| Year: | Sr. |
| Hometown: | Allendale, N.J. |
| High School: | Northern Highlands Regional |
SENIOR (2021): Made program history with fellow captain Mason Groff as first doubles team to earn first team All-Centennial Conference honors after a 5-2 spring campaign ... Only losses came to Dickinson and Johns Hopkins ... Fell three points shy of an undefeated season ... Pulled out breakers against Gettysburg (4/10) and Muhlenberg (4/20) ... Finished 24-9 overall with Groff ... Also went 3-4 at No. 2 singles ... Received Director of Athletics Award ... Repeated on Centennial Conference Academic Honor Roll and named to All-CC Sportsmanship Team
JUNIOR (2019-20): Enjoyed a sensational shortened season, going 8-2 overall in both singles and doubles ... Won two singles matches at ITA Southeast Regional and partnered with Mason Groff to become first doubles team in program history to reach the quarterfinals of championship doubles at the ITA regional tournament ... Reeled off five straight singles and doubles wins to close the spring
SOPHOMORE (2018-19): Ranked second on team in singles wins with a 10-9 mark, all at No. 3 ... Teamed with Mason Groff to go 11-5 at No. 1 doubles, including a 4-4 mark in conference play ... Named to Centennial Conference Academic Honor Roll and recognized as ITA Scholar-Athlete
FRESHMAN (2017-18): Posted 8-8 record in singles and 9-8 mark in doubles as a rookie ... Finished 4-4 in CC singles play and 5-5 in doubles ... Picked up consecutive conference singles victories over Gettysburg (3/31), Muhlenberg (4/3), Dickinson (4/7), and McDaniel (4/14) ... Teamed with Connor DeFaber-Schumacher to go 5-1 in a six-match CC stretch in April, including an 8-5 win at third doubles against playoff-bound Washington College (4/18)
Before Ursinus: Junior varsity and varsity captain at Northern Highlands Regional High School ... Advanced to fourth round of NJSIAA doubles championship in 2016 ... Helped lead Northern Highlands to North Jersey, Section 1, Group 3 title in 2017, the team's first sectional crown since 2004 ... National Honor Society member
Personal: Born February 14, 1999 ... Son of Andrew and Teresa Fontanese ... Father played soccer at USC ... Has one sibling, Sarah (18) ... Neuroscience major ... Involved in Scholars in Service on campus
Why Ursinus? Fantastic neuroscience program, opportunity to play college tennis, research opportunities, beautiful campus, amazing feel of community
HONORS
- All-Centennial Conference First Team Doubles (2021)
- Director of Athletics Award (2021)
- Academic All-Centennial (2021)
- Centennial Conference Academic Honor Roll (2019, 2020, 2021)
- All-CC Sportsmanship Team (2021)
- ITA Scholar-Athlete (2019, 2020, 2021)
- T-9th in program history in wins (63)
