DETROIT -- Wayne State University head men's tennis coach
Bryan Morrow has announced the signing of two high school seniors to National Letters of Intent.
Ryan Carlson (Armada, Mich.) and
Paul Reed (Monroe, Mich./Ann Arbor Greenhills) will both freshmen at WSU next September.
Carlson will be a four-year letterwinner for the Tigers in tennis. He earned honorable Mention All-Macomb County accolades and was a state finalist with a 34-4 record in 2011. Carlson is a two-time Dream Team All-County selection and earned All-Blue Water Area league honors twice. He was named to the All-Academic squad all four seasons. On the court, he compiled a 110-27 record in high school and was a finalist at second singles in the 2011 Division 4 state tournament. Carlson was
selected as The Voice Athlete of the Week on Oct. 2, 2012. The all-time school leader in singles wins, he was named the
October 2012 Athlete of the Month by the
Macomb Daily. Carlson also participated in basketball for two seasons and golf for four years. He is a member of the National Honor Society. Carlson served as a team captain in all three sports and earned the Most Improved Award in both golf and basketball and Most Valuable in golf.
"Ryan is a player who has played many high school sports," stated Morrow. "He has never been committed to just tennis. Ryan is very athletic and I expect he will improve very quickly. I think Ryan will have a chance to make the top six next spring."
Reed was selected All-State each of his first three seasons (Division 4 First Team) and reached the semifinals of the Division 4 No. 1 singles flight at the state tournament helping the Gryphons to the state team title. He earned All-Huron League honors three times and was selected
Monroe Evening News Region Player of the Year as a junior while at Monroe St. Mary Catholic Central. He also competed in golf for one year and has earned academic honor roll accolades for two years. Reed has served as a tennis team captain. He plans to major in business at WSU.
"Paul is a very high level high school and junior player," commented Morrow. "We will need to replace Thomas (Ducret), Oscar (Gamarra) and Jon (Groszek) and I think Paul should fit right in."
