Millsaps Majors Tennis
Millsaps Majors Tennis
HEAD COACH- 4th Season
Majors under
Box
The Box Report
Jason Box
Hometown: Waco, TX
Alma Mater: Sewanee, University of the South
Playing Expierence: Sewanee Tigers
A former two-time All-Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference tennis player and captain at the
University of the South, Jason Box has been the Millsaps Men’s and Women’s Head Tennis Coach since
2011.
Coaching Expierence
In his first three years at the helm, Coach Box compiled a 43-19 record as the women’s coach and
30-32 record on the men’s side. He has coached six All-Conference women and five all conference men
including Malte Schick who was named the Southern Athletic Association player of the year in 2013. In
2014, Deena Li Kam Wa was named an ITA All-American as Box coached the junior to the second round of the NCAA national tournament. It was the Majors first NCAA appearance since 1989. Ten players have been named ITA Scholar Athletes and Coach Box was
named the 2012 SCAC Women’s Coach of the Year.
Millsaps College (2011-Present)
Men’s and Women’s Head Coach
Total (Men): 30-32
2012: 18-5
2013: 12-8
2014: 13-6
Lake Forest College(2011)
Men’s and Women’s Head Coach
The 2014 season showed continued progress of both the men’s and women’s program. The women finished 13-6 and the men finished
9-10. Once again, both teams had two players selected to the All-SAA team. The women’s team finished ranked 12th in the Atlantic
South Region with Li Kam Wa finishing 7th in the region in singles and Callie Creekmore joining her to end the season as the 8th
ranked doubles team in the region. Both programs will bring in their largest recruiting class in the past five years. The men have a top50 class and the women a top-30 class in the nation.
2012: 10-13
2013: 11-9
2014: 9-10
Total (Women): 43-19
Bates College (2009-10)
Men’s and Women’s Assistant Coach
Swarthmore College (2007-2008)
Interim Head Men’s Coach
The 2013 season was one of great improvement. The men finished the season with a 12-8 record, their first winning record in over
six years. They also had two players named to the SAA first team in Malte Schick and Adam Tilly. Millsaps was the only team with
two players represented on the first team. For the women, it was their second straight year with a winning record, finishing 12-8 as
well and ranked 18th in the Atlantic South Region. Sophomore Deena Li Kam Wa finished 13th in the region for singles and with her
teammate Callie Creekmore, they finished 15th in the doubles rankings.
VOLUNTEER ASSISTANT
Dr. Jamie Harris
Prior to Box, the Millsaps’ Women’s tennis team went 1-17 on their way to last in the conference.
In 2012, it did not take Box long to make a lasting impression. It took the Majors three years to get to 11 match victories, under Box,
they accomplished the feat in a mere 15 matches. That season, Box led the Majors to a number four seed in the SCAC women’s tournament tournament, after defeating Birmingham Southern, they reached the semi-finals for just the second time in the program’s history.
They bowed out to the eventual ch