Mia Horvit
- height 5-7
- class Fifth Year
- Hometown Palm City, Fla.
- High school Heritage-Delray
- height 5-7
- class Fifth Year
- Hometown Palm City, Fla.
- High school Heritage-Delray
Mia Horvit Bio
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
- ITA All-America Singles Team — 2017
- ITA All-America Doubles Team — 2019
- Season Ending No. 1-Ranked Doubles Team — 2019
- UTR/ITA National Player of the Week — March 10, 2020
- ITA Scholar-Athlete — 2020
- All-SEC First Team — 2019, 2021
- All-SEC Second Team — 2017, 2018
- All-SEC Freshman Team — 2017
- SEC Player of the Week — Jan. 30, 2019; March 11, 2020
- SEC Academic Honor Roll — 2017, 2019, 2020, 2021
2020-21 (5TH YEAR)
- Graduated in December 2020 with her bachelor’s in broadcast journalism
- Began the spring with a No. 34 ranking in singles and No. 29 in doubles with Megan Davies
- Ranked as high as No. 30 in the nation during the spring for singles and finished at No. 41
- Posted a No. 12 billing in the final doubles rankings with Davies, the duo’s highest of the season
- Qualified for the NCAA Singles and Doubles Championships for the second time in her career, advancing to the round of 32 in singles and falling in the opening round of doubles
- Named to the All-SEC First Team for the second time in her career, making her just the third Gamecock to receive multiple first-team All-SEC nods
- Also became just the third Gamecock to call herself a four-time All-SEC honoree
- Ended her career with 98 singles victories, tied for fifth on the school’s all-time list
- Tallied 178 combined wins in her career, which put her in a tie for fifth in that category as well
- Played exclusively at the No. 1 spot for both singles and doubles the entire spring
- Highest ranked singles win of the spring came against Tatiana Makarova (18) from Texas A&M in the semifinals of the SEC Tournament
- Recorded seven ranked doubles wins playing alongside Davies
- Horvit and Davies had three victories over Florida’s top duo of McCartney Kessler and Marlee Zein who were ranked as high as No. 2 during the spring
- Member of the SEC Academic Honor Roll
2019-20 (SENIOR)
- Saw her senior season cut short due to the COVID-19 pandemic but elected to come back for another year after the NCAA granted another year of eligibility for athletes in spring sports
- Was enjoying an outstanding year moving up to No. 1 singles and No. 1 doubles
- Named UTR/ITA National Player of the Week on March 10, 2020, following the Gamecocks’ wins against Texas A&M and LSU
- Earned SEC Player of the Week on March 11, 2020, after earning the national honor
- Ranked as high as No. 25 in the nation in singles during the spring, a best for her career, and No. 56 in doubles with Megan Davies
- Was ranked No. 39 in singles and No. 77 in doubles in the final rankings the ITA published before the season was canceled
- Began the fall ranked No. 49 and ended it at No. 27 after a 13-7 slate
- Reached the singles quarterfinals of both the ITA Carolina Regional Championships and the ITA Fall National Championships
- Knocked off players ranked Nos. 9, 15 and 29 during her run at the fall nationals
- Led the team in ranked singles victories with 10 and tied with Davies for the most in doubles with three
- Posted an 18-10 record overall for singles and finished 9-9 in doubles
- Named an ITA Scholar-Athlete and a member of the SEC Academic Honor Roll
- Nominated for the ITA Carolina Region Senior Player of the Year award
2018-19 (JUNIOR)
- Compiled a singles mark of 24-5, going 17-3 in duals and 7-1 against SEC opponents
- Totaled an overall singles record of 30-8, including 29-8 with Ingrid Martins, 16-5 in dual matches, and 8-1 in conference play
- Climbed to the No. 1 spot in the ITA doubles poll with Martins three times; twice during the season and ended the year as the top-ranked duo
- With Martins, advanced to the semifinals of the NCAA Doubles Championship as the No. 4 seed in the tournament
- Opened fall play by taking the Flight 1 Doubles title at the Debbie Southern Fall Classic with Martins
- Advanced to the semifinals at the Oracle ITA National Fall Championships
- In fall singles, Horvit claimed Flight 3 Singles at the Debbie Southern Fall Classic after taking down a ranked opponent from conference-rival Vanderbilt
- Clinched both of Carolina’s matches against ITA Kick-off wins against California (Jan. 26; 4-1) and Wake Forest (Jan. 27; 4-0), solidifying a spot for her team at the ITA National Team Indoor Championship
- Nabbed the first SEC Player of the Week honors following ITA Kick-Off Weekend
- Took a three-set victory to clinch No. 15 South Carolina’s win and upset of No. 9-ranked Oklahoma State at the ITA National Team Indoor Championship (Feb. 10)
- Secured a huge first-set comeback win in the final match of the SEC Tournament, 7-6 (3), after being down, 5-1; Her eventual victory put the Gamecocks up, 3-2, paving the way for them to win their first SEC Championship in program history
2017-18 (SOPHOMORE)
- Tallied an overall singles record of 17-9, including 11-5 in dual matches and 7-1 at the No. 3 position
- Went 15-5 in doubles with dual matches accounting for a 14-4 record
- Paired with Ingrid Gamarra Martins, the duo notched a 12-3 record and went 8-2 in SEC play at the No. 2 position, the best of the season
- Began the season as the No. 26-ranked individual in the nation
- Ranked as high as No. 47 in doubles with Gamarra Martins
- With Gamarra Martins, earned two-straight wins over ranked opponents in the NCAA Tournament after downing Virginia’s No. 16 pair of Rosie Johanson and Meghan Kelley, 6-1, on May 12 and No. 26 Mariana Gould and Jokic of Georgia, 6-2, on May 17
- Defeated Madeline Meredith of Auburn, 6-3, 6-2, to clinch the overall match, giving the Gamecocks their first 7-0 start in program history and coach Kevin Epley his 250th win (March 22)
- Invited to compete in the singles main draw at the Riviera/ITA All-American
2016-17 (FRESHMAN)
- Became the second Gamecock and first freshman in program history to earn All-America singles honors
- Earned a spot on the SEC All-Freshman Team and the All-SEC Second Team with her standout season
- Defeated Meible Chi (43) of Duke to advance to the round of 16 in the NCAA Singles Tournament, the first Gamecock to accomplish the feat since 1983
- Tallied a 27-12 overall singles record on the year, one of four Gamecocks to earn over 20 singles wins
- Went 14-10 in dual play, including eight victories over nationally ranked opponents and five from the No. 1 spot
- Posted an 11-1 singles record in the fall
- Captured the singles title at the Jack Kramer Invitational in Los Angeles with a 6-3, 6-1 victory over Terri Fleming of UCLA (Nov. 6)
- Claimed the ITA Carolina Regional consolation singles title with a three-set win over Adriana Reami of NC State (Oct. 23)
- Maintained an Oracle/ITA Ranking for the duration of the spring
- Finished the year with the highest ranking on the team at No. 46
- Went 9-9 on the year in doubles play with four different partners
HIGH SCHOOL
- Ranked as high as No. 11 in the 2016 recruiting class by TennisRecruting.net
- Trained with Centercourt Sports Academy and Junior Tennis Champions Center
- Helped her Heritage-Delray High School team to the 2013 Class1A FHSAA Tennis Championships
- Claimed the 2012 USTA Girls 16 National Clay Court Championship at 14 years old
- Ranked No. 1 in Florida and among the USTA top-10 in every age level
- Claimed as high as No. 73 in ITF Junior world rankings in 2016
- Competed in three of the four junior grand slam events (Australian Open, Wimbledon and US Open)
CAREER SINGLES STATISTICS
| Year | Overall | Tourn. | Dual (SEC) | #1 (SEC) | #2 (SEC) | #3 (SEC) | #4 (SEC) | #5 (SEC) | #6 (SEC) |
| 2016-17 | 27-12 | 13-2 | 14-10 (5-7) | 5-8 (1-5) | 8-2 (4-2) | 1-0 | — | — | — |
| 2017-18 | 17-9 | 6-4 | 11-5 (6-2) | 0-2 | 4-2 (1-1) | 7-1 (5-1) | — | — | — |
| 2018-19 | 24-5 | 7-2 | 17-3 (7-1) | — | 0-1 | 17-2 (7-1) | — | — | — |
| 2019-20 | 18-10 | 13-7 | 5-3 (3-0) | 5-3 (3-0) | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2020-21 | 12-11 | 3-3 | 9-8 (6-3) | 9-8 (6-3) | — | — | — | — | — |
| Total | 98-47 | 42-18 | 56-29 (27-13) | 19-21 (10-8) | 12-5 (5-3) | 25-3 (12-1) | — | — | — |
CAREER DOUBLES STATISTICS
| Year | Overall | Tourn. | Dual (SEC) | #1 (SEC) | #2 (SEC) | #3 (SEC) |
| 2016-17 | 10-9 | 5-2 | 5-7 (0-5) | — | 4-3 (0-2) | 1-4 (0-3) |
| 2017-18 | 15-5 | 1-1 | 14-4 (8-2) | 0-1 | 11-2 (8-2) | 3-1 |
| 2018-19 | 30-8 | 13-3 | 17-5 (8-1) | 16-5 (8-1) | — | 1-0 |
| 2019-20 | 9-9 | 4-4 | 5-5 (2-1) | 5-5 (2-1) | — | — |
| 2020-21 | 16-11 | 4-3 | 12-8 (6-5) | 12-8 (6-5) | — | — |
| Total | 80-42 | 27-13 | 53-29 (24-14) | 33-19 (16-7) | 15-5 (8-4) | 5-5 (0-3) |
