New Mexico State University Athletics

Sophomore (2009-10): Stakne was named as a 2010 ITA Scholar-Athlete and was 2010 Academic All-WAC.  Stakne had a successful season, going 16-11 overall.  Stakne's best performance came in fall 2009 where he finished 12-3 during the tournament season.  September saw the best of Stakne where he went 7-1 during the month.  During fall 2009, Stakne split his doubles play between Armando Morales and Ryan Tommasi.  Stakne went 4-1 with Tommasi and 1-3 with Morales.  During spring 2010, Stakne played only with Surreaux where they finished 6-2 together.  Stakne and Surreaux defeated both their opponents from ranked schools during the spring (No. 23 Arizona on Feb. 12 and No. 53 UNM on Feb. 20). 

Freshman (2008-09): Stakne went 12-8 in singles play in his first season as an Aggie and was one of five Aggies to win 10 more matches in 2009. He was 1-1 at No. 4, 10-7 at No. 5 and 1-0 at the sixth spot. He won six out of his first seven matches to start the year and was 2-2 in WAC matches. In the 2009 WAC Championship quarterfinals, Stakne's 6-3, 7-6 (7-5) win over Nevada's Augustin Myard clinched the match for the Aggies to advance them on to the semi­finals for the third time in the last four seasons. Stakne only played in two doubles matches as a freshman. He won his only match with Jim Brouleau at No. 2, but fell in his No. 2 doubles match with Gustave Diep.

Prior to NM State: Stakne was coached by the father of former Aggie great Stjepan Beg on the island of Rab in Croatia and he was ranked in the top 30 in the Croatian Men's Open Division prior to his arrival at NM State. Before joining the open division, Stakne was ranked in the top 10 in the Boys 18-and-under age group in his country and he was also ranked there when he was in the 14 and 16 year-old age groups. He has won more than 20 tournaments and saw very good results in the open division towards the end of his junior career.

Personal: Stakne was born in Rijeka (HR), Croatia, and he is the son of Mir­jana and Joze Stakne. He is majoring in international business.