Photo courtesy of West Coast Conference.
Photo courtesy of West Coast Conference.
Photo courtesy of West Coast Conference.
Photo courtesy of West Coast Conference.
Photo courtesy of West Coast Conference.
Connor Garnett

Connor Garnett

  • Height:
    5-11
  • Year:
    Senior
  • Hometown:
    Bellevue, Wash.
  • High School:
    Interlake High School
  • Major:
    Studying in the Leavey School of Business

AS A SENIOR IN 2018-19: Team co-captain along with Kamran Khan ... named to the WCC All-Academic Team for the third consecutive year ... recognized as an Intercollegiate Tennis Association Scholar-Athlete ... recorded a 17-13 singles and 11-12 doubles record ... finished career with 72 singles victories, tied for fourth all-time in Santa Clara history along with Erich Chen (2000-04) ... FALL: Posted a 6-4 singles and 3-4 doubles record.  SPRING: Had an 11-9 singles going 4-3 at the No. 2 spot and 7-6 at No. 3 ... went 8-8 in doubles action with all wins coming on court three ... recorded the match clincher at 3-all to help the Broncos take down No. 43-ranked BYU, 4-3 in the opening round of the West Coast Conference Championships beating Mateo Vereau in three-sets, 3-6, 7-5, 6-3 completing the comeback win after the Broncos trailed 3-1 in the match ... went 4-4 in conference singles action to top the team along with three others.  

AS A JUNIOR IN 2017-18: Named All-WCC Singles Honorable Mention and to the WCC All-Academic Team ... set career-highs in overall singles (24-7) and doubles wins (15-16) ... team best 24-7 overall record to go along with 7-2 conference singles record ... twenty-four singles wins is the seventh highest total in Santa Clara single season history matching Tommy Hicks' total in 2006 ... FALL: Posted the best record on the team at 7-3 including a successful run at the ITA Northwest Regional Championship advancing to the round of 16 in the 128 player singles draw…Went 6-4 in doubles action.  SPRING: Posted a team best 17-4 singles record (4-1 on court three and 13-4 on court four) and a 7-2 record in conference play including a seven match winning streak from Jan. 20 to Feb. 24 ... helped team punch a ticket to the West Coast Conference tournament getting the match winner in a three set tiebreaker against Pepperdine’s Brian Berdusco 2-6, 6-2, 7-6 (9-7) ... finished with a 9-12 doubles record including 4-4 in conference play partnering with Kamran Khan on court three.

AS A SOPHOMORE IN 2016-17: Named to the All-WCC Doubles Honorable Mention team and earned WCC All-Academic accolades. FALL: Boasted a 3-2 record in the fall in both singles and doubles ... Partnering with Robert Seby, the duo made the doubles semifinal at the UC Davis Aggie Invitational in the "A" bracket ... collected two singles wins at the USTA/ITA Northwest Regional Championships and one doubles victory. SPRING: Posted a 14-4 singles record in spring, playing each match on court three ... Garnett and doubles partner Vasileios Iliopoulos went 4-6 in doubles action, going 3-6 on court one and 1-0 on court two ... Garnett and Robert Seby also partnered up in doubles action early in the dual match season and they went 5-2 on court one.

AS A FRESHMAN IN 2015-16: SINGLES: finished with a 14-9 record on the season ... 11-8 mark in dual match play ... started the year on a three-match winning streak ... picked up his first collegiate victory after taking down Nevada's Peter O'Donovan 6-3, 6-2 on October 2 ... picked up his third consecutive victory over No. 66 Fresno State's Mantas Bugailiskis 6-1, 6-3 on January 30 ... came back to defeat No. 59 Boise State's Abe Hewko 3-6, 6-0, 7-5 on February 7. DOUBLES: finished with a 9-4 record on the season with partner Robert Seby ... named to the All-WCC Doubles Honorable Mention team ... duo upset the No. 81 ranked pairing from USD 6-2 on April 24 ... rallied to defeat No. 66 Fresno State's Nikolas Papic and Jeremy Moser 7-6 on January 30 ... overcame No. 59 Boise State's Brian Foley and Lewis Roskilly 6-3 on February 7 ... 1-0 record on the season with partner Ashot Khacharyan ... rallied to clinch the doubles point after defeating UMKC's Uldis Gaismins and Amaury Navette 7-6 on February 27 ... 1-1 record on the season with partner Kamran Khan ... duo upset the third pairing from No. 29 Tulsa by a score of 6-2 on February 19 ... 1-1 record on the season with partner Jeffrey Liang.

HIGH SCHOOL: competing at Interlake High School in Bellevue, Wash., Garnett went undefeated during his high school career … he was a three-time state champion … co-captained his high school squad during his junior year ... ranked as the No. 1 player in the state of Washington.

PERSONAL: son of Dale and Christine Garnett … enjoys golfing and wood working … plans to major in finance and minor in entrepreneurship with hopes of one day starting his own business.

RECORD AT SANTA CLARA:  

  Singles   Doubles
  Overall Dual WCC Overall Dual WCC
2015-16 14-9 11-8 3-3 12-6 11-5 3-2
2016-17 17-7 14-5 3-3 13-11 10-9 2-5
2017-18 24-7 17-4 7-2 15-16 9-12 4-4
2018-19  17-13  11-9   4-4  11-12 8-8  2-3 
Total 72-36 53-26 17-12 51-45 38-34 11-14