Russell Bader Class: Sophomore Hometown: Austin, Texas High School: Westlake Height: 6-0 Experience: SO Major: Finance

2010-11 Season (Freshman): Went 17-8 in the 2010-11 spring singles action...Battled to a 16-12 record in 2010-11 spring doubles competition...Won his first three fall singles matches, including a 6-3, 6-3 decision against Buffalo's George Tibil...Defeated Michigan State's Drew Lied (6-1, 6-3) in the opening round of the Big Ten Indoor Tournament...Won his first seven matches of spring singles competition, including defeating Ivan Sanchez-Gomez (3-6, 6-2, 6-3) of No. 56 N.C. State and No. 64 Cornell's Jeremy Feldman (7-6 (7-3), 6-0)...Defeated Andrew Bettles of No. 36 Boise State (6-2, 6-4) on Feb. 27 in the prestigious Blue Gray Tournament...Went on a four match winning streak from March 11-20, including posting a victory in the No. 3 position against Navy's Jeremy New (6-1, 6-0)...Picked up back-to-back Big Ten victories against No. 66 Iowa, defeating Austen Kauss (7-6, 6-4) and Northwestern's Tobias Reitz (6-4, 6-4)...Jumped into the No. 3 singles position and went on to win three matches in Big Ten play against No. 60 Michigan State, No. 24 Minnesota, and No. 73 Wisconsin...Paired with Taylor Cohen to defeat Georgetown's Tim Walsh and Charlie Caris (8-4) at the ITA Regionals Tournament...Paired with Chris Hasyn to earn two victories to open the spring season, Jan. 23, defeating Luis Guevara and Javier Ortiz of St. Bonaventure, 8-2, as well as Mark Goldberg and Arnaldo Pacheco of Lehigh, 8-2...Joined forces with Eddie Bourchier in the first doubles tandem and promptly earned a victory Feb. 25 against No. 26 Notre Dame's Stephen Havens and Tyler Davis (8-4) in the Blue Gray Tournament...Also defeated Damian Hume and Scott Sears of No. 36 Boise State, 8-5, in the Blue Gray Tournament...Earned a victory March 25 in the first Big Ten contest of the spring season against No. 10 Illinois' Johnny Hamui and Brian Alden, 8-4...Picked up back-to-back victories over Evan King and Jason Jung of No. 23 Michigan (8-5) and No. 60 Michigan State's Austin Brooks and Aaron Pfister, 8-3.

Junior Career: Bader joins Penn State as the No. 28 recruit according to TennisRecruiting.net. He comes from Westlake High School in Austin, Texas, where he currently owns an overall record of 56-25 record, including a 19-9 record vs. five-star recruits. Bader currently ranks as the fourth best player in the state of Texas and is currently No. 44 in the USTA 18 and Under National Rankings.