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Honors
• 2026 SEC All-Freshman Team
• SEC Freshman of the Week (04.14.26)
Rankings
• Highest Singles Ranking: No. 70 (11.25.25)
• Highest Doubles Ranking: No. 11 w/ Nathan Cox (04.14.26)
Career Records (through 2025-26 season)
Singles: 10-13
Doubles: 14-11
Total: 24-24
As a Freshman (2025-26)
• 10-13 overall singles record
• 14-11 doubles record primarily paired with Nathan Cox
• 2026 SEC All-Freshman Team
• Alongside Cox, reached as high as No. 11 in the ITA national doubles rankings (04.14)
• Reached No. 70 in the ITA national singles rankings (03.17)
• Generated five ranked doubles wins with Cox, four coming in SEC play
• Captured a ranked victory over Notre Dame's No. 69 ranked Perry Gregg, 2-6, 6-3, 6-3, in the opening round of the NCAA Tournament (05.01)
• Clinched Vanderbilt's first victory over Tennessee since 2018 with 2-6, 6-2, 6-4 takedown of the Vols' No. 58 Alejandro Moreno (04.23)
• SEC Freshman of the Week (04.14)
Summer 2025
• Finished with 11-8 record on ITF circuit
• Reached No. 829 in ITF world rankings
• M25 Louisville singles champion (07.20)
The Hoyoung File
• Highest-ranked recruit in program history
• No. 10 in the ITF junior world rankings
• 13.30 UTR
• Competed at all four grand slams
• Captured multiple titles in 2024: singles and doubles at the J300 Wanju, singles at J500 Osaka and J300 Porto Alegre, and doubles at J300 Beijing, J300 Charleroi-Marcinelle, J300 Porto Alegre and J300 Asuncion
• Earned a singles and doubles title at the J300 ITF Hana Securities Wanju International Junior Tennis Championship
• Back-to-back singles champion in the Korean National Junior Tennis Championships in 2023
Why Vanderbilt? “I chose Vanderbilt because it is one of the few places where I do not have to choose between elite academics and high-level tennis. Vanderbilt challenges me in the classroom while also surrounding me with teammates and coaches who push me every day on the court.”