REDLANDS, Calif. – University of Redlands Men's Tennis graduate student Bryce Keim (Spartanburg, S.C.) earned College Sports Communicators (CSC) Academic All-District honors, announced Tuesday by the organization.
The 2023 Academic All-District Men's Tennis Team, selected by College Sports Communicators, recognizes the nation's top student-athletes for their combined performances on the court and in the classroom. With his selection, Keim moves onto the CSC Academic All-America ballot, and the Academic All-American teams will be announced at the end of May.
This season, Keim played a major role in helping the Bulldogs earn a spot in the Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SCIAC) Tournament as the No. 3 seed, while qualifying for the NCAA Division III National Championships in doubles with partner Nils Plutat (Sauerlach, Bavaria, Germany).
IN THE CLASSROOM
Recently, Keim graduated with his MBA in Marketing, posted a 3.50 GPA and plans to go into house design and marketing.
ON THE COURT
Keim and Plutat are the first doubles team to qualify for the NCAA Division III National Championships since Brad Cummins and Brysl Libao did it in 2019 where they were named All-Americans.
Keim is in his first season with the Bulldogs after transferring in from Wofford College. This season he was named 2nd Team All-SCIAC after playing both No. 2 and No. 3 singles compiling a 10-7 record, while going 5-2 in SCIAC with wins over Cal Lutheran (Aaron Moylan), Whittier (Spencer Cinco), Caltech (Andrew Zabelo), Chapman (Danny Marsh), and Occidental (Ace Andres). In doubles with Plutat the pairing went 13-4 playing No. 1 going 10-1 across their last eleven matches.
In the rankings Keim and Plutat rank No. 1 in the West Region.