2008 Woodie Awards
Holmstrom heading to NCAA Championships
Brooks Kirchheimer
Issue date: 5/22/07 Section: Sports
"Tennis is a boring sport, especially when you watch it on television. Soccer is way better."
To say junior tennis player Adam Holmstrom is humble would be an understatement.
"In a few words, I would say quietly competitive, very composed," said Head Coach Danny Westerman about Holsmtrom's performance.
If you asked around campus this week, few people would know that Holmstrom is currently ranked as the No. 18 singles player in the country. Also few would know that Holmstrom will begin competing in the NCAA Individual Championships starting tomorrow as a top-16 seed, a first in DU history.
Holmstrom is so upcoming on the NCAA tennis scene that the NCAA Web site has misspelled his last name as "Homstrom."
The Eskilstuna, Sweden native may not be well-known on campus, but he has certainly made a name for himself on the college tennis circuit this year.
"When I got here I told myself I think I am good enough to beat everyone, but I can also lose to anyone because there is such a high standard here," observed Holmstrom. "Before every match I try to be prepared. My goal is to win every match."
That's a goal that started back at the age of four in Sweden when Holmstrom lived less than 200 meters from a court and his father would take him to practice on a daily basis. With no real high school sports program like we have in the United States, Holmstrom joined a club to begin his tennis career.
Holmstrom was originally recruited and signed a letter of intent to play tennis at Texas Christian University (TCU), but things fell threw and the coach hooked him up with former DU coach Geoff Young. Young and former DU tennis player and Swedish native Viktor Zetterholm recruited Holmstrom and the rest is history.
Holmstrom took it all in stride. "It is a typical Swedish thing actually, if you are not good enough to make it on tour it is always a backup to go to college and get an education and practice to get better."
To say junior tennis player Adam Holmstrom is humble would be an understatement.
"In a few words, I would say quietly competitive, very composed," said Head Coach Danny Westerman about Holsmtrom's performance.
If you asked around campus this week, few people would know that Holmstrom is currently ranked as the No. 18 singles player in the country. Also few would know that Holmstrom will begin competing in the NCAA Individual Championships starting tomorrow as a top-16 seed, a first in DU history.
Holmstrom is so upcoming on the NCAA tennis scene that the NCAA Web site has misspelled his last name as "Homstrom."
The Eskilstuna, Sweden native may not be well-known on campus, but he has certainly made a name for himself on the college tennis circuit this year.
"When I got here I told myself I think I am good enough to beat everyone, but I can also lose to anyone because there is such a high standard here," observed Holmstrom. "Before every match I try to be prepared. My goal is to win every match."
That's a goal that started back at the age of four in Sweden when Holmstrom lived less than 200 meters from a court and his father would take him to practice on a daily basis. With no real high school sports program like we have in the United States, Holmstrom joined a club to begin his tennis career.
Holmstrom was originally recruited and signed a letter of intent to play tennis at Texas Christian University (TCU), but things fell threw and the coach hooked him up with former DU coach Geoff Young. Young and former DU tennis player and Swedish native Viktor Zetterholm recruited Holmstrom and the rest is history.
Holmstrom took it all in stride. "It is a typical Swedish thing actually, if you are not good enough to make it on tour it is always a backup to go to college and get an education and practice to get better."
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