Senior - 2014-15

• First-Team All-Big Ten (Unanimous)
• Finished the year ranked 59th nationally in singles
• Spent the Fall playing in professional tournaments and won his first professional singles title at the Mayfair Men's $15K Futures in Canada on Sept. 21
• Finished 13-7 overall
• At-large selection for the NCAA Singles Championships where he fell in the first round to Notre Dame’s Quentin Monaghan
• Played primarily as Illinois’ No. 1 singles player, where he went 9-5
• Went 5-1 in Big Ten play
• Went 6-6 against ranked opponents
• Notable victories include No. 2 Brayden Schnur of North Carolina, No. 21 Landro Toledo of Minnesota, No. 40 Alen Salibasic of Drake, No. 47 Mikal Torpegaard of Ohio State
• Produced several clinching match victories including the upset of North Carolina at home and postseason victories over Iowa, Northwestern, Green Bay and Drake
• Tallied a team-best 20-2 record in doubles
• Posted a 9-1 doubles record in Big Ten play
• Primarily played doubles with Aleks Vukic, posting a 12-0 dual record together
• Academic All-Big Ten

Junior - 2013-14

• All-American
• Became the sixth Illini ever to claim Big Ten Player of the Year
• First-Team All-Big Ten
• Two-time (3/4, 3/11) Big Ten Tennis Athlete of the Week
• Finished the year ranked 20th Nationally in singles
• Dike Eddleman Male Athlete of the Year finalist
• Won the team's MVP award and Most Improved
• Finished with the most wins on the team with a 36-10 mark and 23-4 dual record
• His 36 wins tied Amer Delic (2003) for the sixth most all-time in a single season
• At-large selection for the NCAA Singles Tournament where he fell in the first round to Wake Forest's Romain Bogaerts
• Went undefeated in Big Ten play at 10-0
• Recorded the longest winning streak on the team with 12 straight victories
• Posted a 10-2 record against ranked opponents in the spring
• Notable spring victories include No. 11 Tom Jomby of Kentucky and No. 8 Peter Kobelt of Ohio State and No. 19 Harrison Adams of Texas A&M
• Provided singles victories in all three matches of the home sweep vs. No. 16 Notre Dame, No. 8 Texas A&M and No. 10 Texas
• Gosea played both No. 1 and 2 singles and helped the top three positions post a combined 69-17 record, good for a .802 winning percentage
• Reached the semis at ITA Midwest Regionals
• Tallied a 21-14 overall mark in doubles with a 12-0 dual record
• Academic All-Big Ten

Sophomore - 2012-13

• Improved his win total by nine by achieving a 20-13 overall mark with a 16-5 dual match record
• Primarily played the No. 6 singles position where he was undefeated at 8-0
• Key in Big Ten play, accumulating an 8-2 record with six straight set victories
• Delivered big wins over No. 7 Kentucky's Grant Roberts and No. 61 Eric Johnson of USC
• Went 22-14 overall in doubles
• Achieved a 10-2 record with Tim Kopinski, including a 4-0 mark in No. 1 doubles
• Notable wins include No. 23 Konigsfiedt/McLachlan of California and No. 26 Hanfmann/Sarmiento

Freshman - 2011-12

• Joined the team in January to start the spring season
• Captured 11 singles and 13 doubles wins
• Reached a career-high No. 61 alongside Dennis Nevolo in the national doubles rankings on March 27

Junior/High School

• Checked in at No. 1627 in the ATP rankings with wins over top-700 opponents
• Boasted a 2.2 rating, which was the highest in his age group in the United Kingdom
• Ranked 38th overall in the U.K
• . Two-time champion of the Welsh Doubles League, where he went undefeated both times he won
• Was 24-6 over his last year in high school tennis and 42-4 over his last three years with the Barry Tennis Club, which is the third-highest-rated tennis club in Great Britain

Personal

• Born Farris Gosea on March 3, 1994
• Son of Sami and Cheryl Gosea
• Enrolled in the College of Engineering
• Enjoys video games, puzzles and golf
• His biggest thrill in sports was getting his first ATP point
• Names David Ferrer as his favorite athlete
• Plans to either play tennis professionally or become an astronaut after college

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