Personal
Full name is Benjamin Robert Zipay • Son of Robert and Rachel Zipay • Intends to major in Sport Management.
Honors & Awards
• 2024 All-CAA Second Team - Doubles
• 2023 All-CAA Third Team - Doubles
• 2023 Most Improved Player (Team Award)
• CAA Doubles Team of the Week (April 2, 2024)
• CAA Doubles Team of the Week (Feb. 13, 2024)
• CAA Doubles Team of the Week (Feb. 21, 2023)
• CAA Doubles Team of the Week (Feb. 8, 2023)
Spring 2024 (Senior)
Won 10 doubles matches with partner Juan Sengariz • Picked up regular season conference doubles victories with Sengariz against Hampton and No. 68 William & Mary • Clinched doubles for the Phoenix against Campbell in the CAA Tournament quarterfinals alongside Sengariz at the No. 1 spot • Won at No. 3 doubles against No. 25 North Carolina with Sengariz to net CAA Doubles Team of the Week on Feb. 13 • Took home CAA Doubles Team of the Week again on April 2 after winning at No. 1 doubles against No. 68 William & Mary • Was named to the All-CAA Second Team for doubles with Sengariz, the second straight year he made an all-conference team in doubles • Added five singles victories, the last of which came on Senior Day against Radford • Served as a team captain.
Spring 2023 (Junior)
Won double-digit matches in both singles and doubles • Won CAA Doubles Team of the Week on two occasions with partner Nicholas Condos • Won CAA doubles matches against Delaware, William & Mary and North Carolina A&T • Went 3-0 playing No. 5 singles and added nine wins at the No. 6 position • Picked up regular season CAA wins against Hampton, College of Charleston, William & Mary and North Carolina A&T • Added a win against Monmouth in Elon's CAA Tournament semifinal • Was selected to the All-CAA Third Team for doubles • Selected as Elon's Most Improved Player at the Elon Athletics Banquet.
Spring 2022 (Sophomore)
Ended the season with a 7-8 overall record, competing primarily in the No. 6 position • Posted a perfect 1-0 mark in No. 4 singles • Earned his first collegiate singles win against Longwood, defeating Luis Reis 6-0, 5-7, 13-11 • Picked up key wins against Longwood, Furman, Wofford, Coastal Carolina and Davidson • Logged a 7-2 mark in doubles play, competing primarily Kyle Frankel in the No. 2 spot • Posted victories against the likes of North Carolina A&T, Furman, Wofford, #45 Charlotte, Methodist and Norfolk State • Rounded out the spring with wins in three of his final four doubles matches.
Spring 2021 (Freshman)
Did not appear in a doubles match • Finished the season with a 2-4 singles record • Posted a 6-1, 5-7, 1-0(7) win against Longwood's Ernest Rocabert in the No. 5 position (3/23) • Recorded his first collegiate win on Feb. 6 win he defeated N.C. A&T's Mike Ogundele in the No. 5 spot, 6-1, 6-0 • Named an ITA Scholar-Athlete
Prior to Elon
Four-star recruit • Held a No. 8 USTA ranking in the state of Florida and No. 222 USTA national ranking • Also had a Tennis Recruiting ranking of 182 in 2020 • Played for four seasons at Venice High School, serving as a captain for three seasons • Helped the Indians to its first state championship in 2019 as well as three district championships (2017-19) • Two-time state doubles finalist in addition to being a state singles finalist as a senior • Named the Bobby Curtis State Doubles Champion • Two-time 3A district champion at No. 1 singles and was district champion at No. 3 singles in 2017.
Career Stats (Spring Seasons Only)
| Year (Match-By-Match Link) |
Singles |
Doubles |
| 2021 |
2-4 |
0-0 |
| 2022 |
7-8 |
7-2 |
| 2023 |
12-5 |
11-5 |
| 2024 |
5-7 |
10-10 |
| Overall |
26-24 |
28-17 |
