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Rusher, Azariah
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Azariah Rusher
- Year:
- Freshman
- Hometown:
- Delray Beach, Fla.
Bio
CAREER ACCOLADES:
- 2024 ACC Champion
- 2025 All-ACC Academic Team
- 2022-25 CSC Academic All-District Team
- 2024-25 ACC SAAC Executive Team - Community Service Chair
- 2025 ITA Scholar Athlete
- 2024-25 ACC Academic Honor Roll
- 2025-26 Co-Chair of the ACC SAAC Executive Board
SPRING 2025
Singles:
- Rusher opened his season with a 6-2, 6-1 victory over Sohta Urano from Hawaii on January 5, 2025..
- He then defeated Gordan Fran Mileusni of Alabama State with a solid 6-1, 6-4 scoreline on January 11, 2025.
- Rusher continued his impressive run by dismantling Matthew Mitchell of Georgia Southern 6-1, 6-0 on January 12, 2025.
- On January 24, 2025, he triumphed over Chase Healey from North Florida with a 6-0, 6-2 score.
- Rusher capped off January with a strong 6-3, 6-1 victory over Bradley Paliska from Florida on January 31, 2025.
- Rusher triumphed over player Richard Biagiotti from Georgia Tech with a score of 6-1, 6-2 on March 23, 2025
Doubles:
- Rusher and Sebesta triumphed over Nicholas Mangiapane and Constantinos Djakouris from UNC Chapel Hill with a 6-4 victory on March 30, 2025
- Rusher / Alex Bulte defeated players Edward Tymes/ McKane Johnson (Georgia State) with a score of 6-0 on January 16, 2025
- Craig and Rusher defeated players William Manning and Martin Borisiouk from NC State with a score of 6-4 on March 14, 2025
FALL 2024
Singles:
- Rusher’s remarkable 2025 season continued with a standout performance. He completed victories over Mehdi Sadaoui (6-4, 6-4) in the ITA Quarterfinals and Juan Accossatto (7-6, 6-3) in the ITA Round of 16. .
- Rusher displayed his resilience on February 23, 2025, with a 7-5, 6-1 victory over Ritesh Patil from Texas A&M University.
- In the ITA Quarterfinals on October 25, 2024, Rusher defeated Mehdi Sadaoui from the University of Miami with a composed 6-4, 6-4 score.
- On November 9, 2024, Rusher defeated Juan Accossatto from the University of South Alabama with a 7-6, 6-3 score in the Round of 16.
Doubles:
- In the ITA Quarterfinals on October 25, 2024, Rusher defeated Mehdi Sadaoui from the University of Miami with a composed 6-4, 6-4 score.
- On November 9, 2024, Rusher defeated Juan Accossatto from the University of South Alabama with a 7-6, 6-3 score in the Round of 16.
- Lyons and Azariah Rusher enjoyed a successful doubles campaign, highlighted by a 7-5 win over Florida’s Akcan and Cordova in the ITA Semifinals on October 25, 2024.
- In the ITA Semifinals on October 25, 2024, Lyons and Azariah Rusher teamed up to defeat Mattia Akcan and Francesco Cordova from the University of Florida with a 7-5 score, advancing to the finals.
- The pair of Lyons and Rusher continued their success in the ITA Quarterfinals on October 26, 2024, where they defeated Tsz Him Chan and Elij Cham of the University of South Florida 6-3, securing a solid win.
- On November 9, 2024, Lyons and Rusher overcame Victor Frumholz and Braden Hannig from the University of South Alabama with an 8-6 score in a tight Quarterfinal match.
SPRING 2024
Singles:
- Undefeated in his first spring season with three conference wins.
- Notched a road win over Georgia Tech's Rohan Sachdev (3/28).
- Defeated Virginia Tech's Alberto Orso 4-6, 6-2, 1-0 (5) (3/22).
- Secured his first career ACC win on the road over Boston College's Connor McDonald (2/14).
- Won in his debut collegiate match over Mercer's Andrew Branicki in straight sets (1/13).
Doubles:
- Notched doubles wins with mutiple partners in first season.
- Pulled through a tiebreaker 7-6 (3) at #12 Mississippi State with Alex Bulte during the ITA Kickoff Weekend (1/28).
- Earned his first career doubles victory over Mercer on Court 3 with Justin Lyons (1/13).
FALL 2023
- In his first appearance as a Seminole, he earned a 6-1, 6-4 win over Georgia State's Edward Tynes
- Caputring a 6-0, 6-1 victory and a 6-2, 6-4 win over Middle Tennessee State's Karim Al-Amin made him the Destin Invitational runner-up
- Started the Longhorn Invitational with a three-set, come-from-behind 4-6, 6-4, 6-1 victory over Georgia's Parker Jacques
- Defeated USC's Andrei Volgin in straight sets 6-4, 6-3
- Paired up with Jamie Connel to defeat USC's Karl Lee and Volgin with an 8-7 (4) win and notched another victory in a match against Georgia's Parker Jacques and Cyrus Mahjoob 8-7 (3)
- Compiled two wins at the ITA All-American Championships, defeating Francisco Lamas from East Tennessee State 7-5, 6-2
- Began singles play at ITA Southeast Regionals by defeating FAU's John Bernard, in a 6-4, 7-5 win
- At M15 Tallahassee opened singles play with a 6-3, 6-3 straight-set victory over Venezuala's Sebastian Pino
YOUTH:
- Florida State’s first blue-chip signee since 2017 and was ranked in the top-12 prospects nationally.
PERSONAL INFO:
- Born in New Hampshire before moving to Delray Beach in 2020
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