NCHSTCA 2025 4-A Men's Tennis All-State Team
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Player School Class
Kai Villagomez Butler Senior
Luke Thompson South Mecklenburg Senior
Max Gao Panther Creek Senior
Ved Chotalia Panther Creek Senior
Vivek Indlamuri Green Hope Senior
Stephen Gervase Green Hope Junior
Eshaan Dabadghav Northwest Guilford Junior
Isaac Lewis T.C. Roberson Sophomore
Trishiv Premanand Green Level Freshman
Owen Phillips East Chapel Hill Freshman
Carter Harris East Chapel Hill Junior
Connor Yett South Mecklenburg Junior

North Carolina Men's Tennis Most Coaching Wins (All-Time)
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Current Rank | Name | School(s) | Wins | Losses | Seasons | Notes | |
#1 | John Frye | Union Pines | 777 | 156 | 53 | ||
#2 | Steve Spivey | Raleigh Enloe | 613 | 69 | 41 |
486-44 in 26 seasons at Raleigh Broughton, 165-58 at Enloe, also includes years at Cary, Apex, and Myrtle Beach high schools, Retired |
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#3 | Gil Bowman | Fayetteville Terry Sanford | 591 | 42 | 38 | Retired | |
#4 | Nick Walker | East Chapel Hill | 559 | 150 | 38 | (108-50 at Hillsborough Orange in 10 seasons, 346-75 at Chapel Hill in 20 seasons), Retired | |
#5 | Brad Joyner | Southern Nash | 480 | 138 | 31 | ||
#6 | Lindsey Linker | East Chapel Hill | 449 | 35 | 26 | (147-20 at Chapel Hill from 1981-1991; 302-15 at East Chapel Hill from 1998-2013), Retired | |
#7 | Andrew Tuttle | Cardinal Gibbons | 421 | 74 | 21 | (75-14 in first four years at Green Hope) | |
#8 | Ken Hazen | Charlotte Catholic | 413 | 119 | 38 | Retired | |
#9 | Kenneth Stivason | Clayton | 380 | 77 | 27 | ||
#10 | Barry Nethercutt | Faith Christian School | 327 | 178 | 34 | 279-143 in 27 seasons at Rocky Mount, Retired | |
#11 | Lee Matthews | Wilson Fike | 307 | 145 | 25 | ||
#12 | Randy Alexander | Northwest Guilford | 300 | 89 | 22 | Retired (110-37 in 9 years at Northwest Guilford) | |
Denny Wesney | Southwest Guilford | 300 | 127 | 24 | |||
#14 | Jo Cabana | Charlotte Catholic | 299 | 36 | 17 | 132-33 in nine seasons at Charlotte Catholic; 167-3 at Cardinal Gibbons in Florida | |
#15 | Elizabeth Upton | Greenville J.H. Rose | 298 | 60 | 21 | Deceased | |
#16 | Randy Grimes | Ledford | 255 | 51 | 17 | Retired | |
#17 | Ed Flynn | Charlotte Myers Park | 246 | 50 | 19 | does not include years at North Mecklenburg | |
#18 | Donald Clark | Greene Central | 238 | 62 | 15 | Retired, 167-53 at Greene Central High School from 1989-1998, 71-9 at Arendell Parrott Academy from 2015-2020 | |
#19 | Joseph Walls | Garner Magnet School | 207 | 165 | 22 | Retired | |
#20 | Robert Jones | Spring Creek | 173 | 116 | 22 | Retired | |
#21 | Buzz Cook | T.C. Roberson | 160 | 21 | 12 | ||
#22 | Rich Dowler | Western Alamance | 155 | 48 | 16 | ||
#23 | Ryan Griffin | Raleigh Charter School | 153 | 25 | 11 | ||
#24 | Milton Griffith | Salisbury | 144 | 14 | 11 | ||
#25 | Kirk Schmidt | Wilmington New Hanover | 141 | 24 | 11 | ||
#26 | Craig Hassell | Charles B. Aycock | 137 | 67 | 16 | 124-64 in 15 seasons at Eastern Wayne | |
#27 | Neil Aldeman | Chapel Hill | 128 | 54 | 10 | ||
#28 | Scott Alston | North Lenoir | 122 | 70 | 14 | ||
#29 | Tim Medlin | Greene Central | 115 | 46 | 10 | ||
#30 | Paul Ebenhoe | Pine Lake Prep School | 113 | 23 | 11 | Retired | |
#31 | David Anderson | North Johnston | 111 | 49 | 10 | ||
#32 | Scott Fowler | Lincoln Charter School | 106 | 30 | 12 | ||
#33 | Marvin Hardy | Greenville J.H. Rose | 105 | 37 | 22 | ||
#34 | Nick Theuner | East Carteret | 100 | 106 | 14 | Retired | |
#35 | Bob Jones | Green Hope | 98 | 5 | 6 | ||
#35 | Matthew Tuck | Forbush | 97 | 64 | 11 | ||
#36 | Vic Ramsey | Currituck County | 96 | 143 | 20 | ||
#37 | Shane Nixon | Davie County | 95 | 41 | 9 | ||
#38 | Justin Webb | Hillsborough Orange | 92 | 73 | 11 | ||
Will Tyer | Ayden-Grifton | 92 | 112 | 17 | |||
#40 | James Krege | Greensboro Grimsley | 75 | 23 | 6 | ||
#41 | Bobby Taylor | Greene Central | 64 | 41 | 6 | Retired | |
#42 | Sean Harmon | South Point | 53 | 5 | 4 | ||
Andrew Myers | Ledford | 53 | 10 | 4 | |||
Jon Noyes | East Chapel Hill | 53 | 11 | 4 | 53-11 in four seasons at Carrboro | ||
#45 | Chase Conner | Martin County | 50 | 18 | 4 | ||
#46 | Julie van Olden | Marvin Ridge | 49 | 5 | 3 | Retired | |
#47 | Christopher Goodman | Fayetteville Terry Sanford | 48 | 8 | 8 | ||
#48 | Jennifer Anderson | Northwest Guilford | 41 | 6 | 3 | ||
#49 | Jay James | Felton Grove | 36 | 11 | 4 | (9-3 at Wayne Christian School, 27-8 at Harnett Central) | |
Daniel Manzer | Northeastern | 36 | 14 | 4 | (21-7 at Washington High School in 2011 and 2012) (10-0 at Clayton High School in spring of 2021) | ||
Josh Oxendine | Charlotte Providence | 36 | 2 | 2 | |||
Stephen Kirby | Eno River Academy | 36 | 27 | 4 | |||
#53 | Fred Brown | East Burke | 32 | 44 | 7 | ||
#54 | Craig Isdahl | Raleigh Millbrook | 31 | 10 | 2 | Retired | |
#55 | Nelson Spear | Edenton John A. Holmes | 28 | 10 | 2 | ||
#56 | Todd Suarez | Enka | 26 | 89 | 8 | Retired | |
#57 | Holden Poole | Harnett Central | 25 | 11 | 3 | ||
#58 | Brandon Shull | Cherryville | 23 | 62 | 9 | ||
#59 | Heather Brooks | Chatham Central | 20 | 22 | 4 | ||
#60 | Gary Williams | Thomas Jefferson Classical Academy | 20 | 10 | 2 | ||
#61 | Mark Herman | Maiden | 12 | 12 | 2 | Retired | |
#62 | Neill Tapp | North Lincoln | 6 | 8 | 1 | 2015, Retired |
Murphy Retires at Southwest Guilford
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Keith Murphy is retiring as the women's tennis coach at Southwest Guilford High School after sixteen seasons at the helm of the program. Coach Murphy compiled an overall record of 160-132 in his career at the school.

Tapp Named NCHSTCA Treasurer
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North Lincoln High School women's tennis coach Neill Tapp is the new NCHSTCA treasurer. Tapp has coached the North Lincoln ladies for six seasons and has an overall record of 75-18. He is ths state's 26th winningest active coach in women's tennis.
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