India Houghton

Career Accolades

  • Pac-12 champion (2023)
  • Three-time Pac-12 Tournament champion (2022-24)
  • Four-time ITA Scholar-Athlete (2021-24)
  • Four-time Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll (2021-24) 

As a Senior (2023-24) • Pac-12 Tournament Champions

  • ITA Scholar-Athlete
  • Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll
  • Went 13-4 overall in singles, including a 7-0 mark in dual matches, primarily at the No. 5 and 6 spots
    • Was 6-2 against Pac-12 opponents
    • Went 1-2 in three-set matches
  • Clinched a team-high six matches as part of those seven dual wins: UC Davis (Jan. 18), UC Santa Barbara (Feb. 24), Arizona (March 9), Utah (March 24), Oregon (April 7) and Washington State (April 12)
  • Won three singles matches at the ITA Northwest Regionals and advanced to the quarterfinals of the blue bracket at the Cal Fall Invite
  • Went 8-3 overall in doubles, going 6-2 in duals
    • Was 0-1 with Angelica Blake at No. 1, but 3-1 at No. 2
    • Won one doubles match at No. 3 with Ana Geller (UC Davis), Chidimma Okpara (UMass) and Valencia Xu (UC Santa Barbara)

As a Junior (2022-23) • Pac-12 Champions • Pac-12 Tournament Champions

  • ITA Scholar-Athlete
  • Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll
  • Battled injury, only competing in the fall and finishing with a 6-2 record in singles play
  • Won two singles matches at the ITA Northwest Regionals and advanced to the championship match of the gold bracket at the Cal Fall Invite

As a Sophomore (2021-22) • Pac-12 Tournament Champions

  • ITA Scholar-Athlete
  • Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll
  • Went 17-9 overall in singles, including a 10-8 mark in dual matches, primarily at the No. 4 spot
    • Was 5-5 against Pac-12 opponents and 0-1 against ranked foes
    • Went 1-2 in three-set matches
  • Boasted a season-high nine-match win streak from fall tournaments to mid-February
  • Clinched two matches for the Cardinal: vs. Oregon (March 4) and at Washington (April 8)
  • Went 6-4 overall in doubles, playing three dual matches at the No. 3 spot
    • Was 1-0 with Niluka Madurawe at No. 3 and 1-1 with Valencia Xu

As a Freshman (2021) 

  • ITA Scholar-Athlete
  • Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll
  • Finished 3-0 overall in singles, with all three wins coming in dual competition at the No. 6 position
  • Clinched two matches
  • 1-0 in three-set matches and 2-0 against Pac-12 opponents
  • Defeated Santa Clara's Lindsey Pesqueira for her first collegiate victory (Feb. 26)
  • Went 2-0 in doubles, playing No. 3 with Ana Geller and Janice Shin

Prior to Stanford 

  • Attended St. Ignatius College Preparatory and Laurel Springs High School
  • Ranked No. 2 nationally in Class of 2020 on tennisrecruiting.net (Aug. 2020)
  • 2020 USTA Scholar-Athlete Award winner
  • Competed in main draw of Junior U.S. Open (wildcard) and Junior Australian Open (advanced through qualifying)
  • Reached career-high No. 73 ITF Junior ranking in Jan. 2020
  • Captured three ITF junior singles titles (2019 Inka Bowl, 2019 Coral Gables, 2018 Davis Trading Indoor Championships in Vancouver) and two ITF doubles crowns (Miami and Vancouver)
  • 2018 Orange Bowl finalist
  • 2018 Easter Bowl finalist
  • As a freshman, led St. Ignatius College Preparatory to WCAL team championship for the first time in school history and was named the WCAL Player of the Year and WCAL singles champion

Personal

  • Full name is India Annette Andrews Houghton
  • Born in San Francisco, Calif.
  • Parents are Andrew and Karina
  • Has a brother, Henry
    • Played sprint football at Cornell
  • Minoring in music

SINGLES

Year 1 2 3 4 5 6 Overall Dual
2021 - - - - - 3-0 3-0 3-0
2021-22 - - - 9-8 1-0 - 17-9 10-8
2022-23 - - - - - - 6-2 0-0
2023-24 - - - - 2-0 5-0 13-4 7-0
TOTALS - - - 9-8 3-0 8-0 39-15 20-8


DOUBLES

Year 1 2 3 Overall Dual
2021 - - 2-0 2-0 2-0
2021-22 - - 2-1 6-4 2-1
2022-23 - - - 4-2 0-0
2023-24 0-1 3-1 3-0 8-3 6-2
TOTALS 0-1 3-1 7-1 20-9 10-3
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2020-21
5-9 / -
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2021-22
5-10 / -
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2022-23
5-10 / -
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2023-24
5-10 / -