Get to know Jonathan Wentzel, the Blue Water Area Athlete of the Week

After winning a regional championship at No. 1 singles last year, Jonathan Wentzel is off to another strong start for the Sandusky boys tennis team.

The senior was voted Blue Water Area Athlete of the Week on Thursday. He was the medalist in No. 1 singles at the Sandusky Invitational on Aug. 26. He won his matches by scores of 8-1, 9-8 (11-9) and 8-2. Sandusky placed first with 46 points.

The Times Herald recently caught up with Wentzel to learn more about him.

Times Herald: How long have you been playing tennis?

Jonathan Wentzel: I started in ninth grade. But I went to the tennis clinic that the school offered since sixth grade.

TH: What makes you such a talented player?

Wentzel: I'm usually pretty fit. I can run down the court pretty well and get to shots. I've got a pretty good handle on spin. I've had that ever since I started where I can put a lot of spin on the ball.

TH: Who is your favorite athlete and why?

Wentzel: Probably Coco Gauff. She's American, she's a really good tennis player and she's really young, too. Which is cool because she's only a year older than me and she's playing in the finals of grand slams. She keeps her composure really well and is really nice. That's someone that I think everyone can learn from.

TH: What is something you enjoy doing outside of tennis?

Wentzel: Definitely anything to do with music. So singing, dancing and I really like percussion and the saxophone. My main instrument is percussion and I also do saxophone in the school's jazz band.

TH: What goal do you have for the rest of the season?

Wentzel: Our team has a really good shot at doing well at regionals and making it to states. So that would be the second time in a row, which I think would be a huge accomplishment for the program. For me, I can just win as many matches as I can at regionals. It would be nice to make the finals or win. But if I can just do the best I can to help the team get enough points to make states, that would be huge.

Contact Brenden Welper at bwelper@gannett.com. Follow him on Twitter @BrendenWelper.