Rutgers-Camden Athletics

Alex Loope earned a pair of Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference honors while competing as a graduate student during his first year at Rutgers University-Camden. The Scarlet Raptors’ top player and a team co-captain during the 2024-25 scholastic year, Loope came to Rutgers-Camden after earning four tennis letters as an undergraduate student at Division I Davidson College.
 
Overall, Loope posted a 5-6 record in both singles and doubles during the 2024-25 campaign, while playing at the top spot in all but one singles matches.
 
Tennis Spring 2025: Named All-WIAC First Team Singles for the East Division…Named to the All-WIAC Sportsmanship Team…Played as the Raptors’ top singles and doubles player in all four of the team’s spring matches, going 2-2 at singles and 1-3 in doubles (1-0 with Alex Turcu and 0-3 with Neal Shah)…Won his opening singles match of the spring against Neumann (March 28), 6-3, 6-0, and teamed with Turcu to win at first doubles, 6-3…Teamed with Shah at first doubles the rest of the spring, dropping 6-2 decisions in each match against Salisbury (March 29) and in a WIAC tri-match against both SUNY-Oneonta and The College of New Jersey on April 19…In the Salisbury match, lost at first singles (2-6, 2-6)…Split his singles decisions in the WIAC action on April 19, beating Oneonta (6-3, 4-5, retired) and losing against TCNJ (1-6, 4-6).
 
Tennis Fall 2024: Posted a 3-4 singles record (2-4 at first singles and 1-0 at third singles)…Went 4-3 at first doubles (2-2 with Alex Turcu in his first four doubles matches and 2-1 with Kenil Patwa in his last three matches)…Opened the season against DeSales (Sept. 7), losing in singles (4-5, retired) and winning in doubles by a 7-6 (7-5) score…Beat Penn State-Brandywine (Sept. 20) in singles (6-0, 6-0) and doubles (6-1)…In a match against Division II Kutztown (Sept. 21), lost in singles (3-6, 3-6) an doubles (1-6)…Lost at Scranton (Sept. 29) in singles (4-6, 2-1, retired) and doubles (2-6)…lost in singles (2-3, retired) and doubles, 6-7 (5-7), at Wilkes (Oct. 5)…Posted a pair of wins at York (Oct. 12), taking a 6-4, 6-2 decision in his lone match of the season at third singles, and winning, 6-2, in doubles…Ended the semester at Eastern (Oct. 19) with wins in singles (6-1, 6-2) and doubles (6-3).
 
Pre-Rutgers: Earned four varsity letters at Division I Davidson College of the Atlantic 10 Conference, playing mainly doubles…Won a team-best 10 doubles matches in a row during his sophomore year in 2019…Won doubles matches against the University of Virginia and Virginia Tech…Played #1 doubles in the Atlantic 10 tournament in 2019.
 
High School: Virginia State Player of the Year at Norfolk Collegiate School in 2017…Graduated in 2017.
 
Personal: Born July 15, 1998…Alexander “Alex” Loope…Enjoys watching sports, running and playing video games…Graduate student enrolled in the Rutgers Law School in Camden with plans to be an attorney…Alex is the son of David and Charlene Loope of Chocowinity, North Carolina.