Sophomore Amin
Danai, Amherst, MA, keeps improving. Amin, a three-sport
athlete at Amherst High School, is concentrating on tennis at
St. Lawrence and was named the men’s tennis Most Improved
Player in his rookie season. One of the top student-athletes on
the team, Amin has earned Dean’s List honors in
three consecutive semesters in addition to contributing to a team
which is making a steady rise through the Northeast Division III
collegiate rankings. During his sophomore fall semester, he
studied on St. Lawrence’s unique Adirondack Semester.
An honor roll student in high school, he was on the golf and swim
teams in addition to playing tennis and was captain of the swim and
tennis teams as a senior.
Amin’s win at number six singles in the 2005 Liberty League
tennis tournament against Union clinched a 4-3 win for the Saints
and gave them third place in the tournament. He finished his first
season of intercollegiate competition with a 7-12 record overall,
playing both singles and doubles.
As a sophomore, he earned Liberty League
All Academic status and has been a contributor to the Saint
team in both doubles and singles. He and teammate Matt Slatterly joined
to make the finals of the “B” doubles in the Saint Icebreaker
tournament to kick off the spring 2006 season.