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2006 and 2007 Academic All-Big Ten Penn State Career 2006-07 Season - Junior: Began the fall of his junior season with a pair of wins at the Penn State Fall Classic...At the Big Ten Individual Championships, Dwyer advanced into the main draw of the tournament with a win over Mike DePietro (6-4, 7-6)...Eventually dropped his first match in the Round of 64 in the main draw...Concluded the fall season with a 3-3 record in singles action...Won his first two matches at the No. 5 spot against Colgate and Lehigh in Penn State's opening day of play...Dropped a 6-4, 6-3 decision to Cornell's Jonathan Fife in Penn State's 6-1 win over the Big Red...After the loss against Cornell, Dwyer went on to win his next four matches, including three consecutive straight-set decisions in the Nittany Lions' wins over St. Bonaventure (7-0), Bloomsburg (6-1) and St. John's (6-1)...The streak was capped off by a match-clinching victory over Northwestern's Alex Sanborn (6-2, 5-7, 6-4) in Penn State's 4-3 triumph at No. 38 Northwestern on Feb. 16...His win at Northwestern boosted the Lions' season mark to 7-0...His winning streak was snapped two days later in Penn State's first dual loss of the season at No. 50 Wisconsin (4-3)...Chalked up a nine-match winning streak over the course of a little over a month at the No. 5 and 6 spot...Dwyer notched a second match-clinching win over Michigan's Scott Bruckman (6-2, 3-6, 7-6) in Penn State's 4-3 upset win over No. 21 Michigan...Dwyer also posted a straight-set win over Minnesota's Dino Blankov (6-1, 6-4) on April 1 in Penn State's 5-2 win at No. 29 Minnesota, which allowed the Nittany Lions to move to 14-2 on the season...In all, Dwyer went 14-3 in dual matches during his junior season...Posted a 17-6 overall singles record and went 4-2 in the Big Ten...In doubles action, Dwyer notched an 11-7 overall mark...Paired with Adam Slagter late in the season...The duo handed the 16th-ranked Ohio State team of Devin Mullings and Chris Klingemann an 8-5 defeat...He and Slagter closed out the season with an 8-6 loss to Pepperdine's Andre Begemann and Mahmoud Kamel in Penn State's 4-1 loss to the defending national champion Waves in the first round of the NCAA Tournament...Named to the Academic All-Big Ten list for the second consecutive year.
2005-06 Season - Sophomore: Compiled an overall singles record of 6-2, including a 1-0 dual match record throughout the fall campaign...Won his first six matches of the fall season including two straight set victories at the Army Invitational, playing at the No. 5 and 6 spots of the Nittany Lion lineup...Was one of seven Lions to compete at the Big Ten Individual Indoor Championships to end fall competition...Was victorious in Penn State's opening spring match, picking up a 6-0, 6-0 win at No. 5 singles en route to a 7-0 Nittany Lion shutout victory over Bloomsburg...Recorded another two-set win vs. Lafayette at the No. 5 spot to help Penn State to its fifth-straight win...Finished his sophomore campaign with an overall singles mark of 11-2, going 6-0 in dual matches...Was named to the Dean's List...Received Academic All-Big Ten honors. 2004-05 Season - Freshman: Posted a 27-11 overall mark including a 16-5 record at No. 6 singles...Also went 4-1 at No. 5 and 1-0 at No. 4...Tied with five other Lions for the lead in wins with 27. Junior Career: Started as a freshman and sophomore at Peachtree City and was undefeated both seasons...Advanced to the Georgia State semifinals in each of his first two years...Went 22-0 as a freshman before falling in the semifinals...Was 24-0 the next season, again advancing to the semifinals...Did an independent study at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln's Independent High School, focusing on academics and tennis...Was a multiple-time honor roll student during his high school years.
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