Radford University Athletics

Honors / Awards
2014 Big South Scholar-Athlete of the Year
2014 Big South All-Conference Singles
2014 Big South All-Academic Team
Two-time Big South Player of the Week (2014)
2011-12 Radford University Male Athlete of the Year
2012 Big South Player of the Year
2012 Big South All-Conference Singles
2012 Big South All-Conference Doubles
2012 Big South Singles Flight Champion
Four-Time Big South Player of the Week (2012)
2011 Big South Freshman of the Year
2011 Big South All-Conference Singles
Four-Time Big South Freshman of the Week (2011)

2013-14 Highlights
Big South Scholar-Athlete of the Year; third Radford men's tennis player to earn the honor ... Concluded career with the third-most singles wins (88) in program history ... Played every match at the top flight, going 11-6, en route to all-conference accolades ... Only Highlander to post winning mark (6-4) in the fall ... Went 7-3 in his final 10 singles decisions ... Defeated two nationally-ranked opponents (No. 38 Cameron Silverman of Elon and No. 75 Philippe Tsangaridis of Coastal Carolina) to climb as high as No. 119 in the singles national rankings ... Partnered with Joe Mills to earn a 7-2 record at No. 2 doubles; won five of their final six battles ... Two-time Big South Player of the Week.

2012-13 Season
Tallied three singles victories during the fall over Virginia Tech's Marko Lovrinovic, VCU's Alexis Huegas (ranked 52nd in the nation at the time) and Penn State's Roman Trkulja ... Secured a crucial point in the semifinals of the Big South Tournament against Winthrop ... Combined with Thomas Dehaen at No. 1 singles to go 5-3 in conference competition ... No. 74 in preseason ITA Division I singles rankings (Sept. 7) and climbed to as high as 44th in the nation in doubles.
 
2011-12 Highlights
2012 Big South Player of the Year ... Named all-conference in singles and doubles ... Automatic qualifier for the 2012 NCAA Singles Championships ... Radford’s Male Athlete of the Year … Member of Hong Kong’s Davis Cup team ... Climbed as high as 62nd in the ITA Singles Rankings ... Led the team and Big South with a 29-11 singles record, including a 16-5 mark at the No. 1 singles position ... Posted a 5-6 record against nationally-ranked opponents, including an upset of then-No. 9 Jose Hernandez of North Carolina during the fall ... Recorded 13 straight singles triumphs at one point ... Teamed with Thomas Dehaen to 17-10 in doubles, including a 6-1 record in Big South play ... Advanced to the finals of the UVA Ranked Plus One during fall play ... Won both a singles and doubles flight at the UVA Fall Classic.
 
2010-11 Highlights
Member of Hong Kong’s Davis Cup team … Second on the club with 30 singles victories … Posted an 18-3 spring record, including a 15-3 mark at the No. 2 singles position … Dropped just one conference match … Won his first nine matches of the spring … Concluded the season on an eight-match winning streak … Recorded singles wins over nationally-ranked Cornell, Maryland and North Florida … Was up a set on national runner-up and then-No. 3 ranked Rhyne Williams when the Highlanders' NCAA match with No. 3 Tennessee was decided … Went 17-7 in doubles with three different partners.
 
Juniors
Climbed as high as No. 3 in the United Kingdom U18 Rankings.
 
Personal
Younger brother of former RU men’s tennis standout and current women's tennis head coach, Martin Sayer … Son of Paul and Jenny Sayer … Has three siblings: Martin, Matt and Natalie … Currently pursuing his MBA in the College of Business and Economics.