Organized Regional Tennis Competition Now Worldwide Trend; ITA Division III National Award Winners; Division III Earlham Drops Men's and Women's Tennis
As tennis returns throughout the world, competition is following, with non-sanctioned regional circuits spring up everywhere.
The United States has had several exhibitions going for several weeks in Bradenton, Orlando, West Palm Beach, Southern California and Atlanta, with more such events being added, with the Grand Slam Tennis Tour's MatchPlay 120 the most recent addition.
Kamakshi Tandon at Tennis.com has a rundown of the events in Europe, with Novak Djokovic's Adria Tour leading the way, with Thiem, Zverev and Dimitrov among those committed to the two-day events, scheduled for four weekends beginning June 13. Czech men and women are currently playing in other federation events, with others scheduled or underway in Austria, Germany and Croatia.
New Zealand has established a Premier League, which begins June 3, and it will feature former Cal star Ben McLachlan and former TCU All-American Cameron Norrie, both of who do not play under the New Zealand flag, but have roots in the country. (NOTE: Norrie pulled out Thursday and will be participating in the Great Britain competition instead).
Great Britain will have a national competition in July, with the country's top 16 players eligible to compete.
The obvious question now is whether the USTA will organize a similar competition for US players at the National Campus in July, particularly if the US Open is given the go-ahead and they may need ways to distribute some wild cards.
Results from most of the competitions now being played can be found here.
Division III Women:
Arthur Ashe Leadership and Sportsmanship: Ashley Schmitz, Randolph College
ITA Player to Watch: Erika Oku, Kenyon College
ITA Rookie of the Year: Justine Leong, CMS
ITA Most Improved Senior: Ellie Czura Sewanee
ITA Senior Player of the Year: Catherine Allen, CMS
Division III Men:
Arthur Ashe Leadership and Sportsmanship: Alexis Dimanche, Southwestern University
ITA Player to Watch: Moses Hutchinson, University of Mary Washington
ITA Rookie of the Year: James Hopper, Case Western Reserve
ITA Most Improved Senior: Jordan Brewer, Sewanee
ITA Senior Player of the Year: Nikolai Parodi, CMS
That's the good news for Division III tennis; the bad news is that Earlham College in Richmond Indiana is dropping its men's and women's tennis programs.
4 comments:
Earlham men's tennis roster....10 players from outside the US, 2 from the US. Can we stop mourning this stuff? These college coaches have been running a scam on the American taxpayers for decades now.
I don't think that athletic scholarships at Earlham College, a private school, are paid for by American taxpayers.
Clark Coleman, you missed the entire point of all the comments. No one said the taxpayers pay for the scholarships. The American taxpayer pays for the INFRASTRUCTURE that makes college tennis possible. The roads the buses travel on from match to match, the fire departments, the hospitals if players get hurt, the police force, some of the facilities if the college does not have enough courts, and on and on. Why do all these foreign guys come to the US to go to college and play tennis?....because their own countries do not have the system in place to allow for college tennis.
All private colleges, Earlham included, receive taxpayer funding. It can be direct or indirect. All private colleges depend on students to get Federal student loans and Pell grants, subsidized or deferred interest, etc. The colleges raise tuition because the students can pay more with these grants and loans. Forbes did a great article in 2018 titled "There are no true private colleges".
And like others have said, no college can exist without the roads and public utilities and emergency responders and of course the US military to keep the entire country safe. all funded by taxpayers.
No way a US college, even so called private, should have a team of all non US students.
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