Career-High Rankings
Singles: No. 79 (Feb. 5, 2025)
Doubles: No. 52 (Dec. 3, 2024; with Zach Viiala)

2024-25: Redshirt Sophomore

• Big Ten Sportsmanship Award honoree
• Academic All-Big Ten
• ITA Scholar-Athlete
• Finished the season with a 16-12 singles record, including an 8-8 mark in dual play
• Totaled 18 doubles victories, including 10 in dual matches
• Secured the doubles point against No. 6 Ohio State with a 7-6(5) triumph with Mathis Debru on Court 1 against the Buckeyes' Aidan Kim/Will Jansen in the Big Ten Tournament Quarterfinals (April 25)
• Recorded a 6-3 doubles victory with Mathis Debru on Court 1 against Oregon's Lenn Luemkemann/Matthew Burton in the Big Ten Tournament First Round (April 24)
• Clinched Illinois' 6-1 road win at Washington with a 4-6, 6-3, 6-3 decision against Dzianis Zharyn at No. 2 singles (April 20)
• Cruised to a 6-2 doubles triumph with Mathis Debru against Washington's Cesar Bouchelaghem/Dzianis Zharyn at No. 1 doubles (April 20)
• Notched a straight-set win against Oregon's Clement Lemire, 6-3, 7-6(4), at No. 3 singles (April 18)
• Posted a 6-4 victory over USC's Tristan Bradley/Peter Makk at No. 1 doubles (with Kenta Miyoshi) in the Illini's 4-2 win over USC (March 23)
• Teamed up with Kenta Miyoshi for a 6-2 win over UCLA's Alexander Hoogmartens/Giacomo Revelli at No. 1 doubles (March 21)
• Claimed his first Big Ten doubles wins of the season with victories over Purdue and Indiana while playing with Kenta Miyoshi (March 14 and 16)
• Registered a 7-5, 7-6(2) victory against Tomas Zlatohlavek at No. 3 singles in the Illini's 7-0 win over Wisconsin (March 9)
• Secured a dominant 6-0, 6-1 victory against Santiago Serrano of UTRGV at No. 4 singles in the Illini's sweep of the Vaqueros (March 1)
• With Zach Viiala, logged a 6-2 victory over UTRGV's Santiago Serrano / Loic Young Kriegel at No. 1 doubles in the Illini's sweep of the Vaqueros (March 1)
• Recorded a straight-set win over Clemson's Romain Gales at No. 4 singles in the Illini's 4-3 home win over the Tigers (Feb. 15)
• Entered the ITA singles rankings for the first time in his collegiate career, slotting in at No. 79 (Feb. 5)
• Tallied his second ranked singles win in as many days with a 6-2, 6-4 triumph against UNC's No. 68 Anthony Wright at No. 4 singles (Feb. 1)
• Earned his first ranked singles victory of the spring with a 6-2, 6-4 victory over No. 37 Sam Landau of Duke at No. 4 singles (Jan. 31) 
• Posted his first dual singles win of the season with 7-5, 6-3 victory over Auburn's Joey Phillips at No. 4 singles (Jan. 26)
• Helped Illinois win the doubles point against No. 14 Tennessee with a 6-4 win at No. 1 with Zach Viiala against Shunsuke Mitsui/Alex Kotzen (Jan. 25)
• Entered the ITA rankings for the first time, coming in at No. 52 in doubles with Zach Viiala in the end-of-fall rankings (Dec. 3)
• Finished the fall season with an 8-1 singles record and a 7-4 doubles mark
• Went 4-0 in singles play at the Notre Dame Mini Duals, winning all four matches in straight sets (Nov. 1-3)
• With Zach Viiala, advanced to the doubles main draw final at the ITA Midwest Regional (Oct. 14)
• Recorded two ranked doubles wins at the ITA Midwest Regional (Oct. 11-14)
  • Defeated No. 22 Aristotelis Thanos/Ozan Baris (Michigan State), 8-6, in the Round of 16 on Oct. 12
  • Defeated No. 89 Will Cooksey/Patorn Hanchaikul (Michigan), 8-6, in the quarterfinals on Oct. 12

2023-24: Redshirt Freshman

• Academic All-Big Ten
• SAAC representative
• Posted an 18-9 singles record and 6-6 doubles mark during the 2023-24 season
• Amassed a 3-1 singles tally and 2-1 doubles record in Big Ten play in 2024
• Played singles in eight dual matches in the spring, posting a record of 6-2
• Played singles at No. 4, 5, and 6
• Played doubles at No. 3 six times and No. 1 once across seven dual-match doubles appearances
• Competed in doubles with four different partners, mostly with Lucas Horve and Jeremy Zhang
• Clinched three matches during the 2024 spring season, the third most on the team
• Recorded his first-career Big Ten win against Northwestern's Felix Nordby (3-6, 6-2, 6-1) on April 13
• Posted his first Big Ten doubles victory in a 6-1 decision at No. 3 with Lucas Horve on April 13

2022-23: Freshman

• Played in five tournaments in the fall
• Did not play in the spring

Prior to Illinois

• Five-star recruit 
• Ranked No. 1 Illinois recruit by tennisrecruiting.net
• 2021 Mid-South Illinois Male Player of the Year
• 2021 Midwest Summer Closed Semifinalist 
• 2019 IHSA Doubles State Championship
• Helped University High School to IHSA State Championship in 2019
• Went 24-2 in doubles play and 16-5 in singles play
• Won last 12 singles matches in a row
• All-conference
• All-state
• Spent one year at University High School and three years at William and Reed Academy 

Personal

• Born on Oct. 13, 2002
• Parents are Mark and Michelle Bowers 
• Has one sibling, Ashton, who plays for the Texas women's tennis team
• Chose Illinois because “it has always been my dream school, the team and coaches are one big family, and because I know that I will become a better player and person.”