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Francisco Dias
Francisco Dias

Class:
Sophomore

Hometown:
Lisbon, Portugal

High School:
Escola Secundaria de Miraflores

Height:
6-1

Major:
Business administration



05/06/2013

GW Men's Tennis Lands Five on A-10 Postseason Teams

Freshman Danil Zelenkov Named Conference Most Outstanding Rookie Performer

04/28/2013

GW Men's Tennis Edged by VCU in Atlantic 10 Title Match

Colonials Fall to Rams, 4-3, Wrap Season at 17-7

04/27/2013

GW Men's Tennis Blanks Charlotte to Reach Fourth Straight A-10 Title Match

Second-Seeded Colonials to Face Top-Seeded VCU on Sunday at 8:30 a.m.

04/26/2013

GW Men's Tennis Rolls Richmond, 5-0, En Route to A-10 Semifinals

Victory Sets up Rematch With Third-Seeded Charlotte on Saturday at 1 p.m.

04/25/2013

GW Men's Tennis in Search of Third Straight Atlantic 10 Title

Second-Seeded Colonials Open Championship on Friday at 1 p.m.

04/09/2013

GW Men's Tennis vs. George Mason

GW vs. George Mason (3.30.2013)

04/06/2013

GW Men's Tennis vs. St. John's - Senior Day

GW vs. St. John's (4.06.2013) photo by Nick Wass

05/07/2012

2012 Men's Tennis Atlantic 10 Championship

2012 Men's Tennis Atlantic 10 Championship

04/08/2012

040812 Mens Tennis

George Washington v Radford


2011-12: Named Atlantic 10 Most Outstanding Performer and Most Outstanding Rookie Performer following his freshman campaign...Became first-ever A-10 men's tennis student-athlete to earn both year-end distinctions...Named to A-10 All-Conference First Team...Recipient of GW's inaugural Male Rookie of the Year Georgey Award...Named A-10 Rookie Performer of the Week on a conference-high four occasions (Jan. 30, Feb. 13, April 2, April 9)...Posted an overall No. 1 singles record of 30-11 and a No. 1 doubles record of 18-8...Owned a 4-1 singles mark against conference opponents...Helped GW to its second straight Atlantic 10 Championship and NCAA Tournament berth...Captured UVa. Fall Classic doubles championship (Oct. 14) with No. 1 partner Ugur Atalay...Entered rookie season ranked No. 954 in the world by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) and the 10th rated newcomer in the nation by the Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA)...Earned a No. 64 ITA ranking on Feb. 16...Helped Colonials upset No. 73 Radford with a three-set No. 1 singles upset over No. 78 Nick Sayer (April 8)...Upset No. 29 Vasko Mladenov of St. John's (Feb. 12).

Personal: Francisco Maria David Paiva Franco Dias...Born May 1, 1992...Son of Maria Correia David Paiva Franco Dias and Miguel Almeida Lopes Franco Dias...Oldest of five children...Has two younger brothers, Goncalo and Jose Maria, and two younger sisters, Margarida and Teresa...Intends to major in business administration.

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