David Sofaer
David Sofaer

Class:
Sophomore

Hometown:
Bellevue Hill, Australia

High School:
Sydney Distance Education HS

Height:
5-9

Experience:
1V

05/16/2012

Pepperdine Men's Tennis Faces Tulsa on Friday in Round of 16

Waves open finals rounds of the NCAA Championship with a rematch against the Golden Hurricane.

05/12/2012

Waves Top Washington to Move on to Round of 16

Pepperdine advance to the third round of the NCAA Tournament, and will face Tulsa on May 18 in Athens, Ga.

05/11/2012

Pepperdine Defeats Green Bay, Plays Washington on Saturday

Waves set a new program record, winning 21 matches in a row.

05/09/2012

Waves Host Opening Rounds of NCAA Championship this Weekend

Pepperdine welcomes Green Bay, Washington and North Carolina State to the Ralphs-Straus Tennis Center this Friday and Saturday.

05/02/2012

Waves Dominate West Coast Conference Awards

In addition to conference awards, Fanselow, Tearney and Llompart to compete in the NCAA Singles & Doubles Championship.

PEPPERDINE 2010-11: Went 9-7 in singles overall and 4-4 in dual play as a freshmen ... In doubles, posts a record of 2-4 (all in tournament play) ... Played from the #5 and #6 spots in the singles lineup, mostly at #6 where he went 4-3 ... His first win of the dual season (versus Torsten Wietscka of Duke) clinched the 4-3 team win for Pepperdine ... 1-2 versus ranked opponents ... Pepperdine Scholar-Athlete ... Earned WCC Commissioner's Honor Roll "bronze" honors.

HIGH SCHOOL: Graduated from Sydney Distance Education High School in 2009 ... gold medalist at the 2009 Maccabiah Games in singles and silver medalist in doubles ... Advanced to the Round of 16 in juniors doubles at the Australian Open ... Reached #63 in the ITF junior rankings ... competed in juniors singles at Wimbledon in 2009.

PERSONAL: Born in Hong Kong ... resides in Bellevue Hill, New South Wales, Australia ... Son of Isaac and Susanna Sofaer ... Has two brothers, Joseph and Benjamin ... Majoring in advertising ... enrolled at Pepperdine in January of 2010 ... Chose Pepperdine because of "the great coaches and teammates, the location, the academics and its reputation."

FAVORITES: Favorite hobbies outside of tennis include playing soccer and golf ... Favorite TV show is 24 ... Favorite movie is The Prestige ... Favorite food is "everything."

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