Cassius Chinlund Season 2024-25

UCLA CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
• Big Ten Freshman of the Week (March 25, 2026)
• 2-time ITA Scholar-Athlete (2026, 2025)
• Big Ten Distinguished Scholar Award recipient (2026)
• Big Ten Spring Academic Honor Roll member (2026)
• 5-time Athletic Director's Honor Roll member (last Spring 2026)

2025-26
21-4 singles record (17-3 in dual matches) … 1-3 doubles mark (0-1 in dual matches) … logged team high in dual-match singles wins … named ITA Scholar-Athlete … Big Ten Distinguished Scholar Award recipient … earned spot on Big Ten Spring Academic Honor Roll ... posted majority of singles decisions on Court 6 (6-3); also finished on Courts 4 (3-0) and 5 (8-0) … completed doubles match came on Court 2 … earned Big Ten Freshman of the Week award (March 25) after clinching home wins against Wisconsin and Nebraska … posted team-high five match-clinching points, including 6-3, 6-2 result over Tyler Waddock of New Mexico in ITA Kickoff Weekend first round (Jan. 23) … earned first career singles victory with 0-6, 6-4, 1-0(10) decision over Tygen Goldammer of BYU at Sherwood Collegiate Cup in Thousand Oaks, Calif. (Sept. 26) … named to Athletic Director’s Honor Roll for Fall 2025, Winter 2026 and Spring 2026 … earned spot on UCLA All-Academic Team at UCLA Student-Athlete Awards Banquet.

2024-25
Redshirted ... did not see action during tournament or dual-match portions of schedule … Bruins captured Big Ten Conference Tournament championship in first season as member … named ITA Scholar-Athlete ... named to Athletic Director’s Honor Roll for Winter 2025, Spring 2025.

PRIOR TO UCLA
Graduated from ICL Academy … Blue Chip recruit according to TennisRecruiting.net; reached high of No. 3 in 2023 … reached No. 1 in USTA junior singles rankings … climbed to No. 2 in USTA junior doubles rankings … with partner Andrew Delgado, claimed doubles championship at ITF M15 Santo Domingo event in 2024 … with partner Stiles Brockett, won Boys' 18 doubles title at 2023 USTA National Clay Court Championships in Delray Beach, Fla. … claimed Boys' 18 singles title at 2023 Easter Bowl in Orlando, Fla. … spent freshman and part of sophomore years at Campbell Hall School in Studio City, Calif. … one of just two freshmen named to National High School Tennis All-American Team in 2022 … held No. 1 spot in singles lineup for Vikings … collected Gold Coast League singles title during lone season of competition at Campbell Hall … posted undefeated singles record with Vikings until falling in CIF Southern Section Boys Individual Tennis Championships final.

PERSONAL
Son of Nick … has two older sisters, Alexandra Kulukundis and Isabella Kulukundis, and one older brother, Michael Kulukundis … father played basketball at Brown in 1980-81 … decided to attend UCLA because “UCLA is the place to be,” it has “world-class” athletics and academics and the tennis program presents an “incredible” atmosphere and team environment that helps produce professional players … describes his greatest athletic thrill to date as winning Boys’ 18 singles title at 2023 Easter Bowl … admires basketball player Anthony Edwards … hobbies and interests include cooking, reading, biking and hiking … is one-quarter Armenian … undeclared major.