Army West Point Athletics
2011-12 Men's Tennis Roster
Roster
Rashad Shelton
- Class:
- Junior
- Weight:
- null
- Hometown:
- Jacksonville, Fla.
- High School:
- Blair Academy
"Rashad has a big serve and great volleys. He just keeps coming at you."
-Head Coach Jim Poling
2011-12: Totaled a career-high nine singles wins in dual matches ... spent the majority of the season at the No. 6 spot, totaling a 5-3 record ... opened the spring season with four consecutive wins, including two over Patriot League foes ... earned a crucial come-from-behind three-set victory over Steven Young of Air Force ... helped the Black Knights defeat the Falcons 4-3 ... strung together a three-match win streak midway through the season ... won a pair of matches during Army's spring break trip to Florida ... paired with five different teammates for doubles matches ... went 5-2 alongside classmate Alex Holland ... earned a 3-1 dual record with Peter Sienko.
2010-11: Only competed in two dual matches before sustaining an injury which kept him out until the NCAA Championship ... was a vocal leader on the sidelines despite not competing ... went 1-1 in dual match singles play ... defeated C.J. Griffin, 5-7, 6-4, 10-7, at No. 71 Penn State on Jan. 30 ... posted a pair of wins in the fall season ... defeated Boston University's Regis Chang, 6-1, 6-4, at the Dartmouth Invitational on Oct. 3 ... topped Fairleigh Dickinson's Peter Svarka, 6-7, 6-4, 6-1, at the Cornell Invite on Oct. 29 ... went 5-5 in doubles matches in the fall season, teaming with Allen Xu for all 10 matches ... went 2-1 at the Billie Jean King Invitational in the fourth doubles flight, including an 8-6 win over a duo from Lehigh.
2009-10: Started off the year winless, going 0-2 in singles and 0-2 in doubles play in the fall, before turning it around in the spring ... compiled a 7-6 singles mark and 11-8 doubles record in the spring ... was 3-0 at the No. 6 singles spot, including a 6-4, 6-1 win against rival Air Force ... went on a six-match win streak between Feb. 12 and March 26, finishing with victories over Patriot League foes Lehigh and Lafayette ... played 14 doubles matches alongside Gary Kushnirovic ... the pair tallied a 7-7 mark at the top doubles spot ... opened the spring season with four straight doubles wins, defeating Binghamton, Monmouth, Marist and Fairfield ... finished the regular season with back-to-back wins at No. 1 doubles, defeating Bucknell and Boston University.
Personal: Son of Richard and Diane Shelton ... first team all-MAPL at Blair Academy ... first team all-state selection at Trinity Christian Academy ... won the MAPL conference championship ... career highlight was beating Navy in Annapolis in 2010 ... favorite athlete is James Blake ... likes to read and hang out with friends in his free time ... management major.
| Shelton's Career Records | ||||
| SINGLES | DOUBLES | |||
| Year | Fall | Spring | Fall | Spring |
| 2009-10 | 0-2 | 7-6 | 0-2 | 11-8 |
| 2010-11 | 2-10 | 1-4 | 5-5 | 0-6 |
| 2011-12 | 3-6 | 9-4 | 4-2 | 6-4 |
| 2012-13 | 5-6 | 10-12 | 7-6 | 12-5 |
| TOTAL | 10-24 | 27-26 | 16-15 | 29-23 |
