Jovan Lubbe

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Height:
6-2
Class:
Freshman
Hometown:
Hazyview, South Africa
High School:
Saddlebrook Prep

Prep
Played in the prestigious Orange Bowl tennis tournament as a pre-teen and earned a scholarship to Saddlebrook Prep in Florida as a result … trained with legendary coaches that brought up professional stars like Pete Sampras, Andy Roddick, Alexander Zverev, and more … highly-rated and heavily recruited coming out of high school … cracked the TennisRecruiting.net top-100 rankings before even arriving at Saddlebrook … earned Best Tennis Player Award two years in a row in high school … Student President at SaddleBrook.

Personal
Son to Japie and Nadene Lubbe … has one brother (Japie) and one sister (Eunice) … brother played college tennis … majoring in RPTA … chose Cal Poly because “the coaches are amazing and one of the coaches is from my home country as well” … aspires to become a pro tennis player after graduating … biggest influences are his mom and dad as “they have given me so much and are supportive.”