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Here to “serve,” meet the USTA Pacifi c Northwest
Community Tennis Development Staff (left to right):
Ruth Turner > Director, Community Tennis
Mark Toppe > Community Tennis Service
Consultant-Jr. Team Tennis, Tennis on Campus
Valerie Wright > Community Tennis Service
Consultant-Southern Oregon
Adam Rogers > School Program Consultant
Becky Tallent > Community Tennis Assistant/
Tournament Management Coordinator
Terry Valdez > Area Consultant-Eastern
Washington, Northern Idaho
Gail Benzler > Community Tennis Service
Consultant-Western Washington
USTA/PNW presents
Arthur Ashe Essay
Contest winners
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COMMUNITY TENNIS DEVELOPMENT
“From what we
get, we make a
living; what we
give, however,
makes a life.”
– Arthur Ashe
he following youth have been named USTA
Pacifi c Northwest (USTA/PNW) Section
winners for their age division in the 2009 Arthur
Ashe Essay Contest. National Junior Tennis and
Learning (NJTL) participants were required
to write an essay about what the Arthur Ashe
quote, “From what we get, we make a living;
what we give, however, makes a life,” means
to them in 300 words or less. Winners will be
recognized with a special plaque and certifi cate
to commemorate their achievement.
� Girls’ 11/12
Zoe Parkel, Portland - USTA Jr. Team Tennis
of Portland
� Boys’ 11/12
Mitchell Steadman, Jacksonville, Ore. - USTA
Jr. Team Tennis of Rogue Valley
� Girls’ 13/14
Catherine Sample, Fairbanks, Alaska - Fairbanks
Tennis Association
� Boys’ 13/14
Varun Medhal, Camas, Wash. - Kids ‘N Tennis
� Girls’ 15/16
Lily Zhao, Portland - Portland Aft er-School
Tennis & Education
� Boys’ 15/16
D. Aven Bross, Fairbanks, Alaska - Fairbanks
Tennis Association
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Superior groundstrokes
weren’t the only thing on
display at this year’s section
Campus Championship.
Ingenuity and creativity
also shined as players took
to the courts in an array of
Halloween costumes.
PHOTOS BY BRIAN JIM
8 TENNIS TIMES WINTER 2009/10 � www.pnw.usta.com
2009 USTA Campus Championship
Ducks, Vikings and SFU “Trick-and-Treat” their
way to national championship
his past Halloween weekend, 21 teams representing
13 college tennis clubs converged on Tualatin Hills
Tennis Center in Beaverton, Ore., for the ninth annual
USTA Campus Championship – Pacific Northwest where
they battled for the right to advance to the USTA National
Campus Championships.
In the end, the University of Oregon (U of O) Ducks
defeated the Simon Fraser University (SFU) Clan 28-16
to take top honors. The Western Washington University
(WWU) Vikings knocked off the University of Washington
Huskies for third place.
As the top three finishers, U of O, SFU and WWU earned
a bid into the USTA National Campus Championship that
will be held in April 2010 in Surprise, Ariz., where they will
compete for the national title.
Other schools that competed in the 2009 USTA Campus
The University of Oregon
won the 2009 USTA Campus
Championship – Pacifi c
Northwest and will compete
for a national championship
in April 2010.
Championship – Pacific Northwest include University of
Victoria, University of British Columbia, Eastern Washington
University, Central Washington University, Portland State
University, Linfield College, Oregon State University, and
Whitman College. In all, nearly 200 players participated.
On the lighter side, the section’s campus championship
also featured a costume contest to celebrate Halloween.
Entries including such characters as a knight, fireman,
wizard, lion, butterfly, a french kiss, Hugh Hefner, Maria
Sharapova, the Grim Reaper, and many more. After final
judging, the third prize went to a pilot, runner-up went
to a pair dressed as swing dancers and the grand prize
went to Lizzy Schiller of Whitman College who dressed
as Snow White. Although the Seven Dwarfs who accompanied
Ms. Schiller were impressive, they did not place
in the top three. �