Sarah Hamner

AWARDS

• 3x All-SEC First Team – 2022, 2023, 2024
• SEC Freshman of the Year – 2022
• SEC All-Freshman Team – 2022
• 2022 Honda Sport Finalist for Tennis – 2022
• ITA Carolina Region Rookie of the Year – 2022
• ITA Carolina Region Singles Champion – 2023
• ITA All-American Singles Champion– 2021
• ITA All-American in Singles – 2022
• ITA All-American in Doubles – 2023
• 3x SEC Academic Honor Roll – 2022, 2023, 2024
• 3x ITA Scholar-Athlete – 2022, 2023, 2024
• 2x CSC Academic All-District – 2023, 2024
• 2x CSC Academic All-American – 2023 (3^rd team), 2024 (1^st team)
• 3x NCAA Singles Tournament Qualifier – 2022, 2023, 2024
• 2x NCAA Doubles Tournament Qualifier – 2023, 2024

2023-24 (JUNIOR)

• Began the year ranked No. 25 in the ITA singles preseason rankings
• Went 14-6 in tournament play with 11 of her wins against ranked opponents
• Claimed her first singles win of the year in a 6-1, 6-3 domination of then-No. 9 Carol Lee of Georgia Tech
• Made a deep run in the ITA All-American Championships, defeating six opponents to advance to the semifinals. Of her six wins, five of them were over top-100 ranked opponents
• During the dual season, played at the No. 2 spot in the singles lineup where she went 17-1, at one point going on an 11-match winning streak
• Posted the best single-season SEC record in program history, going 10-1 in SEC singles matches
• Was named to the All-SEC First Team for the third consecutive year
• Remained in the top-25 of the ITA singles rankings throughout the season, peaking at No. 4 and finishing the season ranked No. 23
• In doubles, she won 18 matches during the season with 11 of the in dual play
• Claimed six ranked doubles wins during the season with her highest over then-No. 8 Aysegul Mert and Dasha Vidmanova of Georgia alongside Ayana Akli
• Ranked as high as No. 10 in the ITA doubles rankings with Akli and finished the season ranked No. 23
• Qualified for both the NCAA Singles and Doubles Tournaments where she advanced to the Round of 32 in singles and the Round of 16 in doubles

2022-23 (SOPHOMORE)

• Began the year with a preseason singles ranking of No. 2 in the country
• Won her singles flight at the Debbie Southern Furman Fall Classic to start her sophomore campaign
• Earned a spot in the main draw at the ITA All-American Singles Championships where she advanced to the round of 16
• Became the program’s first ITA Carolina Regional Champion since 1988, defeating the reigning regional champion in the title match
• Was invited to the ITA Fall National Championships where she advanced to the consolation round of 16
• Suffered an injury early in the dual season that kept her out of the lineup for much of the non-conference schedule
• Despite battling injury, still managed to post a 19-12 overall singles record with a 7-6 mark in dual play, primarily from the No. 2 spot in the lineup
• Also posted a 22-11 mark in doubles play with a 12-4 record in dual meets and 7-3 record against SEC opponents
• Qualified for the NCAA Singles Tournament for the second consecutive year where she fell in the first round
• Entered the NCAA Doubles Tournament as an alternate with partner Ayana Akli and made a run to the quarterfinals of the event
• Was named an ITA All-American in doubles for advancing to the quarterfinals of the tournament
• Ended the season with a final singles ranking of No. 32 and a doubles ranking of No. 21 with Akli

2021-22 (FRESHMAN)

• First Gamecock since 2009 to have at least 30 wins in a season
• Tied the second-best program record for wins in a season with 35 in singles
• Recorded 22 wins against ranked opponents on the season
• Was named the No. 1 newcomer by the ITA ahead of the 2021-22 season
• First in program history to advance past the quarterfinals and win the ITA All-American National Championship in singles
• Ranked as high as No. 1 in the ITA singles rankings and is the first Gamecock to reach that ranking
• Remained in the top six singles players all season and finished the season ranked No. 4
• Played all dual matches in the No. 1 spot for South Carolina with a 16-5 record
• Went on a 14-match winning streak in the fall into the ITA National Fall Championships
• Took down then-No. 105 Carmen Corley of No. 18 Oklahoma in the first dual match of the season
• Began the SEC season on a five-match winning streak, highlighted by a win over No. 27 Carson Branstine of Texas A&M
• Earned the first singles point in the NCAA Round of 64 match against Iowa State with a win over No. 56 Thasaporn Naklo
• Advanced to the NCAA Singles Championship Round of 32 after a win against No. 76 Shakhnoza Khatamova of UCSB
• Appeared in the ITA Doubles Rankings in two separate pairs with Misa Malkin and Megan Davies
• Ranked as high as 20 with Malkin and as high as 30 with Davies
• Defeated the No. 2 doubles team in the nation with Malkin during the Carolina Kickoff
• Notched six doubles wins in the regular SEC season with Davies including a win over the No. 10 team from Tennessee
• Helped the Gamecocks to the doubles point in the SEC Tournament against Georgia in the quarterfinals with Malkin

HIGH SCHOOL

• Was the No. 8 recruit in the nation according to TennisRecruiting.net at the time of her signing in November 2020
• Rose to the No. 2 recruit the following spring before enrolling at South Carolina
• Also viewed as the No. 2 recruit in the southeast and No. 2 in Florida as well
• A blue-chip recruit according to TennisRecruiting.net
• Won a J4 tournament in Daytona Beach and the doubles title and was a singles finalist at another J4 in Orlando as well right before her signing
• Posted a 62-11 record in singles during 2020
• Closed out the 2020 season winning the Battle of Boca Part IV by Puhan
• Won the 2020 USTA/UTR Reel Tennis Open Circuit 3 by downing four blue-chip recruits en route to the title
• Won the Casely Junior Open Championships in June 2020, the Puhan Fall Classic in September 2020 and was a finalist at an open UTR event in July 2020
• A doubles title at the 2019 Eddie Herr ITF Championships
• Singles finalist at the 2019 USTA Winter Nationals in the 18s
• Won the back draw in the 18s at the 2018 USTA Winter Nationals
• Was the No. 16 junior in the country and the No. 116 junior in the world at the time of her signing
• Had a career-high Junior ITF ranking of No. 113 in April 2021

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