AS A SENIOR IN 2006-07: Had an outstandingfinal season as a team tri-captain ... finished the season 18-11 insingles and 20-9 in doubles, including 12-6 in dual singles and14-6 dual doubles ... missed six doubles matches and seven singlesmatches with broken hand ... named All-WCC Second Team in doublesand singles ... finished career with 60-50 record, sixth all-timeat SCU ... won 17 doubles matches with Macek, tied for fourthall-time for a single season ... second all-time at SCU in careerdoubles wins with Macek with 35 ... 52 combined doubles wins at SCUis 10th all-time ... Doubles: played with TommyHicks, Steven Benvenuto and Jan Macek in doubles ... lost 8-6 withBenvenuto on Oct. 6 at Bronco Classic to Kaiser and Keller ofStanford ... won consolation doubles match with Benvenuto on Oct. 8vs. Myrhed and Gallardo of Oregon 8-6 ... lost at ITA Regionalswith Benvenuto to Gallardo and Verdasco of Oregon 8-5 on Oct. 20... on Oct. 13, paired with Hicks to defeat Cal Poly's Berger andMeyerowitz in doubles, 8-0 at Bulldog Classic ... beat Brown andOzurovich of San Diego 8-3 on Oct. 14 to reach semifinals ofBulldog Classic ... had outstanding spring with Macek in doubles,going 17-6, 14-6 in duals and 3-0 at the Aztec Invitational ...clinched seven doubles points with Macek ... had seven-match winstreak with Macek from Feb. 4-19 and went 7-1 in Feb. ... ninematches at No. 2, 10 at No. 1 and one at No. 3 with Macek ...started winning streak with on Feb. 4 by defeating UC Irvine'sAndrei Radulescu and Alex Sundling 8-4 at No. 2 ... clincheddoubles vs. Arizona on Feb. 10 vs. Zimmer and Romic 9-8 (4) ...clinched doubles vs. Oregon on Feb. 17 with 8-4 win over Gallardoand Verdasco ... got doubles clincher on Mar. 11 at Cal Poly with9-8 (11-9) win vs. Baca and Roybal ... finished his regular seasontennis career with a doubles victory 8-6 at No. 1 with Macek onApr. 15 over Sacramento State's Loredo and Stryhas ...Singles: lost first five singles matches of theyear at Bronco Classic, Bulldog Classic an ITA Regionals ...finished fall with three wins in consolation bracket of ITARegionals ... clinched five dual matches ... started spring withthree straight wins at Aztec Invitational, beating Michael Beron(7-5, 4-6, 6-1) of San Diego State, Jack Marsh (6-4, 6-4) ofArizona State and Robert Sabo (6-2, 6-3) of San Diego State on Jan.13 and 14 ... defeated UC Santa Cruz's Bryan Pybas 6-4, 7-6 (4) forseventh straight win and first of dual season on Jan. 20 ... at No.5, was the lone winner in singles against Cal, beating KalimStewart 6-4, 6-4, on Jan. 30 ... clinched the match on Feb. 4 witha 6-3, 6-2 win at the No. 5 over Zac Tsai of UC Irvine, giving theBroncos their first season win over a ranked opponent ... on Feb.14 clinched another match after fighting off three match points inthe third set before winning 6-1, 2-6, 7-5 vs. Hawaii's Jeff Fitchto start nine-match winning streak ... during streak, beatopponents from Oregon, UCSB, Portland, Saint Mary's, USF, Cal Poly,Cornell and BYU ... clinched matches vs. USF and Cal Poly on Mar. 8and 11, beating USF's Rainer Nachbauer 6-4, 6-1 and Cal Poly's KyleRoybal 6-1, 6-4 ... defeated BYU's Jonathan Sanchez 6-3, 6-7 (3),1-0,(7) at the No. 4 position on Mar. 27, his last match beforebreaking his hand ... returned to singles lineup at WCCChampionships, losing to Charles Wolmarans of San Diego 7-6, 6-4 onApr. 21 and Adam Fauvre of Saint Mary's 7-6 (4), 6-2 on Apr.22.
AS A JUNIOR IN 2005-06: Earned spot on All-WCCSpring Academic Team... compiled an overall record of 13-16 insingles, including a 2-3 mark in conference play... competedprimarily at the No. 4 and 5 spots for the Broncos during thespring... defeated Jarrod Diepraam of Hawai'i 6-1, 7-5 to clinchthe dual match against the Rainbow Warriors... knocked out LinasCicenas at the No. 4 spot to clinch Santa Clara's 4-0 win overLoyola Marymount... participated in the Wilson/ITA NorthwestRegional Championships... reached the Round of 16 of the BaylorIntercollegiates... tallied an overall doubles record of 14-14,mainly playing the No. 1 and 2 positions with Jan Macek during thespring and earned All-WCC Doubles Honorable Mention... advanced tothe Round of 16 of the Wilson/ITA Northwest Regional Championshipswith Macek... the duo dropped a hard-fought 9-8 (5) decision toJohn Pettit and Ken Nakahara of California in the finals of theSanta Clara Bronco Classic.
AS A SOPHOMORE IN 2004-05: Saw action in theNo. 4 and 5 singles positions earning double digit victories for asecond consecutive season with notable wins over No. 54 New Mexico,No. 56 Fresno State, No. 67 UC Santa Barbara and No. 72Portland...registered a seven match win streak in singles... pairedwith four different partners en route to recording 14 doubleswins... recorded a notable win with senior Eric Kochanski at No. 1doubles en route to a team victory over No. 52 Oregon......capturedthe Flight 'B' doubles championship with senior Ben Hidalgo at theSanta Clara Bronco Classic...reached the Flight 'B' doubles finalat the Pacific Tiger Fall Classic... named Intercollegiate TennisAssociation Scholar-Athlete and Bronco Scholar-Athlete of the Weekfor second consecutive season...named to WCC Commissioner's HonorRoll (silver honors - 3.74-3.50 cumulative gpa)...named to the WCCSpring All-Academic team.
AS A FRESHMAN IN 2003-04: Named Most ImprovedPlayer by teammates... an ITA All-Academic Scholar-Athlete...notched 12 singles wins, anchoring No. 6 position...won first sixstraight dual matches, including a 6-1, 6-1 victory over BlakeRoberts of UC Davis in Bronco debut... solidified spot in thestarting lineup following impressive victories over No. 20 ArizonaState and No. 33 San Diego State... went onto post a 9-1 singlesrecord during the dual match regular season... advanced to thesemifinals of the Flight 'C' singles draw of the Pacific Tiger FallClassic in his Bronco debut... won the Flight 'B' doubles titlewith partner Kevin McQuaid at the Pacific Tiger FallClassic...named Bronco Scholar-Athlete of the Week after posting a3.75 fall quarter GPA ... a member of the WCC Commissioner's HonorRoll.
HIGH SCHOOL: Played for head coaches AndyPotter and John Koslosky at Regis Jesuit High School in Littleton,Colo... captained the 2002 squad... led Regis to 2000 state teamchampionship, defeating perennial champion Cherry Creek High... wasa Colorado state singles champion as a sophomore and a junior...went undefeated in 2000 and '01... was named Colorado StudentAthlete of the Week by Denver Post... one of the top players inBoys 18s and Boys 16s from the Intermountain Tennis Association,peaking at No. 2 in both ranking lists... ranked No. 72 in USTABoys 16 singles and top 150 in USTA Boys 18s singles... ranked 20thin USTA Boys 18s doubles and No. 1 in Intermountain Boys 18 doubleswith partner Matt Phillips... a two-time member of theIntermountain Junior Davis Cup team... participated at the SuperNational Hardcourts at Kalamazoo, Mich., for four straight years...captured two sectional singles championships... was the Presidentof the National Honor Society and the school treasurer... receivedseveral awards for outstanding leadership and exceptional academicachievement... volunteered in a number of community serviceprojects.
PERSONAL: Full name is Robert JosephRasmussen... parents are Bob and Patti Rasmussen... aunt MaryanneDunleavy played tennis at the University of Michigan... speaksfluent French... majoring in business... enrolled in theAccelerated Cooperative Education (ACE) honors program forundergraduate business majors at Santa Clara.
Rasmussen's Career Statistics
| Year | SinglesDual | SinglesOverall | DoublesDual | DoublesOverall |
| 2007 | 12-6 | 18-11 | 17-6 | 20-9 |
| 2006 | 9-10 | 13-16 | 10-8 | 14-14 |
| 2005 | 13-11 | 17-15 | 6-12 | 14-14 |
| 2004 | 10-3 | 12-8 | 1-4 | 4-6 |
| Career | 44-30 | 60-50 | 34-30 | 52-43 |
