfinals...returned to action in the spring to put together the best results of his career, winning all five of his singles dual matches at the No. 6 position while not losing more than two games in a set...played in eight doubles matches in the shortened spring season, appearing in all but one with Daniel Park...went 4-2 in dual matches and 1-1 in tournament play with Park and Casey Morris...started in both singles and doubles in the Stags' final dual match of the 2020 season on March 11 against Haverford, winning at No. 2 doubles with Park and at No. 6 singles...those final two wins gave him records of 10-0 in singles and 7-4 in doubles for the season...led the team in match clinches with three of the Stags fourteen in the shortened season...one of 11 Stags during the 2019-2020 academic year to earn ITA Scholar-Athlete honors for his 3.5 cumulative GPA...ends his CMS career with records of 27-7 in singles and 45-21 in doubles, and the only other ITA All-American (along with Nikolai Parodi) in the 2020 graduating class.

 

News Mentions

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Ten Stags Earn Intercollegiate Tennis Association Scholar-Athlete Honors

CLAREMONT, Calif. - A total of 10 members of the Claremont-Mudd-Scripps men's tennis team, including all five of the program's seniors, earned...

July 29, 2020

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Nikolai Parodi Earns ITA National Senior Player of the Year Award

CLAREMONT, Calif. – Claremont-Mudd-Scripps senior Nikolai Parodi earned the 2019-20 Intercollegiate Tennis Association Division III...

May 27, 2020

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Video Tribute: The CMS Men's Tennis Class of 2020

CLAREMONT, Calif. - The five seniors on the CMS men's tennis team had incredible careers, tallying a dual match record of 109-11 over their...

April 2, 2020

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Seniors' Last Stand: Stags Go Out Winners

CLAREMONT, Calif. - The Claremont-Mudd-Scripps men's tennis team defeated Haverford 9-0 on Wednesday night, extending the Stags' shutout streak to...

March 11, 2020

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Stags Shutout Whittier and Clark to Complete Weekend Sweep

CLAREMONT, Calif. - The No. 2-ranked Claremont-Mudd-Scripps men's tennis team earned two more shutout victories on Saturday, defeating SCIAC...

February 29, 2020

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On to the Semis: Stags Down No. 12 Case Western at ITA National Indoors

SAINT PETER, Minn - The No. 2-ranked Claremont-Mudd-Scripps men's tennis team advanced to the semifinals of the ITA Division III National Team...

February 21, 2020

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On to the Next: Stags Win Two More in Final Prep for National Indoors

CLAREMONT, Calif. - The No. 2-ranked Claremont-Mudd-Scripps men's tennis team earned two more non-divisional wins on Saturday, defeating Division...

February 15, 2020

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Stags Take Two in Saturday Biz Blitz

CLAREMONT, Calif. - The No. 2-ranked Claremont-Mudd-Scripps men's tennis team used twelve different players to defeat NAIA opponents Hope...

February 8, 2020

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Stags Tennis Past and Present Come Together at 2020 Ted Ducey Alumni Match

CLAREMONT, Calif. - Six decades of Stags Tennis players came out to support the annual Ted Ducey Alumni Match on Saturday, as past and present...

January 25, 2020

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CMS Men's Tennis Picks up Road Win over Division II Hawaii Pacific

HONOLULU, Hawaii - The Claremont-Mudd-Scripps men's tennis team earned its first program win over host Hawaii Pacific on Friday afternoon at the...

January 17, 2020

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CMS Men's Tennis Picked Second in Preseason Division III Poll

CLAREMONT, Calif. - The Claremont-Mudd-Scripps men's tennis team was picked to finish second in the nation in the Intercollegiate Tennis Associati...

January 16, 2020

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CMS Men's Tennis Opens Spring Season with 8-1 Win over Pacific

HONOLULU, Hawaii - The Claremont-Mudd-Scripps men's tennis team, which enters the spring season ranked No. 2 in the nation in Division III, opened...

January 16, 2020

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Parodi, Katzman to Square Off in All-CMS Men's Tennis Singles Final at ITA Regionals

CLAREMONT, Calif. - After coming into the day with seven of the eight quarterfinalists in the ITA West Regionals, the CMS men's tennis team now...

October 6, 2019

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Parodi Defeats Katzman to Earn ITA West Region Singles Title

CLAREMONT, Calif. - Senior Nikolai Parodi and junior Jack Katzman squared off in an All-CMS singles final at the ITA West Regionals, and Parodi...

October 6, 2019

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All But One: CMS Men's Tennis Has Seven of Eight Quarterfinalists at ITA West Regionals

CLAREMONT, Calif. - The Claremont-Mudd-Scripps men's tennis team nearly has an intra-squad scrimmage tomorrow in the quarterfinal round of the ITA...

October 5, 2019

Photos

Jake Berber action photo 1
  • Chicago vs. Claremont-M-S @ St. Peter, Minn.
  • Case Western Reserve vs. Claremont-M-S @ St. Peter, MN
  • Emory vs. Claremont-M-S @ Saint Peter, MN
Jake Berber action photo 2
  • Chicago vs. Claremont-M-S @ St. Peter, Minn.
  • Case Western Reserve vs. Claremont-M-S @ St. Peter, MN
  • Emory vs. Claremont-M-S @ Saint Peter, MN
Jake Berber action photo 3
  • Chicago vs. Claremont-M-S @ St. Peter, Minn.
  • Case Western Reserve vs. Claremont-M-S @ St. Peter, MN
  • Emory vs. Claremont-M-S @ Saint Peter, MN
Jake Berber action photo 4
  • Chicago vs. Claremont-M-S @ St. Peter, Minn.
  • Case Western Reserve vs. Claremont-M-S @ St. Peter, MN
  • Emory vs. Claremont-M-S @ Saint Peter, MN