AJ Mercer

Class:
Sophomore
Hometown:
Huntington, WV
Prev School:
Kentucky

2025-26: Recorded a 3-5 overall in singles at the No. 6 spot ... Posted a 10-9 doubles overall with partners Lance Nisbet (1-1), Asaf Friedler (5-3), Hady El Kordy (1-0), Andres Delgadillo (1-1), Alec Gaudin (2-3), Piotr Andrzejewski (0-1) ... Picked up ranked doubles victories over #11 Arizona State and #64 Washington with Friedler ... Honored to the Academic All-District Team

2024-25: Posted a 1-5 overall record in singles and a 10-6 record in doubles… Earned a doubles victory with Asaf Friedler against #34 Auburn… Clinched the doubles points against Charlotte, San Diego State, and San Diego with Hady El Kordy and against UTSA in the AAC Tournament with Friedler

Prior to Tulane: Came to Uptown after spending the fall semester at Kentucky ... Was a four-star prep recruit who ranked 74th nationally and No. 1 in the state of West Virginia ... In May of 2022, he was also ranked No. 1 in the United State Tennis Association (USTA) Boys' 16s Doubles ... Two-time high school conference player of the year and state singles champion ... Also a boys' national U16 Easter Bowl and Indoor Doubles Champion ... A Huntington, WV native, he is the son of John and Laurie Mercer, who together, have served as the head coach of the Marshall women's tennis program since 1994