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The University of Mississippi Athletics
Engelhardt Named H. Boyd McWhorter SEC Male Scholar-Athlete of the Year
4/30/2024 | Men's Tennis, Student-Athlete Development
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Ole Miss men's tennis senior Lukas Engelhardt has been recognized as the 2023-24 SEC H. Boyd McWhorter Male Scholar-Athlete of the Year, Commissioner Greg Sankey announced Tuesday.
This marks only the sixth time in program history that a Rebel has earned this honor and the first time since 2016 when men's golfer Forrest Gamble came away with the recognition. Other past winners include Jeff Noblin (1987, football), Danny Hoskins (1988, football), Rob Robertson (2005, football) and Bram ten Berge (2009, tennis).
Engelhardt was chosen by a committee of Faculty Athletics Representatives from the 14 SEC institutions, and will be honored by the league membership at SEC Spring Meetings in Destin, Fla. while also receiving a $20,000 post-graduate scholarship.
Engelhardt, who just recently was named the 2024 SEC Scholar-Athlete of the Year for men's tennis and the Ole Miss Outstanding MBA Student Award, has cemented himself as an influential figure both on and off the court. Academically, the Augsburg, Germany, native has garnered a 4.0 cumulative GPA across his undergraduate and graduate schooling and plans to graduate later this May with his master's in business administration. Engelhardt was most recently named a finalist for the NCAA Walter Byers Graduate Scholarship, the highest graduate honor the NCAA awards. Engelhardt also was a 2023 winner of the Taylor Medal, which is the highest academic honor conferred by the University of Mississippi and is only awarded to less than one percent of the Ole Miss student body on an annual basis.
Engelhardt has also won the School of Business Outstanding Undergraduate in Management Student Award, the 2023 NCAA Spring Sports Postgraduate Scholarship, the 1A FAR Academic Excellence Award and has been named to both the 2023 CSC Academic All-American Third Team and the CSC Academic All-District Team. In his Ole Miss career, Engelhardt is a three-time SEC Spring Academic Honor Roll member, a three-time ITA Scholar-Athlete, a nine-time Chancellor's Honor Roll selection and he has led the Ole Miss men's tennis team to four straight Chancellor's Cup wins for best team GPA.
Athletically, in doubles this year, Engelhardt boasts a record of 21-14 and has defeated three nationally ranked duos. This season he has ranked as high as No. 8 in the ITA doubles rankings with partner Nikola Slavic. Engelhardt also participated in the ITA National Fall Championships in doubles after being a finalist in the ITA Southern Region Championships. In singles, he has secured eight wins, six being in dual matches. His highest ranking in his career came in 2022 when he was ranked as the second-best doubles pair in the nation. He has helped Ole Miss earn bids to the NCAA Tournament three consecutive years and was a part of the 2021 team who made it to the Sweet Sixteen.
Additionally, he has won the Georgia Tech Invite once in singles and twice in doubles between 2021-22. He also won the 2021 Red Doubles Draw at the Bulldog Invite and the Doubles Title at the 2019 CCB Collegiate Invitational. He has pushed for team success throughout his career as he also helped the Rebels win the 2020 Blue Gray Invitational. In his overall career at Ole Miss, he has won 59 singles matches and 68 doubles matches which ranks in the top 15 for most in program history.
For more information on Ole Miss Men's Tennis, follow the Rebels on Twitter at @OleMissMTennis, on Facebook at OleMissMTennis and on Instagram at OleMissMTennis, follow Coach Hansson on Twitter at @TennisToby.
This marks only the sixth time in program history that a Rebel has earned this honor and the first time since 2016 when men's golfer Forrest Gamble came away with the recognition. Other past winners include Jeff Noblin (1987, football), Danny Hoskins (1988, football), Rob Robertson (2005, football) and Bram ten Berge (2009, tennis).
Engelhardt was chosen by a committee of Faculty Athletics Representatives from the 14 SEC institutions, and will be honored by the league membership at SEC Spring Meetings in Destin, Fla. while also receiving a $20,000 post-graduate scholarship.
Engelhardt, who just recently was named the 2024 SEC Scholar-Athlete of the Year for men's tennis and the Ole Miss Outstanding MBA Student Award, has cemented himself as an influential figure both on and off the court. Academically, the Augsburg, Germany, native has garnered a 4.0 cumulative GPA across his undergraduate and graduate schooling and plans to graduate later this May with his master's in business administration. Engelhardt was most recently named a finalist for the NCAA Walter Byers Graduate Scholarship, the highest graduate honor the NCAA awards. Engelhardt also was a 2023 winner of the Taylor Medal, which is the highest academic honor conferred by the University of Mississippi and is only awarded to less than one percent of the Ole Miss student body on an annual basis.
Engelhardt has also won the School of Business Outstanding Undergraduate in Management Student Award, the 2023 NCAA Spring Sports Postgraduate Scholarship, the 1A FAR Academic Excellence Award and has been named to both the 2023 CSC Academic All-American Third Team and the CSC Academic All-District Team. In his Ole Miss career, Engelhardt is a three-time SEC Spring Academic Honor Roll member, a three-time ITA Scholar-Athlete, a nine-time Chancellor's Honor Roll selection and he has led the Ole Miss men's tennis team to four straight Chancellor's Cup wins for best team GPA.
Athletically, in doubles this year, Engelhardt boasts a record of 21-14 and has defeated three nationally ranked duos. This season he has ranked as high as No. 8 in the ITA doubles rankings with partner Nikola Slavic. Engelhardt also participated in the ITA National Fall Championships in doubles after being a finalist in the ITA Southern Region Championships. In singles, he has secured eight wins, six being in dual matches. His highest ranking in his career came in 2022 when he was ranked as the second-best doubles pair in the nation. He has helped Ole Miss earn bids to the NCAA Tournament three consecutive years and was a part of the 2021 team who made it to the Sweet Sixteen.
Additionally, he has won the Georgia Tech Invite once in singles and twice in doubles between 2021-22. He also won the 2021 Red Doubles Draw at the Bulldog Invite and the Doubles Title at the 2019 CCB Collegiate Invitational. He has pushed for team success throughout his career as he also helped the Rebels win the 2020 Blue Gray Invitational. In his overall career at Ole Miss, he has won 59 singles matches and 68 doubles matches which ranks in the top 15 for most in program history.
For more information on Ole Miss Men's Tennis, follow the Rebels on Twitter at @OleMissMTennis, on Facebook at OleMissMTennis and on Instagram at OleMissMTennis, follow Coach Hansson on Twitter at @TennisToby.
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