Tennis
One of the most decorated players in the history of Carleton men’s tennis, Tom James was a three-time All-American and Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference champion. As a rookie in 1986, he earned top honors in the conference at second singles. After finishing as conference runner-up at first singles in 1987, James won consecutive MIAC titles in 1988 and 1989 and was tabbed all-conference three times. He qualified for the NCAA Championships four times in singles (1986, 1987, 1988, and 1989) and once in doubles, when he partnered with David Treichel ’87 in 1987. James capped his collegiate career by advancing to the quarterfinals of the singles bracket at the 1989 national tournament. At the time of his graduation, he was only the ninth Carleton student-athlete to earn All-America honors in three different years.