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On Court: 4-Star recruit with a peak class national rank of No. 90 in the Class of 2025 ...played for Westwood High School team that won 3 straight 6A Team State Championships and won 2025 Singles 6A State Championship...earned gold (2023 B16s National Doubles), silver (2023 B18s Clays), and bronze (2024 B18s National Doubles) balls at L1 USTA doubles tournaments...2025-2026: made an auspicious debut in crimson and gold by winning four of five singles matches and sweeping the doubles title with partner Henry Wilson at the ITA West Regionals...Raja and Wilson then advanced to the ITA Cup where they won three more matches before losing in a third-set match tie-break to Emory's Kartik and Johnstone...the Stag freshmen duo finished the Fall segment ranked No. 1 in the West and No. 2 nationally...Raja returned for the Spring segment at the No. 3 singles and No. 2 doubles positions, partnering Josh Kim on court two...his wins against Swarthmore and Case Western at No. 3 singles were crtitical in the Stags defending their ITA D3 National Indoors title...in early March, his two tiebreak win at Biola clinched the Stags win over a ranked D2 opponent and he was celebrated as the SCIAC Athlete of the Week...he also had important singles wins against Trinity, Bowdoin, Middlebury, and Azusa Pacific...meanwhile he and Kim had become a consistent force at No. 2 doubles, winning 21 of 30 dual matches together...Raja finished his freshman campaign with overall records of 21-6 in singles and 29-10 in doubles, earning ITA All-American honors in doubles with Wilson, as well as a No. 27 year-end national doubles ranking...Raja also earned year-end regional rankings of No. 17 in singles, and No. 5 (Wilson) and No. 9 (Kim) in doubles...a 2nd Team All-SCIAC selection, Raja was also an ITA Scholar-Athlete...his 39 doubles matches played and 39 won place him 15th and 16th respectively for a single season in program history.

Personal: Son of Pasu and Sabari Raja...older brother Aadhi attends Swarthmore and plays tennis for the Garnet...favorite player is Rafael Nadal because of his grit...loves to be with friends.

Favorite Stag: Andrew Jones (CMS Strength and Conditioning Coach)

Say What? Once solved a Rubik's Cube in 21 seconds