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Barbara Roorda Named 2018 Captain of the Year
USTA Southern California honored some of the section’s best League Captains at a celebratory luncheon on Saturday. In 2018, the section ran its second annual Captain of the Year program – where Area League Coordinators nominated up to four outstanding League Captains for their areas. One captain from each of the 13 areas was selected…
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APPLY NOW for a CTA Community Grant from SCTA
The CTA Partnership Grant is offered each year to all registered CTAs in Southern California. The intention of this funding program is to help CTAs strengthen their organization, and to support them in growing tennis through partnerships and programming. Please note that the sponsoring organization or program must be or become a USTA Organizational member…
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SCTA Announced New CEO, COO in January
In January, former FIFA World Cup and Major League Soccer executive Marla Messing was named Chief Executive Officer of the United States Tennis Association (USTA) Southern California section. “There is an opportunity for tremendous growth within the SCTA and throughout all of our tennis programming,” said Chris Lewis, Chairman of the SCTA Board of Directors.…
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SCTA’s Barbara Estes Concludes More Than 30 Eventful Years
At the 1982 Pacific Southwest Tennis Championships in Los Angeles – won in straight sets by perennial favorite Jimmy Connors – an event volunteer named Barbara Estes graciously offered her time to support the historic event. A recreational player in tennis who went on to take lessons at Van Nuys Sherman Oaks Park, Estes considered…
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SoCal Teams Battle at Tennis On Campus Section Championships
A little rain couldn’t stop UCLA, USC, and UC San Diego from finishing strong at the USTA Tennis On Campus Section Championships in February. They stood out above the rest and earned themselves spots at the TOC National Championships, scheduled for later this year. The USTA Tennis On Campus Section Championships is the…
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UCLA’s Ponder Embracing New Role
As a walk-on and member of the UCLA men’s tennis team last year as a sophomore, Reid Ponder had achieved a lifelong dream of not only playing Division I college tennis, but playing for a perennially nationally ranked powerhouse like the Bruins. When the 21-year-old San Diego native was given the unfortunate news that there…
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USTA Southern California Joins World Class Partners to Launch Landmark Sports and Academic Complex Planned for L.A.
Some of the nation’s leading names in athletics and education are teaming up to be part of the world-class Carol Kimmelman Athletic and Academic Campus – envisioned as one of the largest and most extraordinary community-serving sports and education centers in America. Spearheaded by the Kimmelman Family Foundation, the state-of-the-art Kimmelman Campus is expected to…
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Linda Milan Named Chief Operating Officer of Southern California Tennis Association
Linda Milan has been named Chief Operating Officer of the United States Tennis Association (USTA) Southern California section, the organization announced today. She has also been tapped to run the recently re-invigorated Southern California Tennis Association Foundation. Milan has been with the USTA Southern California section for 14 years and brings a wealth of knowledge…
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San Diego’s Thom All About Making Tennis Fun
Teaching Pro Spotlight: Stephen Thom Longtime San Diego resident and native Stephen Thom is all about making life – and at the same time tennis – fun. In 2013, Thom joined forces with longtime friend Nathan Welden’s Fletcher Hills Tennis team and since then the two have been making tennis fun for hundreds of young…
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SCTA Service Awards recognize beacons of SoCal tennis
The Southern California Tennis Association recently honored its 2018 Service Award recipients with a banquet and ceremony at UCLA’s Los Angeles Tennis Center and Straus Clubhouse. Ranging from adult to junior tennis, and acknowledging the ongoing efforts of coaches and providers throughout Southern California, the awards reflected a truly diverse roster of individuals who collectively…