2023-24 Men's Tennis Roster
Huck, Leon
Leon Huck
- Class:
- Graduate Student
- Hometown:
- Freiburg, Germany
- High School:
- Gymnasium Kenzingen
Bio
Career Awards
2023-24 (Graduate) - Singles: 14-14 | Doubles: 19-10
2022-23 (Senior) - Singles: 24-13 | Doubles: 16-14
2021-22 (Junior) - Singles: 14-17 | Doubles: 9-7
2020-21 (Sophomore) - Singles: 16-2 | Doubles: 14-7 (Tusculum, DII)
2019-20 (Freshman) - Singles: 12-4 | Doubles: 9-7 (Tusculum, DII)
High School
Personal
Fast Facts on Huck:
- 2x Unanimous BIG EAST All-First Team (2023, 2024)
- 2x CSC Academic All-District Honors (2023, 2024)
- 4x BIG EAST Doubles Team of the Week - Feb. 19, Feb. 26, March 11, 2024 (Sven Moser), March 20, 2023 (Pablo Torres Almeida)
- 2x BIG EAST Singles Player of the Week - March 4, 2024, Feb. 27, 2023
- 2022-23 BIG EAST Sports Excellence Award
- 2022-23 BIG EAST All-Academic Team
- 2021 All-SAC Doubles Second Team (Tusculum, DII)
- 2021 All-SAC Singles Honorable Mention (Tusc.)
- 2020-21 Preseason All-SAC Second Team (Tusc.)
- 2020-21 DII ADA Academic Achievement Award (Tusc.)
2023-24 (Graduate) - Singles: 14-14 | Doubles: 19-10
- Earned second unanimous BIG EAST All-First Team nod
- Played mostly at No. 1 singles, going 7-8 at the top position for DePaul
- Went 12-5 at No. 2 doubles
- Had team-high twelve doubles wins with Sven Moser in duals
- In conference play, Huck went 4-1 in both singles and doubles
- Went on a four-match win streak with Sven Moser in team victories over UT Arlington and Navy
- Took home four-straight BIG EAST Weekly Honors from Feb. 19 to March 11, including three BIG EAST Doubles Team of the Week and one BIG EAST Singles Player of the Week
- The pairings of Huck/Moser and Verma/Gitschel collectively earned half of the twelve weekly conference Team of the Week awards
2022-23 (Senior) - Singles: 24-13 | Doubles: 16-14
- Named to his first BIG EAST All-First Team, voted unanimously by the leagues’ head coaches
- Earned his first BIG EAST Men’s Singles Player of the Week for going 3-0 at No. 1 during the DePaul Invite, leading the Blue Demons to two wins
- Recognized as BIG EAST Doubles Team of the Week with Pablo Torres Almeida for clinching doubles point in 4-3 victory over Ill. State
- Recorded dual records of 7-3 at No. 1 singles and 12-9 at No. doubles
- Went 8-5 against conference opponents
2021-22 (Junior) - Singles: 14-17 | Doubles: 9-7
- Classified as a junior in his first season at DePaul
- Went 3-0 at the No. 5 singles position
- Earned a 7-3 record during his best stretch of the season
- Went 3-1 in doubles with Lars Peder Minsaas and 2-1 with Luke Wassenaar
- Had 3-4 dual doubles record with Jona Gistchel at the No. 2 spot, including 2-0 against conference opponents
2020-21 (Sophomore) - Singles: 16-2 | Doubles: 14-7 (Tusculum, DII)
- Went undefeated at No. 4 singles, 14-0
- Closed out the season on a fifteen-match win streak in singles
- Played mostly at No. 2 doubles, collecting a 9-3 overall record
- Went 5-4 at No. 1 doubles
2019-20 (Freshman) - Singles: 12-4 | Doubles: 9-7 (Tusculum, DII)
- Went 9-1 in dual-season singles and 2-1 in conference play
- Played mostly at the No. 3 singles position
- Held 4-5 doubles dual split, appeared mostly at No. 1
- Earned a 1-2 conference dual doubles record
- Team MVP
High School
- Played for TC Weinheim in Germany
- Won several tournaments in Germany at youth and men’s levels
- Competed in the German Youth Tournament
Personal
- Son of Georg and Anne Huck
- Has a brother, Stefan, and a sister, Vanessa
- Majoring in Business Administration
Fast Facts on Huck:
- Favorite place to eat in Chicago: Koi Sushi
- Hobbies outside of tennis: Enjoys playing soccer and basketball
- Last TV show binged: Seinfeld
- Favorite tennis player: Carlos Alcaraz
- Pre-match ritual: Listen to music
- Favorite thing to do in Chicago: Go to the lake
- Live anywhere in the world: Bora Bora
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