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Nick Cmager

Nick Cmager

  • Height:
    5-8
  • Year:
    Senior
  • Hometown:
    Maribor, Slovenia
  • High School:
    Druga gimnazija Maribor

AS A SENIOR (2022-23): Had an overall singles record of 8-9 and an overall doubles record of 4-5 ... FALL: Went 5-5 in singles and 3-4 in doubles ... won at least a match in each of the three tour tournaments he competed in ... went 3-2 alongside Santiago Hinojosa in their doubles matches ... SPRING: Went 3-4 in singles and 1-1 in singles ... ended play with singles and doubles wins against William Jessup (April 15).

AS A JUNIOR (2021-22): Finished the season with an overall record of 8-14 in singles and 6-14 in doubles ... SPRING: 5-4 in singles and 1-3 in doubles ... FALL: Posted a 3-10 singles record including 0-2 in West Coast Conference action ... went 1-0 on court four, 1-6 on court five and 1-4 on court six ... had the 3-all match clincher against Sacramento State (Jan. 29) defeating Patrick Wong 7-6 (9-7), 5-7, 6-1 ... in doubles action, had a 5-11 record including 1-4 in the WCC ... was 2-0 on court two and 3-11 on court three ... primarily paired with James Bell where the duo went 3-7.  

AS A SOPHOMORE (2020-21 - played in the spring of 2021): Named WCC All-Academic and ITA Scholar-Athlete ... finished the year with a 2-2 singles and 0-5 doubles record ... delivered the clincher against Sacramento State (Feb. 28) with the match tied at 3-all defeating Rudolfs Aksenoks 2-6, 7-6 (7-5), 6-4 on court five ... in singles action, went 1-1 at No. 5 and 1-1 at No. 6 ... in doubles, played all five matches at No. 3, the first two while paired with Santiago Hinojosa and the final three paired with Mann Shah.

AS A FRESHMAN IN 2019-20: Named ITA Scholar-Athlete ... had an overall record of 7-11 in singles and 6-9 in doubles for the year ... FALL: Posted a 3-5 record in both singles and doubles action ... SPRING: Played nine of 10 singles matches on court six going 3-6 ... his other singles match came on court four defeating Holy Names' Hugo Nieto Alonso 6-0, 7-5 ... delivered a three-set comeback clincher in the 4-3 win over UC Santa Barbara in the opening match of the ITA Kick-Off Weekend Regionals ... paired with Mann Shah in all nine doubles matches ... had a 1-4 doubles record on court two and 2-0 on court three ... finished the year with three-straight doubles wins.  

HIGH SCHOOL: Attended Druga gimnazija Maribor ... ranked as the No. 1 under-16 player in Slovenia ... a singles finalist at the ITF Stobrec (grade 5) and was a multiple national vice-champion in singles and national champion in doubles in Slovenia ... vice-champion in badminton in national high-school championship ... played for the club team ZTK Maribor.   

GET TO KNOW NICK: Son of Damijan Cmager and Anita Mancek ... received a golden national award for the research paper in the field of sports with the topic, "Differences in reaction time between athletes and non-athletes."

RECORD AT SANTA CLARA:  
 
  Singles   Doubles
  Overall Dual WCC Overall Dual WCC
2019-20  7-11  4-6   0-2  6-9 3-4  0-1 
2020-21 2-2 2-2 0-1 0-5 0-5 0-0
2021-22  8-14 3-10 0-2   6-14 5-11  1-4 
2022-23 8-9 3-4 1-1 4-5 0-0 0-0
TOTAL 25-36 12-22 1-6 16-33 8-20 1-5