Career:
Completed an outstanding three-year career with the Eagleswith his 97 singles victories ranking third all-time at the school... His 87.4 winning percentage (97-14) is good for the No. 1 spoton Emory's career list ... Recorded 75 doubles victories as anEagle, the sixth-highest total in school history ... Was named theUAA Player of the Week on 14 occasions ... First men's player inschool history to be chosen as the UAA Most Valuable Player threetimes ... Finished with the school's second-and third-highestseasonal victory totals in singles action.
Senior (2011-12):
Capped off an outstanding final year by becoming the third men'splayer in school history to claim the NCAA D-III singles title ...Helped Emory to the program's third-ever national title and aperfect 25-0 record by finishing the campaign with an overallsingles slate of 34-3, the third-highest victory total in schoolannals ... Played No. 1 singles for the Eagles for the thirdstraight campaign and chalked up a 20-2 dual mark at that position... Was ranked as the No. 1-ranked D-III singles player for themajority of the 2011-12 season ... Rattled off five wins in thesingles portion of the NCAA Championships, including a 6-1, 6-0,win over Rob Crampton of Bates College in the semifinals ... In thetitle showdown against Nick Ballou of Cal Lutheran, Pottishprevailed in three sets, 6-2, 1-6, 6-2 ... Was named the ITA SeniorPlayer of the Year, just the third Emory men's player ever to haveearned that honor (Mark Odgers and Michael Goodwin) ... Named UAAPlayer of the Week (Oct. 3) after capturing his third straight ITARegional singles title, defeating teammate Eric Halpern, 6-2, 6-2,in the semifinals and classmate Chris Goodwin, 6-3, 6-0, in thetitle match, and in the process became the first men's player inschool history to win three ITA Regional crowns ... Named theconference POW again after defending his D-III singles title at theITA Small College Championships, topping Adam Putterman ofWashington University, 6-0, 6-1 in the finals ... Was the recipientof the James O'Hara Sargent Sportsmanship Award at the SmallCollege Championships, symbolic of of someone who displayssportsmanship and who exemplifies the spirit of college tennis ...Named UAA Player of the Week after going 3-0 in singles and 2-1 indoubles in helping Emory defend its ITA National IndoorChampionship ... Recorded the winning match point in squad's 7-2championship win over UC-Santa Cruz at Indoors with a 7-5, 6-2verdict over Devin Nerenberg ... Named UAA Player of the Week onseven occasions during the year ... Named UAA Most Valuable Playerfor the third consecutive season and garnered first-teamall-conference acclaim at both No. 1 singles and No. 3 doubles,registering a 3-0 mark in both competitions ... Defeated Wash U'sAdam Putterman, 6-2, 6-4 at No. 1 singles in the conference titlematch and joined forces with Brian Kowalski to notch an 8-2decision over the Bears' Jeffrey Hirsch and Gary Parizher at No. 3doubles ... Helped Emory to a 5-0 win over Washington & Lee inthe second round of the NCAA Tournament with a 6-1, 6-2 win overHayden White at No. 1 singles that closed the match out and an 8-3victory at No. 3 doubles with Kowalski ... In the team's 5-1win vs. North Carolina Wesleyan in the third roundof the NCAAs, his 6-2, 6-2 triumph over Rinat Khussainovat No. 1 singles gave the team a 4-0 lead ... Finished withyear with an overall effort of 24-5 in doubles action ... Heand Kowalski racked up a perfect 15-0 slate at the No. 3doubles post including a dramatic 9-8 (8-6) decision over theKenyon tandem of Paul Burgin and Kevun Ye that accounted forEmory's first point of the match and rally the team from a 2-0deficit in the NCAA Championships match.
Junior (2010-11):
Outstanding second year with Eagles that saw him advance to thetitle match of the NCAA D-III Singles Championship ... Finished theyear with a glittering overall record of 37-3, the second-highestwin total in school history ... Held down the No. 1 singlesposition for the second straight year and chalked up a 24-1 dualmark at that spot ... Ended the regular season as the No. 1-rankedD-III singles player in the country ... At the NCAA D-IIIChampionships, he won all three of his singles encounters includinga 6-4, 6-3, outcome over Amherst's Luis Rattenhuber in the teamfinals ... Won the ITA Regional Singles Championship for the secondstraight year, defeating teammate Colin Egan in the finals, 6-0,6-2 ... Named UAA Player of the Week (Oct. 18) after becoming thefirst player in school history to win the D-III singles title atthe ITA National Small College Championships (event began play in1986), topping Felix Sun of Williams College, 7-5, 6-1, in thefinals ... Named UAA Player of the Week on five occasions duringthe year ... Tabbed as the UAA Most Valuable Player for the secondstraight year and garnered first-team acclaim at both No. 1 singlesand with Egan at No. 3 doubles ... Went 3-0 in singles at the UAAChampionships including a 6-2, 6-2, decision over Wash U's IsaacStein in the title match where Emory prevailed by a 6-0 margin ...He and Egan went 3-0 in the doubles portion of the Championships aswell ... Helped Emory to a National Indoor Championship,registering three straight-set singles victories ... Won 18straight matches (Feb. 3 - Mar. 25) ... In doubles play, he rackedup a total of 29 wins, the fourth-highest seasonal mark inschool annals ... He and Egan emerged as a formidable tandem at No.3 doubles with the pair finishing with a 22-3 won-lostslate.
Sophomore (2009-10):
Made a big impact on the Eagles' squad during hisfirst year with the program following his transfer from theUniversity of Portland ... Finished with an overall singles mark of26-8 with his victory total tying for seventh on the school'sseasonal ladder ... Compiled a dual singles record of 16-6 with allthose decisions coming at the No. 1 position ... Earned All-Americahonors honors after claiming the ITA South Atlantic SinglesChampionship, defeating teammate Chris Goodwin in the finals ...Was also named UAA Player of the Week for his efforts at the SouthAtlantic Regionals ... Finished fifth at the ITA Small CollegeChampionships, dropping his opening match to John Watts ofWashington University before defeating Mike Greenberg (Kenyon) andMike Mattelson (Vassar) ... Would go on to defeat Watts, the ITASenior Player of the Year, in their next two meetings -- at theNational Indoor Championships (Feb. 20) and UAA Championships (Apr.25) ... Of his eight singles setbacks, just three came againstDivision III opponents ... Ended the campaign ranked as the No.2-ranked singles player in Division III and was the No. 1 in theSouth Atlantic Region ... Posted a straight-set win over AUM'sMichael Johnson who ended the season as the No. 11-ranked netter inthe NAIA ... Rallied for a three-set win against ABAC's RasidWinklaar, the No. 4-ranked player in the junior college division... All-UAA First Team at No. 1 singles and No. 3 doubles afterregistering 3-0 records at the league championship ... Chosen asthe UAA Championships MVP ... Captured his first two matches insingles action at the NCAA Championships ... Named UAA Player ofthe Week after going 3-0 in singles at the ITA National IndoorChampionships ... All-America honoree in doubles following achampionship performance with Chris Goodwin at the ITA SouthAtlantic Regionals ... At the Small College Championships (Oct.15-18), Pottish and Goodwin advanced to the finals of doubles ...Played with four different partners and chalked up a 21-10 slate indoubles ... Played his last 13 doubles matches with ChrisRedmond at the No. 3 with the duo going 11-2 ... Pottish and Redmonwon their last nine matches.
Prior To Emory: Played for the University ofPortland (OR), an NCAA Division I school of the West CoastConference, during the 2007-08 season where he finished withan overall singles record of 20-7 ... Won the singles championshipat Dartmouth College's Intercollegiate Tennis Association SummerCircuit.
High School: Standout performer for theWesthampton Beach High School program ... Was coached by John Ski... Played No. 1 singles his final three years ... Won two SuffolkCounty titles and was second in the New York State High SchoolChampionships in 2005 ... Advanced to the semis of the statechampionship as a senior in 2007 ... Coming out of high school, hewas the 107th-ranked recruit in the nation according toTennisRecruiting.net ... Finished runner-up in the Boys 16Championship at the 2006 Copper Bowl in Tucson, Arizona ...Recipient of the Eastern Section Sportsmanship Award.
Personal: Majors in business.
