2021-22 Men's Tennis Roster
Roster
Blaine Hovenier
- Height:
- 6-4
- Weight:
- null
- Class:
- Redshirt Junior
- Hometown:
- Los Angeles, Calif.
- High School:
- Campbell Hall
UCLA CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
• 3-time ITA Scholar-Athlete (2020-22)
• 2-time Pac-12 Spring Academic Honor Roll member (2021, 2022)
• 10-time Athletic Director’s Honor Roll member (last Spring 2022)
2021-22
1-8 singles record … 1-3 doubles mark … named ITA-Scholar-Athlete … earned spot on Pac-12 Spring Academic Honor Roll ... with partner Karl Lee, defeated Joe Leather/Colter Smith of Cal Poly, 8-2, to reach doubles quarterfinal round at Jack Kramer Invitational (Nov. 5) … beat Kameron DeHart of Chapman, 6-2, 6-0, to reach singles main draw at SoCal Intercollegiate Championships (Oct. 28) … named to Athletic Director’s Honor Roll for Fall 2021, Winter 2022, Spring 2022.
2020-21
Did not see action during tournament or dual-match portions of schedule … team did not compete during fall … named ITA Scholar-Athlete … earned spot on Pac-12 Spring Academic Honor Roll ... named to Athletic Director’s Honor Roll for Fall 2020, Winter 2021, Spring 2021.
2019-20
4-10 singles record in shortened season … 1-3 doubles mark … named ITA Scholar-Athlete ... with partner Connor Hance, topped Christian Lerby/George Stoupe of Arizona State, 8-7, to reach doubles semifinal round at National Collegiate Tennis Classic (Jan. 10) … beat Rafael Gonzalez Almazan of San Diego State, 6-7(5), 7-6(3), 1-0(6), in C Flight singles third-place match at UCSB Classic (Oct. 13) … earned first-career singles victory with 6-2, 6-4 decision over Joshua Williams of UC Santa Barbara to reach C Flight semifinal round at UCSB Classic (Oct. 12) … named to Athletic Director’s Honor Roll for Fall 2019, Winter 2020, Spring 2020.
2018-19
Redshirted … Bruins captured Pac-12 regular-season championship … named to Athletic Director’s Honor Roll for Spring 2019.
PRIOR TO UCLA
Attended Campbell Hall in North Hollywood, Calif. … 3-Star recruit according to TennisRecruiting.net; reached high of No. 230 in 2018 … trains with UCLA tennis alumni Kevin Kim (1997) and Clay Thompson (2011-14) … captained Vikings to undefeated regular season (33-0) in 2018 … 2018 Daily News All-Area First Team pick for singles play … named to Gold Coast League First Team in 2016, 2018 … selected to 2016 Daily News All-Area Second Team for singles play … played primarily on Court 2 as freshman … picked up Boys’ 18 singles title at 2016 Palm Valley New Year Junior Open Championships in Palm Desert, Calif. … claimed doubles title at 2017 ITA Summer Circuit – Cal State Northridge … won multiple USTA Southern California Level 4 junior tournaments.
PERSONAL
Son of Peter and Frances … decided to attend UCLA because it was a perfect fit and he’s always held UCLA in the highest regard as it has “the happiest students, a beautiful campus and prestigious athletics and academics” … describes his greatest athletic thrill to date as clinching Campbell Hall’s final regular-season match to secure team’s spot in CIF-Southern Section Division 2 playoffs as senior … admires Juan Martin del Potro and basketball players Kobe Bryant and Stephen Curry … hobbies and interests include eating good food, being a watch enthusiast, studying the stock market, playing pickup basketball games with friends and rooting for NBA’s Los Angeles Lakers and NFL’s Dallas Cowboys … his name was inspired by city of Blaine, Wash., where his parents first met … aspires to be investment banker or professional tennis player ... political science major.
| CAREER SINGLES RECORD | CAREER DOUBLES RECORD | |||||
| YEAR | DUAL | TOUR | OVERALL | DUAL | TOUR | OVERALL |
| 2018-19 | Redshirted | |||||
| 2019-20 | 0-0 | 4-10 | 4-10 | 0-0 | 1-3 | 1-3 |
| 2020-21 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021-22 | 0-0 | 1-8 | 1-8 | 0-0 | 1-3 | 1-3 |
| TOTALS | 0-0 | 5-18 | 5-18 | 0-0 | 2-6 | 2-6 |
