US College Signings and General College Chat 2020/21

Elegant Point · Satellite level

US College Signings and General College Chat 2020/21

Elegant Point · Satellite level

I have been watching some of the Brit Tour and UK Pro series matches - interesting to see so many of our college or former college players in the tournaments. If I have time, I will make a table of their results.

A study of the UK, USA and German tennis systems from 2004 ( might be a little dated) but provides some interesting comparisons between player development in the three countries. Attributes our lack of tennis success to many factors including class system, lack of indoor courts, poor weather and fewest competitions for players.

The study highlights the positive effect of US university tennis scholarships, standard of play and competitive opportunity; which many of our talented players have/are benefiting from. Currently there just aren't the same opportunities at British Uni's. IMO the LTA needs to come up with some decent strategies for player development here in the UK, which should include University scholarships etc!

2018 top 10 Brits in college: blog.universaltennis.com/2018/05/03/the-top-10-british-players-in-college/

Study of UK, USA and German tennis systems: www.heron-tennis.co.uk/ace-academy/coaching-tips/explaining-the-lack-of-international-success-in-british-tennis

Elegant Point · Satellite level

Tennpar wrote:
The American Embassy has now cancelled visa appointments for many of the UK potential freshman who were hoping to head stateside in August (which was also of course still dependent on numerous other C19 related issues including the infection rate, flights, opening of unis etc).

It's official, the US has opened for UK students who are at uni there smile . Not seen anything about visa appointments though.....

https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/News/visas-news/national-interest-exceptions-from-certain-travelers-from-the-schengen-area-uk-and-ireland.html

Elegant Point · Satellite level

Interesting article from playthelet on a new athletics model for colleges that don't have waterfalls in their locker rooms

'Glimmers of Hope for College Tennis' by Jeffrey Menaker

playthelet.wordpress.com

Direct link to the article doesn't work, but it's currently the first one that comes up on the link above

cya · Intermediate Club Player

The Optimist wrote:
Have added these names, plus a couple of extras, to the list on Page 1

Holly Staff has signed to Vanderbilt

The Optimist · ATP qualifying

cya wrote:
The Optimist wrote:
Have added these names, plus a couple of extras, to the list on Page 1
Holly Staff has signed to Vanderbilt

Added Holly and a bunch of other recruits

Elegant Point · Satellite level

Very interesting to see a number of our former/current/recently graduated college players in the all Brit tennis competitions. I have tabulated a few of the recent matches. Apologies if I have missed anyone, not intentional; I struggled to find links to the results for the UK Pro series and IMO the new format LTA tournament software's not great either cry . Actually found the UTR website to be the most user friendly hmm

UK Pro Series/Return to Elite competition

Alistair Gray (TCU g) v Billy Harris 6-2, 6-3

Alistair Gray (TCU g) v Billy Harris 2-6, 3-6

Alistair Gray (TCU g) v Lloyd Glasspool (Uni Texas g) 6-3, 6-3

Alistair Gray (TCU g) v Liam Broady 7-5, 6-4

Alistair Gray (TCU g) v Aidan McHugh 6-3, 6-7 (7)

Alistair Gray (TCU g) v Henry Patten (UNC Asheville g) 6-3, 6-2

Alistair Gray (TCU g) v Ryan Peniston (U Memphis g) 6-4, 6-2

Alistair Gray (TCU g) v Charlie Broom (Dartmouth g) 6-4, 6-3

Alistair Gray(TCU g) v Paul Jubb (U Sth Carolina g) 5-7, 2-6

Barnaby Smith (U Texas A&M) v David Fox 6-4, 6-7, 1-0 (10)

Barnaby Smith (U Texas A&M) v Sean Hodgkin 6-4, 6-4

Cameron Norrie (TCU g) v Paul Jubb (U Sth Carolina g) 6-1, 6-3

Cameron Norrie (TCU g) v Paul Jubb (U Sth Carolina g) 6-0, 6-2

Cameron Norrie (TCU g) v Mason Recci 6-4, 6-2

Cameron Norrie (TCU g) v Aidan McHugh 6-2, 6-4

Cameron Norrie (TCU g) v Ben Jones (Bath) 6-1, 6-0

Cameron Norrie (TCU g) v Ryan Peniston 3-6, 6-1, 1-0 (10)

Charlie Broom (Dartmouth g) v Dan Little (Utah g) 6- , 6-3

Charlie Broom (Dartmouth g) v Ryan Peniston (U Memphis g) 3-6, 7-6, 0-1

Charlie Broom (Dartmouth g) v Anton Matusevich 6-2, 6-7, 0-1

Charlie Broom (Dartmouth g) v Josh Paris 6-2, 6-3

Charlie Broom (Dartmouth g) v Max Basing 5-7, 7-5, 1-0 (11)

Charlie Broom (Dartmouth g) v Lloyd Glasspool (Uni Texas g) 4-6, 6-7

Henry Patten (UNC Asheville g) v Jake Hersey 6-1, 6-4

Henry Patten (UNC Asheville g) v Aidan McHugh 7-5, 7-5

Paul Jubb (U Sth Carolina g) v Alastair Gray (TCU g) 7-5, 6-2

Paul Jubb (U Sth Carolina g) v Ryan Peniston (U Memphis g) 6-2, 6-7, 1-0 (10)

Ryan Peniston(U Memphis g) v Liam Broady 6,4, 1-6, 0-1 (10)

Ryan Peniston(U Memphis g) v Liam Broady 6-1, 0-6, 0-1 (10)

Ryan Peniston (U Memphis g) v Aidan McHugh 6-3, 6-4

Ryan Peniston (U Memphis g) v Henry Patten (UNC Asheville g) 6-3, 6-3

David Fox (Denver)

Luke Johnson (Clemson)

g = graduated

Dartmouth = Ivy, TCU =Big 12, UNC Ashville = Big South ,Texas A& M =SEC, U Memphis = American Ath, Sth Carolina = SEC, Utah = Pac12 Uni Texas = Big 12 Denver = Summit, Clemson = Atlantic Coast

-- Edited by Elegant Point on Saturday 25th of July 2020 08:50:33 AM

-- Edited by Elegant Point on Friday 31st of July 2020 10:53:41 AM

Tennpar · Strong Club Player

On the womens side over the last few weeks there have been US college graduates playing alongside the remainers: Alicia Barnett (Northwestern), and Emma Wilson and Abigail Amos (Arizona), with some pretty competitive matches.

Emily Arbuthnott (Stanford) has put on a good show for the college seniors and Nell Miller is due to start her senior year at Texas Tech.

Those that have been in the US for a partial freshman year are Vic Allen, Sasha Hill and Erin Richardson.

Players that have been playing recently and are looking to become freshman (and American Visa appointments are happening again now) include Esther Adeshina, Rhona Cook, Indianna Spink, Amelia Rajecki and Holly Staff.

Apologies, if I've missed anyone out..

Elegant Point · Satellite level

The US rules on International students seem to change with the wind

Even if they manage to obtain a visa, new International stude whose courses are 100% online are barred from entering the US for Fall term......but DW I am sure it will only take a few days for the law to be challenged by Harvard or another college totally online with a large intake of Internationals

https://www.axios.com/ice-bars-international-students-universities-coronavirus-7eabf01f-3e8f-44ff-8540-061288acc9b8.html

tramlines · Junior player

Elegant Point wrote:
Very interesting to see a number of our former/current/recently graduated college players in the all Brit tennis competitions. I have tabulated a few of the recent matches. Apologies if I have missed anyone, not intentional; I struggled to find links to the results for the UK Pro series and IMO the new format LTA tournament software's not great either . Actually found the UTR website to be the most user friendly
UK Pro Series/Return to Elite competition
Alistair Gray (TCU g) v Billy Harris 6-2, 6-3
Alistair Gray (TCU g) v Billy Harris 2-6, 3-6
Alistair Gray (TCU g) v Lloyd Glasspool (Uni Texas g) 6-3, 6-3
Alistair Gray (TCU g) v Liam Broady 7-5, 6-4
Alistair Gray (TCU g) v Aidan McHugh 6-3, 6-7 (7)
Alistair Gray (TCU g) v Henry Patten (UNC Asheville g) 6-3, 6-2
Alistair Gray (TCU g) v Ryan Peniston (U Memphis g) 6-4, 6-2
Alistair Gray (TCU g) v Charlie Broom (Dartmouth g) 6-4, 6-3
Alistair Gray(TCU g) v Paul Jubb (U Sth Carolina g) 5-7, 2-6
Barnaby Smith (U Texas A&M) v David Fox 6-4, 6-7, 1-0 (10)
Barnaby Smith (U Texas A&M) v Sean Hodgkin 6-4, 6-4
Cameron Norrie (TCU g) v Paul Jubb (U Sth Carolina g) 6-1, 6-3
Cameron Norrie (TCU g) v Paul Jubb (U Sth Carolina g) 6-0, 6-2
Cameron Norrie (TCU g) v Mason Recci 6-4, 6-2
Cameron Norrie (TCU g) v Aidan McHugh 6-2, 6-4
Cameron Norrie (TCU g) v Ben Jones (Bath) 6-1, 6-0
Cameron Norrie (TCU g) v Ryan Peniston 3-6, 6-1, 1-0 (10)
Charlie Broom (Dartmouth g) v Dan Little (Utah g) 6- , 6-3
Charlie Broom (Dartmouth g) v Ryan Peniston (U Memphis g) 3-6, 7-6, 0-1
Charlie Broom (Dartmouth g) v Anton Matusevich 6-2, 6-7, 0-1
Charlie Broom (Dartmouth g) v Josh Paris 6-2, 6-3
Charlie Broom (Dartmouth g) v Max Basing 5-7, 7-5, 1-0 (11)
Charlie Broom (Dartmouth g) v Lloyd Glasspool (Uni Texas g) 4-6, 6-7
Henry Patten (UNC Asheville g) v Jake Hersey 6-1, 6-4
Henry Patten (UNC Asheville g) v Aidan McHugh 7-5, 7-5
Paul Jubb (U Sth Carolina g) v Alastair Gray (TCU g) 7-5, 6-2
Paul Jubb (U Sth Carolina g) v Ryan Peniston (U Memphis g) 6-2, 6-7, 1-0 (10)
Ryan Peniston(U Memphis g) v Liam Broady 6,4, 1-6, 0-1 (10)
Ryan Peniston(U Memphis g) v Liam Broady 6-1, 0-6, 0-1 (10)
Ryan Peniston (U Memphis g) v Aidan McHugh 6-3, 6-4
Ryan Peniston (U Memphis g) v Henry Patten (UNC Asheville g) 6-3, 6-3
g = graduated
Dartmouth = Ivy, TCU =Big 12, UNC Ashville = Big South ,Texas A& M =SEC, U Memphis = American Ath, Sth Carolina = SEC, Utah = Pac12 Uni Texas = Big 12

-- Edited by Elegant Point on Saturday 25th of July 2020 08:50:33 AM

You can add David Fox (Denver ) and Luke Johnson (Clemson ) to.your list

Elegant Point · Satellite level

Thanks Tramlines, have added them on to the bottom of the list.

Joe Salisbury (Memphis g) and Ryan Peniston (Memphis g ) both playing in the Battle of the Brits - Ryan had a fantastic match against Kyle Edmund yesterday only losing in 6-10 the third set tie break.

Also Lloyd Glasspool (Texas g)! Alastair Gray and Cam Norrie (TCU) . Cam and Ryan currently havin a great match 1-1 and Ryan 3-1 up in the tiebreaker

-- Edited by Elegant Point on Friday 31st of July 2020 01:59:15 PM

Elegant Point · Satellite level

Tennpar wrote

Tricky one. Kid keen and college happy to facilitate return of students in August but flights likely an issue - indirect is an option.

Watching brief on the US C-19 at the moment with no imminent decision making likely.

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Thank you for reply TP. Heard many are returning to the US, some stayed out there and a few will be staying here, mostly because their team mates are also internationals and are not returning for Fall Semester - so they would not have any one to practice with.

Because the government have decided to classify students returning to study abroad as 'Non Essential Travel' many are having to go without travel insurance......Professional athletes and their entourage are however classified as 'Essential Travel'

cya · Intermediate Club Player

In case anyone is interested, Parsa Bombs (Tennis Insider) posted a list of the top-100 male & top-75 female incoming freshmen in college tennis from the 2020 recruiting class ranked by UTR on his twitter page. See link below

docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1A_8I6la1P4f8yhdPNHetlf6DIWZXf746EQ7-uRVXkIs/edit

I am not sure how accurate it is, however Arthur Fery is top ranked in the males with a UTR of 13.94 . Johannus Monday is ranked 23 and Toby Samuel ranked 31

Oakland2002 · All-time great

The last series of Last Chance U which focuses on Laney community college Oakland is worth a watch for anyone interested in American College Sports. Laney were the 2018 National Community College Champions.

The Series follows the 2019 season and attempts to repeat the feet and shows the lengths the young men go to (1) to attend college and (2) their athleticism, it puts a little perspective on how good an athlete you have to be to get a 4 year scholarship in the American College Sports that fund the rest ie. Football and Basketball (the next series follows basketball)

DelayedReaction · Lower Club Player

The fear for several years has been that tennis programs among other sports will be cut as budgets got tighter. This current situation could be devastating.