Mary Stoiana and Colton Smith are this year's Hurd Award champions.

Colton Smith and Mary Stoiana Receive 2025 Hurd Awards

The recipients of the 2025 Universal Tennis Foundation Hurd Awards have been announced. Mary Stoiana and Colton Smith are this year's Hurd Award champions, and Amelia Honer and Eliot Spizzirri have been named finalists.

Made possible by Paula Hurd and the Universal Tennis Foundation, the Hurd Awards are $100,000 annual grants that support one young male and female American tennis player transitioning from college to international competition.

Since 2024, the Universal Tennis Foundation has partnered with Gordon Uehling and the Youth Performance Institute (YPI) he created with sports psychologist Dr. Jim Loehr to expand the awards. Thanks to YPI’s generosity, the Hurd Awards also includes $40,000 grants for two finalists (one male and one female). All players are invited to a special YPI summit with Dr. Loehr this summer.

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Past Hurd Award recipients include Ethan Quinn and Fiona Crawley (2024), Peyton Stearns and Andrew Fenty (2023), Danielle Collins and Mackenzie McDonald (2017), Christopher Eubanks and Francesca di Lorenzo (2018), J.C. Aragone and Jamie Loeb (2019), and JJ Wolf and Sophie Whittle (2020).

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Smith (UTR Rating 14.73) has had a breakthrough tournament at the BNP Paribas Open by qualifying and winning his first ATP Masters 1000 match over Flavio Cobolli. The 22-year-old senior at the University of Arizona has skyrocketed up the ATP rankings: Since June, he’s climbed from outside of the Top 1600 to a high of No. 259. He also picked up his first UTR Pro Tennis Tour title in January in Tucson.

Stoiana (UTR 11.52) is a senior at Texas A&M and led the Aggies to the 2024 NCAA Championship team title. The 21-year-old became the first player in program history to be ranked the No. 1 college player. She’s had a taste of pro success already, having won an ITF W75 in October and capturing two titles on the UTR Pro Tennis Tour in 2022.

Spizzirri (14.58) won his first qualifying match at the BNP Paribas Open by defeating Llyod Harris. The 23-year-old graduated from the University of Texas last year after achieving a No. 1 college ranking. Last year, he qualified for the US Open main draw, and he currently boasts an ATP ranking of No. 144.

Honer (11.24) is a senior at the University of California Santa Barbara with a WTA ranking of No. 666. She’s a Top 20 college player leading the Gauchos at the No. 1 spot in both single and doubles. The 22-year-old won her first professional title, an ITF W35, in October.

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