2023-24 Women's Tennis Roster
Anne Marie Hiser
- Height:
- 5-8
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Dallas, Ga.
- High School:
- North Paulding HS
- Prev School:
- North Paulding HS
Bio
Accolades
- 2024 Boyd McWhorter Scholar-Athlete Scholarship Nominee
- 2024 CSC Academic All-District Team
- 2024 Second Team All-SEC
- 2022 USTA Novo Nordisk Donnelly National Scholarship
- 2023 ITA Southern Region Arthur Ashe Jr. Leadership and Sportsmanship Award Winner
- 2021 ITA Southern ITA Regional Doubles Champion
- 2023 CSC Academic All-District Team
- Four-time ITA Scholar-Athlete
- 2021 First-year Academic Honor Roll
2023-24
- Secured 13 singles victories for Alabama, including a pair of wins over ranked opponents
- Served in the lineup at the No. 3 spot and collected a 9-4 record
- Has earned a win in both the No. 4 and No. 5 spot in the lineup
- The senior defeated then-No. 113 Mariya Polishchunk of Texas Tech during the ITA All-American Championships on Oct. 6, 2023
- Downed Clemson's then-No. 123 Cristina Mayorova on Sept. 17, 2023, during the Debbie Southern Furman Fall Classic
- Hiser defeated then-No. 75 Mell Reasco of Georgia in straight-sets (6-1, 6-4) on March 28
- Hiser and doubles partner, Loudmilla Bencheikh, have remained in the ITA Doubles rankings since March of 2023
- The doubles duo earned their highest ranking (7th) on March 19 - marking the first Alabama doubles team to be ranked in the top 10 since 2015
- The two have served at the No. 1 spot in the doubles lineup for the team for all but two matches this season and collected 13 victories overall, including 10 wins during the spring
- In the fall, Hiser and Bencheikh defeated Georgia's No. 1 doubles duo of Aysegul Mert and Dasha Vidamanova, who currently rank No. 9 nationally
- Received Second Team All-SEC honors
2022-23
- ITA Southern Region Arthur Ashe Jr. Leadership and Sportsmanship Award Winner
- Earned the 2022 USTA Novo Nordisk Donnelly National Scholarship, presented by Billie Jean King
- Finished the season ranked 37th nationally in doubles
- Named an alternate for the NCAA Doubles Tournament
- Captured 10 doubles victories during the season
- Assisted in crucial SEC wins with victories in both singles and doubles matches against No. 51 Kentucky, No. 57 Arkansas and No. 58 Ole Miss
- Defeated formidable SEC opponents in doubles alongside partner Loudmilla Bencheikh, including No. 6 Georgia, No. 8 Auburn and No. 37 Vanderbilt
- Finished the season with 11-4 singles record
- Named to the CSC Academic All-District Team
2021-22
- The 2021 ITA Southern Regional Doubles Champion
- Recorded a team-leading 23 doubles wins, which includes an undefeated run at the ITA Southern Regional Doubles Draw
- Member of first doubles pair from UA to qualify for the ITA National Fall Championships since 2016
- Defeated four-seeded opponents in the regional tournament to earn the automatic berth
- Held an ITA doubles ranking for nine straight weeks with her highest ranking coming in at No. 17
- During the dual match season, she recorded 12 wins while playing at the No. 1 doubles spot
- In singles, she holds 18 wins overall, second most on the team, with 15 wins occurring in dual matches
- In addition to the ITA regional and national tournament, finished the fall with a 2-1 singles and doubles record
- Helped Alabama to its first win over a top-10 team since 2015, with a three-set win over then-No.10 Georgia's Anna Hertel at No. 4 singles
2020-21
- Earned a 17-9 overall record and a 4-2 tournament record
- Went 13-7 in singles dual matches this season
- Recorded an 8-2 singles record through the first 10 matches, which included a 5-0 run to open the year
- Won the first five doubles dual matches played with partner Sydney Riley
- Finished with a 17-4 dual record in doubles and a 9-3 conference record
- Had a 13-3 dual record with partner Sydney Riley at Nos. 1 and 2
- Won a pair of matches at the Hail State Classic
- Defeated Elizabeth Stevens at No. 1 singles at the SEC Challenge #1
Prep Highlights
- Five-star recruit and No. 31 prospect according to tennisrecruiting.net
- Four-time Paulding County Player of the Year
- Finished in fourth place in doubles at the 2019 National Hard Court Championships, while also being named the captain of Team Georgia and leading the team to an upset win in the 2019 Southern Cup with a 7-1 record
- Doubles champion and runner-up in singles at the 2019 Oracle/ITA Summer Circuit Tournament hosted by Alabama
- MVP of North Paulding all four years
- Career-best 11.0 UTR rating
Personal Information
- Born Feb. 25, 2002 in Cartersville, Ga.
- Daughter of Roger and Beth Hiser
- Has one brother, Eric
- Majoring in communications
- Also played volleyball at North Paulding
- Was a member of DECA, Student Government and the Student Athlete Leadership Team in high school
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