Women's Summer Collegiate Team Announced; Damico Receives Wimbledon Juniors Singles Wild Card
Although I published the men's Summer Collegiate team members' names a couple of days ago, I hadn't seen any reference to the women's team. Casey Angle of the ITA passed along the release today, and I'll just quote from it for the women's team.
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The women's team members are:
Megan Falcon, LSU (Soph., Alameda, Calif.)
Natalie Frazier, Georgia (Sr., Riverdale, Ga.)
Theresa Logar, Stanford (Sr., Rochester Hills, Mich.)
Jenna Long, North Carolina (Sr., Fremont, Calif.)
Kristi Miller, Georgia Tech (Jr., Marysville, Mich.)
Lindsey Nelson, Southern California (Jr., Villa Park, Calif.)
Virginia women's assistant coach Troy Porco will be coaching the women's team.
The USTA Summer Collegiate Team is an elite training program for the top American collegiate tennis players that began in 1996 and is funded by the USTA. It is designed to provide players with valuable exposure to the USTA Pro Circuit in a team-oriented environment during the summer months. This year's team will be playing in USTA Pro Circuit events primarily during the month of July.
Past players named to the USTA Summer Collegiate Team include current American professionals: James Blake, Bob and Mike Bryan, Jill Craybas, Amer Delic, Justin Gimelstob, Paul Goldstein, Laura Granville, Lilia Osterloh, Bobby Reynolds and Mike Russell.
More on this year's team members:
- Megan Falcon, LSU: She finished No. 2 in the final Fila national singles rankings and was named ITA National Player to Watch. The SEC Player of the Year had a 28-match win streak this season and advanced to the NCAA singles semifinals.
- Natalie Frazier, Georgia: Finished at No. 5 in the final Fila singles rankings and helped lead Georgia to the NCAA quarterfinals. Frazier collected 34 singles victories this season and was a finalist for the ITA National Senior Player of the Year.
- Theresa Logar, Stanford: Logar was a member of three NCAA championship teams for the Cardinal during her career and finished this season at No. 8 in the final rankings and reached the round of 16 at the NCAA singles tournament.
- Jenna Long, North Carolina: The ITA National Senior Player of the Year, Long captured the NCAA doubles crown (with Sara Anundsen) in May. She finished at No. 9 and 2 in the Fila singles and doubles rankings,respectively.
- Kristi Miller, Georgia Tech: Miller led Georgia Tech to its first NCAA team championship last month. A three-time ITA All-American, she finished at No. 7 in singles this season and reached the quarterfinals at the ITA National Indoor Championships last fall.
- Lindsey Nelson, Southern California: Nelson, the Pac-10 Player of the Year, reached the NCAA singles final for the second straight season. She has earned ITA All-American honors each of the last three seasons.
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Today I received an email from Claire Wood, the referee at the Wimbledon Junior Championships in a response to my request for the date of the junior wild card announcement. She said she anticipated that main draw wild cards will be announced Friday; the qualifying wild cards will be named at the close of sign-in on Wednesday the 27th. She further added that Kellen Damico has been awarded a main draw singles wild card.
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