"It was very special. I mean it's not something I focused on, but once I did it, it was a special moment and something I'm proud of, and I think I've worked hard over the years, and it's been a good accomplishment definitely," says Bourchier.
Penn State head coach Todd Doebler recruited Bourchier and has been with him along his journey in Happy Valley.
"It's really special. He's been a great doubles player since the day he got here, and to have him do that in his senior year was really special, and he's been a really, really solid doubles player throughout like I said, and to finish as a senior playing really good doubles is real special for him," Doebler says.
This Hobart, Australia native's doubles record now stands at 83 heading into the Big Ten Championships starting on Thursday, and Coach Doebler talks about what Bourchier has meant to the program and how it will be hard to replace him.
"When he came in, he really helped us. His freshman year, we won the ECAC Championship for the first time and made the second round of NCAAs in the open format, so that was really special, and on that team that got as high as No. 34 in the country, he was really, really good down the lineup. Then last year, he was All-Big Ten and then this year he's had a solid season playing the one (spot), so he's really done a lot and accomplished a lot in his time here," adds Doebler.
Bourchier comes from a tennis family. His younger sister plays at UNLV, and his 15-year-old brother, Harry, who Bourchier says is probably the best out of all three of them, plays on the tennis circuit back in Australia.
