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2025 Men's Tennis Roster

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Alexander Leischner

  • Height 6-7
  • Weight 200
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Aichach, Germany
  • Highschool DHG Aichach

Biography

AS A SENIOR (2025)
Played in 17 matches… Earned CSC Academic All-America® First Team honors for the second time… Named PacWest Men’s Tennis Scholar-Athlete of the Year for the third straight season, becoming the first 3x recipient of the award in any sport… Set PacWest Championships Singles wins record with 11 career wins at the conference tournament… Earned All-PacWest Singles Third Team honors… Named to the All-PacWest Doubles Second Team ... Named to Academic All-PacWest honor roll … Competed at the No. 1 spot in both singles and doubles … Earned a record of 9-8 in both singles and doubles action (with Elias Weeks)... Set a new PLNU program record with 7 career All-PacWest awards… Ranks 10th in program history in career doubles wins (46).

AS A JUNIOR (2024)
First Team All-PacWest in singles… Second Team All-PacWest in doubles… ITA West Regional runner-up in both singles and doubles… PacWest Men’s Tennis Scholar Athlete of the Year… Went 11-5 overall in singles at the No. 1 position… Went 9-8 overall at No. 1 doubles… Earned All-PacWest Academic honors.

AS A SOPHOMORE (2023)
Earned All-PacWest Academic Honors … Honored as PacWest Player of the Week (Feb. 21) … PLNU’s First PacWest Male Scholar-Athlete Of the Year … First PLNU player to win the ITA DII West Regional singles title… Also the first Sea Lion to be named PacWest Player of the Year…  First ever PLNU Men’s Tennis player to earn CSC Academic All-America honors … Reached the singles semifinals of the ITA Cup … Competed in doubles at the ITA Cup after finishing as runner-up at the ITA West Regional … Earned a 14-match winning streak in doubles, the best in PLNU history … Produced a 18-3 singles record, going 17-2 at the No. 1 position … Went 15-5 at No.1 spot and 13-4 with partner Tyler Davis … Won 10 straight doubles matches with Tyler Davis.

AS A FRESHMAN (2022)
Named to the All-Academic PacWest list … Earned All-PacWest Third Team honors … Went 12-4 in singles competition, along with a 11-2 record at No. 3 … Notched a 13-5 record in doubles play … Went 8-3 at No. 3 with Alejandro Castaneda as a partner.

PRIOR TO PLNU
2020 graduate of DHG Aichach.

PERSONAL
Born in Aichach, Germany... Math/Finance major...Parent's Heidman and Peter Leischner.
 
OTHER STUFF
Nickname: Axel
Hobbies: Swimming and sleeping
Favorite Book: Perry Jackson
Favorite Song/Artist: KIZ
Favorite TV Shows: Inspector Columbo
Favorite Athlete: Thomas Millier
Favorite Food: Potatoes
Favorite Dessert: Apples

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 2021-22Freshman

    6'7" 200 lbs
  • 2022-23Sophomore

    6'7" 200 lbs
  • 2023-24Junior

    6'7" 200 lbs
  • 2024-25Senior

    6'7" 200 lbs