Brad Cummins
Brad Cummins
Height: 6-1
Year: SR
Hometown: Rancho Mirage, CA
High School: Palm Desert
Major: Business Administration

2019-20

  • Part of the No. 24 Bulldog men’s tennis team in his final season
  • Contributed to the U of R’s 3-2 start to the pandemic-shortened season
  • Teamed up with Brysl Libao as a formidable doubles duo at the No. 1 spot
  • Won the ITA Fall West Regional Championships for All-America honors
  • Advanced to the final of the subsequent ITA Cup in Rome, GA
  • Entered the spring as the No. 2 doubles team in the nation
  • Owned a 13-3 doubles record with stellar results
  • Topped the No. 5 nationally-ranked tandem from No. 30 Southwestern University, 8-2
  • Produced 8-1 showings over opponents from Hardin-Simmons University and Christopher Newport University
  • Went 7-3 in singles opportunities during the fall and spring of his senior season
  • Advanced to the semifinals of the ITA Fall West Regional Championships
  • Posted straight-set wins over foes from Point Loma Nazarene University (exhibition), Biola University, No. 36 Washington & Lee University, and Christopher Newport University

2018-19:

  • A key contributor to the squad that went 13-6 overall and 5-2 in SCIAC
  • Helped Redlands earn a spot in the SCIAC Postseason Tournament semifinals
  • Part of the team that finished the season ranked 18th in the nation
  • Solidified the singles line up at Nos. 3 and 4
  • Earned a 12-7 mark with wins over opponents from then-No. 19 University of Mary Washington, then-No. 22 Tufts University, and then-No. 14 Pomona-Pitzer
  • Teamed up with Brysl Libao as a formidable doubles duo
  • Put together an impressive 15-4 mark at the top spot
  • Knocked off six tandems from ranked opponents
  • Qualified for NCAA Doubles Championships
  • Advanced all the way to the NCAA Quarterfinals to earn All-America status

2017-18:

  • Competed in eight singles matches and nine doubles matches for the Bulldog men’s tennis team
  • Part of the squad that competed at the ITA Indoor Championships
  • Went 6-1 in singles during the dual-match portion of the season
  • Knocked off the No. 5 player from 13th-ranked Trinity University (TX)
  • Teamed up with Joey Dulle as the top doubles duo and amassed a 6-3 mark, including an 8-6 victory over the Trinity tandem

2016-17:

  • Solid newcomer for the nationally-ranked Bulldog men’s tennis team that finished the year at No. 11 as the second-place team in the highly-touted SCIAC
  • Won all four of his singles matches in limited action
  • Became a force in the doubles line-up by teaming up with Chase Lipscomb at the No. 2 spot
  • The duo fired off an 18-4 dual-match record that included eight wins over tandems from top-30 teams
  • Knocked off their counterparts from the No. 1 team in the nation to culminate an impressive season of results
  • Also topped the opponents from No. 3 Bowdoin College, No. 12 Pomona-Pitzer Colleges, and No. 13 Williams College

Awards

  • ITA All-American (Spring 2019, Fall 2019, Spring 2020)
  • Member of the squad that earned ITA All-Academic Team status (2018-19, 2019-20)
  • ITA All-Academic Scholar-Athlete (2019-20)

Fun Facts

  • Career Ambition: Airline Pilot
  • Favorite Professional Athlete: Tom Brady
  • Favorite Music Artist/Band: Avicii
  • Favorite Food: Shrimp
  • Favorite Inspirational Quote: “If you ain’t first, you’re last.”
  • Why I Chose to Become a Bulldog Student-Athlete: My older brother went here.