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An Inside Look at Tennis On Campus: Western Washington
by Jason Franks, 13 April 2009
Western Washington University, located in Bellingham, Wash., just twenty minutes from the Canadian border, is home to one of the oldest and most talented Tennis On Campus club teams in the nation. The Vikings are the only team to have attended all nine of the USTA National Campus Championship tournaments hosted annually in April around the nation, from San Diego to Austin to Daytona Beach. Every year the Western team collects numerous accolades en route to expanding the size and popularity of club tennis in the Pacific Northwest.
When I first decided on WWU as my university of choice, it was without knowledge that our club team even existed. The University of Washington was too close to home, and private schools with Div III teams were financially out of the question, so I packed my bags and drove north to chill B-ham, as it is locally known.
Upon learning of the club team, I thought that I had found an opportunity to continue my high school playing days with some talented players from around the state. What I received was an opportunity to play highly competitive tennis not only in Washington or the Pacific Northwest - but all over the country. For a much more feasible financial option to playing Division III and higher level tennis, look no further than Tennis On Campus.
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