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Giving Just Got Easier with the Amazon Smile Progam
By Karen Ronney It all starts with a smile. Every time you shop at Amazon for all of your needs, you can have an impact and help the Southern California Tennis Association Foundation make tennis an equal opportunity sport. We have partnered with Amazon’s program called AmazonSmile, a community outreach fundraising campaign that donates 0.5%…
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Santa Monica Tennis Collective – NJTL Profile
When thinking about communities around Los Angeles that need greater access to tennis for children, Santa Monica may not be the first city that comes to mind. However, like a lot of cities across Southern California, Santa Monica lacks easy access to public tennis facilities and opportunities. It’s an issue faced by Debbie Mahdessian, who…
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No stranger to the grind, Laguna Niguel’s Maxine Murphy thrives with motivation
The recently completed SoCal Pro Circuit was all about giving local junior, collegiate and transitional pro players opportunities to compete among the world’s top up-and-coming pros. No one better exemplifies an example of a player benefiting from that chance to compete against those players than Laguna Niguel’s Maxine Murphy. Murphy is a 19-year-old Washington State…
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CMS celebrates enduring legacy of Coach Hank Krieger, who passes away at 86 years old
On June 29, former Claremont-Mudd-Scripps Men’s Tennis Coach Hank Krieger passed away at the age of 86. Coach Krieger had been involved with the Claremont Colleges for over 50 years, starting as a mathematics professor at Harvey Mudd in 1968. Coach Krieger’s time at CMS also included a legendary tenure as head coach of the…
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Women Who Ace kicks off Friday in San Diego; Sherri Stephens to be honored
What started out as a conversation on how to get more females into coaching tennis quickly emerged into a day-long celebration of women’s athletics as the Women Who Ace Conference and Achievement Award was announced to take place Friday, August 5th, on the campus of the University of San Diego. A confluence of events took…
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San Marcos’ Minjares defies obstacles to excel in athletics
Ruben Minjares has always been an inspiration to friends and family for his willingness and desire to compete. The 18-year-old Minjares from San Marcos in North San Diego County will do just that on Monday, August 1, when he takes part in the singles competition of the Donate Life Transplant Games taking place for the…
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Registration Still Open for the 11th Annual Tennis Seminar on Sunday, July 31
By Karen Ronney It’s a power packed line up at the 11th Annual Tennis Seminar for professional coaches, assistant coaches and parents on Sunday, July 31, from 8am to 5pm at the Marguerite Tennis Pavilion in the City of Mission Viejo. The fee is $75 including lunch and (1) raffle ticket. The conference is hosted…
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The Fun Keeps Rolling at the 1st Annual Up-Down Wheelchair Fundraiser
By Karen Ronney Landon Sachs found tennis at the perfect time in his life. The senior from JSerra Catholic High School was looking for a new hobby and tennis was the perfect answer. He picked up a racket in January and quickly made the junior varsity team. There was one caveat, however, Landon plays tennis…
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This is… Chula Vista’s Adrien Abarca
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This is… San Diego’s Ivan Thamma
Being a first-generation American, born into a family with no connection to the sport, it seems unlikely that Ivan Thamma would one day be an elite college tennis player. However, Ivan found tennis and has been immersed in the sport since he was five years old. Eventually, Ivan worked his way to a full-ride scholarship…