One of the top singles players in NCAA Division I during his collegiate playing career, Austen Childs joined the Kenyon College coaching staff in 2012 as an assistant with an abundance of successful experiences. He now enters his second season serving both the men’s and women’s programs.
A native of New Zealand and a 2011 graduate of the University of Louisville, Childs had a 119-50 singles record with the Cardinals. He was the only two-time singles All-American in the program’s history and he capped his senior season by being named the BIG EAST Men’s Tennis Player of the Year for the third consecutive season. He led the Cardinals to their second-straight conference title and also earned the BIG EAST Scholar-Athlete Sports Excellence award.
Childs was a four-year participant in the NCAA singles championship and during his junior year he was the national runner-up. He was ranked as high as No. 8 by the Intercollegiate Tennis Association. His total of 119 careers singles wins tied the Louisville record and his 107 doubles wins set the Cardinals’ standard. In 2010-11, he also achieved All-American status in doubles play and garnered a ranking as high as No. 16.
In 2009-10, he was selected to New Zealand’s Davis Cup team and logged the deciding point in his country’s 3-2 win over Pakistan.
