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Since the opening of the Donald W. Reynolds Center in 1998, Tulsa’s athletic facilities have undergone a major facelift. New facilities include the Michael D. Case Tennis Center, the Collins Family Softball Complex, the Hurricane Soccer and Track Stadium, the J. Bird Sr. Shell Nest, the Jack Zink Indoor Rowing Center, the Case Athletic Complex and major renovation to H.A. Chapman Stadium.
TU is 75th among national doctoral universities in U. S. News & World Report's 2012 edition of America's Best Colleges. TU's 2011 freshman class had a mean cumulative grade point average of 3.8, and 74 percent graduated in the top 10 percent of their high school classes. Their average ACT was 28.
The Golden Hurricane Club, as the primary fundraising arm of TU Athletics, works to provide every TU student-athlete with the opportunity to realize a world-class athletic and academic experience.
Golden Hurricane battles to 4-2 triumph over Minnesota in Norman
Year Singles Doubles2010-11 20-6 21-6Totals 20-6 21-6
TULSA - A returning letterwinner and all-conference performer . . . burst onto the scene his rookie season, earning both Conference USA Freshman of the Year honors and ITA Central Region Rookie of the Year laurels . . . started his career with a 19-0 singles record . . . entered the NCAA Singles Championship his freshman season as an alternate and narrowly missed out on upsetting No. 7 Alexandre Lacroix of Florida (falling 6-4, 4-6, 6-4) . . . named to the all-C-USA Singles First Team and the all-C-USA Doubles Second Team freshman year . . . teamed with Marcelo Arevalo freshman year to defeat Ben Chen and Kellen Damico of Texas 9-7 in the NCAA Second Round to help Tulsa secure the doubles point and vault the Golden Hurricane into its first appearance in the Round of 16 . . . earned a career-high singles rank of No. 62 on May 2, 2011 . . . reached a career-high doubles rank of No. 39 on March 1, 2011 . . . joined Tulsa in spring 2011.
FRESHMAN (2010-11) - Joined Tulsa in the spring and won his first 19 singles matches, ending his rookie campaign with a 20-6 record . . . finished the season with a 21-6 doubles mark, playing primarily at the second position . . . started at No. 6 singles and worked his way into the No. 2 position for the latter part of the year . . . competed in the first round of the NCAA Singles Championship as an alternate, falling to No. 7 Alexandre Lacroix of Florida 6-4, 4-6, 6-4 . . . earned Conference USA Freshman of the Year and ITA Central Region Rookie of the Year accolades . . . named to the all-C-USA Singles First Team and the all-C-USA Doubles Second Team . . . earned the Conference USA Player of the Week honors three times (January 25, March 1, April 5) . . . captured victories over two ranked opponents, No. 32 Ryan Thacher of Stanford and No. 79 Costin Paval of Oklahoma . . . earned a career-high ITA singles rank of No. 62 on May 2, 2011, and ended the year ranked No. 65 in the nation . . . won his first 14 matches with teammate Marcelo Arevalo before ending the year with a 17-4 mark in doubles as a tandem . . . teamed with Arevalo to defeat Ben Chen and Kellen Damico of Texas 9-7 in the NCAA Second Round to help Tulsa secure the doubles point and vault the Golden Hurricane into its first appearance in the Round of 16 . . . reached a career-high doubles rank with Arevalo of No. 39 on March 1, 2011.
PRIOR TO TULSA - De Klerk was the No. 1 player on his high school team at Stellenbosch HS team that won the Wayne Ferreira Challenge his sophomore and junior years . . . the challenge is an annual invitational pitting the top high school teams in a national championship tournament . . . De Klerk also captured three individual national championships in South Africa, the U-15, U-16 and U-18 national titles.
PERSONAL - Major is undecided . . . son of Minka and Ashton De Klerk . . . has two older siblings, Lize and Hanneri.
In seven years as a member of Conference USA, Tulsa athletic teams have won a league-best 42 conference championships.
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Since the opening of the Donald W. Reynolds Center in 1998, Tulsa’s athletic facilities have undergone a major facelift. New facilities include the Michael D. Case Tennis Center, the Collins Family Softball Complex, the Hurricane Soccer and Track Stadium, the J. Bird Sr. Shell Nest, the Jack Zink Indoor Rowing Center, the Case Athletic Complex and major renovation to H.A. Chapman Stadium.
TU is 75th among national doctoral universities in U. S. News & World Report's 2012 edition of America's Best Colleges. TU's 2011 freshman class had a mean cumulative grade point average of 3.8, and 74 percent graduated in the top 10 percent of their high school classes. Their average ACT was 28.
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The Golden Hurricane Club, as the primary fundraising arm of TU Athletics, works to provide every TU student-athlete with the opportunity to realize a world-class athletic and academic experience.
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