| Year: | So. |
| Hometown: | Pittsgrove, N.J. |
| High School: | Arthur P. Schalick |
SOPHOMORE (2021-22): Earned All-Centennial Second Team honors at singles...Recorded 9-10 mark in singles and 9-8 mark at the No. 1 spot...Registered 11-5 overall doubles record with Will Oberholtzer at No. 1 doubles...Won 6-1, 6-1 in singles against York (10/9)...Won 10-3 tiebreaker over Wittenberg (3/7)...Posted back-to-back singles wins over Ohio Wesleyan (3/10) and Lebanon Valley (3/21)...Recorded 10-4 tiebreaking singles win over Salisbury (4/3)...Opened fall season with 8-0 doubles win over York (10/9)...Registered six-straight doubles wins through unbeaten month of March and against Wilkes (4/1)...Rolled to singles wins over Muhlenberg (4/6) and Rutgers-Camden (4/22)...Closed season out with singles wins over DeSales (4/28) and Dickinson (4/30)...Earned 8-1 doubles win over Muhlenberg (4/6)...Closed season out with three-straight doubles wins over Franklin & Marshall in a 7-5 tiebreaker (4/26), DeSales (4/28), and Dickinson (4/30).
FRESHMAN (2021): Played No. 3 singles and No. 2 doubles as a rookie ... Earned All-Centennial Conference honorable mention with a 5-2 mark in singles play ... Only losses came to all-conference stars from F&M and Johns Hopkins ... Otherwise rolled to five straight-set triumphs, highlighted by a tough 7-5, 6-4 win against Muhlenberg (4/20) ... Finished 2-4 in doubles with fellow freshman Will Oberholtzer, with victories over Washington College (4/3) and Gettysburg (4/10) ... Duo lost three straight tiebreakers to close season
Before Ursinus: Finished with a 66-9 overall record at Arthur P. Schalick High School ... Named South Jersey Times Player of the Year as a junior, when he was named All-South Jersey and All-Group 1 Tri-County Conference first team ... Went 26-2 overall for the best single-season record in program history ... Collected All-South Jersey and All-Tri-County Conference first team laurels all three years ... Named team MVP all three seasons
Personal: Born June 25, 2002 ... Son of David and Orin Jespersen ... Father played tennis at Davidson College and mother played tennis at Bryn Mawr College ... Has one sibling, Molly ... Grandfather Peter Jespersen '56, aunt Alesa Jespersen '82, and uncle Peter Jespersen '84 all played tennis at Ursinus ... Major is undecided
Why Ursinus? I chose Ursinus because it fit all of my requirements. It fit my academic level, my tennis level, and it was a great location. Additionally, I had a great connection with the tennis coach, Pete Smith, from the first time I played a UC middle states event four years ago. Lastly, after I did my overnight with a couple upperclassmen on the team and got to know the campus a little more, I was sold.
HONORS
- All-Centennial Conference Second Team (2022)
- All-Centennial Conference Honorable Mention (2021)
- ITA Scholar-Athlete (2021)
