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On Court: ...3-Star Recruit on TennisRecruiting.net ranked as high as No. 92 in his class nationally...four year starter for Valencia High School who helped his team win two league titles, and paired with teammate Advik Mareedu to reach the SoCal CIF Doubles final as a junior, before winning the Ojai Doubles title as a senior...2022-2023: made his Stags Tennis debut at the ITA West Regional in October where he was 2-2 in singles and 3-2 in doubles with partner Advik Mareedu...was one of the Stags most consistent and successful performers in the spring, going 19-4 in singles dual match play and 13-6 in doubles with Mareedu and Daniel Blackman...played almost exclusively at the No. 5 singles and No. 3 doubles positions...won 15 of his last 16 singles matches and 7 of his final 8 doubles matches with Mareedu...his dramatic clinch from a set down at No. 5 singles at Pomona-Pitzer on April 22 lifted the Stags to a 5-4 win over their rivals and extended the conference unbeaten streak to 151 matches...Pham was the team's statistical leader in deuce point conversions at 57.5% and was second best in return games won at 44%...he finished 2023 with overall records of 21-6 in singles and 16-8 in doubles…2023-2024: did not compete in the Fall segment, but returned during the dual match portion to appear in 30 singles matches and 19 doubles matches, playing almost exclusively at No. 6 singles and at No. 2 and No. 3 doubles with Mareedu, Rojanasoonthon, and Reddy…after going 5-4 in his first nine singles matches, Pham hit his groove and lost only two of his remaining 21, staying undefeated from March 16 through the end of the season and not losing a set in the NCAA Team Tournament…finished with overall records of 22-6 in singles and 10-9 in doubles...2024-2025: set the tone for a strong third season by reaching the singles and doubles (with Robinson) finals at the ITA West Regionals, becoming the only Stag to advance to the ITA Cup in both singles and doubles, and completing the fall segment with records of 5-3 in both...began the spring segment at No. 3 and No. 4 singles, but quickly moved into the No. 2 slot after clinching the Stags first ITA National Team Indoor title against Chicago...earned another important win at No. 2 singles against Chicago in the Stag-Hen final, saving match points before winning 3-6, 6-3, 7-6(3)...went 17-5 in dual matches, and 5-4 in tournament play for a 22-9 overall singles record...partnered Matt Robinson in every doubles match but one (J. Kim), earning a 25-8 record almost exclusively at the No. 3 position...earned ITA All-American honors in singles, as well as 1st Team All-SCIAC for the first time...earned year-end singles rankings of No. 3 in the West Region and No. 18 nationally, and was voted Most Improved Player by his teammates...2025-2026: concluded his career as a Stag with another consistently strong season...was 3-1 in singles and doubles play during the Fall segment, reaching the ITA West Region semifinals in both...returned in the spring to begin dual match play at the No. 2 singles and No. 3 doubles position...won two of three singles matches including the clincher against Chicago's Emil Grantcharov in the championship match of the ITA D3 Team Indoors in St. Peter, MN, to give CMS back-to-back Indoor titles...had key regular season singles wins at No. 2 over Kiran Garapati of Bowdoin (twice), and Nicholas Chen of Williams, and against Emory's Kamenev and Case Western's Plunkett in the NCAA team quarters and semis respectively...completed the season with overall records of 20-10 in singles and 12-6 in doubles (with five different partners)...giving him career totals of 85-31 in singles - good for 18th best in program history for matches played (116), and 16th best for matches won (85) -and 63-31 in doubles...earned his second ITA All-American distinction in singles, along with 1st Team All-SCIAC...final singles rankings of No. 16 nationally and No. 3 in the West Region...also an ITA Scholar-Athlete as well as SCIAC Athlete of the Week for March 2.
Personal: Son of Ann and William Pham...two sisters, Anselle and Murielle...father played college tennis for UCLA and UCSB...enjoys driving, exploring nature, trying new foods, as well as playing basketball, football, frisbee and table tennis...musical tastes include rap, hip hop, pop, and classical instrumental.
Favorite Stag: Ethan Carroll (HMC ’22 – Tennis)
Say What? Favorite stretch is cat cow
