After graduating from Warren G. Harding in 2022, Anthony Payiavlas set his sights on college tennis with the Denison University men’s tennis team.

However, his freshman season with the Big Red was interrupted almost as soon as it began when he injured his ankle while leading in the second set of his first career singles match during the Kenyon Invitational.

Almost the same thing happened the very next year. In an early dual match against U-Chicago, Payiavlas injured his other ankle playing in the No. 5 singles match.

Both injuries caused him to miss significant portions of each season, and as a result, Payiavlas’ confidence on the court was shaken. But he worked to rehab, recover and rebuild his mojo.

“The whole process of not being able to be out there helping my team was hard for me,

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