Armando Sotelo

Height:
5-9
Weight:
163
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Mexico City, Mexico
High School:
Unitas HS / Cumbres Querétaro

As a Junior in 2025-2026: Competed in nine singles matches with a 5-4 overall record, mainly at the No. 3, No. 4 and No. 5 positions … Posted a perfect 3-0 record against conference singles opponents at the No. 4 and No.5 spots … Owned a 2-6 doubles record, paired mainly with David Petrovic and Taichi Wakamatsu … Member of the BIG EAST Championship team that defeated #2-seed DePaul (April 19) … Named BIG EAST All-Academic Team … St. John’s Elizabeth Lapchick Award.

As a Sophomore in 2024-2025: Earned a BIG EAST Doubles Team of the Week nod paired with Max Amling (March 24) ... Played in three singles matches for the Red Storm, winning all three … Went 10-8 in doubles action … Picked up a victory in the Red Storm's BIG EAST semifinal win against No. 5 Georgetown (April 19) ... Won the BIG EAST Championship against #2-seed Creighton (April 20) ... … Named BIG EAST All-Academic Team.

As a Freshman in 2023-2024: BIG EAST Freshman of the Year … Owned an 11-3 singles record playing in the bottom half of the lineup ... Recorded a 9-1 doubles record with Martin Bugaj as his partner … BIG EAST Singles Player of the Week (April 8) … Named BIG EAST All-Academic Team.

Before College: Awarded the Athlete of the Year as a high school senior … Was a part of the Davis Cup Team for Mexico ... Has played tennis for the past 11 years ... Reached as high as 119 in the worldwide ITF junior rankings ... Four ITF titles ... Won a national championship in Mexico.

Personal: Armando Sotelo … Son of Armando Sotelo Calderon … Played soccer for seven years growing up … Views Roger Federer as the most influential tennis figure in his life … Favorite food is any type of meat … Majoring in business.