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The son of Kathleen and John James of Mount Sisco, N.Y...  His father, John, played professionally, and had wins over Bjorn Borg and Ilie Nastase... His sister, Coutrney, played tennis at Manhattan College... Business major.

2007: NCAA Singles Tournament Second Round... Ranked #12 in ITA National Rankings - Singles... UMW Single Season Record for wins in a season (27)... ITA Atlantic South Player to Watch Award... Capital Athletic Conference Player of the Year... First team All-CAC Singles... Second team All-CAC Doubles. Started the year by winning ITA Southeast Regional Tournament….Advanced to ITA Small College National Championships and finished sixth... Posted significant singles wins over John Reiss of Swarthmore, Jon Spero of Carnegie Mellon, David Maldow of Johns Hopkins, Jesse Brauer of Gustavus Adolphus, Doug Banker of Richmond, Clifford Yook of Chapman, Eric Wagar of Redlands, Michael Klimchak of College of New Jersey, Matt Nicholson and Brendan Kincaid of Salisbury, Oliver Gaines of Trinity in the NCAA team tournament, and over high school teammate Alex Scott of Middlebury in the NCAA Singles Tournament. In doubles, J.J. had big wins over Trinity, Swarthmore, the #1 team in the nation from Claremont, James Madison, Washington & Lee, and Johns Hopkins.

2006: His 23 singles wins was third all-time at UMW and most ever by a freshmen... Capital Athletic Conference Rookie of the Year... First Team All-CAC Singles and Doubles. J.J. had an outstanding rookie campaign playing #3 singles and #3 doubles. He posted significant singles wins over Ken Wong of Georgetown, William McMahon of Washington U., Clifford Yook of Chapman, Eric Wagar of Redlands, Alec Kempster of Kalamazoo, Brian Park of Swarthmore, Brian Clay of James Madison, John Mook of Christopher Newport, and Seth Feibelman of Washington & Lee. In doubles, J.J. had significant wins over Liberty, George Washington, Mount St. Mary’s, Kenyon, Longwood, Chapman, Georgetown, Salisbury, Carnegie Mellon, Rhodes, Swarthmore, and Johns Hopkins.