Brandon Perez Joins Husker Program

The Nebraska men’s tennis team added a talented transfer on April 23, when Head Coach Sean Maymi announced that Brandon Perez will join the Huskers for the 2020-21 season. Perez comes to Nebraska after beginning his collegiate career at Virginia Tech.

“We are super excited to add Brandon Perez to this Husker team,” Maymi said. “I have known Brandon from when he was a junior at JTCC, his work ethic and love for the game will blend in perfectly with our team. He will be bring some good firepower to our team in both singles and doubles.”

 

Perez combined for 27 victories in his two seasons at Virginia Tech, posting a 12-9 record in singles play and 15-7 mark in doubles action. He had an 11-7 singles record as a freshman in 2018-19, including a 5-4 record in ACC play. Perez won his only match competing in the No. 3 singles spot, went 2-1 from the No. 4 spot and was 8-6 from the No. 5 spot. He also went 14-5 in doubles play, finishing with an 11-5 mark on the Hokies’ No. 2 doubles team and a 3-0 record from the No. 3 spot. In a 2019-20 season that was shortened due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Perez went 1-2 in both singles and doubles play.

At Virginia Tech, Perez climbed as high as No. 46 in the doubles rankings. Outside of collegiate competition, Perez was ranked among the top 1,700 players in the world in the ATP singles rankings and among the top 900 doubles players in the world.

 

Prior to enrolling at Virginia Tech, Perez was ranked as the No. 1 junior player in Venezuela and one of the top 20 players in South America. A bronze medalist at the Youth South America Games, Perez was ranked as high as No. 124 in the International Tennis Federation (ITF) Junior rankings. He represented Venezuela in singles play at the Davis Cup in both 2018 and 2020. He also qualified for the 2018 Australian Open Junior Championship. Perez was tabbed a five-start recruit by TennisRecruiting.net

 

Perez is the son of Mike and Donna Perez. His father played college baseball at King College, and his mother was on the basketball team. His godfather is Omar Vizquel, who was a three-time all-star and 11-time Gold Glove Award winner during his 24-year Major League Baseball career.