Monday, May 4

Congratulations are in order to former UNC Asheville tennis player Nicholas Thuell who recently got a chance to play for Bermuda in Davis Cup action.

Thuell helped lead Bermuda to a second-place finish in the Americas Zone 4 qualifying competition. With Bermuda’s finish, the tiny country moves up Zone 3 for next year. Thuell was an alternate last year and didn’t get a chance to play before making the team this year. He played in the final doubles match of the competition against Panama and his team won in straight sets. Thuell was able to serve out the match with some impressive winners.

No one deserves this kind of success more than Nicholas Thuell. He saw a lot in his career as Thuell played for four different head coaches. However, that didn’t deter him and he served as team captain last year and made the Big South All-Academic team for tennis.

Nicholas was the epitome of what a student-athlete is supposed to be during his time at UNC Asheville. He is currently working on his masters at UNC Greensboro. Nicholas was a first-class young man who will be a success in life no matter what road he chooses.

Congratulations to Nicholas for his success with Bermuda’s Davis Cup team. He is the first Bulldog tennis player to ever compete in the Davis Cup and we couldn’t have had a better representative than him.