Sara McClure

2023 ITA National Championship Team Photo

Height:
5-7
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Ridgeland, S.C.
High School:
SC Connections Academy

SENIOR SEASON (2023-24)
Member of the 2024 ACC Championship team • Finished the season with a 1-0 singles record in dual matches and a 1-3 doubles record • Named to the ACC Academic Honor Roll & ITA Scholar-Athlete.

JUNIOR SEASON (2022-23)
Member of the 2023 NCAA National Championship team • Member of the 2023 ITA Indoor Championship Team • Finished the season with a 4-2 singles record in dual matches and a 2-2 doubles record in tournaments.

SOPHOMORE SEASON (2021-22)
• ITA Scholar-Athlete • ACC Academic Honor Roll selection • Member of the 2022 ITA Indoor Championship team • Had a 7-6 overall singles record, including a 3-0 mark in dual matches.

TRUE FRESHMAN SEASON (2020-21)
• ITA Scholar-Athlete • ACC Academic Honor Roll selection • Was 0-1 in singles and 0-1 in doubles • Helped Carolina earn the program’s first No. 1 seed at the NCAA Team Championship and reached the semifinals • Won the ACC Championship for the first time • Won the ITA Team Indoor Championship for the first time.

JUNIOR/PREP
Considered a five-star recruit by tennisrecruiting.net • Ranked as high as No. 42 in the class of 2020 • No. 13 in the Southeast region and No. 3 in the state of South Carolina • Trained at the Smith Stearns Tennis Academy • Placed top six in three G18 singles events since May 2019, the USTA National Level 2: Columbus Day Open, the USTA National Level 3: Stan Smith Junior Championship and the National Level 2 Tournament in Rome, Georgia • Attended The Hotchkiss School in Lakeville, Conn., as a freshman and sophomore • Led Hotchkiss to the New England Championship team title in 2018 • Went undefeated that spring by not surrendering a single set • Twice the recipient of the Hartcorn Award, given annually to the winner of the Hotchkiss Girls Tennis Tournament • Two-time Founders All-League award winner • Attended South Carolina Connections Academy as a junior and senior.

PERSONAL
Birthday is Sept. 15 • Daughter of Bryan and Anne McClure • Father played football for Carolina and Mack Brown in 1992 • Has three sisters • Sister, Charlotte, is committed to play soccer at Virginia beginning in 2021.