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19-May-2013
National Showcase Tournament Update
As we head into the back half of May, there are a number of upcoming
tournaments in our National Showcase Series - two of which have entries
closing in the next week. If you are looking for an opportunity to compete
outside of your section - which will earn you credit towards a Tennis Recruiting
ranking - consider a National Showcase Tournament.
9-May-2013
Ramp It Up - New Academy Opens in Southern California
The Home Depot Center in Carson, California, site of the USTA Training
Center-West, has a new source of activity this spring with the
opening of the RAMP Tennis Academy.
6-Feb-2013
Teah Flynn Organizes Groundbreaking Tennis Relay
For a 15 year old, Teah Flynn has done more community service than
most adults, logging hundreds of volunteer hours raising funds for
charities, walking dogs owned by disabled people, and producing PSAs.
On February 9, Flynn, a two-star sophomore from Farmington, Arkansas,
will host her most ambitious volunteer project so far - a Tennis Relay
to raise money for genomic cancer research.
About Colette Lewis
Colette Lewis
has covered topflight U.S. and international junior
events as a freelance journalist for the better part of a decade. Her work has
earned her contracts with such organizations as the Tennis Channel,
USTA Florida and the Junior Orange Bowl, as well as
TENNIS,
SMASH,
USTA,
Tennis Championships
and
Racquet Sports Industry
magazines. Lewis is active on
Twitter,
and she writes a weekly column right here at TennisRecruiting.net.
Lewis, based out of Kalamazoo, Michigan, has seen every National
Championship final played there since 1977, and her work on the
tournament's ustaboys.com website led her to establish
ZooTennis,
where she comments on junior and college tennis daily.
