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2023-24 Men's Tennis Roster

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Hunter Heck

  • Class Senior
  • Height 5-8
  • Hometown New Brighton, Minn.
  • High School Florida Virtual School
  • Twitter HunterHeck9
  • Instagram _hunterheck

Biography

NCAA Badge NCAA Championships Doubles Qualifier
USA Button 2023 All-American
Big Ten Logo white Three-time First Team All-Big Ten (2022, '23, '24)
Graduation Badge University of Illinois Graduate
Singles Doubles
Season Overall Big Ten Overall Big Ten
2020-21

17-6

11-3

7-10

5-5

2021-22

24-9

8-0

15-16

2-5

2022-23 24-14 3-1 24-10 6-1
2023-24 20-13 4-2 27-9 3-3
Total

85-39

26-6

73-45

16-14 

Rankings History

Career-High Singles Ranking: 22 (Feb. 7, 2024) 
Career-High Doubles Ranking: 2 (Feb. 20, 2024; with Karlis Ozolins) 

2023-24: Senior

  • Academic All-Big Ten
  • All-Big Ten First Team
  • Compiled a 20-13 singles record and 27-9 doubles mark during his senior campaign
  • Qualified for both the NCAA Singles and Doubles Tournament
  • Earned All-American status in doubles play
  • Advanced to NCAA Doubles Tournament Second Round with a 6-4, 6-3 win over Notre Dame's Jean-Marc Malkowski / Sebastian Dominko on May 21
  • Mostly played doubles with Karlis Ozolins, earning a 22-6 record
  • Registered a 6-3, 3-6, 6-3 victory over No. 50 Karl Poling in Illinois' 4-3 win over North Carolina on Jan. 27
  • Tallied a 6-4, 7-5 win against Michigan State's No. 34 Ronald Hohmann III on March 30
  • Defeated then-ranked No. 8 Colten Smith of Arizona, 6-2, 7-6 (3), in the No. 1 spot
  • Won the ITA Midwest Doubles Championship with Ozolins
  • Played in eight matches in the fall, earning a 5-3 record
  • Climbed as high as No. 2 in ITA doubles rankings on Feb. 20
  • Finished the season ranked No. 9 in doubles and No. 50 in singles

2022-23: Junior

  • Academic All-Big Ten
  • All-Big Ten First Team
  • Played in three tournaments in the fall
  • Competed in 28 matches in the spring
  • Plays doubles primarily with Karlis Ozolins
  • Reached career-high ITA doubles ranking 23 with Karlis Ozolins after Elite Eight run in the NCAA Doubles Championship
  • Had three top-100 doubles wins with Ozolins
    • No. 16 Tadeas Paroulek/Zsombor Velcz of Baylor 6-3
    • No.26 Sebastian Dominko/Connor Fu of Notre Dame, 4-6, 6-1, 1-0 (8) 
    • No. 42 Edoardo Graziani/Kevin Zhu of Penn, 6-4, 6-2
  • Went 5-3 in the No. 3 singles spot
  • He and Ozolins went 14-4 overall, 8-3 in the No. 1 spot and 4-0 in the No. 2 spot

2021-22: Sophomore

  • Voted unanimous First Team All-Big Ten
  • Undefeated in Big Ten play (8-0) including 5-0 at No.1 singles
  • Two-time Big Ten Athlete of the Week (4/5 and 4/19)
  • Reached career-high ITA singles ranking 65 (4/20)
  • Reached career-high ITA doubles ranking 35 with Lucas Horve (3/9)
  • Had victories over four Top-100 players this season
    • #86 Jake Fearnley (TCU), #61 Hilderbrand (UCF), #66 Andrew Fenty (Michigan), #39 Steven Forman (Northwestern)
  • Upset No.19 Lah/Bass 7-6 (11-9) in match against No.4 Baylor

2020-21: Freshman

  • Battled back to give JJ Tracy his first lost of the season in the Big Ten Championship match
  • Clinched Illinois 4-3 win at Northwestern
  • Went 3-0 at No. 4 Singles
  • Ended the season on a nine-match win streak

High School/Club

  • Blue Chip athlete
  • No. 1 recruit in both Minnesota and the Plains Region according to the Tennis Recruiting Network 
  • Ranked No. 17 nationally, he has posted a 29-19 record, including 6-2 against five-star recruits and 5-1 against four-star prospects
  • Helped lead Mounds View High School to the Minnesota state championship in 2015

Personal

  • Born May 15, 2003
  • Parents are Tim and Marni Heck
  • Pursing his bachelor's in advertising 
  • Chose Illinois because "When I visited I really liked the campus and team. It’s a great school academically and for my tennis game."

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 2020-21Freshman

    5'8"
  • 2021-22Sophomore

    5'8"
  • 2022-23Junior

    5'8"
  • 2023-24Senior

    5'8"