SEC All-Freshman Team (2025)
NCAA Singles Championship Selection (2024-25, 2025-26)
ITA Southern Regional Singles Co-Champion (2025)
As a Sophomore
Spring 2026: Recorded 31-6 overall singles record, 21-3 dual match record and 8-1 SEC record ... Played primarily at the No. 4 and No. 5 singles positions ... Went 33-7 overall in doubles and 31-4 in dual matches ... Played primarily at the No. 3 doubles position ... Set program record for most combined victories in a season (64) and doubles victories in a season (33) ... Earned three ranked singles victories during the spring including over No. 33 Anastasiia Gureva of Georgia ... Earned singles victories in the Tigers' top 10 wins over No. 9 NC State, No. 4 LSU, No. 6 Texas and No. 2 Texas A&M in the SEC Tournament ... Reached career-high ITA singles ranking of No. 26 on Feb. 19 ... Finished season ranked No. 62 in singles by the ITA
Fall 2025: Earned bid to NCAA Singles Championship by reaching finals of the ITA Southern Regional Championship ... Posted 10-3 singles record and 2-3 doubles record during the fall ... Recorded two ranked singles wins including over No. 28 Jack Loutit of Kentucky ... Earned two ranked singles victories including over No. 36 Ozlem Uslu of Virginia Tech ... Preseason ITA singles ranking of No. 48 and doubles ranking of No. 3 alongside DJ Bennett ... Achieved career-high ITA singles ranking of No. 27 at the end of the fall ... Finished fall ranked No. 59 in doubles with partner DJ Bennett
Prior to Auburn
Transferred after one season at Texas ... Named to SEC All-Freshman team in 2025 ... Earned bid to 2024-25 NCAA Singles Championship by finishing ITA Southern Regional Singles Champinoship as finalist ... Went 18-15 overall in singles in 2024-25 ... Posted 18-13 overall doubles record in 2024-25 ... Regularly played singles positions No. 2 and No. 3 and doubles position No. 1 at Texas ... Ranked as high as the No. 2 recruit in the nation and the top recruit in the state of Georgia by Tennis Recruiting Network for the class of 2024 ... Blue-chip recruit ... Career-high ITF Junior ranking of No. 43 ... Participated in Junior Australian Open in 2023 ... Has four ITF junior singles titles and three doubles titles
Personal
Full name is Ashton Kaye Bowers ... Parents are Mark and Michelle Bowers ... Brother, Tyler, plays collegiate tennis at the University of Illinois ... Hometown is Alpharetta, Georgia ... Was born in Bloomington, Illinois ... graduated from Greater Atlanta Christian School with a 4.0 GPA ... Majoring in Business ... Birthday is September 1
| Bowers' Career Stats | |||||||||||||||
| SINGLES | DOUBLES | ||||||||||||||
| Year | Overall | Dual | SEC | No. 1 | No. 2 | No. 3 | No. 4 | No. 5 | No. 6 | Overall | Dual | SEC | No. 1 | No. 2 | No. 3 |
| 2024-25* | 18-15 | 11-13 | 7-2 | 2-5 | 2-1 | 5-6 | 3-1 | 4-2 | 3-1 | 18-13 | 15-11 | 8-6 | 11-10 | 3-1 | 1-0 |
| 2025-26 | 31-6 | 21-3 | 8-1 | -- | 3-0 | 1-0 | 8-1 | 9-2 | -- | 33-7 | 31-4 | 12-2 | 1-0 | 3-0 | 27-4 |
| Career | 49-21 | 32-16 | 15-3 | 2-5 | 5-1 | 6-6 | 11-2 | 13-4 | 3-1 | 51-18 | 46-15 | 20-8 | 12-10 | 7-1 | 28-4 |
*At Texas