Furman University

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.