KID’S TENNIS WHEELCHAIR CAMP WAS A GREAT SUCCESS! PARTICIPANTS WERE FROM AROUND THE WORLD. BRAVO USTA FOR ORGANIZING!

Written by: Staff on 17th July 2015

KID'S TENNIS WHEELCHAIR CAMP WAS A GREAT SUCCESS! PARTICIPANTS WERE FROM AROUND THE WORLD. BRAVO USTA FOR ORGANIZING! |

THIRTY-FOUR JUNIOR WHEELCHAIR TENNIS PLAYERS PARTICIPATE

IN 2015 USTA/ITF INTERNATIONAL JUNIOR WHEELCHAIR TENNIS CAMP

Camp Included Players from Eight Different States and Six Different Countries

Thirty-four wheelchair athletes participated in the recent 2015 USTA/ITF International Junior Wheelchair Tennis Camp in Mission Viejo, Calif. The camp took place at Marguerite Tennis Pavilion and was for youth who live with a permanent disabling condition and use a wheelchair when playing sports, including tennis.

This year’s camp included players from eight different states and six different countries (Argentina, Canada, Colombia, Guatemala, Trinidad and Tobago, and the United States). The camp was geared towards fun and camaraderie, while developing tennis skills in these young athletes.

Each day of camp consisted of morning wheelchair tennis clinics and in-depth tennis instruction. Afternoon sessions included additional instruction, as well as an ITF-ranking wheelchair tennis tournament. Campers received world-class instruction from Dan James, the USTA’s National Head Coach and National Manager of Wheelchair Tennis, Jason Harnett, a USTA Wheelchair Tennis Assistant National Head Coach, and other esteemed wheelchair tennis coaches.

Alyssa Montenegro

Andrew Lee

The clinic was sponsored by the USTA, the ITF, the Johan Cruyff Foundation, and the City of Mission Viejo, site of the camp.

U.S. Athletes

Lauren Haneke-Hopps (San Diego) Brianna Pievac (Newport Beach, CA)

Chris Herman (Gulfport, FL) Efrain Preciado (Hemet, CA)

Almaz Holt (Downey, CA) Casey Ratzlaff (Wichita, KS)

Noah Hotchkiss (Durango, CO) Hailey Remigio (Ormond Beach, FL)

Katie Hull (Long Beach, CA) Henry Reyes (Long Beach, CA)

Reo Kobayashi (Los Angeles) Alex Saporito (Prairieville, LA)

Andrew Lee (Carlsbad, CA) Paul Shin (Los Angeles)

Jeffrey Marshall (Boulder, CO) Auburn Smith (Port Orange, FL)

Nathan Melnyk (Centerport, NY) Juan (JJ) Solis (La Mirada, CA)

Alyssa Montenegro (Redlands, CA) Conner Stroud (Rutherfordton, NC)

Genaro Perez (Cerritos, CA) Cole Wooten (Martinez, GA)

International Athletes

Tomas Bourassa (Canada) Santiago Medina (Colombia)

Mitch Brooks (Trinidad and Tobago) Antonella Pralong (Argentina)

Luisa Isabella Castrillon Lesmes (Colombia) Juan Estevan Rincon Valderrama (Colombia)

Juan Sebastian Diaz Gomez (Colombia) Isabel Rubio (Guatemala)

Jose Daniel Giron (Guatemala) Lucas Scarazzini (Argentina)

Piusand Lai (Canada) Carlos Filipe Torres Escarraga (Colombia)

Efrain Preciado

Topics: Itf, junior wheelchair tennis, kids tennis, Sports, Tennis Camp, Usta

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