Not sure, but I thought I recalled he may have attended either Arizona St. (ASU rings a bell more) or UCLA first semester or year, then transferred to Foothills JC 2 yrs., then Pepperdine.
And I think my post may have sounded more negative than I intended, I meant tennis wise not academics. Maybe he fell out with a coach.
Gilbert was a late bloomer, he was not a great junior standout. But Foothill CC at the time with coach Tom Chivington was a very good team that could compete with many D-1 teams.
I don't think so, I think he went straight to Foothill out of high school.
Gilbert went to Arizona St. first semester before transferring to Foothills JC. Go 24:45. https://underreviewtennis.com/episode/brad-gilbert-talks-tennis-with-craig-shapiro-ep-56/
Thanks, I had not heard that story.
He did not go to a Junior College.
No, but he did go to college, and the poster was no doubt responding to the comments about top 20 ATP players who went to college, like Isner. That was also part of this thread.
The post did veer a little off topic which I had not paid attention to when I posted my response. I see it now. Was not trying to be rude.
Berkowicz played for Vincennes JC in Indiana two years before he went to Tyler, sat out a year. He might have won NJCAA National Championships at both Vincennes and Tyler JC.
Gilbert went to Foothill CC, not CoD. But Cod has a very good program and often field some impressive teams.
Yeah, he's the son of Ken Kuperstein who played a little on the Futures and Challenger circuit and is a long time teaching pro in the desert.
Typo on my part quickly posting. Some of what seems to post of late as the thread evolves seems to has been covered earlier.
Its along time ago. Jerome Oliveri went to Tyler. Transfered to Arizona. #1 singles.
The MJC team of the early 1950's was really a powerhouse. As reported, Olmedo played for the MJC side, later won two of the four Grand Slam tournaments in 1959. Whitney Reed played on the MJC squad in 1951-1952, and was later the US Number 1 and played Davis Cup for the United States. Pancho Contreras was on the squad around the same time as Olmedo (1952-1954), and was later world #12 (1957) and played Davis Cup for Mexico. In 1968 and 1969, Carlos Kirmayr of Brazil was on the MJC team; he later played Davis Cup for Brazil, and reached #36 on the ATP computer in 1981.
He did play there. I watched him play a number of times, also saw him play a teammate once as well. Wichita State was very good while he was there in the mid-80's. Roberto Saad was #1, Castle #2. I think Castle played #1 his sr. year. They had a number of other excellent players, Jeremy Grubi, Simon Norman, Paul Smith, Kris Braaten, and more.
FYI. Didn't recognize Ross Matheson, looked him up and his wiki says he played at OU then ASU. Being both schools are in the mid-west and played each other a lot easy to mix up.
Huh oh thanks, I used to play against his dad on occasion! Had it in my head it was WSU he went to.
I knew Pfister played at San Jose State but absolutely did not know he played a Bakersfield JC prior to that, great stuff. I remember playing in some junior tournaments that Hank played in as well and back then he had quite a temper which I know from later talking to some top D1 coaches made them shy away from recruiting him for their teams. He clearly matured during his time at BJC and SJS as he went on to a career high ATP singles ranking of 19 and 12 in doubles.
According to the Wiki he did not go to a Junior/Community College but to 4 year colleges or universities...
Right. Not to derail this thread, I believe there may have previously been a separate thread on "players that transferred from smaller schools to D1 programs with success".
