Ian Freer
Ian Freer
  • Height:
    5-9
  • Weight:
    140
  • Year:
    So.
  • Hometown:
    South Pasadena, CA
  • High School:
    Saint Francis
  • Major:
    Economics
  • College:
    Claremont McKenna

Bio

On Court: 4-star recruit on TR.net who has ranked as high as No.44 in his class....four year starter for Saint Francis HS boys tennis team...won CIF Southern Section high school singles title as a senior...in June of 2019, played clay court open tournaments in France with four other college players...qualified for singles and doubles at National Boys 18s in Kalamazoo, MI and reached the third round of doubles...also reached the final of 2019 USTA National Father-Son Grass Courts in Boston...as a first-year made Stags Tennis debut at the ITA West Regionals as the No. 8 seed in singles, reaching the semifinals before losing to teammate Jack Katzman in three sets...reached the quarterfinals of the doubles with Parodi as the third seeds...finished the fall with ITA singles rankings of No. 9 in the west and No. 26 nationally, and No. 9 in the west doubles with Parodi...played in five matches on Stags trip to Hawaii in January, winning both singles at the No. 4 position against HPU and Trinity, and winning two of three doubles at No. 1 with Parodi...won his next three singles at No. 2 and No. 4 to stay undefeated in his first five matches...had key wins at ITA National Team Indoors at No. 4 singles against Case Western, and at No. 1 doubles against Case Western and Emory...finished the shortened season on a strong note with convincing wins in singles and doubles against Wash U. at La Jolla Beach and Tennis Club on March 7...completed his first-year campaign with records of 10-3 in singles and 12-4 in doubles...one of 11 Stags to earn ITA Scholar-Athlete accolades for his better than 3.5 GPA during the 2019-2020 academic year...earned a year-end singles ranking of No. 13 in the West Region, and No. 2 in the West and No. 3 nationally with Parodi in doubles...recognized as the West Region's ITA Rookie of the Year, while garnering ITA All-American honors in doubles, becoming just the third first-year player to do so in the last decade of Stags Tennis.

Tools: Yonex VCORE Pro 97 330 strung at 53 lbs with Solinco Confidential

Personal: Son of Lisa and Brad Freer...two brothers, Jack and Josh...father Brad played tennis at Connecticut College (Class of '91), while older brother Jack plays tennis at Whitman College...avid Dodgers, Jets, USC football, and Villanova basketball fan...enjoys spending time at the beach, traveling, and playing basketball, football, table tennis and especially wiffle-ball...loves cross country RV trips with family and friends.

Favorite Stag: Weiliang Zhang (CMC '23 - Stags Football)

Say What?: Professional salad maker

News Mentions

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CMS Men's Tennis Earns ITA Academic Team Honors, Seven Stags Named ITA Scholar-Athletes

CLAREMONT, Calif. - The Claremont-Mudd-Scripps Men's Tennis team earned Academic Team honors from the Intercollegiate Tennis Association, while...

July 15, 2021