Welsh Hotard Season 2024-25

SENIOR SEASON (2023-24)
Earned eight singles wins between courts four, five, and six … built a 17-12 record in doubles bouncing around courts two and three … season high doubles ranking at No. 73 with partner George Stoupe … defeated Luke Casper of Texas A&M and Raul Dobai of Auburn to help lead the Tigers to the 2024 SEC Tournament semifinals … Named SEC Spring Academic Honor Roll.

JUNIOR SEASON (2022-23)
Achieved a singles record of 19-15…Bounced around courts two, three, and four…Went 17-19 in doubles for this season…Named First-Year SEC Academic Honor Roll…Named ITA Scholar Athlete.

SOPHOMORE SEASON (2021-22)
Competed for a 21-11 overall singles record and 19-22 in doubles … Earned a ranked win over No. 106 Tadeas Paroulek (Baylor) on Feb. 27, 2022 in 6-3, 7-6 (5) fashion … He clinched the doubles point for OU in the first round of the Big 12 Championship, defeating Issac Arevalo and Piotr Pawlak (Texas Tech) 7-6 (4).

FRESHMAN SEASON (2020-21)
Wrapped his freshman year at 13-7 overall in singles and 5-10 in doubles … Played mostly on court six … Earned his first career win on Jan. 31, defeating Jose Maria Rastroj of ACU 6-1, 6-2 … Straight sets win over Arizona’s Nick Lageav 6-3, 6-4 as the Sooners upset the No. 15 Wildcats … In fall, 6-4 in singles to tie fellow freshman Nathan Han for the team’s most wins … Went 3-0 at the Big 6 Invite to win his flight.

HIGH SCHOOL
No. 1 men’s tennis prospect in Louisiana … No. 2 recruit in the south region … Ranked No. 109 in the ITF junior rankings … top 5 in the USTA national rankings … Won the ITF Grade 4 singles and couples titles in Atlanta in 2019 … That same year, he was a doubles quarterfinalist at Kalamazoo … . Won the JB1 in Kentucky,

PERSONAL
Born on August 22, 2001 in New Orleans, Louisiana … Son of Charmaine and John Hotard … Two siblings, Hobie and Lizzie … Sister, Lizzie, played tennis at LSU … Majoring in sports administration … Enjoys fishing and watching sports in his free time.