Bucknell University Athletics
Former Bucknell Men's Tennis Player T.K. Kelly Honored by Patriot League
2/20/2001 7:00:00 AM | Men's Tennis
Feb. 20, 2001
LEWISBURG, Pa. - The Patriot League announced its All-Decade Men's Tennis Team today and one former Bucknell University men's tennis player was among the 10 players honored as members of the squad.
The team includes student-athletes from the inception of the league in 1990 up and through the 1999 season. A committee consisting of head coaches, institutional sports information liaisons and administrative liaisons conducted team selection for each of the 20 Patriot League sports.
T.K. Kelly (Tampa, Fla./Episcopal HS of Jacksonville), a 2000 graduate of Bucknell, was the only Bison honored on the All-Decade Men's Tennis Team. One of the school's top all-time men's tennis players, Kelly was plagued by injury throughout his senior season and finished with a 3-8 record at number one singles. He posted a four-year singles mark of 44-26, and is ranked fourth on the Bucknell singles career wins list.
As a junior, Kelly posted a 15-8 overall singles record and went 5-1 in Patriot League action. He was selected by head coach Bob Hammerlee as the 1999 Most Valuable Player on the team, posting a 15-6 doubles record in addition to his singles mark, and earning a spot on both the All-Patriot League singles and doubles teams. The impressive junior season followed an equally successful sophomore campaign. Playing at the number one singles flight, Kelly went 18-2, setting a Bucknell record for wins in a season at the number one flight. As a freshman, he went 8-8 at the first flight.
Following is the complete listing of the Patriot League All-Decade Men's Tennis Team:Name School Class Ryan Botjer Colgate 1996 Silas Bouyer Navy 1998 Rae Cho Army 2000 Marco Coen Army 1995 Guy Gebbia Fordham 1996 Ryan Gelrod Lehigh 1993 T.K. Kelly Bucknell 2000 Mitchell Koch Navy 2000 Rich Michalski Army 1997 Marty Whalen Army 1994
