ROCKINGHAM — Junior tennis player Jordan Jacobs has been named the Official Richmond County Male Student-Athlete of the Week presented by Rockingham NC Self Storage.
The Richmond Senior High School tennis team played three matches in three days last week and Jacobs earned a perfect record in singles play and added two more wins in doubles action.
In his third season as a starter for the Raiders, and first spring captaining the team’s No. 1 seed, Jacobs earned his first career recognition.
Athletic Profile
Year: Junior
Spring sport: Tennis
Seed: No. 1
Varsity experience: 3 seasons
“CLASSROOM CREDITS” WITH JORDAN JACOBS
Jacobs is an honors student at Richmond Senior High School who has balanced four classes a semester while being a student-athlete.
Making the A/B honor roll in the fall, Jacobs earned an A average in Automotive Service Fundamentals, Civic Literacy and Physical Education. He also had a B average in Chemistry Honors.
This spring, while playing tennis, Jacobs is taking Computer Science II, English III, Math 4 Honors and Physical Education. He currently has a 3.975 weighted GPA.
Outside of the classroom, Jacobs is involved as an officer with the National Beta Club.
“Math has always been my best subject, so that’s my favorite class this semester,” Jacobs explained. “I like the work we do in there and Ms. Garth is a good teacher.
“I want to go to college and hopefully play tennis at the next level,” he added. “Right now I’m thinking about majoring in engineering.”
“ON THE COURT” WITH JORDAN JACOBS
The Raider tennis team competed in three Sandhills Athletic Conference matches last week, taking victories in two of them. Richmond defeated Hoke County and Lee County high schools 9-0, and lost a close match, 5-4, to Union Pines High School.
Jacobs was a winner in all three of his singles matches against each team’s top-seeded player. In No. 1 doubles, along with teammates Matthew Leggett and Will Whitley, Jacobs picked up two of his three doubles contests.
Starting the week against Lee County Tuesday, Jacobs defeated Finley Benton 6-2, 6-4 in a best-of-three match. Paired with Leggett, the duo handed Benton and Nathan Jones an 8-1 defeat in doubles.
A day later, Jacobs and the Raiders made quick work at home against Hoke County. Facing Iber De La Cruz, Jacobs notched an 8-0 win, one of three singles shutouts in the match by the team.
Switching up doubles and playing with Whitley, the No. 1 pair added an 8-0 win over De La Cruz and Nathan Burrow.
At home last Thursday, Jacobs recorded another No. 1 singles victory despite a close loss to Union Pines. In his head-to-head with Lane McPherson, Jacobs won 8-4.
His only loss of the week came in doubles action with Leggett, a 6-8 defeat.
The Raiders will play in the SAC tournament Thursday at Pinecrest High School. Matches will start at noon.
RAPID RESPONSE VIDEO WITH JORDAN JACOBS
The Richmond Observer will publish two more Official Richmond County Student-Athletes of the Week next week.
