Brett Helgeson Class: Graduated Hometown: Overland Park, KS High School: Blue Valley West Height / Weight: 6-4 / 180

Awards & Honors
NCAA Singles Championship Participant 2008
BIG EAST All-Tournament Team
(Singles: 2006, 2008; Doubles 2007, 2008)

Has developed into an impact player on the college circuit ... boasts huge backhand, as well as outstanding serve and groundstrokes, plus a much-improved forehand ... continues to improve on getting to net and taking advantage of his penetrating groundstroke ... hits a bigger ball than any other player on the Irish ... threeyear monogram winner ... entering 2008-09 season, owns career singles mark of 85-28 overall and 55-23 in dual matches ... career mark of 41-29 in doubles and 35-28 in dual doubles matches ... enters 2007-08 ranking tied for 15th in total singles wins (85) ... came in as one of the top freshmen in the country in 2005- 06 when he became an immediate impact player for the Irish ... arrived at Notre Dame ranked eighth in the USTA 18-and-under national singles rankings, including third among incoming college freshmen.

AS A JUNIOR: Named to the BIG EAST All-Tournament team in both singles and doubles for the second consecutive year ... named the Most Outstanding Performer in the BIG EAST tournament ... earned a spot in the NCAA Singles Championship with BIG EAST's automatic bid ... advanced out of the round of 64 in the NCAA Singles Finals with a win over Harvard's Chris Clayton (6-3, 6-1) ... fell to No. 3 ranked Oleksandr Nedovyesov of Oklahoma State in straight sets (6-3, 6-2) in the NCAA Singles Championship round of 32 ... ranked as high as No. 11 in the ITA singles rankings during the dual season (Jan. 8) ... went 31-10 in singles play, including a 15-1 mark in open competition and a 16-9 mark in dual play ... his 31 wins led the Irish, as did his 15 open-season victories ... closed out the dual season on a 5- match winning streak (prior to NCAA's) ... played the majority of the season at No. 1 singles, posting a 14-9 mark ... also went 2-0 at No. 2 singles ... had one clinching win and posted a 4-1 record in three-set contests ... posted a combined open and dual season mark of 12-7 against opponents ranked in the ITA top-100 ... began the dual season with two consecutive straight-set wins before falling to #1 Somdev Devvarman of Virginia (6-4, 6-3) ... rebounded to win his next two matches versus Alex Forger (6-1, 6-4) of Michigan State and Marc Dwyer (6-3, 6-2) of Northwestern ... then had first dual match win versus a top-100 opponent, Wisconsin's #39 Mortiz Baumann (3-6, 7-5, 6-3) ... highest-ranked opponent he beat was #2 Steven Moneke of Ohio State (6- 2, 1-6, 6-4) during the ITA Midwest Regionals ... in the fall season, posted a 13-1 record ... fell in the semifinals of the ITA Midwest Regionals, losing in straight sets (6-1, 6-4) to ninth-ranked and third-seeded Ryan Rowe of Illinois ... beat Phil Orno (6-2, 5-7, 6-1), Dara McLoughlin (6-3, 1-6, 6-2), Moenke and Raoul Schwark (6-3, 6-4) to advance to the semifinals of the ITA Midwest Regionals ... went 4-0 at the Tom Fallon Invitational on his way to earning Most Outstanding Player honors at the tournament ... in doubles, went 21-16 for the year including a 14-11 mark in dual action ... went 8-3 versus Midwest region opponents ... posted a 14-11 mark at No. 1 doubles with senior Sheeva Parbhu ... the duo had two clinching victories.

AS A SOPHOMORE: Named to the BIG EAST all-tournament team in for singles and doubles ... finished the season with a 31-7 overall record, including 23-4 in dual matches ... the 23 dual-match victories ranked second-best on the team and his 31 overall wins were thirdbest ... went 19-4 at No. 3 singles and 4-0 at No. 4 singles ... opened the season with four consecutive victories at the Tom Fallon Invitational, including a pair of wins in which he dropped the opening set ... in addition to the four-match winning streak to open the year, registered separate winning streaks of three, seven, seven and nine ... posted a 4-2 record against nationally-ranked opponents, including victories over #52 Bray Crosby of Western Michigan, #54 Krirl Dimitrov of Duke, #122 Andy Kuharszky of Washington and #63 Kaes Van't Hof of USC ... also battled #12 Ryan Rowe of Illinois over three hard-fought sets (losing 4-6, 6-4, 7-5) ... 26 of 31 victories came in straight sets ... broke into the ITA national rankings at #94 and remained ranked through the end of the year (closed the season at #109) ... owned an impressive 18-4 record against the Midwest Region in singles ... went 5-2 in threeset matches ... perfect 5-0 record in tie-breakers ... closed the season riding a seven-match winning streak (the third winning streak of at least seven matches) ... ended the campaign with four match-clinching wins ... went 22-13 overall in doubles, including 14-9 in dual matches ... was 2-3 with Sheeva Parbhu at No. 2 and 12-6 with Barry King at No. 2 ... registered five doubles-point clinching victories (all came with King as partner) ... dropped all three matches against ranked opponents with King ... owned a 13-8 record against the Midwest Region in doubles ... perfect 2-0 record in tie-breakers.

AS A FRESHMAN: Contributed immediately for the Irish in the middle of their lineup ... finished the season with a 23-11 overall record, including 16-10 in dual action ... went 1-0 at No. 2, 11-8 at No. 3 and 4-2 at No. 4 ... named to the BIG EAST Conference alltournament team in singles ... knocked off Virginia sophomore Treat Huey 6-7, 6-1, 6-1 at No. 4 singles in dual-match action on Jan. 27 ... Huey was ranked #6 in the national singles rankings, making him the highest-ranked player (at the time) to fall victim to a Notre Dame player since Javier Taborga beat then #3 K.J. Hippensteel of Stanford on Oct. 12, 2000 ... opened the season 10-1, including seven straight victories ... second on the team with four match-clinching victories ... reached the round of 16 at the ITA Midwest Regional Championships ... went 4-1 in the BIG EAST and NCAA Tournament ... went 13-5 indoors, 2-5 in tie breakers, 15-14 in close sets, 17-1 when winning the first set, 10-6 outdoors, 10- 3 in close matches, 12-1 at home and 13-4 against the Midwest Region ... went 12-9 in doubles, including a 7-8 mark in dual action ... teamed up with three different Irish players ... at No. 2 doubles, went 2-4 with Sheeva Parbhu ... at No. 3 doubles,went 1-1 with Stephen Bass and 4-3 with Andrew Roth.

IN NON-COLLEGIATE ACTION: Earned wild card into main draw of professional futures event in Joplin, Mo., in summer of 2005, prevailing in the opening round before falling in three sets ... also played in main doubles draw with his brother Travis.

HIGH SCHOOL & PERSONAL DATA: Extremely successful player on the junior scene ... reached quarterfinals of the 2005 USTA Super National Hardcourt Championships, standing as the lone college-bound player in that elite group ... entered ND ranked eighth in USTA 18-and-under national singles rankings, including third among incoming college freshmen ... beat two of the top three players in the country (#2 Conor Pollock and #3 Sasha Ermakov) en route to winning the 2004 USTA Winter National Open in St. Louis without losing a set ... also won 2005 USTA Spring National Open in Cincinnati ... went undefeated (34-0) in senior season at Blue Valley West High School and won the Kansas state singles title, dropping just a single game in the state tournament ... only losses of his junior campaign came against his older brother Travis who recently graduated from Georgia as a standout on the men's tennis team ... born April 12, 1987, in Overland Park, Kan. ... son of Kent and Patty Helgeson ... has one older and one younger brother ... enrolled in the Mendoza College of Business as a finance major.