Furman University

Sophomore Year (2024-25):  Hitchcock was voted to the All-SoCon team for both singles and doubles.  She posted an 18-4 overall singles record and a perfect 7-0 league mark, playing primarily at flight five. Hitchcock came from behind for a 3-6, 6-3, 6-2 singles victory to clinch the match in Furman’s 4-3 win over No. 22 Alabama to open the season.  She went on to record key nonconference wins over Appalachian State and Belmont, and Yale before sweeping the SoCon at flight five.  After winning all three of her matches in the SoCon tournament to help the Paladins to the league title, Hitchcock defeated UCF, 6-4, 6-1, at flight five to open the NCAA Championship.  In doubles, she teamed with Jess Dawson at flight two.  The Paladin duo went 19-4 overall and 6-1 against SoCon foes and achieved a national ranking of 64th midseason.  Hitchcock and Dawson recorded a 6-3 victory against Wake Forest’s Nevena Carton and Kady Tannenbaum, who were ranked 36th nationally at the time of the match, and went on to capture wins against #22 Alabama, #34 Yale, and #47 Charlotte.  The Paladin team went on to defeat ETSU, 7-6(4) in the finals of the SoCon tournament to clinch the doubles point.  Hitchcock was named to the Southern Conference Academic Honor Roll an the SoCon Academic All-Conference Team and was honored as an ITA Scholar-Athlete. 

Freshman Year (2023-24):  Hitchcock was selected to the SoCon All-Freshman team and chosen to the All-SoCon first team for doubles.  She teamed with Ellie Schulson, and the Paladin duo went 5-2 in league play at flight one.  Hitchcock and Schulson put together a six-match winning stream mid-season beginning with a 6-1 victory over Quinnipiac on March 11 and continuing through the March 30 match versus Chattanooga, which Furman won in a tie breaker, 7-6(5). The Paladin top doubles team won, 6-4, over Western Carolina to open the SoCon tournament.  At the Blue Gray tournament, Hitchcock and Schulson played at flight two, where they defeated No. 26 Yale and Tulsa, both 6-1.  In singles, Hitchcock posted a 4-0 record at flight four and was 10-8 at flight five.  She went 6-1 against SoCon foes and put together a seven-match winning streak from March 11 through April 2.  Hitchcock came from behind to defeat Marshall, 3-6, 6-3, 1-0(10-7) and won in straight sets versus Harvard and Liberty.  She defeated Tulsa, 6-1, 6-1, to conclude the Blue Gray Tournament, and beat Samford, 6-4, 6-2, in the SoCon semifinals.  Hitchcock was named to the Southern Conference Academic Honor Roll and was honored as an ITA Scholar-Athlete. 

Prep/Personal:  Hitchcock, a five-star recruit by tennisrecruiting.net, ranked as high as 46th nationally and was the third-ranked player in Ohio.  She was a three-time state champion, having won consecutive singles titles in 2020 and 2021 and a doubles title in 2021 under the direction of her father and coach, John Hitchcock, at Eaton High.  Hitchcock also was a silver ball winner in doubles at nationals as a 14s.  She is majoring in health sciences.