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  Joab Odera

Joab Odera

Player Profile

Class:
Sophomore

Hometown:
Nairobi, Kenya

High School:
Malezi HS

Height / Weight:
5-10 / 175

Birthdate:
07/01/1990

Hand:
Right

2008-09: Made 19 singles appearances for the Rams in 2008-09 en route to a 6-13 overall record as he tied for the team lead in singles victories...Posted an 0-2 record at fourth singles...Posted a 2-6 record at fifth singles...Posted a 4-5 record at sixth singles...Made 19 doubles appearances for the Rams en route to a 1-18 doubles record...Posted an 0-5 record at first doubles...Posted a 1-5 record at second doubles...Posted an 0-8 record at third doubles...Earned his lone doubles victory of the year when paired with playing partner Wesley McKinney.

Personal: The 2009-10 season marks Odera's second year as a member of the Rams' tennis team where he will likely play in the fourth, fifth and sixth singles flights...A native of Nairobi, Kenya, he is a Nov. 2007 graduate of Malezi High School where was a member of the tennis team for four years...Has been playing tennis since the age of six...Part of a internationally traveling tennis club Sadili Oval...Attended Charles Wheeler Tennis Academy in Pretoria, South Africa...Attended the famous Vandermeer Tennis Academy in Hilton Head Island, S.C...The son of A.J. and Dr. Elizabeth Odera...A Biology major at WSSU...Born in Nairobi, Kenya on July 1, 1990...Nichnamed "J.O."..Name is pronounced "Jobe O-dare-uh".

 
 
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