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California Institute of Technology

2012-13 Men's Tennis

Alex Runkel

  • Height 6-6
  • Weight 210
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Villin.-Schwen., Germany
  • Highschool Salem International

Biography

2011-12:

TENNIS -- Played as high as the No. 2 singles position butmostly played at the No. 4, 5 singles spot ... Tallied a 1-8record

SOCCER -- Started six games at forward for the Beavers ...Played in 11 games total and had 13 shots

BASKETBALL -- As a junior, played in and started 23 games ...Averaged 4.6 ppg, 5.7 rpg, and shot 51 percent from the field ...Recorded three double-doubles, including a 16 and 16 performanceagainst Occidental (2/4/12), both career-highs ... Career- andconference-high 10 offensive rebounds versus La Verne (1/25/12) ...Ranked No. 10 among SCIAC rebounders ... Career-high with threeassists three times ... Career-high four steals versus Cal Lutheran(2/11/12)


2010-11:

TENNIS -- Played mostly in the five and six spots on the team... Posted a 4-8 singles record

BASKETBALL -- As a sophomore, played in 20 games and startedfour, including wins versus Eastern Nazarene (12/13/10) and UCSanta Cruz (12/18/10) ... Averaged 1.3 ppg and 1.9 rpg ... Scoredseason-high four points in three different games ... Season-highfive rebounds in two games ... Had four points, four rebounds, andtwo steals in 21 minutes of action at La Verne (1/15/11) ... TeamBest Dressed Award


2009-10:

BASKETBALL -- As a freshman, appeared in 20 games and started 18... Averaged 4.4 ppg, 4.5 rpg, and shot 56 percent from the floor... Led team in field goal percentage ... Led team in offensiverebounds ... Ranked No. 17 in SCIAC in rebounding (No. 15 inoffensive boards) ... Career-high 10 rebounds in first collegiategame at La Sierra ... Career-high three steals at Redlands ...Career-high 12 points versus Claremont-Mudd-Scripps

High School: 

Played for HC Salem at Salem International College ... As asenior, averaged 18.2 points, 8.2 assists, and 4.5 steals per game... Heinrich-Blendeinger-Stipendium (Scholarship) ...Studienstiftung des Deutschen Volkes (Scholarship) ... Also playedbasketball for KGJ Schwenningen ... Tennis state champion ... Trackand Field school record holder ... Winner of Lake of Constance ErgoCup Crew ... Golf DMMII and BMWMI ... Member of the basketball,tennis, golf, rowing, and hockey teams in high school


Personal
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Mechanical Engineering and Economics major...Born December 28,1990 in Mainz, Germany...German tutor for the Caltechcommunity...Favorite team is the German national soccer team...Hismost exciting research projects are A Psychophysics study on neuralcomputation and a neuroeconomics study on human behavior anddecision making...Lists his hobbies as skiing, golffing, rowing,lifting, and piloting planes...Son of Norbert and Sanyukta...SisterMira played college basketball in England

 

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Historical Player Information

  • 2009-10First-Year

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  • 2010-11Sophomore

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  • 2011-12Junior

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  • 2012-13Senior

    6'6" 210 lbs