Vassar College Athletics

2017-18 Match-by-Match
2018-19 Match-by-Match
2019-20 Match-by-Match

2020-21 Matthew Vassar Outstanding Career Award Winner
2021 All-Liberty League First Team Singles
2021 All-Liberty League Second Team Doubles
2021 Liberty League All-Academic
2019-20 Liberty League All-Academic
2019-20 Liberty League Doubles Team of the Week - 3/9
2019-20 UTR/ITA DIII National Player of the Week - 2/19
2018-19 All-Liberty League Second Team Singles
2018-19 Liberty League All-Academic Team
2018-19 Liberty League Doubles Team of the Week - 3/18
2017-18 All-Liberty League Second Team Singles
2017-18 Liberty League Rookie of the Week - 2/12, 4/23

2021: Posted a combined 9-3 overall record ... Went 5-1 in singles action - all from the first flight ... Went a perfect 5-0 in Liberty League action ... Had a 4-2 mark in doubles action, all with partner Adam Krueger from the first position ... The duo also went 4-1 overall in Liberty League action ... Posted a 6-2, 6-1 win from the top singles position, while combining with Krueger for an 8-4 first doubles win against Union (3/27) ... Had a 6-3, 6-4 first singles win, and combined with Krueger for an 8-6 first doubles victory at Ithaca (4/3) ... Recorded an impressive 6-4, 6-1 first singles win against Skidmore (5/1) ... Liberty League Doubles Team of the Week twice with Krueger ... All-Liberty League First Team Singles ... All-Liberty League Second Team Doubles ... 

2019-20: Posted a team-high 10-3 overall singles record... Went a perfect 4-0 in Liberty League play... Had a 3-1 tournament mark... Was 6-2 from No. 1... Had a 1-0 mark at No. 2... Posted a team-best 8-3 mark in overall doubles play... Was a perfect 4-0 in Liberty League action... Had a 1-1 mark in tournament play... Combined with partner Adam Krueger for a 6-2 mark... The pair went 5-2 from No. 2 and had a 1-0 record at No. 1... Paired with William Hwang for a 2-1 record, including 1-0 at No. 3 and 1-1 in tournament action... Had the most wins by a league duo at No. 2... 

2018-19: All-Liberty League Second Team Singles ... Liberty League All-Academic Team ...  Went 7-13 in overall singles play ... Went 5-12 at No. 1 singles ... Posted a 3-4 mark in Liberty League singles play ... Went 8-9 overall in doubles play ... Had a 3-4 mark in Liberty League doubles action ... Went 4-4 in No. 2 and No. 3 doubles ... Partnered with Adam Krueger for a 7-8 doubles mark, including 4-4 at No. 3 doubles ... The pair also went 3-4 at No. 2 doubles ... Tabbed to Liberty League Doubles Team of the Week on 3/18. 

2017-18: All-Liberty League Second Team Singles ... Wrapped up a strong rookie campaign with a 12-10 record overall in singles play… posted a 5-3 record in Liberty League conference play… went 7-8 in doubles play, with a 6-1 Liberty League record… opened the season with wins over Union College’s Ian Bank 6-4, 6-1 and Bard College’s Aiden Velasco 6-0, 6-0 at the no. 5 singles position on 9/9… defeated No. 29 Skidmore College’s Travis Leaf at the no. 2 position, 6-7, 6-3, 10-7 on 2/17… with Jamie Anderson at the no.2 doubles position, defeated No. 27 RPI’s McKinley Grimes and Zack Ebenfield 8-5 on 4/14… beat Ithaca’s Sam McGrath 6-2, 7-5 at the no. 2 singles position on 5/4 in the Liberty League Tournament… was named Liberty League Rookie of the Week for the week of 4/23.

PRIOR TO VASSAR: Was a four-year varsity played for the River Rats of Huron High School...started at No. 4 singles as a freshman, while playing No. 1 the remainder of his prep career...helped his squad to a pair of team state titles in 2013 and 2016...was a team co-captain as a junior and senior...earned SEC Scholar-Athlete while earning First Team All-State accolades...was the SEC No. 4 champion as a freshman...finished as league and section champion as a senior...member of National Honor Society...National Merit Finalist...AP Scholar with Distinction. 

PERSONAL: Parents Michael and Rachel Gandham...has two siblings, Aaron (20) and Miriam (16)...grandmother Victoria Theophilus and aunt Florence Theophilus graduated from Vassar...uncle Sean Jayakar played tennis at Cornell University.. chose Vassar over Swarthmore, Kenyon and the University of Michigan.