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Jeff Kader graduated as one of the top players in W&M men's tennis program's long and storied history. He earned four consecutive All-CAA honors in singles, including first team honors in 2003, 2004 and 2005. During his time at W&M, the Tribe won 55 dual matches and finished each season in the national team rankings.  The Tribe was ranked No. 53 in 2002, No. 51 in 2003, No. 44 in 2004 and No. 62 in 2005.

The Geneva, Ohio, native led W&M to a CAA Championship as a senior in 2005, upending a pair national top-35 opponents at No. 1 singles from Old Dominion and VCU in the league semifinals and championship, respectively. He was named the CAA Tournament's Most Outstanding Performer for his efforts, a first in program history.
 
On the national scene, Kader competed at the ITA All-American Championships during his senior year, where he entered the event with a career-high No. 26 national singles ranking and recorded upsets over the No. 1 and No. 4 seeds.  He finished both 2004 (60th) and 2005 (52nd) in the national top-60 in singles. Kader earned a spot in the NCAA Singles Championship during both his junior and senior years, making him the only Tribe men's player to appear in multiple NCAAs singles draws since the 1948 season.  Kader was also selected as the winner of the Blue-Gray Classic Sportsmanship Award in 2005.
 
In 2010, Kader was one of 25 players across all league schools and one of eight Tribe players named to the CAA Silver Anniversary Team for men's tennis. He still ranks among the top winners in program lore, coming in fourth on the Tribe's career singles wins list (85) and seventh on its doubles wins chart (84). Kader graduated from William & Mary with a bachelor's degree in kinesiology. Following his career with the Tribe, he played professionally in France.
 
After his playing career ended, he entered the coaching ranks and held positions at both NC State (top assistant) and the University of Texas-San Antonio (head coach) before becoming the 17^th head coach in William & Mary's history in 2015. 
 
He and his wife, Morgan, have two children, Harrison Alexander and Davis Henry.