Daniel Park
Daniel Park
  • Height:
    6-0
  • Weight:
    145
  • Year:
    Sr.
  • Hometown:
    Bellevue, WA
  • High School:
    Lakeside
  • Major:
    Science and Management
  • College:
    Claremont McKenna

Bio

On Court: 5-star recruit on TR.net who ranked as high as #56 in his class in 2015, and #72 in his class in 2014...played #1 singles for his Lakeside Lions high school team as a freshman and sophomore, going undefeated in league play both seasons and finshing fourth as a freshman and second as a sophomore in the state high school championships...as a freshman was one of six Stags to reach the quarters or better in the ITA West Regionals singles event, where he lost to teammate Daniel Morkovine...had wins over 9th seeded Andrew You (Whittier), Derek Levchenko (UCSC) and Jake Ly (Redlands) en route to the quarters...earned an ITA West Region Fall Ranking of #18...partnered fellow frosh Jake Berber to win one of three doubles matches in their debut...was one of two everyday singles starters among Stags freshmen, playing No. 4 and No. 5 singles all season...also one of the Stags' most consistent and clutch performers, having won all four of his three-setters and been the clinching win in four duals...won nine of his first twelve singles matches, including two dramatic three-set wins to clinch comebacks against Wash U and Bowdoin at the Stag-Hen Invitational...also won in three sets in the NCAA team semis against Middlebury, capping an improbable comeback...found himself in and out of the doubles lineup throughout the spring, partnering Morkovine, Berber, Hull, and Parodi...completed his freshman campaign with overall records of 22-6 in singles and 6-11 in doubles, earning 2nd Team All-SCIAC honors...as a sophomore went 3-1 in singles and 2-1 in doubles (with Robert Liu), reaching the quarterfinals of both at the ITA West Regionals..earned fall singles West Region rank of No.13...returned in the spring to make an immediate impact in the middle part of the singles lineup and at No. 3 doubles....won four of six matches at ITA National Indoors to help the Stags reach the final in their first appearance since 2009...his 15-3 singles dual match record at No. 4 and No. 5 singles included wins over Wash U, Wesleyan, Amherst, Tufts, and Middlebury...paired successfully with Yeam, Berber and Liu at No. 3 doubles for an 18-4 dual match record, completing an incredible turnaround from a year earlier...completed 2018 with overall records of 18-4 in singles and 20-5 in doubles...appointed co-captain with Julian Gordy for 2018-2019...as a junior spent fall semester abroad in Copenhagen, Denmark...returned to action as one of the hottest players in the Stags' starting lineup, winning his first nine singles matches without the loss of a set over a span of 30 days...earned SCIAC Athlete of the Week for the week of March 25, as the only Stag to win all of seven of his singles and doubles matches on CMS' spring trip to New England...slotted in at Nos. 4-5 singles and Nos. 2-3 doubles primarily with Burney, but also with Morris and Liu throughout the spring...a wrist and forearm injury sidelined him for all but two doubles pro-sets during the month of April...returned to the lineup healthy for post-season play in May but only completed one singles match due to the clinch format of post-season duals...completed 2019 with overall records of 11-2 in singles and 24-5 in doubles...as a senior had his best career results in the ITA West Regionals, reaching the semifinals of singles and the quarterfinals of doubles...seeded seventh in singles, he defeated teammate Morris in three sets in the singles quarters, before losing to teammate and eventual champion Parodi in the semis...then partnered Nic Meister to reach the quarters before falling to champions Cummins and Libao of Redlands...earned career high ITA Fall singles rankings of No. 10 in the west and No. 31 nationally...made 2020 dual match debuts in January in Hawaii, going 4-0 overall with wins at No. 6 singles against Trinity Univ., and pairing with three different partners at No. 3 doubles...played some of his toughest tennis in CMS' run to the championship match of the ITA National Team Indoors in St. Peter, MN, winning in staight sets at No. 6 singles against Case Western and Chicago, while earning a critical win at No. 3 doubles with partner Nic Meister in the Stags' 5-4 win over Chicago in the semifinal match...earned season records of 11-1 in singles (including an 8-0 clean slate in spring duals) and 13-6 in doubles with four different partners...won the ITA's most prestigious student-athlete leadership award given among all levels of collegiate tennis, the ITA Ann Lebedeff Leadership Award...winner of the SCIAC's Spring Character award for Men's Tennis, and the coveted Hank Krieger Award among all CMS student-athletes for his excellence in academics, athletics, and leadership...one of 11 Stags to earn ITA Scholar-Athlete honors for the 2019-2020 academic year with his perfect 4.0 GPA...completes his Stags Tennis career with records of 62-13 in singles and 63-27 in doubles...his .827 career singles winning percentage places him third in CMS Tennis history...his combined singles and doubles winning percentage of .758 (125-40), has him at seventh best ever in CMS history...the two-year captain will be remembered for being the last Stag on court in some of CMS' most important matches during his career.

 

News Mentions

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ITA Releases Congratulatory Video to Daniel Park for Ann Lebedeff Award

CLAREMONT, Calif. - Some of the biggest names in tennis were among those to congratulate Daniel Park of CMS men's tennis for winning the Intercoll...

August 26, 2020

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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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Daniel Park Captures SCIAC Men's Tennis Character Award for 2019-20 Season

CLAREMONT, Calif. - Claremont-Mudd-Scripps senior Daniel Park earned the 2020 SCIAC Men's Tennis Character Award, voted on by the league's...

May 21, 2020

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Jack Katzman Earns Wilson ITA National Promoter of the Year Honor

CLAREMONT, Calif. - Junior Claremont-Mudd-Scripps men's tennis player Jack Katzman earned the 2020 Wilson National Promoter of the Year Award from...

May 14, 2020

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Daniel Park Earns ITA Ann Lebedeff Leadership Award

CLAREMONT, Calif. – Claremont-Mudd-Scripps senior men’s tennis player Daniel Park earned the Ann Lebedeff Leadership Award from the...

May 11, 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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Daniel Park Named One of Five Finalists for ITA's Ann Lebedeff Leadership Award

CLAREMONT, Calif. - Claremont-Mudd-Scripps senior men's tennis player Daniel Park was chosen by the Intercollegiate Tennis Association as one of...

March 30, 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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Next Level in La Jolla: Stags Rout No. 11 Wash U for Fourth Straight Shutout

LA JOLLA, Calif. - The No. 2-ranked Claremont-Mudd-Scripps men's tennis team turned in a dominating performance on Saturday at the La Jolla Beach...

March 7, 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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Stags Blank Kingsmen in SCIAC Opener

THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. - The No. 2-ranked Claremont-Mudd-Scripps men's tennis team took to the road to begin SCIAC play, blanking Cal Lutheran 9-0...

February 28, 2020

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CMS Men's Tennis Drops Hard-Fought Battle to Emory in National Title Rematch

SAINT PETER, Minn. - The Claremont-Mudd-Scripps men's tennis team nearly had a dramatic late comeback, but fell on the short end of a 5-3 decision...

February 23, 2020

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Stags Edge No. 4 Chicago in a Thriller, Advance to ITA National Team Indoor Championship Match

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

February 22, 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 Wraps Up Hawaii Trip with 8-1 Win over Trinity

HONOLULU, Hawaii - First-year Ian Freer and senior Nikolai Parodi won 8-3 at No. 1 doubles and then earned singles wins as well to lead the No. 2...

January 18, 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 Lead Five Stags Ranked in the National Top 50 After Fall Season

CLAREMONT, Calif. - Senior Nikolai Parodi is ranked third in the nation and junior Jack Katzman places fourth in the NCAA Division III...

November 21, 2019

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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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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

Daniel Park 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
Daniel Park 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
Daniel Park 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
Daniel Park 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
Daniel Park action photo 5
  • 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
Daniel Park action photo 6
  • 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