2013-14: Capital One Academic All-America® Men’s At-Large First Team ... Capital One Academic All-District® II Men’s At-Large First Team ... CAC Male Scholar-Athlete of the Year ... SMCM Male Scholar-Athlete of the Year ... CAC All-Academic Team ... CAC Player of the Week (4/22) ... Team captain.
2012-13: CAC Co-Player of the Year ... Second team All-CAC (singles) ... St. Mary's Male Athlete of the Year ... Capital One Academic All-America® Men’s At-Large First Team ... Capital One Academic All-District® Division III Men’s At-Large First Team ... ITA Scholar-Athlete ... CAC All-Academic Team ... CAC Player of the Week twice (9/18, 4/9) ... Team captain ... Notched team-best 16 singles wins en route to a 16-5 (3-1 CAC) record ... Closed out the year on an 11-match win streak ... Registered 50th career singles victory with a straight-set win vs. Goucher (4/3) ... Team leader in doubles wins with a 17-5 record at No. 1 doubles with Mark Hardesty ... Won 12 straight doubles matches from September 29 to March 30.
2011-12: Second team All-CAC (singles) ... ITA Scholar-Athlete ... CAC All-Academic Team ... CAC Player of the Week (3/6) ... Set a program record with 21 singles wins, finishing the season with a 21-4 (6-1 CAC) record ... Started the season with a nine-match singles win streak ... Added an eight-match win streak from March 29 to April 15 ... Won the B Division #3 singles flight at the USTA ITA Southeast Regional Championships ... Tallied a 16-6 (5-2 CAC) doubles record at No. 1 doubles ... Claimed nine straight doubles win with Arvin Wong from October 8 to March 23.
2010-11: CAC Rookie of the Year ... First Seahawk to ever win the Rookie of the Year award since it was added prior to the 1997 season ... First team All-CAC (singles) ... First St. Mary’s player to ever garner first team singles honors ... Second team All-CAC (doubles) ... SMC Male Rookie of the Year ... ITA Scholar-Athlete ... CAC All-Academic Team ... Two-time CAC Men's Player of the Week ... Set a then-program record with 19 singles wins, finishing the season with a 19-2 record which included an undefeated 7-0 CAC mark ... The 19 singles victories were a conference-best as well ... Won 14 consecutive singles matches from March 14 to April 17 ... Captured all but four singles matches in straight sets ... Went 14-1 at No. 2 singles ... Tied the doubles single-season record with a 12-9 mark, including a 9-3 record with Arvin Wong at No. 1 doubles.
Winters Mill HS: 2010 graduate ... Two-sport athlete (soccer, tennis) ... Graduated in top 5% ... Straight A's and perfect attendance all four years ... National Honor Society ... Tri-M National Music Honor Society ... WTTR Athlete of the Week ... Carroll County Coach's Award ... Soccer: Played for Tim Pennell ... First team All-Carroll County and all-conference as a senior ... Tennis: Coached by Matthew Miller ... Two-time first team all-county and all-conference (2009 and 2010) ... 43-9 record in his last two years ... Two-time state tournament qualifier ... 2010 county champion ... Finished second in the region twice.
Personal: Andrew Dyer Gear ... Class co-valedictorian ... Dean's List every semester with a 4.0 cumulative GPA ... Two-time St. Mary's Scholar ... Omicron Delta Kappa (leadership) ... Pi Alpha Sigma (political science) vice president ... Sigma Tau Delta (English) ... Chi Alpha Sigma (student-athlete) (inducted 2013) ... Public Policy Award (2014) - Established in 2000 to recognized academic excellence in the interdisciplinary major of public policy ... SAAC representative ... Born January 29, 1992 in Westminster, Md. ... Son of Spencer and Suzy Gear ... His father played men's field hockey and ran cross country in South Africa ... Has an older brother, Matthew.
Best SMCM Sports Moment: "Beating Salisbury sophomore year."
