Gabriel Balestero

Adelphi University Athletics

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Honors and Awards

NE10 All-Conference First Team - No. 3 Singles (2022-23)
NE10 All-Conference Third Team - No. 1 Doubles (2021-22)
CSC Academic All-District (2022-23)
NE10 Academic All-Conference (2020-21, 2022-23)
ITA Scholar-Athlete (2019-20, 2020-21, 2021-22)
NE10 Presidents' Award for Academic Excellence (2020-21)
NE10 Academic Honor Roll - Academic Excellence (Spring '23)
NE10 Academic Honor Roll - Academic Distinction (Fall '19, Spring '20, Fall '20, Spring '21, Fall '21, Spring '22, Fall '22)
D2ADA Academic Achievement Award (2019-20, 2020-21, 2021-22, 2022-23)

2022-23

Produced career-best seasons in singles and doubles, with respective 14-7 and 12-9 records
Only two of his fourteen singles victories ever went to a third set all season at No. 3 singles
Won seven straight singles contests in straight sets leading into NE10 Tournament
Helped cement team's first win vs. SNHU since 2015, with thrilling three-set victory, 4-6, 6-2, 7-6 (7-5)
NE10 Player of the Week - 2/13

2021-22

Earned first NE10 All-Conference honor, behind 5-2 league record at No. 1 doubles
Knocked off Division I opponent in the fall, defeating Fordham's Tom Russwurm, 7-6 (7-5), 6-4, on 10/19
Won back-to-back tiebreakers on 3/19 to close out Jackson Moser from Saint Michael's in straight sets, 7-6 (10-8), 7-6 (7-4)

2020-21

Tied for the team lead in singles victories (6) in first full season at Adelphi
Compiled a 6-3 record as the team's top-singles player
Won three consecutive matches that featured a tiebreaker, including a 6-1, 7-6 (7-3) victory over Le Moyne on 3/30
Went the distance in a 6-1, 4-6, 10-3 win that kept the Panthers ahead in an eventual 4-3 win at Bentley (4/6)
Paired up with Valentin Le Goupil-Maier for a 6-4 top-doubles decision over Le Moyne on 4/13

2019-20

Debuted for the Panthers as a No. 1 doubles and No. 2 singles player
Picked up his first Adelphi win at the top-singles flight, winning in straight sets via tiebreaker against Saint Michael's (3/6)
NE10 Player of the Week - 3/10

At Lander (2017-19)

Was a two-year member of the Bearcats, a team ranked in the Top 10 in Division II
Posted a 2-1 record in singles play and went 3-0 in doubles as a freshman
As a sophomore, he won the doubles title at the South Carolina Men's Collegiate Championships

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