James Trotter

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Career Ohio State Honors

2021-22 (Senior)

Had a record of 21-8 overall in singles, including a combined 6-0 mark at the No. 3 and No. 4 positions in the lineup
Was 17-11 in doubles and spent all season ranked in the top 20, including eight weeks at No. 2
Had a strong fall season, going 14-4 in doubles and reaching the finals of the ITA All-American Championship and the ITA Midwest Regional Championship
Won the ITA Midwest Singles Championship, beating teammate JJ Tracy in the finals
Was ranked all spring in singles, topping out at No. 26 for two weeks
Played in the No. 3-6 spots in the singles lineup and had a 14-4 record in team dual matches
Notched a pair of ranked wins in the spring and finished the year with five total
Competed in the NCAA Doubles Championship with Justin Boulais and won an opening round match over the No. 21 ranked team of Emile Hudd and Shunsuke Mitsui of Tennessee

2020-21 (Junior)

Had a great singles season, going 15-1 at the No. 3 spot
Was also ranked as high as No. 37 in doubles and finished with an 8-4 record
Dropped his singles match vs. Virginia in the ITA Kickoff on Jan. 23, and never lost a match the rest of the season
That run included a stretch of 11 consecutive match victories
Beat No. 97 Taha Baadi of Wake Forest to help lead the Buckeyes to an NCAA Tournament second round victory
Had a big 6-4 win at the No. 1 doubles spot vs. VCU in the NCAA Tournament opening round

2019-20 (Sophomore)

Stepped up his game in his second season, tying for the team lead in singles wins with 19 and was third with 17 doubles victories
Earned the nickname “Big Game James” for his clinching victories over No. 1 Southern Cal and No. 4 Wake Forest
Was ranked No. 40 in the final fall rankings and spent the whole spring ranked
Ascended into the doubles rankings at the start of the March at No. 65 with partner Justin Boulais
Advanced to the final round of qualifying at the season-opening All-American Championship in both singles and doubles
Made a run to the semifinals of the doubles draw at the ITA Midwest Regional with partner Justin Boulais
Was the best player at the Big Ten Singles and Doubles Championship, sweeping the singles and doubles crowns. Won the doubles title with partner Andrew Lutschaunig
Won his first 10 singles decisions in the spring and was 11-3 overall in dual singles matches
Had the match clinching win No. 65 Stefan Dostanic (6-4, 6-7(4), 6-2) in the Buckeyes 4-2 defeat of No. 1 Southern Cal
Followed that by providing the clinching point in the Buckeyes 4-3 win over No. 4 Wake Forest at the ITA Indoor Team National Championships. At 5-5 in the third, he held from 0-30 and then broke for the match-sealing victory

2018-19 (Freshman)

Finished the year with a 10-3 record in both singles and doubles
Mad a run to the semifinals of the singles draw at the Midwest Regional and because of that, finished the fall nationally ranked
Spent five weeks in the singles rankings with a season-high of 103
Won the Big Ten Doubles Championship in the fall with Alex Kobelt
Also joined Kobelt for a win over the No. 46 ranked team of Phillip Henning and Walker Duncan of Georgia in the spring
Spent the final six weeks of the season ranked in the doubles rankings with a high ranking of No. 45
Went 3-1 in Big Ten singles matches

Prior to Ohio State

Qualified for the main draw in both singles and doubles at the 2017 Junior Championships at Wimbledon
Reached the quarterfinals at the 2017 Osaka Mayor’s Cup – World Super Junior Tennis Championships
Won a doubles title at the HCL Asian Junior Tennis Championships in 2017
Was ranked as high as No. 86 in the ITF Junior rankings
Led Sundai Kofu to an Inter-High School championship
Was a semifinalist in the Boys U16 singles championship

Personal

Son of Robert and Yoshiko Trotter
Has a one brother, Sean
Featured on a TV show with world renowned coach Bob Brett which stemmed from participating in the Shuzo • • Challenge with
Japanese tennis star Shuzo Matsuoka