Santa Clara University

AS A SENIOR IN 2007-08:Doubles: played with Jay Wong for a fall 1-2record in the Bulldog Classic and the ITA Regionals where theydefeated Saint Mary's rivals Youssef El Bouskouri and AndreaZannoni, 8-1 in the first round. Singles: went 5-3in the fall season in three tournaments ... played in theAll-American Championships Pre-Qualifying tournament, defeatingClemson's Derek Difazio 6-2, 6-2 ... played in the Bulldog Classicdefeating UC Davis' Justin Garcia 6-1, 6-3 followed by a 6-3, 6-0win over University of Washington's Martin Kildahl ... competed inthe ITA Regionals, beating San Francisco's Rainer Nachbauer, 7-6,7-5 and a win against Xavier Barajas-Smith of Sacramento State 6-1,6-3.

AS A JUNIOR IN 2006-07: Had one of the bestyears in program history, going 22-5 in singles for a school-recordwinning percentage of .815 ... had 15-2 mark in dual singlesmatches ... went 17-16 overall in doubles, 15-11 in duals ... namedAll-WCC Honorable Mention in singles and doubles ...Doubles: traveled to Oklahoma for Polo RalphLauren Championships with Kevin McQuaid and the pair lost 8-5 toGubic and Vujaklija of Wichita State ... also played in BroncoClassic and ITA Regionals with McQuaid, going 1-2 ... earned 8-3win with McQuaid on Oct. 1 in ITA Regionals Rd of 32 vs. McDonaldand Pinot of Oregon ... on Jan. 14 at the Aztec Invitation beat SanDiego State's Timu and Ceban 9-7 alongside McQuaid ... won secondstraight on Jan. 20 vs. UC Santa Cruz, defeating Seeberger andVartabedian 8-4 at the No. 1 position ... lost six doubles matchesin a row at No. 1 from Jan. 20-Feb. 9 ... won two straight withMcQuaid on Feb. 10 and 14, knocking off Christen and Alcala ofArizona 8-3 and Heinemann and Weber of Hawaii 8-4 ... won finaldual match of year with McQuaid on Mar. 11 vs. Cal Poly, beatingDewitte and Berger 8-5 ... went 10-3 with Robert Gallman indoubles, with 12 matches coming at No. 2 and one at No. 1 ... wonfirst six dual matches with Gallman from Mar. 2-27 ... paired withGallman for a victory over Strom and Yemm 8-5 of Portland on Mar. 2... the pair repeated the success with a victory over Saint Mary'sKusnierz and Christner 8-4 on Mar. 4 ... remaining undefeated, theGallman-Shields pair defeated USF's Hart and Del Rosario 8-4 onMar. 8 ... teamed up with Gallman in doubles to take the No. 1position and earn a victory over Dybala and McDonald 8-5 vs.Montana State on Mar. 24 ... on Mar. 27 picked up a doubles victoryalongside Gallman at the No. 2 position over Brigham Young's Handand Sanchez 8-6 ... after losing two straight to Denenberg andValkin of Harvard and Morrissey and Wire of Stanford, won three ina row with Gallman, beating David and Smith of Nevada 8-3 on Apr.13, Oechel and Spector of UC San Diego 8-4 and Barajas-Smith andVan Dillen of Sac. State 8-5 on Apr. 15 ... lost 8-5 to Mouly andWolmarans in WCC semifinals vs. San Diego on Apr. 21 ... defeatedKusnierz and Platonov of Saint Mary's on Apr. 22 by an 8-6 score... Singles: reached the semifinals of the BroncoClassic Flight "C" with wins over Hugh McDonald of Oregon 7-5, 6-3,Marco Pineda of Gonzaga 6-4, 6-2 and Ramon Perez of Sac. State 2-6,7-6 (5), 6-0 ... won first round match at ITA Regionals on Oct. 20,beating Nick Berger of Cal Poly 6-0, 6-1 ... also won threeconsolation draw matches at ITA Regionals, beating John Petit ofCal, 6-2, 6-3, Hague Van Dillen of Sac. State 6-1, 6-1 and DarrynYoung 6-3, 6-4 ... won first eight dual matches of the season instraight sets, seven at No. 6 and one No. 4 ... at UC IrvineShields earned first dual victory of the spring over Alex Sundling6-2, 7-5 on Feb. 14 ... defeated Brent Hunter 6-1, 6-3 of Hawaii onFeb. 14 ... defeated Portland's Evan Schleining 6-3, 6-4 at No. 6on Mar. 2 ... vs. Cal Poly knocked off Nick Berger 6-2, 6-4 on Mar.11 ... at No. 6 defeated Cornell's Jonathan Fife 6-4, 6-2 on Mar.23 ... on Mar. 24 posted a singles win over Montana State's JustinHauck 7-5, 6-2 ... completed win streak on Mar. 27 with 7-6 (7),6-1 victory over Michael Eraso of BYU ... bounced back from firstloss with win on Apr. 4 against Paul Morrissey of Stanford, 6-2,6-2 at the No. 5 position ... vs. USF on Apr. 5 earned a 7-5, 2-6,6-1 singles win vs. Asaf Cohen ... finished season with fivestraight wins, including three at the WCC Championships ... on Apr.15, swept to wins vs. Steven Oechel of UC San Diego 6-3, 6-2 andWarwick Foy of Sac. State 6-4, 6-3 ... in the first round of theWCC Championships defeated Nikola Petrov of Loyola Marymount, 6-2,3-6, 7-5 on Apr. 21 ... in the semifinals defeated USD's MattOzurovich 6-3, 6-2, in the No. 6 spot on Apr. 21 ... finishedseason with win over Yury Platonov of Saint Mary's 7-5, 6-1 in WCCthird place match on Apr. 22.

AS A SOPHOMORE IN 2005-06: Ended the seasonwith an overall singles mark of 10-12, including a 2-2 mark inconference... occupied mainly the No. 4 and 6 positions during thedual match season... defeated Colin Mark-Griffin of UC Santa Cruz6-1, 6-2 to secure Santa Clara's first dual match victory of theseason... helped Santa Clara beat WCC rival San Francisco twiceduring the regular season by sweeping Rafael Corazza on bothoccasions... went 3-1 at the Wilson/ITA Northwest RegionalChampionships... reached the quarterfinals of both the Santa ClaraBronco Classic and the Baylor Intercollegiate... posted a 20-16doubles record, playing primarily with Kevin McQuaid at the No. 1and 2 spots... the 20 doubles victories is the most in programhistory for one season and second on the career doubles victorieslist... went 7-2 in the WCC with McQuaid, earning All-WCC SecondTeam honors... the pair advanced to the Round of 16 at theWilson/ITA Northwest Regional Championships, BaylorIntercollegiates, and the Santa Clara Bronco Classic.

AS A FRESHMAN IN 2004-05: Competed in inauguralBronco season as a doubles specialist...scored first career dualmatch doubles victory over University of San Francisco withfreshman Chris Iwamura...paired with senior Eric Kochanski at theNo. 1 doubles position...defeated No. 72 Portland which led SantaClara to a 3rd place finish at the WCC Championships...participatedin singles and doubles at the Pacific Tiger Fall Classic during thefall tournament season.

HIGH SCHOOL: A 2004 Graduate of San Marin HighSchool in Novato, Calif... tallied a 36-3 singles record... votedteam MVP three times... ranked as high as No. 5 in Boys 16s and No.3 in Boys 14s in the Northern California tennis section... earned aUSTA national ranking of 83rd in Boys 16s and 58th in Boys 14s... athree-sport athlete, also participating in basketball andbaseball... an infielder/pitcher for the Mustangs and recipient ofSportsmanship Award... a two-time recipient of the SportsmanshipAward for basketball.

PERSONAL: Full name is Blane Ryan Shields...parents are Scott and Mary Shields... father played baseball atUniversity of Illinois and Illinois Wesleyan... is an undeclaredbusiness major... enjoys sports, ping-pong and music.

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