Where are you now and what are you currently up to?

I recently moved to Washington D.C. after graduation to start my career as a landscape architect. I now work for ValleyCrest: the largest privately owned landscape company in the United States. I am shared services between 6 of our offices here in the DC metropolitan area with the title of : Regional Designer. Prominent projects completed by the company include landscape work for the Bellagio Hotel and many surrounding casinos in Las Vegas, Disney's Animal Kingdom, Gaylord National Resort, and Invesco Field at Mile High Stadium. In 2009 ValleyCrest became a 1 billion dollar company and was named by Forbes as one of the nation's largest private companies.

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Are you still playing tennis? If so, in what ways?

All of the time. One of my priorities when I arrived in my new city was to find some fellow players and join a league team. I play on 2 league teams and often just for fun. Luckily, I found a league team right in my neighborhood with all young professionals in the city. Half of the team lives in my apartment complex and we practice on the property. We have 6 courts on site so there is nothing nicer than just walking downstairs to practice for the night. Tennis has provided about half of my new friends since moving to DC!
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What did you gain through LSU Club Tennis?

LSU Club Tennis was one of my favorite activities through college. I was lucky enough to be one year older than most of the "new era" of the club tennis team. Therefore I got to see the start of our new leaders taking over the club, and it just happened to be that those few guys who wanted to really make it something bigger and better, were some of my best friends. Through these best friends, I got to see them completely change our routines and strategies for growing, all which became widely successful. Because of this, we grew. And I had that many new amazing friends to close out the rest of college with. I don't want to make his head any bigger (if possible), but watching our past president Nick Lucidi come in as a freshmen then graduate with me, I got to transition with the team into the whole new entity we are now. 

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What's your favorite memory from LSU Club Tennis?

Too tough. Here's 3:

1. Any year going to Southerns. It was always a blast. We always have the most fun (I mean we're still in college!) AND kick some serious a**. Sorry we're that awesome. The outfits...the jokes...the friends (Georgia B!)...the memories. All unforgettable.
2. One of the biggest parts of my time at LSU was being a fan of the NCAA tennis team. I came into LSU and a few of my first new friends were the new guys on the team. That turned into me being a lifelong fan and the creation of the LSU Men's Team booster club (with the huge help from my mentor William Grenier). A lot of new fans were born when my friends and I decided to begin tailgating before matches. After approval from Coach Jeff Brown and Danny Bryan, the opponents began having to walk past tents, BBQ pits, coolers, and some very passionate fans into Dub Stadium. What began with just me and 5ish other friends, turned into 50 (MAINLY THE CLUB TENNIS TEAM), which turned into sponsors (Thanks Mellow Mushroom!), which is now consistently turning into 200+ fans at various matches. One highlight of this awesome time was when the University of Tennessee Coach shook my hand, told me he's never seen such things in NCAA tennis, and offered to PAY for the tailgate if we came and did it the next time LSU plays at Tennessee. That was a compliment. I couldn't have done it without some certain friends and the club team.
3. The get togethers. From going out, to the themes, to Wednesday night bowling nights, to Mardi Gras at Theo's...there's nothing better. I wouldn't miss a party at the Braud's for ANYTHING!

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​Any advice, suggestions, or encouragement for those interested/in LSU Club Tennis?

Join. I can't type the memories...There's far too many and far too much fun to try to explain. Just join. Friends for a lifetime. I love you guys (and party hardy)!