This is a provisional list of women currently confirmed on Division 1 US college rosters. Think this is pretty complete now. If anyone spots any omissions, post them up and I'll add them in.
Flo Abbott - De Paul FR
Abby Amos - James Madison
Emily Arbuthnott - Stanford FR
Georgie Axon - Auburn FR
Elle Baker - Kennesaw State FR
Anna Battersby - Northern Colorado
Corinne Blythe - North Carolina-Greensboro
Hannah Brett - McNeese State
Madeleine Brooks - Lipscomb FR
Jennifer Brown - Mississippi State
Ellie Burns - South Dakota
Lidia Burrows - Middle State Tennessee FR
Pippa Carr - Texas State SR
Paige Christian - Georgia Southern
Athena Chrysanthou - Southern Illinois
Nicole Clarke - Wisconsin-Milwaukee FR
Beth Coton - Northern Colorado
Lynsey Cover - North Carolina Central SR
Imogen Cowper - Charlotte FR
Eva Dench - Texas State SR
Sophie Dodds - Alabama-Birmingham
Zoe Douglas - Iowa
Laura Eales - Long Beach State SR
Sabrina Federici - Texas Tech
Hannah Ferrett - Furman FR
Brigit Folland - South Carolina SR
Emma Foster - South Dakota State
Elif Gabb - South Dakota State
Hannah Gamage - Lipscomb
Claudette Gilhespie - New Orleans FR
Jennifer Gogova - Long Island FR
Alannah Griffin - Auburn
Laura Hopton - Kennesaw State
Holly Horsfall - Middle State Tennessee FR
Holly Hutchinson - Old Dominion FR
Alexandra Jones - Texas State (transfer from Long Beach State)
Pardis Khianoush - Alabama-Birmingham SR
Jovana Knezevic - Pittsburgh FR
Chloe Lant - Marist
Georgia Lawson - Fresno State FR
Rachel Le Comber - Illinois-Chicago
Joely Lomas - Drake
Christin Louw - North Carolina-Asheville
Nina Luiggi - Bryant
Oana Manole - Illinois-Chicago SR (transfer from West Virginia)
Claudia Marsala - Jacksonville State SR
Hayley Marshall - Wisconsin-Milwaukee SR
Ella Monsey - Georgia Southern (transfer from Long Beach State)
Meghan Montgomerie - Northern Illinois
Ella Mora - Northern Colorado FR
Madeleine Mortimore - Sam Houston State
Serena Nash - Oklahoma FR
Shannon Newnes - Akron SR
Constandena Nicolau - Houston FR
Tanna Nita - Coppin State
Olivia Noble - Fresno State
Lolade Ogungbesan - Pittsburgh SR
Maria Pandya - South Dakota
Gabby Paul - Memphis SR
Victoria Pisani - Arkansas State SR
Elsa Pool - Samford FR
Jemima Potter - Tennessee Martin
Molly Reed - Cal Poly
Abbie-Jade Riley - Northern Illinois FR
Alicia Robinson - Indiana GR (transfer from South Florida but didn't play last year - believe redshirted with injury)
Louise Ronaldson - Colorado (transfer from Mississippi State)
Georgie Sanders - Illinois-Chicago (transfer from Long Beach State)
Natalie Sayer - Radford
Kim Schmider - Indiana SR
Georgina Sellyn - Vanderbilt GR (redshirted a year injured)
Nicole Shaknazarova - Towson
Rebecca Smaller - Duke
Emily Smith - Vanderbilt (transfer from Rice)
Mia Smith - San Diego State FR
Elle Stokes - Louisville
Millie Stretton - Kansas State
Alice Taylor - North Carolina-Greensboro (transfer from Maryland-Baltimore County - pleased to see this as tennis program closed down at Maryland BC)
Beth Taylor - Presbyterian FR
Darinka Tiboldi - Stephen F Austin FR
Sophia Thomas - Arizona
Elise Van Heuvelen - Iowa FR
Kirsty Venter - Boise State
Brodie Walker - Northern Illinois FR
Natalie Wall - Coastal Carolina
Lauren Watson-Steele - North Carolina-Asheville FR
Katty Weymouth - Furman
Zainab Williams - Houston FR
Emma Wilson - Fresno State
Anna Woosley - Massachusetts SR
Faye Worral - Eastern Washington
Cecily Wunscher - William and Mary
Notice there are 3 transfers from Long Beach State, all straight after freshman year. Wonder what was going on there?
Those who completed their 4 years of eligibility last year are
Soumeya Anane - North Carolina-Greensboro
Alicia Barnett - Northwestern
Ffion Davies - South Dakota State
Charlotte Derbyshire - Denver
Emma Devine - Oklahoma
Amy Ellis - North Carolina-Greensboro
Reegan Greenwood - Texas-Rio Grande
Kathryn Hughes - Memphis
Danielle Kinnen - Lipscomb
Chloe Murphy - South Florida
Anna Pea¢ock - Rhode Island
Jennifer Ren - Boston College
Ella Taylor - Louisiana State
Elizabeth Thoms - Texas-Arlington
Anneka Watts - Fresno State
Sophie Watts - Fresno State
Katherine Whiteaway - Penn State
Alice Patch and Bethan Hayward have both transferred to lower division schools
Lana Rush has disappeared from the Florida State roster but I believe is still there, just not playing tennis.
Laurie Clark, Emily Gibbens and Katie Dyson have also disappeared from their college rosters without completing their 4 years.
Following a suggestion further down the thread, here are the players sorted by conference. The 5 Power Conferences are highlighted. These are the top football conferences and have the most money to spend on other sports so are strong in all areas. I've also indicated Strong Conferences but which are not one of the 5 power conferences. All of the autumn and most of the spring is spent playing people not in your own conference so don't read too much into someone being in a relatively weak conference. However, it is true that in general those transitioning to the professionals come from the stronger ones.
American Athletic
Constandena Nicolau, Gabby Paul
Atlantic 10
Anna Woosley
Atlantic Coast (ACC)
Jovana Knezevic, Lolade Ogungbesan, Rebecca Smaller, Elle Stokes
Atlantic Sun
Elle Baker, Madeleine Brooks, Hannah Gamage, Laura Hopton
Big 10
Zoe Douglas, Alicia Robinson, Kim Schmider, Elise Van Heuvelen
Big 12
Sabrina Federici, Serena Nash, Millie Stretton
Big East
Flo Abbot
Big Sky
Anna Battersby, Beth Coton, Rafaella Mora, Faye Worrall
And here's the list of men confirmed on Div 1 college rosters this year. Think this is pretty much complete now. Any omissions I come across I'll add and post to bump up the thread.
Max Andrews - Miami Fl
Max Benaim - North Carolina-Charlotte FR
Max Bargeron - Appalachian State FR
Tommy Bennett - Rice SR
Matt Bennion - South Carolina-Upstate
William Bissett - East Carolina
William Bourne - Fairleigh Dickinson
Angus Bradshaw - Stetson FR
Charles Broom - Dartmouth FR
Jack Burkill - North Carolina-Greesnboro FR
Stefan Burnett - Florida Atlantic SR
Harry Busby - Arizona SR
Samm Butler - Southern Methodist
Julian Cash - Oklahoma State
Donovan Cellupica-Towers - Wright State (transfer from New Mexico State)
Adam Chan - Fairleigh Dickinson
Shamael Chaudhry - Davidson
Ben Clark - Drake
Christopher Clayton - Sacramento State
Tom Colautti - Princeton SR
Edward Colclough - North Carolina-Asheville FR
Paul Cook - Texas A&M Corpus Christi SR
Stefan Cooper - Weber State
Adam Coyne - Alabama State SR
Kieran Cronin - Nicholls State SR
Charlie Croxford - Nevada-Las Vegas
Olly Cull - North Carolina-Asheville
Max Darrington - Marist
Josef Dodridge - Wisconsin
Caleb Dyer - Incarnate Word FR
Julian Farthing - Longwood
Jack Findel-Hawkins - North Florida SR
Tom Fisher - Northern Arizona
Piers Foley - Washington
John Horoz-Garner - Stetson FR
Alex Gasson - Denver SR
Ross Gilbert - Gardner-Webb FR
Vinny Gillespie - Drake
Alistair Gray - Texas Christian FR
Tom Hands - Drake
Youssef Hassan - Fresno State
Jack Haworth - Brown
George Hedley - Louisville
Ricky Hernandez-Tong - New Mexico
Johnny Higham - South Dakota State SR
Tom Hill - Pepperdine SR
John Horoz-Garner - Stetson FR
Giles Hussey - Georgia State
Will Huyton - Louisiana SR
Paul Jubb - South Carolina FR
Christian Kerrigan - Georgia Southern SR
Zak Khan - Belmont
Dominic Lea - North Florida FR
James Ling - East Carolina
Dan Little - Utah
Aswin Lizen - Virginia
Jack MacFarlane - Georgia State
Calum MacGeogh - Drake
Jamie Malik - Rice
Jathan Malik - Michigan SR
Shakheel Manji - Memphis
Ronald Mataba - Alabama State SR
Sebastien Mathieu - Santa Clara
Miles McDowell - Wisconsin-Green Bay
Freddie McGeehan - East Carolina (transfer from Utah)
Euan McIntosh - Fresno State SR
Paul Midgley - Dartmouth
Rob Mitchell - Lipscomb SR
Takura Mlambo - Alabama State
Peter Molloy - Southern Illinois
Ewan Moore - Tulane FR
Michael Morphy - North Carolina-Wilmington FR
Christopher Morrow - Harvard
Jake Munns - Furman
Jac Newis - Indiana-Purdue
Cameron Norrie - Texas Christian
Freddie O'Brien - Eastern Illinois FR
Peter Odegbami - Hampton
Peter O'Donovan - Nevada
Joel Ovenlen-Jones - Florida A&M
Josh Page - San Diego SR
Henry Patten - North Carolina-Asheville
Ryan Peniston - Memphis
Lawrence Perrin - New Mexico FR
Sam Philp - Mercer
Josh Pistorius - Furman
Oliver Plaskett - Arizona SR
Simon Pritchard - Kennesaw State SR
Luke Purser - Youngstown State
Sebastian Rey - Tulane
Chris Reynolds - George Washington
Stefan Rhodes - Furman
Sam Rice - North Carolina-Charlotte
Charlie Ridout - Wisconsin-Green Bay
Lewis Roskilly - Boise State
Alex Roszkowski - St Johns
Alex Sendegeya - Texas Tech
Harvey Shackleton - Boise State FR
Rohan Sikka - Cornell FR
Joseph Smithyman - niagara SR
Matthew Storey - Memphis FR
Ben Stride - Drake
Emerson Styles - South Dakota State
Sam Taylor - Radford SR
Lucas Taylor - Northern Arizona
Luke Thompson - Hampton
Barnaby Thorold - Drake FR
Conor Tordoff - Southern Utah FR
Elliot Ward - South Dakota State
Andrew Watson - Memphis
Ross Watson - Pacific FR
Rohan Wattley - Chicago State
Dominic West - New Mexico FR
Jacob Whalley - Fairleigh Dickinson SR
Ben Wood - Drake
Joe Woolley - Utah
The following players completed their 4 years of eligibility this summer. As with the women this year, one or 2 have already popped up in pro tennis. Of those who finished a year ago, the only names I can recall playing pro tennis are Lloyd Glasspool, Connor Glennon, Farris Gosea, Ravi Patel and Dylan Gee (Dylan did not complete his 4 years at college). Mind you, some pretty good names in there!
Jordan Angus - San Diego
Christopher Cole - Illinois-Chicago
Jonathon Cornish - Virginia
Alex Croker - North Carolina-Asheville
David Fox - Denver
Sid Hazarika - Binghamton
Rowan Isaacs - Wisconsin-Green Bay
Luke Johnson - Clemson
Matthew Kirby - Tulsa
Ben Lott - Drake
Nick Mercer - Morehead State
Toby Mitchell - Boise State
Henry Moore - Samford
Thomas Persico - North Carolina Central
Jonny Rigby - Southern Illinois
Howard Scott - Wisconsin-Green Bay
Jorge Wilton - Kennesaw State
The following players have disappeared from their college rosters without completing their years:
Sam Bird - Troy
Seb Butler - South Florida
Dan Gilbert - Wright State
Thomas Kyle - Southern Illinois
Calum McInlay - Troy
Toby Nicholson - Belmont
It's been suggested further on in the thread that I group players by conference, so that people can see who are in the strong leagues: There are 5 Power Conference which are the leagues with the strongest football teams and thus the most money to invest in other sports. I have also indicated a couple of other conferences that I think are Strong Conferences (personal viewpoint) but which are not officially power conferences. I've included the Ivy League in these because they have strong players high up their order although they maybe lack the depth. However, teams play out of conference at lot in the autumn and early spring so too much shouldn't be read into which conference people are in, although it's true most of the professionals come out of the power conference schools.
American Athletic
William Bissett, Samm Butler, James Ling, Shakeel Manji, Freddie McGeehan, Ewan Moore, Ryan Peniston, Sebastian Rey, Matthew Storey, Andrew Watson
Atlantic 10
Shamael Chaudhry, Chris Reynolds
Atlantic Coast
Max Andrews, George Hedley, Aswin Lizen
Atlantic Sun
Max BennionAngus Bradshaw, Jack Findel-Hawkins, John Horoz-Garner, Dominic Lea, Rob Mitchell, Sam Pritchard
Big 12
Julian Cash, Alistair Gray, Cameron Norrie, Alex Sendegeya
Big East
Tom Lorencin, Alex Roszkowski
Big Sky
Christopher Clayton, Stefan Cooper, Tom Fisher, Lucas Taylor, Conor Tordoff
Big South
Edward Colclough, Olly Cull, Julian Farthing, Ross Gilbert, Henry Patten, Sam Taylor
Big 10
Josef Dodridge, Jathan Malik
Colonial Athletic
Michael Morphy
Conference USA
Max Benaim, Tommy Bennet, Stefan Burnett, Jamie Malik, Sam Rice
Horizon
Donovan Cellupica-Towers, Miles McDowall, Luke Purser, Charlie Ridout
Ivy League
Charles Broom, Tom Colautti, Jack Haworth, Paul Midgley, Christopher Morrow, Rohan Sikka
Metro Atlantic
Max Darrington, Joseph Smithyman
Mid Eastern Athletic
Joel Ovenlen-Jones, Peter Odegbami, Luke Thompson
Missouri Valley
Ben Clark, Vinny Gillespie, Tom Hands, Calum MacGeoch, Peter Molloy, Ben Stride, Barnaby Thorold, Ben Wood
Mountain West
Charlie Croxford, Youssef Hassan, Ricky Hernandez-Tong, Ewan McIntosh, Peter O'Donovan, Lawrence Perrin, Lewis Roskilly, Harvey Shackleton, Dominic West
Northeast
William Bourne, Adam Chan, Jacob Whalley
Ohio Valley
Zak Khan, Freddie O'Brien
PAC 12
Harry Busby, Piers Foley, Dan Little, Oliver Plaskett, Joe Woolley
Southeastern (SEC)
Paul Jubb
Southern
Jack Burkill, Jake Munns, Sam Philp, Josh Pistorius, Stefan Rhodes
Southland
Paul Cook, Kieran Cronin, Caleb Dyer
Southwestern Athletics
Adam Coyne, Ronald Mataba, Takura Mlambo
Summit
Alex Gasson, Johnnhy Higham, Jac Newis, Emerson Styles, Elliot Ward
Sun Belt
Milo Bargeron, Giles Hussey, Will Huyton, Christian Kerrigan, Jack MacFarlane
West Coast
Tom Hill, Sebastian Mathieu, Josh Page, Ross Watson
Western Athletic
Rohan Wattley
-- Edited by The Optimist on Friday 29th of September 2017 02:12:05 PM
The pre-season college rankings are out (decided by committee)
Women
122 - Sabrina Federici - Texas Tech
Dubs
21 - Emily Arbuthnott - Stanford
45 - Zoe Douglas - Iowa
53 - Laura Eales - Long Beach State
58 - Alannah Griffin - Auburn
60 - Sabrina Federici - Texas Tech
Men
2 - Cameron Norrie - Texas Christian
29 - Julian Cash - Oklahoma State
52 - Andrew Watson - Memphis
57 - Ryan Peniston - Memphis
80 - Jack Findel-Hawkins - North Florida
83 - Alex Sendegeya - Texas Tech
84 - Jathan Malik - Michigan
108 - Tommy Bennett - Rice
Dubs
1 - Julian Cash - Oklahoma State
8 - Tommy Bennett - Rice
17 - Jack Findel-Hawkins - North Florida
29 - Alex Sendegeya - Texas Tech
37 - Euan McIntosh - Fresno State
42 - Alex Gasson - Denver
And in the list of the top 10 new recruits in college tennis, Emily Arbuthnott sits at #7 (although she doesn't yet show up on Stanford's current roster!)
-- Edited by The Optimist on Tuesday 20th of September 2016 01:58:04 PM
Have added most of the remaining women to the list of those at college
Faye Worrall, Laura Eales, Jennifer Gogova, Claudia Marsala, Pippa Carr, Eva Dench, Alexandra Jones, Flo Abbott, Ella Mora, Beth Taylor, Laura Hopton and Ella Monsey
Have also listed the women who graduated this summer. A couple of them have already popped up in professional events. Of last year's graduates, only Tiffany William seems to have tried any pro tennis.
Bearing in mind the success that some of the top-ranked university doubles players have later enjoyed on the pro tour (including GB's own Dom Ingot, the Skupskis, etc) that number one ranking for Julian Cash is quite interesting.
Not British tennis I know, but there was some discussion on last year's thread relating to the likelihood of young American star CiCi Bellis actually going to Stanford. She is not. She signed with IMG this week. it seems she has effectively been using one of their staff for four years as an agent anyway 'just unofficially as a friend who could get me wildcards and advice me how to use social media and PR etc'. Talk about keeping your options open....
I see Ci Ci Bellis has opted to play on tour rather than attend college.
I mean the likelihood of her choosing to go to Stanford were always going to be low, right down there with the UK Brexiting and Trump becoming president