Throughout the state, thousands of students are participating in high school tennis. From a local junior varsity match all the way to the Georgia High School State Championships, USTA Georgia salutes all the high school players and coaches throughout Georgia that are representing their school.
USTA Georgia has opportunities to further your participation and enjoyment in the sport, both as a coach or a player. For more information regarding Georgia high school tennis or to get on our High School Coach distribution list, please contact Jane Trinkle.
34TH ANNUAL SOUTHERN HIGH SCHOOL COACHES CONFERENCE
Information on the popular conference scheduled for January 13-14, 2022 in Jekyll Island is now available! The clinic is led by award-winning clinician Skip Johnson at the beautiful Jekyll Island Club Resort. USTA Georgia encourages all high school coaches to attend this opportunity to help you and your program improve. Early registration deadline is November 1st. (INFO HERE)
FREE RESOURCES AND QUICK LINKS
Register your school on the USTA website and gain access to free resources that include a Team Tennis Manual, Pre-Season and In-Season Coaches' Checklist, Guide to Organizing a No-Cut Team, High School Tennis Score-Sheet, American Development Model and much more:
- How to Register Your School on USTA.COM (PDF)
- Coaching Resources (Link)
- USTA Georgia Pre-Season Newsletter (Link)
- USTA High School Tennis Diversity Grant (Link) Deadline November 15th
- USTA National High School Tennis (Link)
- USTA National High School Team Coach Newsletter (Link)
HIGH SCHOOL COACH SPOTLIGHT
USTA Georgia salutes all of our high school coaches throughout our state. Our high school coaches teach life lessons both on and off the court, mentoring the next generation of tennis players and leaders. If you would like your coach to be spotlighted in the future, please fill out this form.
Kyn Van Hout (Sequoyah High School)
ReSharda Coleman (Cross Creek High School)
Michael Thompson (Pope High School)
Ricky Davis (The Lovett School)
Donny Williams (Stephens County High School)
Robert Woodworth (North Hall High School)
Trish McDonald (Union Grove High School)
USTA GEORGIA POSITIVE ATHLETE STATE WINNERS
As part of USTA Georgia's partnership with The Positive Athlete Foundation, Past President Dom Masciantonio has announced the state winners for both girls & boys tennis. Congratulations to Rachel Wang (North Gwinnett High School) & Josh Hembree (Villa Rica High School) on being named the Georgia High School tennis "Positive Athlete". Each will receive a $1,000 scholarship towards furthering their college education from USTA Georgia. Congratulations to all the nominees throughout our state. You can view the presentation videos below. To see the presentation videos from previous years, please click here: