Head Coach:
Patrick Fisher
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Assistant Coach:
Abby Lerner
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Chelsey Rhodes
 
Ht.  5-10   Wt. 155     Class   Junior
Hometown   Darien, Conn.
High School   Green Farms Academy
Major   Political Science  
 

Junior Year (2005): Went 2-4 in singles and 4-3 in doubles during the fall season .. defeated Scott Blumenkraz (Brown) in three sets in his first match of the season at the Brown Invitational ... won a match against Balasz Szikla (Fairfield), 7-6 and 6-0 at the Cornell Invitational in October ... went 2-1 in doubles with Matthew McCormick at the Brown Invitational defeating teams from Boston College and Boston University ... defeated a duo from Lehigh along with partner Tyler Deck at the Cornell Invitational in September ... defeated another group from Boston University with Mickey Gallagher at the Cornell Invitational in October.

Sophomore Year (2004-05): Wheeler completed a tough singles schedule that saw him travel all over the Northeast with an overall record of 4-5 ... all four of Wheeler’s victories were in three sets ... he battled from a set down to beat two opponents at the Volkl Shootout: Army’s Dave Collins and Dartmouth's No. 2 Steven McGaughey ... Wheeler saved match points in two consecutive matches: after doing so against McGaughey, he battled back against Maryland’s Josh Brauser in an epic 3 ½ hour match to win 7-6, 2-6, 7-6 ... he then outfought longtime rival Mark Santucci of Marist in another close three setter ... Wheeler represented Colgate at both the ITA All-Americans and the Region I Championships, losing in the first round of qualifying in both events ... Wheeler also paired with Pete Oman to post a 3-4 doubles record, capturing wins over two different teams that reached the Round of 32 at the regional championships (Buffalo’s Rockman/Liederman and Niagara’s McConkey/Garcia) ... the team also fought off match points to defeat Eddie Kang and Sebastian Salas of Army.

Freshman Year (2003-04): Wheeler finished an impressive first season with the Raiders with an 11-18 record, competing at No. 2, No. 3, and No. 4 singles ... he began with solid fall season victories over big-serving lefty Randy “Rusedski” Rocchio of Buffalo and Randall Smalley of Lehigh ... Wheeler recorded his biggest win of the year at the Patriot League Individual Tournament, where he downed three-time first-time all-Patriot League performer Tushar Garg of American in straight sets ... in the spring season, Wheeler recorded a 4-2 record over Patriot League opponents, including a stirring straight sets defeat of American’s Juancarlo Vazquez ... Wheeler also posted a 17-15 record in doubles, competing mostly with Jake Heims at No. 3 doubles ... his notable doubles victories were over Collins and Chuntraruk of Army, Lai and Lee of Navy, and Colahan and Pytko of Boston College ... with Hagmann, Wheeler also scored doubles victories of Lieu and Plukas of Princeton and Deming and Fawcett of Rutgers.

High School: He finished his high school career with a 63-7 record, playing all four years at No. 1 singles ... played his freshman year at Darien High School and his last three years at Green Farms Academy ... was a captain his senior year along with Colgate teammate Chris Innes ... was a member of the 2001 and 2003 New England Prep School Championship team ... he was the 2002 Fairchester Athletic Association singles champion, and the 2003 New England Prep School singles champion ... he achieved a high ranking of 135th nationally in the 16&U in USTA, and was ranked 268th his first year of 18&U ... he is currently ranked 5th in New England by the USTA ... was also ranked 30th nationally in doubles with partner Scott Denenberg.

Personal: Major is political science ... born February 24, 1985 in Dallas, Texas ... parents are David and Ann Wheeler of Darien, Conn. ... has one brother ... full name is Marshall Wheeler.

 

Career Statistics
Year Singles Doubles
2003-04 11-20 16-11
2004-05 15-18 19-13
Fall 2005 2-4 4-3
Career 28-42 39-27
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