Mindaugas Celedinas

Mindaugas Celedinas

Player Profile

Class:
Senior

Hometown:
Lithuania, Vilnius

High School:
Mykolo Birziskos Gymnasium

Height:
6-1

Birthdate:
01/23/1989

Experience:
3L

2011-12 [Junior]
Named SLC Player of the Week on one occasion (Jan. 25)... finished the year with a 10-10 overall record, earned nine of those wins playing at the No. 1 position... recorded a 1-4 mark in Southland... recorded three singles victories over nationally-ranked teams... picked up a 6-7, 6-4 and 6-3 win over No. 67 Arthur Surreaux of No. 57 New Mexico State... recorded a 6-4, 6-1 win over Harry Fowler of No. 42 Rice... all the wins coming at the No. 1 singles position... teamed up with both Yauheni Yakauleu and David Subirats to record a 5-15 overall doubles mark... recorded a 2-2 mark in SLC play with Subirats playing at the No. 1 position.

2010-11 [Sophomore Season] Celedinas finished the season with 10-6 singles and 11-10 doubles record... named SLC Player of the Week (Apr.13)... Capital One Bank/Southland Conference Commissioner's Honor Roll recipient... helped the Mavericks to a SLC regular season title and the No. 1 seed in the SLC Tournament... finished 3-1 in league play... recorded a 9-6 mark at the No. 2 spot and a 1-0 record at the No. 1 position... won five of his last 10 singles matches... paired up with senior Dmitry Minkin at the No. 1 doubles spot where the duo registered a 11-10 record... the tandem went 5-5 in their last 10 matches... won four straight singles matches prior to the SLC Tournament.

2008-09 [Freshman Season]
Only the third Maverick in men's tennis history to be named SLC Freshman of the Year, Celedinas led team with the most singles wins (12) and tied in doubles (12)... named to the All-SLC singles second team... earned SLC Player of the Week honors on one occasion... started off at the No. 3 position and later bumped down to the No. 1 spot where he recorded an 8-7 mark... went 4-3 in conference action... recorded a three-set win against No. 75 University of New Orleans... paired with Dmitry Minkin, the duo won their first six matches and finished the season with a 12-9 record... the tandem posted victories over nationally-ranked University of New Orleans and Baylor.

Prior To UTA
Ranked one of the top-20 players in the 14 & Under division... ranked one of the top-60 players in the 16 & Under division... was the Lithuania champion... in 2002 was ranked one of the top-4 players in Lithuania... won Baltic State 14 & Under Championship... in 2004 was Europe's Champion in the 14 & Under Division... was the Baltic States Champion and the European Champion... was the summer's and winter's Lithuania champion.

Off the Court
Celedinas is the son of Darius Celedinas and Nijole Celediniene... born on January 23, 1989... majoring in spanish.