Lance Wilhelm
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    Lance Wilhelm

    Class:
    Junior

    Hometown:
    Gig Harbor, WA

    High School:
    Peninsula

    Height / Weight:
    6-1 / 175

    Major:
    Physics

    05/04/2012

    Lance Wilhelm Named Men's Tennis MVP

    Junior wins award for third straight season

    04/27/2012

    Falcons Wrap Up Season With 4-0 Loss to UNM at MW Championships

    AFA finishes season 11-13, most wins since 2007

    04/26/2012

    Falcons Take On UNM at MW Championships

    10 a.m. (PT) on Friday, April 27

    04/26/2012

    Lance Wilhelm and Grant Taylor Named All-Conference

    First Falcons to earn all-league honors since 2007

    04/22/2012

    Falcons Blank CC 7-0 in Regular-Season Finale

    Senior Michael Tope wins first career dual match

    2010-11 (Sophomore)
    Named team MVP for the second consecutive season ... won 12 singles matches, including 10 at the No. 1 position ... lost four of his six MWC matches in a third-set super-tiebreak ... was ranked No. 7 in the Mountain Region in doubles with Andy Jackson ... they went 12-8 during the season, including an 8-6 mark at the No. 1 spot ... defeated 74th-ranked Arthur Surreaux of New Mexico State, 6-0, 6-3 for his first win over a nationally ranked player.

    2009-10 (Freshman)
    Named team MVP after posting 20-14 overall singles record ... went 13-9 at the No. 1 position ... had a 2-1 mark against regionally ranked opponents, including a 6-3, 6-4 victory over Yannick Weihs of Denver in his first collegiate dual match ... Weihs was ranked ninth in the Mountain Region at the time and finished the season ranked No. 5 ... posted AFA's first singles win over BYU in four years with a 6-1, 3-6, 7-6(2) victory over Evan Urbina (ranked No. 7 in region) ... went 11-9 in doubles with Austin Francis, all at the No. 2 spot ... they had an eight-match winning streak during the season ... became first AFA doubles team to win two conference matches since 2003.

    Before Air Force
    Four-year letterwinner in tennis ... Washington State 3A singles champion as a senior ... runner-up at state tournament as a junior ... placed eighth at the state tourney as a freshman ... four-time league champion ... did not lose a league match during his high school career ... ranked No. 2 in the state of Washington and No. 3 in the Northwest Region for 18-and-under ... was the No. 1 ranked 16-and-under player in the Northwest Region ... won the state sportsmanship award as a sophomore and senior ... member of National Honor Society and his school's knowledge bowl team that placed second at state ... high school tennis coach was Cheri Ausboe.

    Personal
    Parents are Gary and Margaret Wilhelm ... has one brother, Eric, and one sister, Regina Aldrige ... would like to become a pilot in the future ... completed Operation Air Force at Holloman AFB, N.M. ... also worked Combat Survival Training ... hobbies include photography and playing the guitar ... favorite food is chicken ... favorite movie is Shawshank Redemption ... favorite TV show is Fantasy Factory ... favorite book is Into Thin Air ... person in history he would most like to meet is Lance Armstrong ... greatest moment in sports was playing at the ITA All-America Tournament last season ... credits his parents with the biggest influence on his sports career ... member of cadet squadron 17.

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