2013 Preseason Newcomer/Freshman Ranking
Administered by the ITA
NCAA Division I Tennis
September 6, 2013
| Rank | Player | School |
| 1 | Mackenzie McDonald | UCLA |
| 2 | Andrew Harris | Oklahoma |
| 3 | Brayden Schnur | North Carolina |
| 4 | Gage Brymer | UCLA |
| 5 | Ronnie Schneider | North Carolina |
| 6 | Nick Horton | NC State |
| 7 | Thai-Son Kwiatkowski | Virginia |
| T-8 | George Goldhoff | Texas |
| T-8 | Alexandru Gozun | South Florida |
| 10 | Alexandru Ghilea | Oklahoma |
However, here are my newcomer rankings for the class of 2017:
1. Andrew Harris, Oklahoma
Harris is from Australia and brings with him 2 junior grand slam doubles titles from last year (Wimbledon and the French Open) with him to Oklahoma.
2. MacKenzie McDonald, UCLA
McDonald got to the third round of this years US Open (Juniors) and defeating marathon man Nicolas Mahut and 2 Time NCAA Champion Steve Johnson en route to qualifying for this years ATP 1000 event in Cincinnati. With the talent he has, he needs to show he can finish off matches.
3. Brayden Schnur, North Carolina
The Canadian junior standout won the Canadian Open Junior Championships (ITF Grade 1) this summer without dropping a set and won an ITF Futures event in Canada this summer in singles. Schnur will not be starting school until January.
4. Thai-Son Kwiatkowski, Virginia
When healthy, Kwiatkowski will produce big results for the Cavaliers. He has not competed all summer though due to injury so it is a matter of time before he can get healthy.
5. Ronnie Schneider, North Carolina
A future teammate of Schnur, Schneider won Kalamazoo in the doubles this year with partner Paul Oosterban. Although he had a tough draw with losing to Noah Rubin in the round of 16, Schneider still showed he was one of the top guys out there in singles too.
6. Connor Farren, USC
Although losing to runner up Jared Donaldson at Kalamazoo in the round of 16, Farren has showed impressive results on the ITF Futures tour.
7. Gage Brymer, UCLA
The Easter Bowl champion got smoked to eventual champion Collin Altamirano in the semifinals in Kalamazoo, but had a good showing at the US Open Juniors this fall.
8. JC Aragone, Virginia
Another Cavalier, Aragone defeated MacKenzie McDonald at the US Open national playoff earlier this summer.
9. Franz Sydow, Minnesota
Sydow, from Venezuela, has shown signs of being a top player on the ITF junior circuit.
10. Luca Corinteli, Virginia
A third Cavalier, Corinteli boasts big showings at the Easter Bowl and Kalamazoo, as he is also a regular in big junior tournaments on the ITF junior circuit.
Others to look out for:
George Goldhoff, Texas
Roy Lederman, Stanford
Filip Bergevi, California
Joseph DiGuilio, UCLA
Robbie Bellamy, USC
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