Added Julian R to those going.

Added Oliver P and Emily S to the list

The conference championship season is upon us.  The only one completed so far is South Western Athletic Conference - one Brit playing

SF

Alabama State bt Prairie View A&M 4-0

1. Takura Mlambo (Alabama State) led Xavier Lawrence (Prairie View) 6-3, 1-5 susp

Dubs

1. Xavier Lawrence / Ulrick Boyogueno (Prairie View) bt Takura Mlambo / Ion Efrim (Alabama State) 6-3

F

Alabama State bt Jackson State 4-0

1. Takura Mlambo (Alabama State) bt Joan Sanson (Jackson State) 6-2, 6-1

Dubs

1. Takura Mlambo / Ion Efrim (Alabama State) bt Ryan Swanier / Fritz Jacobs (Jackson State) 6-2

 

So, Takura and his team book their place in the prestigious NCAA year-end finals.

-- Edited by The Optimist on Tuesday 25th of April 2017 05:46:28 PM

Colleges don't have to give $500 per month to D1 athletes. It's completely down to the individual college and it's called cost of attendance. Some colleges offer it others don't.

Welcome Toprecruit.

We are always pleased to get further information and / or corrections. But where it is not clear what post you are referring to ( say not immediately above ) can you please link to any posts you wish to reference or take issue with. There is a 'Quote' button at the top of any existing posts.

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That post on Holly Hutchinson made me think of checking up on one or two British players that I had become aware of after seeing play. Players who had since went on to US College tennis.  And i found something that made me reassess what it is to venture off to the states in a bid to take advantage of the seemingly golden ticket that is U.S. College tennis.


Here is the bio of a  British player called Ella Monsey who went to California State University, Long Beach. A College that competes in a Division called The Big West. 


http://www.longbeachstate.com/sports/w-tennis/mtt/ella_monsey_945058.html


Her College tennis bio entry said her play was limited during their year long campaign but neglected to account for why. That piqued my curiosity slightly, and i searched her name, expecting to hear that she had gotten injured. Instead, I found this series of posts on the topic by veteran user of a forum dedicated to The Big West sports Division. This poster states in unequivocal terms that the coach of that Long Beach team has a rather callous policy of routinely cutting away the lower order of the roster and that this approach has been a significant contributor to the success and divisional titles the team has previously won. This means casting the student, who has essentially done nothing wrong, off their scholarship and out of the college.


But worse is that she was actually one of 3 British girls who all joined for the 2015-2016 season and apparently they've all been tossed aside by this coach. If you read the thread, it's much more comprehensive and informative regarding the situation than the bits i am restating here.


http://bigwest.yuku.com/topic/19776/the-butcher-cuts-again#.WBuej8kbSUm


It reads like the coach is engaging in very morally dubious behaviour and it makes we wonder how many young British players join a College team with full awareness of the coach's record and reputation in that dept.


I remember Oakland's post on how the opportunity of College tennis scholarships is a happy accident for young tennis players. It always sounded like win-win situation of you were a decentish young player that got offered a tennis scholarship. Perhaps there is widespread awareness of these sorts of ongoings and risks but it certainly has altered my view on the realities of heading abroad on a tennis scholarship.

 

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I can only think it relates to this post?

Just a guess but interesting never the less. Top recruit can confirm or refute if they so wish. I have no idea who send who where 

The comments purely related to a very aggressive policy of ruthlessly cutting of scholars early resulting in success on court primarily because of a much higher turnover of players compared to other mountain west colleges.

A philosophy that is relatively unique most programmes recruit with a view to developing players over 4 years but where no one else does it, rolling the dice more frequently for a winning programme is self perpetuating philosophy in that you will through more 5's and 6's if you chuck out the 1's and 2's and roll again!

It's just not cricket!!

-- Edited by Oakland2002 on Monday 24th of April 2017 10:24:01 AM

In that case I have no idea, not that I do for the most part.