Junior (2008-09): He was named to the 2009 ESPN The Magazine Academic All-America
second team, becoming the first academic all-American in program history and
the 37th in the history of NM State athletics. This came after he
was named to the ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District VI first team for the
second consecutive season. Diep's 14 singles victories in the spring dual match
season tied for the team lead. He went 5-4 at the No. 2 position, 8-5 at No. 3
and was 1-0 at the fourth spot. Diep won his first nine singles matches in
2009, which doubled as the longest winning streak from anyone on the team. He
had a 6-3 record in three-set matches and won his No. 3 singles match in the
2009 WAC Championships to help the Aggies defeat Nevada and reach the
semifinals for the third time in the last four years. Combining the fall
tournament season with the spring, Diep posted a 20-13 singles record and he
was just one of two Aggies to win 20 or more singles matches in 2008-09. In
doubles play, Diep had 19-15 overall record and he was 14-11 in dual matches.
Brouleau was 10-8 with Arthur Surreaux (10-7 at No. 3 and 0-1 at No. 2), was
2-2 with Jim Brouleau (1-2 at No. 2 and 1-0 at No. 3) and he went 0-1 with
Matej Stakne at No. 2. In the fall, Diep and Brouleau won the B doubles draw
championship at the H.E.B. Baylor Intercollegiates, Sept. 28. In the Sept. 5
preseason ITA rankings, Diep was ranked No. 107 in the national singles
rankings and he became the first Aggies singles player to be ranked since Marc
Legris in 2000. He also earned academic all-WAC accolades and was named an ITA
Scholar-Athlete in his junior season.
Sophomore (2007-08): Diep was named to his second straight All-WAC team, as he was named
to the second team in singles play. With this honor he became the fifth Aggie
ever to earn all-conference accolades in back-to-back seasons. He was also
selected to the 2008 CoSIDA Academic All District VI first team, the academic
all-conference team and he was named an ITA Scholar Athlete in 2008 with his
perfect 4.0 G.P.A. Diep started out the season ranked No. 12 in the Mountain
Region by the ITA and he was No. 10 in the doubles rankings with teammate Jim
Brouleau. He then compiled a 9-7 singles record in the dual match season, all
at the top position and he won both of his WAC regular season matches. He had
two stretches in the season where he won three consecutive matches. His two
biggest singles victories on the season came over opponents from Utah and
Sacramento State, as both of them were ranked nationally at one point during
the season. In doubles play, Diep went 7-3 with Brouleau, 4-5 with Alejandro de
Mucha and 1-0 with Jeff Pfeifer for an overall spring record of 11-9. In the
semifinals 2008 WAC Championships, he was up, 6-4, 6-5, over the 83rd-nationally
ranked and WAC Player of the Year Rudolf Siwy from Fresno State when the match
was stopped. He and Brouleau also won both of their doubles matches in the
conference championships. Combining the fall and spring seasons, Diep had a
19-12 singles record and a 19-13 doubles mark.
Freshman (2006-07): He saw action at the top of the singles board for the Aggies as a
freshman. Diep was named the Mountain Region Rookie of the Year by the ITA
(Intercollegiate Tennis Association) and was a Second Team All-WAC selection.
He went 2-1 against WAC opponents on the year and he had a five-match winning
streak from March 4 through March 30. After missing the first three matches of
the spring because of an ankle injury, Diep opened the season by winning nine
out of his first 10 matches and that included the five consecutive matches he
won in March. Diep's biggest victory of the season came on March 2 when he
defeated UNM's Max Jones (6-3, 3-6, 10-7), who had been ranked as high as No.
73 to start the season. His overall singles record from the spring was 11-5,
the best on the team. In doubles play, he went 4-4 with Alejandro de Mucha, 3-2
with Jeff Pfeifer and 0-3 with Eduardo Salas. The fall tournament season saw
Diep go 10-5 in singles play and 6-5 in doubles action, all with Roman
Stoisavljevic. His overall record on the year was 13-14 in doubles play and
21-10 in singles, which tied for the most wins on the team.
Prior to NM State: Diep is a three-time member of the French Team. From 1998 to 2006 he
had a Top 5 national ranking in France, which included the No. 1 national
ranking in 2000 and 2001. He is a six-time winner of the Hauts de Seine
Championship. Diep won the national tournament of Defi Major in both singles
and doubles and the national tournament of Les Petits Ducs in doubles. In 2005,
he was the winner of a French senior tournament against the top ranked players
in the country. He was a quarterfinalist at the French Championships for 17 and
18 year-olds in singles. In 2004, Diep was a quarterfinalist at the French
Championship in singles and a semifinalist in doubles amongst the 15 and 16
year-olds. He won the 2003 French Cup in doubles 15 year-old boys and was
runner-up in singles. He won the Ile de France Cup in summer singles (15-16
year-olds). Diep was a quarterfinalist in both singles and doubles at the
French Championships for 15 and 16 year-olds. In 2002, he had three selections
with the French team boy's 14 year-olds (runner-up of the European
Championship). He won the Iteuil Tournament in both singles and doubles and won
the singles play at the La Balle Mimose Tournament. Diep was the runner-up at
the French Championship in doubles (13-14 year-olds). He was a quarterfinalist
of the International Tournament of T.I.M. in singles and a semifinalist of the International
Tournament of Les Petits AS in doubles.
Personal:
Diep is the son of Thi My Dung and Ti Hanh Diep and was born in Paris, France.
He is majoring in pre-medicine.
