GCU Men's Tennis Recruit on TV Tonight

Ahmad Saleem, who has signed a National Letter of Intent to play for the Grand Canyon University men's tennis team next season, will be on the “Varsity Zone” television show at 10 p.m. this Friday on KTVK (channel 3).

Saleem is a senior at Desert Vista High School in Phoenix, where he plays No. 1 on the 5A varsity team.

“Bringing Ahmad Saleem to the GCU men's tennis team is a major step in our new team's history,” Head Coach Greg Prudhomme said. “He is a great tennis player, a great person and comes from a great family.

“He is very well respected in the state as a person and a player. He will help put GCU tennis on the map.”

Saleem has a 3.5 GPA, and his accomplishments include:

Academic Awards

Two-time Scholar-Athlete AIA Honor Roll

Multiple student Honor Roll awards

Student of the Month Award

Student of the Week Award

Super Self Manager Award

Tennis Accomplishments and Awards

Has been ranked No. 1 in the Southwest Section of the USTA

Win over former No. 1 nationally-ranked Carlos Bermudez

Win over NAU D-I No. 1 singles player Andrew Reiff

Wins over many top 50 nationally-ranked players

USTA Zone Team Championships Sportsmanship Award (2006 Naples, Fla.)

USTA Phoenix Area Penn Sportsmanship Award (2003)

Scholar-Athlete AIA Honor Roll (2007, 2008)

5A Division 1 All City Award (2008)

Tournament Champion of the Following Tournaments:

Arizona Junior Open champion (2008, 2006)

Western States Junior Open champion (2006)

Sweet 16 champion (2008 and other years)

Western States Little Mo champion

Tucson Jr. Open champion

Mesa Jr. Open champion

Glendale Jr. Open champion

Arrowhead Jr. Open champion

Sedona Jr. Tournament champion

Dry Heat Jr. Open champion

Valley of the Sun champion (2006)

Grand Canyon University Athletics

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