Kento Tanaka-Tamaki

	Class: Freshman
	Hometown: Kihei, Hawaii
	High School: St. Anthony Junior-Senior HS

	Height: 5-9
	Experience: HS

04/14/2012

Waves Sweep Gonzaga and ACU on Senior Day

Pepperdine brings a 19-6 record and a 16 match win streak into the final week of the regular season.

04/07/2012

#8 Men's Tennis Defeats Saint Mary's, 6-1

Sebastian Fanselow, Hugh Clarke and Jenson Turner won in both singles and doubles.

03/07/2012

#15 Waves Tangle with #5 Duke and #8 California

Pepperdine spends the weekend on the East Coast to face top more top-10 ranked teams.

03/04/2012

Waves' Run at Pacific Coast Doubles Championship Comes to an End

Pepperdine's run at the Pacific Coast Doubles Championship snuffed by top-10 ranked doubles teams.

03/03/2012

Waves Send Two Teams to Semifinals at Pacific Coast Doubles Championship

Pepperdine well represented in tomorrow's semifinal round at the Pacific Coast Doubles Championship.

HIGH SCHOOL: Graduated from St. Anthony Junior-Senior High School in 2011 ... Was a four-year varsity team member ... Three-time Maui Interscholastic League Player of the Year ... State runner-up in singles as a senior ... Concluded high school career with a singles record of 50-5 ... Also lettered in basketball, soccer, baseball and cross country ... MIL Second Team All-Star in basketball ... Member of the National Honor Society ... Competed in both the boys' singles and doubles events at the USTA National Championships in Kalamazoo, Mich. ... Played for the Hawaii Junior Davis Cup Team.

PERSONAL: Calls the town of Kihei on the Hawaiian island of Maui home ... Son of Kanako Tamaki and Yuji Tanaka ... Majoring in sports medicine ... Enrolled at Pepperdine in the fall of 2011.

FAVORITES: Favorite pro tennis player is Fernando Verdasco ... Favorite movies are Shooter, The Hangover and Step Brothers ... Favorite musical artists at Matisyahu, Jack Johnson and Kid Cudi ... Enjoys watching ESPN ... Favorite foods are Mexican and Italian ... Favorite sport other than tennis is basketball, soccer, baseball and cross country.