US College Signings and General College Chat 2022/23

Elegant Point · Satellite level

RE: US College Signings and General College Chat 2022/23

Elegant Point · Satellite level

Intercollegiate Tennis Association Adopts ITF World Tennis Number as Exclusive Official Rating for College Tennis

The ITA, the governing body and coaches association for college tennis, announces today that the International Tennis Federation (ITF) World Tennis Number (WTN) is now the exclusive official rating of the ITA and college tennis.

All college tennis players will receive a WTN, as the ITA shares college match results with the ITF. World Tennis Numbers are displayed on the worldtennisnumber.com website. Coming this month, the ITA will also display the World Tennis Numbers of college players on their individual ITA profiles, which will be found on the Teams section of the ITA website.

Not sure exactly what this means for Brit college hopefuls or the very popular UTR tournaments such as the Progress Tour ?

https://www.wearecollegetennis.com/2023/01/05/wtn-named-official-rating-of-college-tennis/

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Colette gives quite an interesting couple of paras about it:

tenniskalamazoo.blogspot.com/2023/01/eddie-herr-videos-of-12s-14s-16s-finals.html

Elegant Point · Satellite level

Coup Droit wrote:
Colette gives quite an interesting couple of paras about it:

tenniskalamazoo.blogspot.com/2023/01/eddie-herr-videos-of-12s-14s-16s-finals.html

Collette raises some interesting points - especially the one re the current reliability of the WTN. UTR have also responded :

We are committed to continuing to lead the way forward with transformational solutions for supporting college tennis. We are increasing our investment in college tennis. We are providing what collegiate players and coaches deserve, which is innovation, media elevation, revenue generation, data, and analytics, said Mark Leschly, Chairman and CEO, Universal Tennis.

Instead of the significant financial investment and support consistently provided to the ITA, Universal Tennis believes the investment in technology, events, and sponsorship can be better spent directly for players and coaches.

As an alternative to the current process of entering match scores on the ITA website, Universal Tennis has established an easy process for college coaches to provide dual match results directly it is simple and quick, and results will be quickly incorporated...

USTA and ITF have a history of poor decision making eg when the ITF decided that ATP points should not be awarded at Futures except for SF and finals of $25K? A poor decision which lasted ~ 6 months before reversal. Hopefully college coaches and players and wannabe players will not be the losers in all of this hmm

https://www.universaltennis.com/pr/universal-tennis-expands-its-commitment-to-college-tennis

Elegant Point · Satellite level

College Alums in AO qualies

As the first Grand Slam of the 2023 season quickly approaches, 28 current and former collegiate athletes from D1, D2 and D3 are looking to punch their tickets into the Australian Open Singles Main Draw

Brits #167 Ryan Peniston (Memphis, Joe Salisbury also alumni) and #219 Paul Jubb (S Carolina)

https://www.wearecollegetennis.com/2023/01/08/collegiate-alums-taking-part-in-australian-open-qualifying/

College Alums in the Main Draw

Cam Norris (TCU), Neal Skupski (LSU), Joe Salisbury (Memphis)

Alicia Barnet (Northwestern)

In the mens singles draw, Cameron Norrie (TCU) comes in as the highest-seeded collegiate alum in the field after shining in the 2022 season, reaching the Round of 32 in all but one Grand Slam last season, including a Semifinal finish at the Wimbledon Championships.

https://www.wearecollegetennis.com/2023/01/12/australian-open-singles-main-draw/

-- Edited by Elegant Point on Sunday 15th of January 2023 08:51:18 PM

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

twitter.com/algruskin/status/1613261733589618688

The NCAA individual events are moving to be played in the Autumn after the us open from 2024. Probably means the traditional wild card into the USO for the winners wont be given in future. And could well be held indoors in future as well.

Elegant Point · Satellite level

The ATP and Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) have today announced a groundbreaking collaboration to accelerate the professional development pathway for players in the American Collegiate system.
The collaboration will see ATP Challenger Tour playing opportunities allocated to the highest-ranked ITA College players for the first time. This forms part of a long-term strategy to promote the rise of young talent in the professional game and builds on opportunities offered to the worlds top-ranked ITF Junior players through the Accelerator Programme, which came into play at the start of the 2023 season.

More info in the links below

https://www.atptour.com/en/news/atp-ita-expand-accelerator-programme-january-2023

https://www.atptour.com/en/news/atp-itf-accelerator-programme-announcement-december-2022

Elegant Point · Satellite level

AO doubles fillEd with college alumni

With main draw play now officially underway from the 2023 Australian Open, competing doubles players will get their first swings in from Melbourne Tuesday night, as 55 former collegiate athletes fill both the mens and womens doubles fields this year.

In the mens draw, eight of the Top-15 ranked doubles players heading into the Australian Open all come from the collegiate ranks. Neal Skupski (LSU) comes in as the No. 1 doubles player in the world and will be a part of the top-seeded team in the draw. The 2022 US Open Doubles Champions, Rajeev Ram (Illinois) and Joe Salisbury (Memphis), will be the second-seeded team in the draw as they look to retake the top spots in the ATP Doubles Rankings.

Other Brits: Julian Cash ( Mississippi St, Oklahoma St), Lloyd Glasspool ( Texas), Henry Patten ( UNCA Asheville) Womens doubles : Alicia Barnett ( Northwestern)

Across the entire mens draw, UCLA leads all collegiate teams by placing four players into the 2023 Doubles Main Draw.

https://www.wearecollegetennis.com/2023/01/16/2023-australian-open-doubles-main-draw/

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-- Edited by Elegant Point on Friday 20th of January 2023 03:03:40 PM

Elegant Point · Satellite level

What is it?

The ITA Kickoff Weekend is one of the marquee events of the spring season bringing together the top 60 mens and womens college tennis teams for a weekend of intense competition. Hosted by 15 mens and womens programs from across the country, the ITA Kickoff Weekend is an early-season test for teams against programs they might not typically face.

Not just playing for pride, the stakes will be high for Kickoff Weekend play as all 120 competing teams are looking to be just one of the 15 teams from each gender to advance to the ITA National Team Indoor Championships.

How To Watch

Cracked Racquets will be providing a centralized CrossCourt Cast experience for the 2023 ITA Kickoff Weekend.

The Cracked Racquets stream on YouTube will incorporate every match happening across 13 mens and womens sites. This live stream will focus on broadcasting the most exciting moments of each match from the sites they are covering.

Broadcasts will begin with the days first match and proceed until all play has concluded.

Mens Host Sites Featured Baylor, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio State, South Carolina, Stanford, Tennessee, USC

Womens Host Sites Featured Auburn, Cal, Georgia, Ohio State, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, Pepperdine, Stanford

https://www.wearecollegetennis.com/2023/01/20/ita-kickoff-weekend-event-details/

https://www.wearecollegetennis.com/2023/01/23/a-fans-guide-to-the-2023-ita-kickoff-weekend/

https://slam.tennis/ita/draft/2023/ncaam

Tennpar · Strong Club Player

Not much joy for the British women and their teams at the Kickoff Weekend - only Angela Blake (Stanford) and Holly Staff (Vanderbilt) through to the National Team Indoor Championships in Seattle.
Holly, playing at No. 3, clinched for Vandy with a 3 set win, to send them through.

More success for the British man though..

Elegant Point · Satellite level

For the 2023 ITA Division I Mens National Team Indoor Championships, the 15 ITA Kickoff Weekend advancing teams included;
Baylor, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Michigan, North Carolina, Ohio State, South Carolina, Stanford, TCU, Tennessee, Texas, USC, Virginia, and Wake Forest. These teams will join the 2023 ITA Mens National Team Indoor Championship hosts, Illinois, in Chicago from Feb. 17-20 with play being held at the XS Tennis Village.

Struggled to find a compilation of individual match results hmm Teams with Brits in bold. Links below

https://baylorbears.com/news/2023/1/28/mens-tennis-no-12-mt-beats-no-9-florida-state-4-2.aspx

https://game****sonline.com/news/2023/01/29/game****s-punch-ticket-to-ita-indoor-nationals/

https://gostanford.com/news/2023/1/30/mens-tennis-stanford-downs-texas-am.aspx

https://gofrogs.com/news/2023/1/29/mens-tennis-tcu-secures-spot-in-ita-indoor-national-championships.aspx

https://utsports.com/news/2023/1/28/mens-tennis-mondays-clinch-sends-11-tennessee-to-third-consecutive-ita-national-indoor-championship.aspx

Elegant Point · Satellite level

The Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) has released the NCAA Division I Mens Top 25 Coaches Poll sponsored by Tennis-Point for February 1, 2023.

Preseason No. 1, Virginia, still sits atop the Rankings, coming in just above Ohio State (No. 2), TCU (No. 3) Brits on the team are Jake Fearnley, Lui Maxted, Jack Pinnington , Michigan (No. 4), and Kentucky (No. 5) who all looked dangerous this past weekend in their efforts to advance to the 2023 ITA DI Mens National Team Indoor Championships.

Tennessee (No. 10) is the only new team to make the jump into the Top Ten of the Feb, 1 Rankings after beating Louisiana and Oklahoma during Kickoff Weekend action, Brits on the team are Emile Hudd and Johannus Monday. After starting the year at the No. 4 spot, the Vols have rebounded nicely since falling to No. 5 Michigan and No. 14 Wake Forest earlier in the season.

Three new teams enter the ITA Coaches Poll this week as Middle Tennessee (No. 21), Louisville (No. 22), and Texas A&M (No. 24) Brits Matthis Ross and Rahul Dokia, all make the jump into the Rankings.

The Coaches Poll sees very little movement within the Top Ten of the rankings after all 15 host schools came out victorious during Kickoff Weekend play for just the first time since 2011.

https://www.wearecollegetennis.com/2023/02/01/division-i-mens-collegiate-tennis-rankings-feb-1/

Dannythomas · Junior player

Dannythomas wrote:
Thought it might be good to see exactly which British players are playing US D1 tennis this year and follow their progress over this academic year.

On the Womens side I know of these players with their present singles UTrs . If I missed any let me know so I can add them. On the mens side I dont have so much knowledge so if anyone else wants to take that on that would be great.

EDIT: List updatEd to include Destinee and Millie. Apologies to them !

Nell Miller 10.17 North Carolina State

Amelia Rajecki 11.02 North Carolina State

Angelica Blake 10.95 Stanford

Alicia Dudeney 10.62 Florida

Grace Piper 10.15 Southern California

Indiana Spink 9.98 Arkansas

Erin Richardson 9.24 California

Myah Petchey 10.05 Oregon

Holly Staff 10.55 Vanderbilt

Kylie Bilchev 10.46 Georgia Tech

Olivia Peet 10.02 Texas Tech

Esther Adeshina 9.92 Tennessee

Charlotte Russell 9.01 Tulane

Maria Budin 9.84 Rice

Vic Allen 10.03 Florida State

Sofia Johnson 10.25 Tulane

Sally Pethybridge 9.43 Portland
Millie Bissett 9.86 Florida State
Destinee Martin 10.06 TCU

For the National Fall Championships, I think the only player who qualified for singles is Angelica Blake . In doubles Sally Pethybridge, Alicia Dudeney, Nell Miller and Amelia Rejecki all qualify.
for the upcoming National Indoor Championships Only Angelica Blake and Holly Staff have qualified through Stanford and Vanderbilt respectively.

Good luck to all of them ! UTRs updated 9-2-23

-- Edited by Dannythomas on Tuesday 7th of February 2023 03:35:54 PM

-- Edited by Dannythomas on Thursday 9th of February 2023 11:50:59 PM

Elegant Point · Satellite level

Million dollar deals for college athletes freed to earn like a pro

A new era in college sport dawned in 2021 after a Supreme Court ruling and a change in the law that ended the long cherished principle of amateurism upheld by the NCAA.

Colleges cannot pay students to play, but alumni collective have channelled money mainly into mens teams. However female athletes arent missing out as theyre more adept at drawing endorsements with 77% of their money coming from brands and 23% from super fans.

Opendorse is the leading athlete marketplace and NIL technology company. Who serve the full lifecycle of supporting athletes: educating, assessing, planning, sharing, creating, measuring, tracking, disclosing, regulating, listing, browsing, booking, and more.
Their industry-leading NIL solutions help athletes and their supporters understand, build, protect, and monetize their brand value.

The only Brit student athlete I spotted on Opendorse, was Joe Tyler who was on the roster for Iowa until it closed mens tennis and then transferred to SDS in 2021.

https://opendorse.com/profile/joe-tyler

https://goaztecs.com/news/2021/6/7/mens-tennis-aztecs-add-transfer-joe-tyler-for-2021-22-season.aspx

Just spotted a couple of the Memphis Brits are also on it

https://opendorse.com/profile/david-stevenson

https://opendorse.com/profile/oscar-cutting

-- Edited by Elegant Point on Saturday 4th of February 2023 07:13:47 PM

Dannythomas · Junior player

Latest college Womens division 1 Rankings for British players

Amelia Rajecki 19

Angelica Blake 31

Kylie Bilchev 47

Holly Staff 85

Alicia Dudeney 97

DOUBLES

Nell Miller & Rajecki 5

Sofia Johnson 23

Blake 54