US College Signings and General College Chat 2022/23

Elegant Point · Satellite level

US College Signings and General College Chat 2022/23

Tennpar · Strong Club Player

Congrats to Amelia Rajecki for All-American Honors in singles & dubs; and to Nell Miller and Alicia Dudeney in doubles.

Dannythomas · Lower Club Player

Tennpar wrote:
Congrats to Amelia Rajecki for All-American Honors in singles & dubs; and to Nell Miller and Alicia Dudeney in doubles.

And Angelica Blake in singles

Madadman · Masters Series Champion

Elegant Point wrote:
The ITA today released a confirmation of the Division I men's players who have qualified for the ATP's new Accelerator program. The criteria for qualification is top 20 in the final ITA rankings or reaching the NCAA singles quarterfinals.
There is currently no comparable program for collegiate women

The 21 players eligible for the ATP Accelerator program:

1. Eliot Spizzirri, Texas
2. Ethan Quinn, Georgia
3. Arthur Fery, Stanford
4. Ondrej Styler, Michigan
5. Chris Rodesch, Virginia
6. Johannus Monday, Tennessee
7. Melios Efstathiou, Wake Forest
8. Antoine Cornut-Chauvinc, Florida State
9. Andres Martin, Georgia Tech
10. Toby Samuel, South Carolina
11. Liam Draxl, Kentucky
12. Cannon Kingsley, Ohio State
13. Murphy Cassone, Arizona State
14. Andrew Fenty, Michigan
15. Sebastian Dominko, Notre Dame
16. Nishesh Basavareddy, Stanford
17. Connor Thomson, South Carolina
18. Garrett Johns, Duke
19. Jake Fearnley, TCU
20. Alafia Ayeni, Kentucky
21. Alexander Bernard, Ohio State

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

Just came to post about this. Interesting feed up. Good opportunities for the college guys.

Dannythomas · Lower Club Player

Elegant Point wrote:
Given that the ITA say:
Todays aspiring players are the future lifeblood of our sport, and we must do everything we can to provide them opportunities to reach their potential, ATP Chairman Andrea Gaudenzi said in a press release. Were thrilled to be opening new doors to the American College system, which has been a bedrock of talent in our game for decades.
In addition, players who remain in college and qualify for the programme will receive six opportunities over six months (JulyDecember), enabling them to benefit from the programme during their college offseason and parts of their individual fall season.
I cant see why the same doesnt apply to the collegiate women players they are student-athletes too, have to study, maintain GPA and play for their college in dual season, even if lucky enough to be allowed to play on the WTA in the Fall.
Id be very interested in the rationale behind this decision and wondering how many women were involved in it!

Just heard that the ITA did agree a similar Womens programme with the WTA . But the WTA need to agree this with the ITF because unlike the Mens Tour the Challenger level events are managed by the ITF. Hopefully the WTA can get this agreed so that the top womens college players can get this help too.

-- Edited by Dannythomas on Wednesday 7th of June 2023 03:59:55 PM

Strongbow · All-time great

biggrin biggrin biggrin

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

I'm not very good at finding this stuff but does anyone know if Kristina Paskauskas is still at K-State? I know she went there, and played in 2022, but can't find anything about 2023?

Lambda · Challenger level

Coup Droit wrote:

I'm not very good at finding this stuff but does anyone know if Kristina Paskauskas is still at K-State? I know she went there, and played in 2022, but can't find anything about 2023?

I don't think she ever played for them she's not on their stats for any year. She committed to join them from Fall 2022 but, for whatever reason, doesn't appear to have. You're probably remembering the 2021 announcement that she had signed for them.

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

I saw something that said she had a 4:4 record

Maybe here?

www.tennisrecruiting.net/player.asp

But looking at it more closely, those 4 might be something different?

the addict · Tennis legend

Lambda wrote:
Coup Droit wrote:

I'm not very good at finding this stuff but does anyone know if Kristina Paskauskas is still at K-State? I know she went there, and played in 2022, but can't find anything about 2023?

I don't think she ever played for them she's not on their stats for any year. She committed to join them from Fall 2022 but, for whatever reason, doesn't appear to have. You're probably remembering the 2021 announcement that she had signed for them.

She played ITF's in October last year before retiring from a match in Monastir. Then played again right through April. But K-State did announce that she had signed for them on November 11th although she doesn't appear on their roster.

She will be 19 this coming Monday, 12th June

Elegant Point · Satellite level

John@JTweetsTennis
1 Jun
It appears @ArthurFery02 will forgo his final year of eligibility at Stanford as hes signed with @AgencyMembers
per its Instagram.

Fery was ranked #1 in college in 2022, was Pac-12 Player of the Year in 2023, and ended the season #3.

twitter.com/JTweetsTennis

Will be interesting to see how Fery progresses, another of the shorter guys. Guess he can always return to Stanford to finish his degree depending on how he fares on the tour.

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Really interesting

The great thing about the US system is obviously he doesn't even need to return to Stanford - he can use those credits wherever and whenever

But it'll certainly be very interesting to see how it pans out

With his father (and mother too), the family will obviously be very switched on to how professional sport works, how to make it work, how to 'monetise' it so no surprise that he's signed up to an agency

Yes, a bit of a shame that he's never grown a few more inches (his mum is tall, and his dad is not short)

But I've always loved his game

Elegant Point · Satellite level

College as a pathway to going pro:
Fery (Stanford) lost by 4 and 2 in little over an hour at Nottingham today to Dominik Koepfer (Tulane alumni)

In 2012, Koepfer elected to fly across the Atlantic Ocean and play college tennis. He was far from a blue chip recruit. Joining a major powerhouse such as USC, Virginia, Ohio State or Wake Forest, to name a few, was a pipedream. Instead, he wound up at Tulane University, a private institution located in New Orleans. Reportedly Tulane took quite a risk at the time, Nobody anticipated that Koepfer, a fringe lineup guy his freshman year, would become a two-time All-American and No. 1 in the ITA rankings.

[Tulane Head coach] Marc Booras definitely chose the right training goals. He was responsible for turning a good player into a top athlete and performer.

Koepfer will play George Lofthagen in the QF at Nottingham. Not seen George play for a while, but he has a solid game and should be an interesting match. Wondered why George decided not to go the college route, maybe decided he didnt need to?

www.google.co.uk/url%3A%2F%2Ftennisgate.com%2Fthe-koepfer-story%2F&usg=AOvVaw30afcRsIgoRZFrlmiIIQ-Y

-- Edited by Elegant Point on Wednesday 14th of June 2023 08:24:58 PM

Elegant Point · Satellite level

College tennis ranks In the Pros drop down is a great way to track the progress of college/former college players on the tour. As well as ranking, lists tournament results (Singles only)

Really enjoying following the progress of a college players- some fantastic results opin the dubs at Nottingham this week smile . Best of luck to JoMo (Tennessee) and Jake F (TCU) as they take on seasoned pros Liam Broady and Johnny OMara in the final today

http://collegetennisranks.com/rankings/protourneys/M

https://www.atptour.com/en/scores/current/nottingham/7740/daily-schedule

Elegant Point · Satellite level

The accelerator programme, link to video and player info, Brit featuring is Cam Norrie, great that a few more of our college players can benefit from this and even better when women can too!!

www.atptour.com/en/news/inside-the-game-college-tennis-to-the-pros-2023