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Paul Gastonguay Coaching Bobcat players Ben Stein and Amrit Rupasinghe to the 2009 NCAA men's doubles crown, and Stein to the finals in the 2009 NCAA singles championship, is just the latest example of Paul Gastonguay's enduring legacy of winning tennis at Bates. Drawing the NCAA Division III Men's Tennis Championships for the second time in five years in 2008 is just the latest example of the activism and dedication regularly shown by Gastonguay to his program and alma mater. Twice honored as the NESCAC Coach of the Year, Gastonguay has led the men’s program to one of the longest periods of sustained excellence of any sport in school history. The team has qualified for the NESCAC tournament each year since it began in 2001 and also qualified for the NCAA Championships for seven straight years beginning in 2000. In 2006 Gastonguay's top singles player to date, Will Boe-Wiegaard '06, won the NCAA Division III Men's Singles Championship despite being unseeded. Gastonguay became the head tennis coach of the Bates women’s program in 2001, and he was named NESCAC Women’s Tennis Coach of the Year in 2003. In 2002, Gastonguay was selected as the Intercollegiate Tennis Association Division III Northeast Region Men’s Coach of the Year. Gastonguay was inducted into the Lewiston-Auburn Sports Hall of Fame in 2006. A Lewiston native, Gastonguay graduated from Bates in 1989 as the winningest tennis player in Bates College history, amassing a combined record of 149-41 in his four-year playing career. He set three of the top four single-season marks in school history and became the Bobcats' second-ever All-American in tennis in his senior season, during which he was a finalist for the NCAA Arthur Ashe Award. Gastonguay competed professionally in International Tennis Federation Satellite, Challenger and ATP Tour events, where he achieved world rankings in singles and doubles. He served as a practice partner for former ATP Tour top ranked player Ivan Lendl during the last four years of his career. Read the story about Paul Gastonguay in the Spring 2008 issue of Bates Magazine.
Assistant Coach, Men's and Women's Tennis Jason Box is in his second year as the men’s and women’s assistant coach for Bates tennis, after helping to coach Bates players Ben Stein and Amrit Rupasinghe to the 2009 NCAA men's doubles crown, and Stein to the finals in the 2009 NCAA singles championship. Coach Box graduated from Sewanee: The University of the South in 2006 with a degree in anthropology. While at Sewanee he was captain of the men’s tennis team in 2005 and 2006. He was also voted to the All-Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference team in the 2004 and 2006 seasons, and received Honorable Mention in 2003 and 2005. During his four years at Sewanee he totaled 104 singles and doubles wins combined. Before coming to Bates, Coach Box was the interim head men’s tennis coach at Swarthmore College during the 2007-08 season, leading the Garnet to the semifinals of the Centennial Conference tournament. Coach Box also joined the staff of the Garnet women’s basketball team during his year at Swarthmore. Coach Box can be reached at (207) 755-5955 or by email at jbox@bates.edu. Catch the latest stories about Bates tennis at http://batestennis.wordpress.com. |
