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There’s No Place Like Home: SoCal’s Taylor Fritz Makes History In The Desert
March 20 is a day Taylor Fritz, the Southern California native, will never forget. “My dad brought me here (to Indian Wells) as a kid,” Fritz said ahead of his appearance in the final of the BNP Paribas Open. “He told me that I was going to win this tournament one day when I was…
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This is… Jessica Widmark
“It’s definitely possible to do both. Don’t let your academic drive limit you from doing anything else.” If you look at Jessica Widmark’s resume, this definitely seems easier said than done. The current UC Irvine PhD candidate has been balancing tennis, and a very diverse academic career since the age of 7. Moving between the…
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With Sectionals Conquered, Pepperdine Club Destined for Tennis On Campus Nationals
Coming into the Tennis on Campus (TOC) Southern California Sectionals in 2022, Pepperdine Club Tennis had not qualified for Nationals in over seven years. The Malibu based school showed up to Barnes Tennis Center in San Diego with only five players, while most other schools had at least double, or even five or six times…
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2022 All-SoCal College Team announced by USTASoCal: Hance, Sah among celebrated scholar-athletes
USTA Southern California has announced its “All-SoCal College Team” for 2022 to celebrate the accomplished collegiate tennis players who’ve emerged from the Section and its array of junior programming. The players were selected based on their competitive success, academic accomplishments, and their reflection of sportsmanship. We congratulate these and all SoCal-based college scholar-athletes for their…
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This is… UCSD’s Sisi Leong
Coming from Macau, Sisi Leong had the whole world in front of her when looking at College, and it was tennis that directed her to Southern California where she thrives on the UCSD club tennis team. Leong has been playing tennis since primary school and recalls crying on the way to her first lesson, not…
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Celebrating Women’s History Month with Billie Jean King
The impact of Billie Jean King’s career and her work to empower women and female athletes is unmeasurable. This year especially holds a significance in the advancement of Women’s sports and so much of what Billie Jean King has worked for, as 2022 will mark 50 years since the enactment of Title IX. But long…
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3 Things To Think About as Your Business Grows
If yours is among the businesses enjoying the same upward trend as others in Mission Viejo, CA, and Orange County in general, expanding your business may now be in your sights. Although that means exciting times are ahead, it also requires you to lay a firm foundation and restructure your business so that it can…
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Garafola’s vision helps develop collegiate wheelchair tennis program at UCLA
Having been involved in the world of adaptive and wheelchair sports at UCLA for a decade, Michael Garafola hopes to drive the UCLA Wheelchair Tennis program forward by treating it not just as a sport, but also as a community and a life improvement tool for disabled athletes at UCLA and in Southern California. “(Wheelchair…
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What Black History Month Means to….Frances Simpson Lang
Frances Simpson-Lang saw an opportunity to grow the game of tennis in her community, but instead of waiting for others to fill the gaps, Frances took the reins and helped guide Mountain View Sports & Racquet Association (MVSRA) to become one of the prolific and diverse destinations for tennis in Southern California. In the past twenty years,…
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Register Now For a Tennis Paradise Experience to Play and Lunch with the Pros and a BNP Paribas Adventure
By Karen Ronney Calling all SCTA Foundation tennis fans to register now for a Tennis Paradise Experience to Play With The Pros and then Watch the Pros at the BNP Paribas on Sunday, March 13, for an incredible tennis adventure. This SCTA Foundation sponsored event will be a once in a lifetime opportunity and proceeds…