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Wally Thayne
Height6-3
HometownNewbury Park, California
Previous SchoolUniversity of Utah
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BYU Highlights
- All-WCC Honorable Mention Singles (2022)
- 2021-22 WCC Commissioner's Honor Roll: Bronze Honors
- All-WCC Honorable Mention Singles (2023)
- All-WCC Second Team Doubles (2023)
- Finished the 2022 season ranked No. 10 in the ITA Mountain Regional Doubles ranking with teammate Tennyson Whiting
- National ranking of No. 123 in singles the week of April 4, 2023
- Highest ranked win in team history on March 30, 2023, in a match versus No. 20 Stanford (Defeated No. 5 Nishesh Basavareddy 7-5, 6-3)
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Year | Singles | Doubles |
---|---|---|
2021-22 | 9-13 | 15-12 |
2022-23 | 13-16 | 6-15 |
Career | 22-29 | 21-27 |
Personal
- Major: Business Management
- Parents are David and Katie
- Married to Jasmine since June 2022
- Father, David, played on the ITF tour (tennis) and Uruguay Junior Word Cup team (soccer)
- Has two brothers and one sister, he is the second-oldest
- Enjoys surfing and fishing
- Favorite athlete is Roger Federer
- Right-handed
Before BYU
- Transfer from Utah, where he went 9-7 in the COVID-19 shortened 2019-20 season
- Prepped at Newbury Park High School
- High school All-American (2019)
- Earned a scholar-athlete award
- Led Newbury Park to first conference title in 48 years
- No. 1 ranked junior in Southern California
- Utah State Open champion (2020)
- Ranked on the ATP Doubles Tour and ITF Singles Tour
- Also recruited by SDSU, UCI, Fresno State and UCLA