Bio

4-star recruit on TR.net who ranked as high as No.120 in his class....played on Westview HS team for four years, reaching CIF Finals as junior...favorite tournament in juniors was the Claremont B14s National Open where he finished third in singles and won the doubles...also part of an Under 14 National Junior Team Tennis championship team out of San Diego...also plays National and Sectional Father-Son tournaments with father Solomon who is a teaching pro...2017-2018 made his debut as one of four first-year Stags players at the ITA West Regionals...was seeded fifth in singles and reached the Round of 16, before losing an epic 6-7(4), 6-2, 7-6(3) battle to new teammate Oscar Burney...also seeded fifth in doubles and paired with sophomore Daniel Park, reaching the quarters before bowing out to top seeds Dugan-Stone from UCSC... injuries to hand and lower extremities delayed his spring dual match debut until March 30 against UC Santa Cruz and Chapman, where he won at No. 6 singles and No. 1 doubles respectively...played in four additional singles duals, staying undefeated and earning important wins against Gustavus, Pomona-Pitzer, and UC San Diego...played in 13 doubles duals with four different partners - Park, Williams, Yeam and Berber...was 11-2 in doubles dual matches, with seven wins at No. 3 with Park...finished 2018 with overall records of 7-1 in singles and 13-3 in doubles...also one of five Stags to earn ITA Scholar-Athlete and SCIAC All-Academic honors for his outstanding academic work...2018-2019 reached the quarters of the Flight A singles at the ITA West Regionals, falling in two close sets to eventual champ Chad LeDuff of UC Santa Cruz...partnered Jake Williams in doubles, and the pair reached the semis before bowing out to eventual champs Shankar and Wei of Caltech...returned in the spring for dual match play at No. 3 singles and No. 2 doubles with Katzman...won five of first six singles matches before hitting his stride in Stag-Hen Championship match at No. 4 singles against Bowdoin where he dropped only one game, earning him SCIAC Athlete of the Week honors for March 18...also had impressive straight set wins in March against Amherst, Williams and Middlebury...during April and May lost only two singles matches to complete an 18-7 overall singles record, including 16-6 in duals...led the Stags with five singles clinches in dual match play...teamed up with Katzman at No. 2 doubles and won their first nine dual matches before dropping four of six during a stretch when they transitioned to the top position...reached the fourth round of the 130th Pacific Coast Doubles Championships with Katzman, earning wins over UCSD and UCLA teams in the process, representing the best finish at Pac Coast Doubles by a Stags doubles pair since Dorn and Wood reached the quarterfinals in 2014...finished the season winning twelve straight before a loss to Emory in the NCAA Championship match, partnering Williams, Burney, and Park in addition to Katzman...finished with a 28-6 overall doubles record including 23-5 in duals...earned 2nd Team All-SCIAC honors for his excellence in conference play...2019-2020 reached the quarterfinals of Flight A singles, and the semifinals of the doubles with Katzman at the ITA West Regionals...finished the fall with ITA regional rankings of No. 14 in singles and No. 6 in doubles...returned in the spring to start at No. 5 singles and No. 2 doubles with Katzman...was undefeated in his first five singles matches, including three on the Stags' trip to Hawaii in January and two at home against Ottaw University Arizona and Concordia-Irvine...finished the shortened season strong in front of a home town crowd at La Jolla Beach and Tennis Club, winning at No. 2 doubles and No. 6 singles in CMS' 9-0 sweep of No. 11 Wash U...completed the 2019-2020 season with records of 6-4 in singles and 13-3 in doubles...he and Katzman finished 2020 as the 8th ranked doubles team in the West Region and have compiled a 33-8 record together, putting them on pace to be one of CMS' most prolific doubles teams in wins and winning percentage...also earned ITA Scholar-Athlete honors for the second time in three years, having earned a cumulative 3.5 GPA for the 2019-2020 academic year...2021-2022 returned for his senior season as co-captain after taking a pause in 2020-2021 when all sports were suspended due to COVID...had his best fall season to date, winning the ITA West Regional singles title as the No. 3 seed, and reaching the semifinal of the doubles with partner Jack Katzman...won five matches at Regionals in straight sets, surrendering six games or fewer in all but one, and defeating teammates Martin and Carroll in the semis and final...won three matches in doubles before falling to teammates Arimilli and Martin in the semis...advanced to the ITA Cup in Rome, GA in singles, where he went 2-1 overall, losing in the quarterfinals to eventual champion Stanley Morris of Middlebury after having two match points in the second set...earns ITA All-American singles honors for the first time in his career by virtue of winning Regionals and two matches at ITA Cup...made his spring debut at No. 2 singles vs Wojtek Marek of USC, losing in straight sets...then played the remainder of the dual season at No.1, losing only once to eventual NCAA singles champion Stanley Morris of Middlebury...had a 12 match unbeaten streak at No. 1 singles between January 21 and March 25 where he ranked No. 1 or No. 2 nationally...battled lower extremity injuries in April and May but still won four of his last six duals...also played 31 doubles matches with Katzman, Freer and Carroll (once) primarily at Nos. 1-2...completed the 2022 season with overall records of 23-5 in singles and 18-13 in doubles, ranked No. 1 in the west and No. 12 nationally...won the ITA Senior Player of the Year and was a nominee for the ITA Most Improved Senior in the West Region...was named SCIAC Athlete of the Year and SCIAC Character Award for men's tennis, as well as 1st Team All-SCIAC...was also SCIAC Athlete of the Week for the weeks of Feb 14 and March 21...one of two SCIAC athletes from any sport nominated for the inaugural D3 Commissioner's Association Men's Sport Athlete of the Year...on campus, he earned the CMC Senior Student-Athlete of the Year, and the 2022 Henry A. Krieger Award, which recognizes student leadership, athletic accomplishments, and academic excellence...also voted Most Valuable Player by his teammates...concludes a Stags Tennis (playing) career with overall records of 54-17 in singles, giving him the 16th best winning percentage (.761) in CMS history...and 72-25 in doubles, the 18th best career winning percentage (.742) in Stags Tennis history...his combined singles and doubles career win percentage (.750) places him 10th all-time...Liu and Katzman finish as the 9th best team in Stags history for career wins (45), and 5th for career winning percentage (.763).

Personal: Middle son of Nelly and Solomon...middle of three brothers...other brothers Solomon and Chris...in his free time enjoys working out and playing guitar, piano and drums...also gravitates towards childhood favorites Pokemon, Naruto, and Minecraft...favorite current shows are Rick and Morty and American Horror Story....men's tennis' Student Athlete Advisory Council representative for 2018-2019...also student leader for club and recreational tennis at the Claremont Colleges twice each week during the school year.

Favorite Stag: Michael Scarlett (CMC '18- Stags Basketball)

Say What?: played golf with Andre Agassi