Shariq Khan has posted a combined 19-15 record (11-6 singles and 8-9 doubles) during his three years with the men’s tennis program. Khan also captured numerous academic awards, including New Jersey Athletic Conference Academic Second Team, and was named to the All-Sportsmanship Team in the Great Northeast Athletic Conference.
Academics: Great Northeast Athletic Conference Academic All-Conference for the 2018-19 scholastic year…New Jersey Athletic Conference Academic Second Team for the 2020-21 scholastic year…NJAC Academic Honorable Mention for the 2018-19 and 2019-20 scholastic years…Rutgers-Camden Athletic Director’s Honor Roll for the 2018 Spring, 2018 Fall, 2019 Spring, 2019 Fall, 2020 Spring, 2020 Fall and 2021 Spring semesters…Dean’s List student…One of only 29 athletes on the 151-member 2020 Fall AD Honor Roll to post a perfect 4.0 GPA…One of only 27 athletes on the 125-member 2021 Spring AD Honor Roll to post a perfect 4.0 GPA.
Tennis Spring 2021: Posted a combined 0-4 record, including 0-2 at sixth singles and 0-2 at second doubles with Jair Norman, while facing the two top teams in the New Jersey Athletic Conference…Against eventual NJAC champion New Jersey City (March 26), lost at singles (1-6, 1-6) and doubles (0-8)…Playing The College of New Jersey (April 18), dropped a match at singles (0-6, 0-6) and doubles (2-8).
Tennis Fall 2020: Season cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Tennis 2019-20: Season cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Tennis 2018-19: Earned a berth on the Great Northeast Athletic Conference Men’s Tennis All-Sportsmanship Team…Posted a 9-2 record in singles play during Rutgers-Camden’s 11 matches, by far the most singles victories on the team…Went 6-0 at fifth singles and 3-2 at sixth singles…Combined with Vincent Flores to post a 5-6 doubles mark (0-1 at first doubles, 3-5 at second doubles and 2-0 at third doubles)…Won his first four and his last four singles matches of the season, while going 1-2 in the middle three (with one of the losses at No. 6 singles against perennial New Jersey Athletic Conference powerhouse The College of New Jersey)…Opened the season with a win at third doubles (8-6) and fifth singles (6-4, 4-6, 11-9) against Neumann (March 9)…Also earned two wins against Moravian College (March 16) with a 6-2, 6-1 victory at sixth singles and an 8-2 win at third doubles…Notched singles wins against Penn State-Abington (March 24, winning 6-0, 7-5 at sixth singles) and Lehman (March 30 with a 6-0, 6-0 sweep at the fifth flight), while adding an 8-1 win at second doubles against Lehman…Won 6-4, 6-3 at sixth singles against the College of Staten Island (April 7)…Earned wins at fifth singles against Albertus Magnus (April 13, 6-2, 7-6) and Rutgers-Newark (April 20, 7-5, 6-4)…Closed the season sweeping matches at fifth singles and second doubles against both Neumann (April 25, 6-1, 6-0 in singles and 8-5 in doubles) and Penn State-Brandywine (6-3, 6-3 in singles and 8-3 in doubles)…Out of his six losses in doubles, two came by 6-8 scores (against Penn State-Abington and the College of Staten Island) and one came by a 5-8 tally (against Rutgers-Newark).
Tennis 2017-18: Posted a 2-2 record in singles (0-1 at third singles and 2-1 at fourth singles) during his freshman season…Also went 3-1 in doubles (2-0 second doubles, 1-1 at the third spot)…Made his collegiate debut against Brooklyn College (March 18), losing at fourth singles (6-1, 5-7, 6-10) and teaming with Juan Eduardo Perez to win at third doubles (8-6)…Earned his first singles victory (6-3, 6-2) at the fourth flight against Penn State-Abington (April 8), while dropping a third doubles match with Perez (3-8)…The same day, swept his fourth singles match against Albertus Magnus College (6-0, 6-0) and teamed with Vatsal Patel for a 6-1 win at second doubles…Closed his season losing a singles match at the third flight (4-6, 3-6) against Rutgers-Newark (April 15), but winning at second doubles with Patel by an 8-4 score.
High School: Four-year varsity tennis letterman at Atlantic City High School for Coach Joseph Scalfaro…Also earned one varsity soccer letter…Graduated in 2017.
Personal: Born December 1, 1998…Enjoys most sports, working out, listening to music and traveling…Biology major who plans to enter a medical school and pursue a career in medicine…Shariq is the son of Midhat Siddiqui and Shariq Khan of Atlantic City.
