Seniors Zach Bost, Oliver Casey, Jan-Willem Kleynhans and Steve Lake have spent their careers on App State men’s tennis team rebuilding the team from the top down, according to head coach Bob Lake.
Bost, Casey, Kleynhans and Steve Lake stepped onto the court in 2012 as freshmen the season after men’s tennis at App State had one of its best seasons in recent history. The current seniors had to fill the spots of the top four players who had just graduated the season before, which, according to Kleynhans, was a big challenge for the team.
“They left some big shoes to fill, and my freshman year we were struggling a bit to find our feet,” Kleynhans said.