Lukas Engelhardt

Lukas Engelhardt, 2020 vs. Jackson State

Class:
Junior
Height:
6-6
Experience:
2L
Hometown:
Augsburg, Germany
High School:
Maria Ward Gymnasium

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS

• H. Boyd McWhorter SEC Male Scholar-Athlete of the Year (2024)
• SEC Men's Tennis Scholar Athlete of the Year (2024)
• Walter Byers Graduate Scholarship Finalist (2024)
• CSC Academic All-American Third Team (2023, 2024)
• CSC Academic All-District Team (2023, 2024)
• ITA Scholar Athlete (2020, 2021, 2023, 2024)
• SEC Spring Academic Honor Roll (2021, 2022, 2023, 2024)
• SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll (2020)
• SEC Community Service Team (2023)

2023-24 (SENIOR): Secured a singles record of 8-17 and a doubles record of 21-14 with Nikola Slavic … Garnered three conference singles victories … Primarily played on court 4 in singles, racking up five wins … Primarily played at the No. 1 doubles position … Secured three nationally ranked victories in doubles … Finished tournament play with a 10-5 doubles record … Ranked No. 8 in the ITA preseason doubles rankings ... Claimed the doubles point in a 4-2 win over No. 19 LSU by taking down the 51st-best doubles team … Took down Memphis’ No. 38 ranked duo of Pablo Alemany and Charlie Barry, 6-3 … Upset the 55th-ranked doubles pair in Tulsa’s Pierce Rollins and Timothy Seger … Named ITA Southern Region Doubles Finalists with Slavic … Attended the ITA National Fall Championships … Finished season ranked No. 54 in doubles … Sits in the top 15 for most doubles victories in Ole Miss program history with 67 ... Named to the SEC Spring Academic Honor Roll … Recognized as an ITA Scholar Athlete … Earned CSC Academic All-America Third-Team Honors … Named H. Boyd McWhorter SEC Male Scholar-Athlete of the Year … Honored as Men’s Tennis SEC Scholar Athlete of the Year … Named a Walter Byers Graduate Scholarship Finalist.

2022-23 (SENIOR*): Finished the season with a 17-19 singles record and a 18-18 doubles record ... Selected as a NCAA Double Championships alternate with teammate Nikola Slavic ... Ended the year ranked No. 46 in the ITA Doubles Ranking, going 15-7 with Slavic ... Primarily competed ate No. 4 singles and No. 1 doubles ... Grabbed two ranked singles victories and four ranked doubles victories ... Started SEC action taking down the 33rd ranked doubles pairing in a 4-3 win over No. 18 Mississippi State (3/4) ... Defeated highest ranked doubles team of his career with a win against No. 18 Axel Nefve and Will Grant ... Rolled past No. 82 Casey Hoole with a 6-4, 6-1 win on court four ... Helped the Rebels advance to the second round of the NCAA Championships by winning the deciding singles match to sweep VCU (5/6) ... Named to the SEC Community Service Team ... Received SEC Spring Academic Honor Roll recognition ... Earned CSC All-District Team honors ... Honored as part of the CSC Academic All-American Third Team ... Recognized as a ITA Scholar-Athlete.

2021-22 (JUNIOR): Earned an overall record of 19-12 in singles and 19-13 in doubles … Went 11-9 in singles dual matches and 12-11 in doubles duals … Earned 3-1 singles record versus ITA ranked opponents, won twice versus ranked opponents in doubles … Competed primarily at No. 4 Singles and No. 1 Doubles … Reached the NCAA Doubles Round of 32 alongside Finn Reynolds … Peaked in ITA Doubles Rankings at No. 2 … Reached prequalifying round of 64 at ITA All-American Championships in singles … Went undefeated, 6-0 (3-0 singles, 3-0 doubles) at GT Invite … Won Red Doubles Draw at Bulldog Invite (Georgia) alongside Cadonau ... Named to SEC Spring Academic Honor Roll.

2020-21 (SOPHOMORE): Competed in 13 singles matches at primarily the No. 6 position ... Played seven doubles matches ... Earned five total victories, four in singles and one in doubles ... Was 2-1 in singles in postseason play ... Won in both singles and doubles in the Rebels' Oxford Regional Final victory versus Tulane (5/9/21) ... Named an ITA Scholar-Athlete.

2019-20 (FRESHMAN): Entered the fall ranked No. 52 in doubles with partner, senior Tim Sandkaulen ... Teamed up with classmate Nikola Slavic to win the doubles title at the CCB Collegiate Invitational in Birmingham during the fall season ... Registered key wins against No. 12 Illinois during the ITA Kickoff and No. 48 Alabama during the championship of the Blue Gray Invitational … Finished with a pair of wins in the shortened SEC season, defeating Arkansas and No. 19 Tennessee ... Finished year 11-9 in singles and 7-3 during the shortened spring due to the COVID-19 pandemic ... Was 8-6 overall in doubles and 2-3 in the spring ... Earned ITA Scholar-Athlete honors.

PRIOR TO OLE MISS: Won U18 Doubles at German National Championships, and finished in the final 16 of the 2018 German Men’s Championships, upsetting four higher-ranked individuals, including one with a Top 50 status … played on the German Junior National Team and carries a national ranking of 107.

PERSONAL: Son of Erich and Romy ... Born on July 4, 2000... majoring in accounting ... strong academic presence, graduating as one of top students at Maria Ward Gymnasium ... avid competitive darts fan... has planned to attend Ole Miss since discovering a suggested video on YouTube from the school over three years ago ... most admired athlete is Phil Taylor (darts).

CAREER STATISTICS
Year	Overall Singles	Dual Singles	Overall Doubles	Dual Doubles
2023-24	8-17	6-12	21-14	11-9
2022-23	17-19	13-11	18-18	11-12
2021-22	19-12	11-9	19-13	12-11
2020-21	4-8	4-8	1-5	1-5
2019-20	11-9	7-3	8-6	2-3
TOTALS	59-65	41-43	67-56	37-40