PRIOR TO MINNESOTA: Six-time letter winner at Mahtomedi High School under coaches Justen Seim, Matt Sobieski, and Dan Schwartz • Earned all-Classic Suburban Conference honors five times and was an academic all-conference honoree in his senior year • Three-time team MVP for the Zephyrs • Four-time Section 4AA singles champion • Competed at the USTA Zonals three times and won the Zonal Sportsmanship Award twice • Paired with fellow Minnesota teammate Eric Frueh to win the 2011 Northern Sectional Doubles title • Won the 2011 Mobile National Open doubles championship and placed third in singles • 2010 Junior Davis Cup Team member.
PERSONAL: Undecided on a major • Was a four-year honor student in high school • Most memorable sports thrill was catching a tennis ball that was signed and hit by Andy Roddick at the 2009 U.S. Open • Created and copyrighted a personal journal to chronicle one's development in tennis and other endeavors called "Practice Man Practice" • Sister, Ronni, played tennis at Minnesota from 2007-10 • Grandfather, Ron Saxon, played golf for the Gophers in the late 1940s and great grandfather, Carl Tucker, played for the Minnesota baseball team in the 1920s • Cousin, Jenny Saxon, played for the Connecticut women's hockey team in 2010-11 • Son of Jim and Milice Saxon • Born March 18, 1993.
