USTA Louisiana Junior Tennis

🎉Congratulations to all of our Louisiana junior players who were selected into the Southern Closed and traveled to compete this weekend amongst the top players in our very strong Southern Region!🎉

🙏🏻Special thank you to all of the LA coaches and parents who took time out of their week to travel with the players.🙏🏻

Girls 18s:
Virginia Crocker- Metairie
Ella Mancuso- Baton Rouge
Adeline Flanagan- New Orleans
Camille Loria- New Orleans
Avery Hebert- Lafayette

Boys 18s:
Steven Rice- Lake Charles
Mitchell Spence- Monroe
JD McCrory- Lafayette
Mitchell Armbruster- Metairie
Ben Reinauer- Lake Charles
Charlie Dubos- Baton Rouge
Evan Patton- Lafayette
John Fontenot- Abbeville
Paul Gusat- Lafayette
Jett Nguyen- Lafayette
Jude Loria- New Orleans
Jacob Cieslak- Lafayette

Girls 16s:
Grace Delello- Broussard
Mikayla Person- Baton Rouge
Eadan Waters- New Orleans
Carley Griffin- New Orleans
Juliette Badeaux- Lafayette
Juliet Williams- Lafayette
Lorelei Allen- Lafayette

Boys 16s:
Alton Swan- New Orleans
Jack McCrory- Lafayette
Andrew Delello- Broussard
Reed Macalester- New Orleans
Jackson Belcher- Baton Rouge
Rohan Patel- Lake Charles
Jack Drinkwater- New Iberia
Nicholas Cope- Abbeville
Christopher Rivette- Lafayette
Graham Higgins- Lafayette

Girls 14s:
Lauren Longmire- Baton Rouge
Merrill Eglin- Baton Rouge
Macy Montgomery- New Orleans
McAllister Morrow- Lafayette

Boys 14s:
Parker Bryan- Baton Rouge
Gianna Pastore- Geismar
Cooper Koch- Abbeville
Oliver Klug- Monroe
John Aubrey Howell- Monroe
Thomas Stearns- Eunice

Girls 12s:
Adalie Guth- New Orleans

Boys 12s:
Jude Romero- Baton Rouge
Jacques-Paul Ledoux- Lake Charles
Wilton Pfifer- Baton Rouge
Logan Montgomery- New Orleans

You can keep up with everyone here using the links below:

18s in Mobile, AL
https://playtennis.usta.com/competitions/mobile-area-tennis-association/Tournaments/players/87D0BDE9-04A1-4F69-842C-443D72EA11E2

16s in Little Rock, AR
https://playtennis.usta.com/competitions/match-point-inc/Tournaments/overview/0C721B06-CF41-4BE3-B8C2-126AD84D244D

14s in Macon, GA
https://playtennis.usta.com/competitions/myadllc/Tournaments/overview/FA245A24-A492-4E72-926A-27DBEBF313E2

12s in Cary, NC
https://playtennis.usta.com/competitions/cary-tennis-park/Tournaments/overview/2242F4B9-F0BF-4AB0-BD29-9B17A9B11331

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Congratulations to our May Winner of the Good Chase Sportsmanship Race, Mason Pevey of Baton Rouge!

Mason received the most nominations in Match app from his peers and USTA tournament opponents played in the month of May.

The level of competition this year at the Louisiana State Closed was very impressive!

Listed below are all of our Champions and Finalists. These high level players could be playing different higher level tournaments anywhere in the nation but chose to stay in their home state and compete for the title of Louisiana State Champion!

Thank you for supporting the state of Louisiana and being so devoted to the sport of tennis. We look forward to continuing to make this event bigger and better each year!

12s
Singles
🥇Landon Dang
🥈Jacques-Paul LeDoux

🥇Adalie Guth
🥈Matilda Kymes

Doubles
🥇Jacques-Paul LeDoux/Landon Dang
🥈Jude Romero/Grayson Moran

14s
Singles
🥇Parker Bryan
🥈Davit Dumanyan

🥇Merrill Eglin
🥈Lauren Longmire

Doubles
🥇Parker Bryan/Davit Dumanyan
🥈Peyton Dang/Ethan Davis

🥇Caroline Melius/Merrill Eglin
🥈Lauren Longmire/Sloane Marks

16s
Singles
🥇Jack McCrory
🥈Reed Macalester

🥇Camille Loria
🥈Grace Delello

Doubles
🥇Jack McCrory/Jack Belcher
🥈Reed MacAlester/Jake Bravo

🥇My-Linh Holmes/Cameron Raines
🥈Grace Delello/Eadan Waters

18s
Singles
🥇Reece Beckendorf
🥈Charlie DuBos

🥇Ella Mancuso
🥈Mallory Kymes

Doubles
🥇Ben Reinauer/Mitchell Armbruster
🥈Mitchell Spence/JD McCrory

🥇Natalie Sin/Mallory Kymes
🥈Ella Mancuso/Arabella Thibodeaux

Thank you to all players and parents who braved the heat this Memorial Day weekend for our USTA Louisiana Grand Prix Championships.

The competition and camaraderie was a privilege to watch!

Congratulations to our winners:

Doubles
10&u Green-
Noah Dekaris & Brady Graybill

10&u Orange-
Jacques Cormier & Beckett Tolbert

Singles
12U Green- Georgia Kate Allain

10U Green-
Mary Jackson Green
Brady Graybill
Max McIntosh

Boys Orange- Matthew Wilson

Girls Orange- Zola Gbugu

And a special congrats to our 10&u Yellow Ball Champion Christian Istre who is now qualified for the big 10&u event in TN later this summer!

Cant wait for the next one! 🌞

Team LA’s Mary Ellen Longmire is “Star of Stars” for The Advocate’s Girls Tennis!

Mary Ellen will be honored next Wednesday May 29 @ L’Auberge.

Thanks for making Louisiana proud!

Registration is now open!
https://form.jotform.com/241226236481048

Captains must be Safe Play Approved: https://www.usta.com/en/home/safe-play.html

If you have any questions, please email: [email protected]

Congratulations to our Good Chase Sportsmanship Winner for the month of April, Lincoln Graves!

📣Special announcement! 📣

This past weekend at the Spring Split Step Grand Prix, we had our first 10&under player from Louisiana qualify for the 10U USTA Southern Yellow Ball Grand Prix Championships in Chattanooga, TN this summer!

Congratulations to Davis McCulloh of Baton Rouge! Keep it going!

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This past weekend, the Spring Split Step Grand Prix at Oakbourne Country Club provided great competition of all ball colors-red, orange, green, and yellow-for our junior players ages 7-12.

We are so excited to see these age divisions grow and all show up to compete!

Congratulations to all of our competitors, especially our two sportsmanship award winners, Brooks Yentzen and Amelie Broussard!

Our next Grand Prix is this weekend in Baton Rouge.

Sign up here: https://playtennis.usta.com/Account/Rex?returnUrl=https%3a%2f%2fplaytennis.usta.com%2fcompetitions%2fgreaterbatonrougecommunitytennisassociation%2fTournaments%2foverview%2fA89AB2A9-100B-463F-B91E-542F22475759

✨Contest time!✨

〰️Win a tennis warehouse gift card!〰️

🎾The LHSAA high school players have just wrapped up all regional and state championships.🎾

👏🏻We are proud of everyone competed from recreational players just starting out to our top ranked kids defending their state titles. 🏆

Please share your favorite picture from regionals or state in the comments below (player name included- comments on this original post only will count!)

Whichever picture comment gets the most likes by Friday May 10 at 3pm will win a $30 gift card to tennis warehouse!

10&Under yellow ball Players

Play in one of our yellow ball Grand Prix tournaments and qualify to play in this special event!

Schedule can be viewed here:

https://louisianatennis.com/junior-tournaments

10U Grand Prix Calling all 10U advanced players! The USTA Southern 10U Grand Prix is just for you!

Nolen Graf from Shreveport was our most nominated player for the Good Chase Sportsmanship Race in Match App for the month of March! 🎉

Congratulations Nolen!

On the North Shore, we have Natalie Devraj and Reece Beckendorf, two of our top Team LA players representing Louisiana in Southern Cup each year, both up for player of the week in their area! Support tennis and go vote:)

Boy player of the week:
https://www.nola.com/news/communities/st_tammany/who-was-the-best-boys-athlete-on-the-northshore-for-the-week-of-april-15/article_fc4492fa-00bd-11ef-991f-5352d07ab293.html

Girl player of the week:

https://www.nola.com/news/communities/st_tammany/who-was-the-best-girls-athlete-on-the-northshore-for-week-of-april-15-20/article_8f3556d6-00c2-11ef-a5b2-3b3dec3b8beb.html

Who was the best boys athlete on the Northshore for the week of April 15-20? Vote now. Teams across the northshore provided some impressive statistical showings among boys athletes in the area last week.

Go vote for our Louisiana junior tennis players for New Orleans Area high school athletes of the week! It’s so great to see tennis players in the running 😀

Leo Congeni and Scott Harper, Jesuit: The doubles tennis paring won five consecutive games in the second set for a 6-3, 7-5 comeback against a pair from Brother Martin in the finals of the Division I, Region IV tennis tournament at City Park.

Click the article below to vote:

Who was the New Orleans area high school athlete of the week for April 15-20? Vote now The past week in high school sports included several outstanding performances in many different sports.

🎾 READY, SET, TEAMWORK! 🎾

Play with friends for the opportunity to attend Southern JTT Sectionals in Mobile, AL August 31 - September 2.

Registration link available:
May 15.

Questions?
[email protected]

SCHOLARSHIP APPLICATIONS DUE MARCH 31st!!
Calling out to all high school senior tennis players you know and any coaches, junior tournament directors, junior team tennis captains, and parents. Please share with your networks and on social media. Be advised that students who receive this scholarship do not have to play tennis in college to receive this award.

Southern Tennis Foundation, the charitable arm of USTA Southern, will award up to ten (10) $1,000 college scholarships for first-year students in Fall 2024.
Deadline is Sunday, March 31st. High School seniors should be an active tennis player who has either played on a high school team, Junior Team Tennis, NJTL, OR been ranked in the top 500 in USTA Southern and a USTA member.

o Apply for the STF College Scholarships at: Scholarships | Southern Tennis Foundation Deadline: Sunday, 3/31 at 11:59pm.

SCHOLARSHIP APPLICATIONS DUE MARCH 31st!!
Calling out to all high school senior tennis players you know and any coaches, junior tournament directors, junior team tennis captains, and parents. Please share with your networks and on social media. Be advised that students who receive this scholarship do not have to play tennis in college to receive this award.

Southern Tennis Foundation, the charitable arm of USTA Southern, will award up to ten (10) $1,000 college scholarships for first-year students in Fall 2024.
Deadline is Sunday, March 31st. High School seniors should be an active tennis player who has either played on a high school team, Junior Team Tennis, NJTL, OR been ranked in the top 500 in USTA Southern and a USTA member.

o Apply for the STF College Scholarships at: Scholarships | Southern Tennis Foundation Deadline: Sunday, 3/31 at 11:59pm.

https://www.southerntennisfoundation.org/who-we-support-stf/scholarships
o Direct Link to application: 2024 STF College Scholarship Application (jotform.com)

https://sta.jotform.com/team/diversity-njtl-grants/2024-STF-Scholarship-Application
o Direct Link to application: 2024 STF College Scholarship Application (jotform.com)

Close matches!

Let’s Geaux, LSU!

📣We want to take a moment to congratulate our recent graduation classes on their college commitments.

An incredible amount of time and dedication goes behind playing tennis at this high caliber. It is said that around only 5% of junior players progress to the NCAA!

We are so proud of our local players and will continue to support the younger generations of future college athletes! 🎓🎾

Congratulations to our Good Chase Sportsmanship Winner for the month of February, Brayden Burris of Covington, LA!

Brayden received the most sportsmanship votes in MatchApp out of all USTA tournament playing kids in Louisiana!

We are proud of you, Brayden! Keep it up!

USTA Louisiana
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Acadiana’s Spring Junior Team Tennis (advancing league) registration is now open!

www.jotform.com

Orange ball players and Advanced yellow ball players GET READY! Put a team of friends together to compete for the State title. Winners have the chance to advance to Sectionals in Mobile, AL. Email the address on the flyer for more information.

Love 😍 tennis? Play with friends and stay close to home with Junior Team Tennis! Click the link to learn about JTT opportunities in your area! 🎾 https://form.jotform.com/240256486367060

Use this link for more information! https://form.jotform.com/240256486367060

Join the 10 & Under Grand Prix Webinar
Parents & coaches: USTA Southern Junior Department staff will discuss the Junior
Competitive Pathway beginning with green ball play and revealing the new Yellow Ball Tournament Grand Prix Series.
Thursday, Feb. 1, 7:00-8:00 p.m. Eastern time
Join call. Registration not required.

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1DGO_qHbzpXKGXXUyEx9x7GHgmcTHHuyXkEvZM9cR1vA/edit

🎾 Junior USTA tournament at Cross Gates 🎾

Ideas for tennis resolutions:

-Play more tennis!
-Teach a friend how to play.
-Donate your old racquet to that friend or someone else starting out. :)

What’s yours??

New year, more tennis 🙌