Big Ten Conference Reveals Men’s Tennis Players to Watch List
Fourteen student-athletes recognized on Watch List
ROSEMONT, Ill. — The Big Ten Conference today released its second annual Players to Watch List for men's tennis.
The list recognizes 14 student-athletes, one from each Big Ten institution, and includes a pair of returning 2024-25 All-Big Ten performers in UCLA's Rudy Quan (first team) and William Mroz of Illinois (second team). Also recognized were five players who appeared at the 2025 NCAA Individual Championships in November: Quan (singles/doubles), Indiana’s Sam Landau (singles/doubles), Michigan’s Max Dahlin (singles/doubles), Ohio State’s Nikita Filin (doubles) and Washington’s Soham Purohit (singles).
The 2025-26 tennis season resumes this weekend and culminates with the Big Ten Tournament in April and the NCAA Team Championship in May.
BIG TEN PLAYERS TO WATCH LIST
|
NAME |
SCHOOL |
YEAR |
HOMETOWN |
|---|---|---|---|
|
William Mroz |
Illinois |
Senior |
Bradenton, Fla. |
|
Sam Landau |
Indiana |
R-Junior |
Los Angeles, Calif. |
|
Max Dahlin |
Michigan |
R-Freshman |
Karlstad, Sweden |
|
Mitchell Sheldon |
Michigan State |
Sophomore |
Arlington Heights, Ill. |
|
Leo Linquet |
Nebraska |
Senior |
Buenos Aires, Argentina |
|
Cyrus Mahjoob |
Northwestern |
Junior |
Rockville, Md. |
|
Nikita Filin |
Ohio State |
Sophomore |
Glenview, Ill. |
|
Pierre Mouesca |
Oregon |
Senior |
Biarritz, France |
|
Michael Wright |
Penn State |
Senior |
Berkley, Calif. |
|
Nour Fathalla |
Purdue |
Sophomore |
Alexandria, Egypt |
|
Rudy Quan |
UCLA |
Sophomore |
Thousand Oaks, Calif. |
|
Branko Djuric |
USC |
Freshman |
Budva, Montenegro |
|
Soham Purohit |
Washington |
Junior |
Kirkland, Wash. |
|
Michael Minasyan |
Wisconsin |
Senior |
Stockholm, Sweden |