Gabriel Cucalon, who had a record-setting collegiate career at NC Central, will serve as a graduate assistant coach beginning in 2019-20. Cucalon is from Guayaquil, Ecuador.
CAREER: His 46 singles wins in dual matches is an NCCU Division I record
2018-19: NCCU Co-Male Student-Athlete of the Year ... MEAC Player of the Year ... First Team All-MEAC ... 2019 NCCU Men's Tennis Team MVP ... 2019 Men's Tennis Players Choice Award ... ITA Scholar Athlete ... MEAC All-Academic Team ... NCCU Student-Athlete of the Month (June 2019) ... Won Singles A Flight at 2018 HBCU National Tennis Championships ... Recorded an 11-4 singles record at the top position in the Eagles' lineup ... Won nine straight singles matches ... Posted a perfect 4-0 record in MEAC Southern Division play ... Won his only completed singles match in postseason play, winning 6-0, 6-2 in the MEAC semifinals against Morgan State ... Had two doubles wins with Sebastian Bromley
2017-18: Second Team All-MEAC ... 2018 NCCU Men's Tennis Team MVP ... ITA Scholar-Athlete ... MEAC All-Academic Team ... MEAC Player of the Week (April 25) ... Advanced to third round of the ITA Carolinas Regional for a second straight year, including a win against the 10th seeded player from Duke ... Partnered with Maksym Konovalov to win the top doubles championship at the HBCU National Championships ... Posted a 12-6 singles record with all 12 wins coming at the No. 2 slot in the lineup ... Finished the season on a nine-match singles win streak ... Tallied a winning 9-7 doubles record with Sebastian Bromley, including a 9-2 mark at No. 2 doubles
2016-17: First Team All-MEAC ... 2017 NCCU Men's Tennis Team MVP... 2017 NCCU Men's Tennis Players' Choice Award ... ITA Scholar-Athlete ... MEAC All-Academic Team ... MEAC Player of the Week three times (Jan. 25, March 1, March 29) ... NCCU Student-Athlete of the Month for September 2016 ... Played at No. 1 Singles and boasted a team-best 13-8 record, including a 6-1 ledger against players from league competition ... Five-match win streak ... 7-14 record in doubles action, including a 7-12 mark with Maksym Konovalov at No. 1 doubles ... Won Singles A Flight at 2016 HBCU National Tennis Championships ... 2016 UNCW Southern Exposure Sunrooms Seahawk Fall Invitational B Single Flight Champion ... Singles wins agaisnt Presbyterian, Liberty, Coppin State, Loyola, Howard, South Carolina State, The Citadel, Morgan State, North Carolina A&T, UC Riverside, Davidson, Bethune-Cookman and Norfolk State
2015-16: 2016 NCCU Men's Tennis Team MVP ... ITA Scholar-Athlete ... Twice named MEAC Men's Tennis Rookie of the Week (Feb. 17 and March 9) ... Won Singles B Flight at 2015 HBCU National Tennis Championships ... Played in all 17 dual matches in his rookie season ... Led the Eagles with a 10-7 record playing at No. 2 in the lineup ... Had a pair of four-match win streaks, including ending the season with four consecutive victories ... Won first round match in the USTA/ITA Carolina Regional Championship ... Partnered with fellow freshman Davide Callegari for five doubles wins ... Singles wins against Liberty, Georgia Southern, North Carolina A&T, South Dakota State, Howard, Florida A&M, Averett, Hampton, Virginia State and Shaw
