UNC Wilmington Athletics

2024-25 (Senior): Member of the Seahawks' squad that won the 2025 CAA Championship and reached the NCAA Raleigh Regional ... Named Most Outstanding Player at the 2025 CAA Championship ... Named a 2025 ITA Scholar-Athlete. Singles: Second-team All-CAA selection ... Tallied a 14-4 overall in singles competition ... Led the team in singles victories ... Posted a 14-3 at the No. 3 singles position ... Named CAA Player of the Week on Feb. 4, 2025, following a 2-0 week ... Earned a 7-6 (10), 3-6, 6-2 win against Charlie Robertson of No. 1 Wake Forest (Feb. 25, 2025) ... Recorded a 6-3, 6-2 win against Paul Colin of No. 13 UCF (March 7, 2025) ... Played No. 3 singles and earned a 6-3, 6-2 victory against Tobey Lock of Delaware in the CAA semifinals (April 26, 2025) ... Defeated Oskar Antinheimo of Elon in a three-set thriller 6-2, 4-6, 6-3 at the No. 3 singles spot, smashing a winner close to the net to clinch the title for the Seahawks (April 27, 2025). Doubles: Named a first-team All-CAA selection in doubles with Jordi Domenech ... Posted a 9-4 overall doubles record, including an 8-1 record at the No. 1 doubles spot with Domenech ...  Played No. 2 doubles with Domenech against the nation's No. 19 pair of Nate Bonetto and Gianluca Carlini of No. 56 Georgia Tech and led 5-2 before the match went unfinished (Feb. 22, 2025) ... Led 5-3 against Marko Mesarovic and Matt Pitts of No. 31 Clemson before the No. 1 doubles match went unfinished (Feb. 23, 2025) ... Played No. 1 doubles and led the nation's No. 3 doubles pairing of Luca Pow and Luciano Tacchi of No. 1 Wake Forest 5-3 before the match went unfinished ... Earned a win at the No. 1 spot with a 6-0 win against Michael Chan and Stepan Mruzek of No. 36 South Florida (March 6, 2025) ... Earned a ranked win at the No. 1 doubles position, defeating No. 52 Joaquim Almeida and Siwanat Auytayakul of Liberty 6-3 (April 2, 2025) ... Earned a 6-1 win from the top doubles position against Elon's duo of Oskar Antinheimo and Veljko Krstic in the CAA championship match (April 27, 2025) ... Played No. 1 doubles against No. 30 Ryan Colby and Thomas Paulsell of No. 26 Georgia during the first round of the NCAA Raleigh Regional (May 3, 2025).

Prior to UNCW: Transferred to UNCW after three seasons at NC State ... Compiled a record of 24-15 in dingles play at NC State and an impressive mark of 42-20 in doubles … Was 14-7 his junior season with the Wolfpack and 8-4 in dual matches … Posted a 21-9 record in doubles play … As a sophomore, earned NCAA All-America honors … ITA All-America and third-team All-ACC honoree … Named to the ACC All-Academic team … Was 10-7 in double play and 4-2 in singles … Advanced to the third round of the NCAA Doubles Championship … In high school, he was the 2021 state doubles champion … State USA Today High School Player of the Year.

Personal: Full name: Joseph Henry Wayand ... Born in Cary, N.C. ... Son of Daniel and Kelly Wayand ... His brother, Ben, played tennis for Charlotte.