Women's Tennis

ZoeHammond

  • height 5-9
  • class Senior
  • Hometown Edmond, Oklahoma
  • High school University of Missouri HS

Career Accolades:

  • 2025 All-SEC Second Team
  • 2x SEC Scholar-Athlete of the Year (2025 & 2026)
  • Career high singles rank: 35
  • 2025 ITA Ohio Valley Region Most Improved Player
  • 2025 CSC Academic All-America Third Team
  • 2024, 2025, 2026 CSC Academic All-District Team

Senior (2025-26): Went 9-12 (3-10 SEC) in spring singles play… Played 16 singles matches on court one in the spring… Defeated the No. 1 singles player in Carmen Herea of Texas 6-3, 6-3… Went 8-9 in spring doubles, playing with Ellie Myers (5-2), Julia Zhu (2-4), Marina Fuduric (1-2), and Asuncion Jadue (0-1)… In the fall, she went 7-5 in singles an 3-2 in doubles… Season high singles ranking of No. 72… Preseason singles ranking of No. 20… 2026 SEC Scholar-Athlete of the Year… CSC Academic All-District.

Junior (2024-25): Went 8-7 in fall singles play … Qualified for quarterfinals at ITA Regional Championships … 2-3 fall record in doubles with Tess Bucher and Asuncion Jadue… Had a breakout junior year… Boasted a 16-10 singles record in the spring… Played singles on court one from start to finish this season… Defeated the No. 3 (DJ Bennett, Auburn) and No. 5 (Elza Tomase, Tennessee) ranked singles players… Also recorded wins over the No. 21 (Rachel Gailis, Florida), No. 73 (Ashton Bowers, Texas), and No. 103 (Carmen Gall Guevara, Purdue) singles players… Went 9-10 on the year in doubles… Played doubles with Ellie Eades (2-1), Tess Bucher (2-5), Ellie Myers (0-1), and Asuncion Jadue (5-3)… Earned All-SEC Second Team honors… Career high singles ranking of No. 35… ITA Ohio Valley Region Most Improved Player… 2025 SEC Scholar-Athlete of the Year… CSC Academic All-District team member… CSC Academic All-America Third team… Only student-athlete Academic All-American honoree to achieve a 4.0 GPA… Received her BA Degree in Economics in three years.

Sophomore (2023-24): Closed singles play with a 50% win percentage for a record of 15-15 … Saw spring SEC record of 2-7 … Played majority of singles matches on Court 4 before … Saw best lineup placement in the one and two spots … Went 16-15 in doubles (7-7 SEC) … Saw most success with partner Ellie Eades posting a 6-5 record … Named CSC Academic All-District.

Freshman (2022-23): Posted freshman season record of 14-18 with 6-7 in spring SEC play … Played majority of matches in the five spot … Saw a doubles record of 14-14 (5-7 SEC) … Began fall 0-1 with partner Makayla Mills and 1-2 with Lizzy Stevens … Saw 0-4 record with Lidia Gonzalez … Most doubles success with partner Ellie Eades going 13-7.

Other: Daughter of Tonya & Clayton Hammond… Received her BA in Economics in three years… Currently in graduate school… Went to the University of Missouri HS… Dream NIL deal is with BHG (specifically Drake’s in Lexington)… Plans to play professional tennis & attend law school after graduation.

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