Korey Lovett

Class:
Sophomore
Hometown:
Brevard, N.C.
High School:
National HS

2014-15 (Freshman)

NCAA Doubles participant with Becker O'Shaughnessey ... ITA Southern Region Rookie of the Year ... SEC All-Freshman Team member ... ITA Scholar Athlete ... voted as the team's Most Valuable Player ... received the Human Environmental Sciences Council of Presidents Freshman Academic Achievement Award ...ranked as high as No. 26 in the nation in doubles with teammate Becker O'Shaughnessey and as high as No. 88 in singles ... played primarily at No. 1 singles and No. 1 doubles for the Crimson Tide... beat three nationally ranked opponents in singles including then-No. 59 Lukas Ollert of Auburn (6-4, 6-2), No. 60 Nik Scholtz of Ole Miss (6-2, 6-2) and No. 90 Hunter Harrington of Clemson (6-4, 6-1) ... collected 10 singles victories in dual match play after sitting out the entire fall season due to injury ... partnered with Becker O'Shaughnessey, beat four nationally ranked opponents in doubles including then-No. 12 Jakob Sude and Arjun Kadhe of Oklahoma State (7-6(4)), No. 18 Jordan Daigle and Boris Arias of LSU (6-4), No. 24 Marco Nunez and Benjamin Lock of Florida State (6-4) and No. 31 Kyle Koch and Thiago Pinheiro of South Carolina (6-3) ... won 12 total doubles decisions in dual match play ... clinched three doubles points at the top spot and helped Alabama win three others.

Prep Highlights

Five-star recruit according to tennisrecruiting.net ... ranked as the No. 19 player in the nation and No. 2 player in North Carolina ... won the 2014 BB&T Atlanta Open Wild Card Challenge in singles and also earned a wild card into the doubles draw with Becker O'Shaughnessey ... finalist at the USTA Winter Southern Closed Championship and Memphis Southern Closed Championship ... semifinalist at the Bullfrog Southern Designated Championship ... placed third at the Boys 18s Southern Closed Championships in Mobile, Ala.