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Soham Purohit
- Height:
- 6-0
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Kirkland, Wash.
- Prev School:
- Purdue
- High School:
- Lake Washington
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Β SEASON-BY-SEASON HIGHLIGHTS |
2025-26Β (Junior)
- Qualified for the NCAA Singles Championships for the first time in his career, competing in Orlando, Fla. and falling in a first round match against Bryan Hernandez Cortes (Miss. State)
- Won the ITA Northwest Regional singles title, the first Husky since Matt Hanlin in 2002 to win that championship, which earned his spot in the NCAA Singles Championship
- Named to the B1G Ten Player to Watch List for the 2026 Season.Β Β
- In the 1st rankings of the 25-26 season, Soham debuted the season at Singles #121 and Doubles #63 alongside Brett Pearson.Β
- Debuted the 2025-26 updated rankingsΒ in Doubles at 42nd alongside Brett Pearson, while helping to lead the Husky squad to a 66th national ranking.Β
- Alongside Brett Pearson, held a five match win streak in Big Ten play versus #54 Nebraska, #34 Wisconsin, #20 Michigan State, #45 Michigan, and Penn State.Β
- 7-5 ranked win over #20 Michigan State's No. 27 duoΒ Rakhmatullayev/Alazmeh.Β
- From Doubles with playing partner Brett Pearson,Β the duo wasΒ ranked in each iteration of the ITA Ranking this season until the March 31st edition.
- Held a seven match unbeaten streak from the South Florida match at ITA Weekend until the Tulane matchup in the second day of the Diablo Invitational.Β
- Preseason ITA Singles Ranking of 89th
- UW Autumn and Winter Quarter Dean's List
2024-25Β (Sophomore)
- In his first season as a Husky, played all but one match at the No. 3 singles spot, helping the Dawgs reach the NCAA tournament and finish the season ranked 37th as a team
- Went 21-8 overall in singles play with a dual record of 14-5 including 13-5 at No. 3 and 1-0 at No. 4
- Was 7-4 in Big Ten singles matches and ended with a six-match winning streak
- Competed at the No. 2 spot in doubles with Nedim Suko, the duo going 8-7 at that spot, and they also had eight matches that did not finish when they were holding a lead or tied
- Won his first seven dual matches as a Dawg
- Had the clinching victory in the Big Ten Championships quarterfinal 4-3 win over Nebraska, beating Lars Johann, 6-2, 1-6, 6-3
- A big win over Illinoisβ Zach Viiala on Apr. 20 at No. 3 singles, prevailing 6-4, 4-6, 7-6 (5)
- Had a 7-3 singles record in the fall and was 2-3 in doubles in the fall.
- Defeated Wally Thayne (BYU) in the Round of 32 at the ITA West Sectional in three sets, and concluded his Sectional appearance in the Round of 16 against 104th-ranked Aadarish Tripathi (UCLA) in a three-set lossΒ Β
- Reached the Round of 16 at the ITA NW Regionals, dropping a 6-7 third-set heartbreaker to 66th ranked Kyle Kang (Stanford).
- Defeated 93rd ranked Giulio Perego (Texas A&M) at the Farnsworth Invitational in three sets after dropping the first 6-7 and winning the next two 7-6, 6-4.
- Went 1-1 in Pre-Qualifying at the season-opening All-America Championships, with a win over G. Guzauskas of Illinois, 6-4, 6-3, in round one
2023-24Β (Freshman At Purdue)
- A key starter for the Boilermakers, going 10-8 in dual singles matches, primarily at No. 2 singles where he went 7-6
- Named Big Ten Co-Player of the Week on March 6, the first Boilermaker since 2017 to win a weekly award, after leading Purdue to wins over DePaul and Cleveland State
- 10 dual wins led Purdue
- In doubles, played 14 matches at the No. 1 spot, going 5-9
- Won six matches in a row from Feb. 10 through Mar. 15 including a ranked win over No. 79 Jip Van Assendelft of Boise State
- Won his final two matches of the season, beating Gleb Blekher of Northwestern, 6-4, 6-3, and beating Stefan Simeunovic of Penn State, 6-2, 6-3, in the Big Ten Tournament
- Named to the Student-Athlete Athletic Director Honor Roll
Personal Notes
Born in Kirkland, Washington β¦ mother is Sarika Calla and father is Bhanu Purohit β¦ has one older brother, Shubhu, who also attended UW β¦ a standout recruit, ranked No. 23 nationally by TennisRecruiting.net and owned the No. 1 rated TennisRPI β¦ had a 14-1 record against other rated players on TennisRecruiting.net, including 5-0 against 5-star players β¦ the No. 1-rated recruit in the Northwest Region and the state of Washington β¦ playing for Lake Washington High School, went undefeated in 2022 to be named First Team All-KingCo β¦ a four-time PNW Junior Sectional Doubles Champion β¦ quarterfinalist at Boys U16 Level One Clay Court Nationals...Informatics MajorΒ
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