Austin Peay State University Athletics

Awards and Honors

2022 All-OVC Doubles Team
OVC Player of the Week: Feb. 15, 2022
OVC Doubles Team of the Week: April 12, April 26, 2022 
OVC Academic Medal of Honor: 2019-20, 2020-21
OVC Commissioner’s Honor Roll: 2018-19, 2019-20, 2020-21
Dean’s List: F18, S19, F19, S20, F20, S21, F21, S22
Athletic Director's Honor Roll: F18, S19, F19, S20, F20, S21, F21, S22
ITA Scholar-Athlete: 2018-19, 2019-20, 2020-21, 2021-22

Career Recap: Austin Peay

As a senior in 2021-22:

Spring Season

• Posted career-bests in singles and doubles wins with six and eight, respectively, both tying for team-best marks.
• Played most of the season at the No. 3 singles position, where he picked up five victories.
• Spent most of the season at the No. 1 doubles position where he and teammate Frederic Schlossmann led all Austin Peay pairings with eight wins, including a 3-0 mark in OVC play.
• Tied for a conference-best three OVC Doubles Team of the Week awards.
• Named the fifth All-OVC Doubles Team in program history alongside teammate Frederic Schlossmann – the first since Walter Dolhare and Anders Sundquist in 1987.
• Received his first-career OVC Player of the Week honor, Feb. 15, after winning back-to-back singles matches against Cumberland (Feb. 11) and Oakland City (Feb. 12). Both victories came in straight-sets.
• Won three-straight singles matches from Feb. 11 to Feb. 18.
• Won five-straight doubles matches alongside Schlossmann from March 26 to April 22.
• Finished his Austin Peay career with 24 singles and 35 doubles victories.

Fall Season

• Played doubles exclusively with Frederic Schlossmann, picking up a pair of doubles victories through three fall tournaments.
• Defeated Northern Kentucky’s Jorge Rodriguez and Brandon Ponomarew, 8-4, in the Consolation Doubles Round of the Intercollegiate Tennis Association Ohio Valley Regionals. 
• Picked up second doubles win of the fall in an extended, 7-6 (10-4) victory against Southern Indiana’s Preston Cameron and Spencer Blandford at the APSU Hidden Duel.

As a junior in 2020-21:

Spring Season

• Picked up a team-best four singles victories while playing in the No. 3 and No. 4 positions.
• Won a team-high three doubles matches while playing exclusively with Frederic Schlossmann at the No. 1 position.
• Had a perfect outing against Eastern Illinois in the home finale, picking up a three-set singles victory against Charles Courteau and a 6-2 victory against the Panthers’ Wallace and Kyrillou in doubles.

As a sophomore in 2019-20:

Spring Season

• Won a team-best six doubles matches in the No. 1 and No. 2 positions, and added five singles wins in the No. 1 and 2 positions.
• Went on a four-match singles winning from Feb. 14 to Feb. 28 while playing on the No. 2 line.
• Won five-straight doubles matches with Julius Gold, and the duo won five of their final six matches to close out the shortened spring season.
• Led the Governors with 13 doubles wins during the 2019-20 season.

Fall Season

• Won four singles matches and a team-best seven doubles matches in the fall.
• Won six of his doubles matches when paired with Julius Gold, and the duo advanced to the doubles finals of the Louisville Fall Invitational.
• Posted back-to-back singles wins at the ITA Ohio Valley Regional after dropping his opening match.

As a freshman in 2018-19:

Spring Season

• Collected seven doubles wins while playing at the No. 1 spot, most on the team, and six singles wins, tied for third on the team.
• Had a mid-season stretch where he went 4-1 in singles, winning all in straight sets at the No. 3 spot.
• Defeated Belmont’s Zak Khan in the regular-season finale, 6-4, 4-6, 6-2.

Fall Season

• Went 4-3 in doubles while teaming with Almantas Ozelis.
• The duo advanced to the final of the Louisville Invitational Flight A Doubles Draw.

Prior to Austin Peay
Won an outdoor regional doubles title in his under-16 age group in 2015… In 2016 he won an outdoor regional singles title for seniors… Won a regional title in the senior doubles group in 2017… Most recently he won an outdoor regional title in Sweden for his age group… Was ranked No. 26 in the Swedish U-18 boy’s rankings and No. 228 in the Men’s National Swedish Rankings.

Personal
Son of Peter and Eva Damberg… has one sibling, Sanna… born Feb.. 9... a Healthcare Management major.