West Nott

Background

Nott is the son of Sam and Elizabeth Nott.

Education

He has one brother, Noah, who graduated from the University of Washington and one sister, Shimiko, who graduated from Princeton Theological Seminary.

Career

A right-hander, he stands 1.72m and weighs 160 pounds. West began his career at University of Southern California in the summer of 2007 alongside Head Coach Richard Gallien. During the summer of 2012, he was promoted to Associate Head Coach.

The doubles tandem of Christian and Santamaria are considered the greatest doubles tandem in women"s college tennis history with 2 National Indoor Championships, 1 All-American Championships, and 1 National Collegiate Athletic Association Championships.

Christian and Santamaria competed in the 2013 United States Open Mixed Doubles Championships and have earned a wild card to the 2014 United States Open Women"s Doubles Championships. In addition to his duties at University of Southern California, West currently assists in coaching the USTA Summer Collegiate Team.

During the summer of 2013, West traveled full-time with 2-time National Collegiate Athletic Association Singles Champion Nicole Gibbs of Stanford to Women's Tennis Association Louisiana Costa, Women's Tennis Association Cincinnati, and United States Open. West has coached 4 former players who reached the National Collegiate Athletic Association #1 singles ranking.

The players include Maria Sanchez, Amanda Fink, Lindsey Nelson, and Sabrina Santamaria.

In 2013, Maria Sanchez was the highest ranked college graduate on the Women's Tennis Association Tour with a career high ranking of #107 Women's Tennis Association. Danielle Lao has shown recent success on the tour and she has shared her college tennis experience in a book titled "The Invaluable Experience."

Nott transferred to Georgia Technical after playing his freshman year at the University of Florida. He earned a degree in Management. He has competed against New Zealand, Malaysia, Hong Kong China, South of Korea, Iran, and Pakistan.

In 2007 he clinched the deciding match against Pakistan.

In 2006, he partnered with his mother, Elizabeth Nott, to capture the Mother-Son United States National Indoor Doubles Championship.

Achievements

• Before accepting his current position at University of Southern California as Women"s Assistant Coach, he volunteered his services as Men"s Assistant Coach at the University of Washington where they reached the top 10 National Collegiate Athletic Association and Sweet Sixteen at the National Collegiate Athletic Association Tournament where they beat both University of Southern California and University of California, Los Angeles in the Pac-10 Conference. After 6 years, he has helped the Trojans win three Pac-12 Team Championships (2009, 2012, 2013). In 2013, he coached Sabrina Santamaria and Kaitlyn Christian to win the National Collegiate Athletic Association Doubles Championships. West has helped University of Southern California win 5 individual national titles (1 singles, 4 doubles). Nott won the 1998 United States. National Indoor Boys 16 Championship and finishing that year ranked 10th in the national rankings.He was ranked Number. His notable accomplishments at Georgia Technical include reaching the Administrative Committee on Company-ordination Team Championships finals and finishing 5th in the Georgia Technical All-Time Career Wins list in only three years. West is a member of the Pacific Oceania Davis Cup team In 2011 he won both of his singles matches versus Iran.

Membership

1 in the Midwest for three years in 1996-1998 and a member of the United States. Boys 16 National Team in junior tennis.