Upcoming Event: Men's Tennis versus Arkansas Futures on September 15, 2025
Men's Tennis
vs Arkansas Futures
University of Oklahoma Athletics
2021-22 Men's Tennis Roster
Hotard, Welsh
Welsh Hotard
- Weight:
- null
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Hometown:
- New Orleans, La.
Bio
Career
Career-High ITA Doubles Ranking: 40 (May 4, 2022)
2022 Academic All-Big 12 First Team
Big 6 Fall Invite Doubles Champion (Alex Martinez)
Wrapped his freshman year at 13-7 overall in singles and 5-10 in doubles … (Spring) 7-3 in dual matches, playing primarily on court six … Grabbed his first career win on Jan. 31, defeating Jose Maria Rastroj of ACU 6-1, 6-2 … Straight sets win over Arizona’s Nick Lageav 6-3, 6-4 as the Sooners upset the No. 15 Wildcats … 3-5 in doubles, partnering with Mark Mandlik, Max Stewart, Jake Van Emburgh and Mason Beiler … (Fall) 6-4 in singles to tie fellow freshman Nathan Han for the team’s most wins … Went 3-0 at the Big 6 Invite to win his flight … 2-5 in fall doubles.
Prior to Oklahoma
Rated as high as No. 8 according to tennisrecruiting.net ... Blue Chip recruit ... Career-high 109 ITF junior ranking ... High UTR of 13.1 ... No. 1 prospect in Louisiana and the No. 2 recruit in the South region ... Brought home the 2019 PanAm ITF Grade 1 title without dropping a set in the tournament ... Won the 2019 ITF Grade 4 singles and doubles titles in Atlanta ... Doubles quarterfinalist at Kalamazoo in 2019.
Career-High ITA Doubles Ranking: 40 (May 4, 2022)
2022 Academic All-Big 12 First Team
Big 6 Fall Invite Doubles Champion (Alex Martinez)
Sophomore (2021-22)
Competed his second season 21-11 overall in singles and 19-22 in doubles … (Spring) Tallied an 8-5 singles record … Earned a ranked win over No. 106 Tadeas Paroulek (Baylor) on Feb. 27, 2022 in 6-3, 7-6 (5) fashion … Notched a 6-4, 3-6, 6-2 win over Natan Rodrigues (Louisville) to put the Sooners in the lead in the first round of the NCAA Championship on May 6, 2022 … Tallied a 13-8 doubles record with Alex Martinez at the No. 1 spot … The pair clinched the doubles point for OU in the first round of the Big 12 Championship, defeating Issac Arevalo and Piotr Pawlak (Texas Tech) 7-6 (4) … (Fall) Recorded a 13-6 singles record and 5-1 doubles record … Named the Big 6 Fall Invite Doubles Champion with Alex Martinez … Went undefeated at the Lakes Invite.
Wrapped his freshman year at 13-7 overall in singles and 5-10 in doubles … (Spring) 7-3 in dual matches, playing primarily on court six … Grabbed his first career win on Jan. 31, defeating Jose Maria Rastroj of ACU 6-1, 6-2 … Straight sets win over Arizona’s Nick Lageav 6-3, 6-4 as the Sooners upset the No. 15 Wildcats … 3-5 in doubles, partnering with Mark Mandlik, Max Stewart, Jake Van Emburgh and Mason Beiler … (Fall) 6-4 in singles to tie fellow freshman Nathan Han for the team’s most wins … Went 3-0 at the Big 6 Invite to win his flight … 2-5 in fall doubles.
Prior to Oklahoma
Rated as high as No. 8 according to tennisrecruiting.net ... Blue Chip recruit ... Career-high 109 ITF junior ranking ... High UTR of 13.1 ... No. 1 prospect in Louisiana and the No. 2 recruit in the South region ... Brought home the 2019 PanAm ITF Grade 1 title without dropping a set in the tournament ... Won the 2019 ITF Grade 4 singles and doubles titles in Atlanta ... Doubles quarterfinalist at Kalamazoo in 2019.
MTEN Highlights: OU 4, UCF 0
Saturday, March 30
MTEN Highlights: OU 4, TCU 3
Thursday, March 28
MTEN Highlights: OU 4, BYU 2
Saturday, March 23
MTEN Highlights: OU 7, Texas Tech 0
Thursday, March 21
