WilliamBushamuka

Senior (2018)
Named to first team All-SEC … Compiled an 11-8 record overall and 8-1 in the SEC … Went 10-3 at No. 2 singles … Secured three ranked wins in singles, including taking down No. 6 Arthur Rinderknech of Texas A&M and No. 13 Giovanni Oradini of No. 13 Mississippi State … Won seven of his final 10 singles matches prior to the NCAA Tournament … Went 7-8 in doubles, 5-2 in conference play, on courts No. 2 and 3 paired with Austin Hussey, Ryotaro Matsumura, Gus Benson, and Trey Yates … Advanced as far as the second round of the NCAA Tournament in singles … Named to the SEC Community Service Team.

Junior (2017)
2017 ITA All American after being seeded in the NCAA Singles Tournament … 2017 All-SEC First Team … Record of 14-7 for the singles dual season … 11-7 when playing on court one … Was 3-0 when on the second court … SEC singles play was 6-5 … 8-5 against nationally ranked opponents … Beat Petros Chrysochos of Wake Forest, the No. 5 player in the country, in the second round of the NCAA Tournament … Had four wins over top-10 opponents, including No. 4 Nuno Borges of Mississippi State … Finished with a record of 11-9 in doubles play … Was 9-6 when paired with Nils Ellefsen … Advanced to round of 16 in the NCAA Singles Tournament … Finished at No. 14 in the final ITA rankings.

Sophomore (2016)
All-SEC First Team … ITA Ohio Valley Region Player to Watch … SEC Player of the Week (1/20) … Qualified for the NCAA singles tournament … Earned a 16-9 record in singles play, playing 22 matches on the top court … Went 5-6 in SEC matches, all played on the top court … Also put together a 3-0 record on the second court in singles … Ranked as high as No. 23 in the country in singles … Earned a team-best 10 wins over ranked singles opponents … season was highlighted by a straight-set victory over reigning NCAA singles champion Ryan Shane 7-6, 6-3 … Defeated Virginia’s Collin Altamirano in the first round of the NCAA singles tournament, 6-4, 6-4 … Bowed out in the second round of the NCAA tournament against tournament finalist Mikael Torpegaard in the second round, 7-6 (7), 6-0 … Earned an 8-11 in doubles play, pairing with Trey Yates, Charles Minc, Nils Ellefsen and Gus Benson, playing across all three courts.

Freshman (2015)
Had a 13-6 record in dual matches during the spring, with a 4-3 record in SEC play… Played at primarily No. 3 in singles, earning five wins against ranked opponents during the season … Earned in-conference singles wins over Tennessee, Auburn, Alabama and LSU … Compiled a 7-4 record in the fall season…Frequently played with former Wildcat Jerry Lopez at No. 2 doubles, putting together a 5-4 record, while going 5-0 in doubles at No. 3 with classmate Trey Yates … Named to All-SEC Academic honor roll.

Prior to UK
William Bushamuka from Princeton, N.J., signs onto Kentucky as a five-star prospect and the No. 5  ranked recruit from New Jersey, according to TennisRecruiting,net. Bushamuka is 1-1 vs. blue-chip recruits and 1-0 against five-star recruits this season in his matches. He is ranked No. 141 nationally in the United States and No. 278 in the world, according to TennisRecruiting.net. Bushamuka comes to Kentucky with a great family background, as he is supported by his mother and father, Victor Bushamuka and Lauren Blum, and 13-year-old brother, Daniel.