Advocacy

College Tennis Advocates Form
The ITA and the USTA Collegiate Committee are working with the 17 USTA sections to develop an Advocacy Network for varsity collegiate tennis.  We are creating a database of tennis "advocates" who are supporters of college tennis.  We would like you to please give us the names of  influential people within your community. The ITA will contact these individuals to invite them to become part of the "Advocacy Network" which will work towards further promoting college tennis. These individuals will not be solicited; their contact information will only be used for this purpose and will be kept confidential. Click here for the submission form.

Added Programs
 The ITA and USTA have joined forces to preserve and promote varsity college tennis at all levels and to encourage institutions to sponsor varsity college tennis. This effort has led to numerous varsity men's and women's tennis programs that have been established in the past five to six years among all of the divisional levels. The main vehicle to achieve this critical mission has been the USTA/ITA Advocacy Network, which is comprised of more than 2,500 individuals throughout the country, all of whom are devoted to varsity college tennis. Click here for a list of programs that have been added by colleges and universities.

Dropped Programs
Click here for a list of programs that have been dropped from colleges and universities.

Let Us Know
Over the past several years, the ITA has been conducting research on collegiate tennis programs that have been dropped, as it appears there is an alarming trend in progress.  We are asking you to help us gather information by listing below any schools in your division that have dropped their men’s and/or women’s tennis program in the past two decades. We would also like to hear about any programs which have been added or reinstated in recent years. Click here to fill out the form.

A Voice for Advocacy:  In their Own Words
Click here to read information that has been gathered from coaches who have faced the dropped program issue up close and personal and have emerged with a positive outcome and college tennis advocates who have a passion for our sport. 

Power of One Campaign
The United States Tennis Association (USTA) and the Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) have joined forces to build an Advocacy Network for support of varsity collegiate tennis. This Network has been established as a response to varsity tennis programs being dropped on college campuses across the country (over 350 in the past two decades). The Network is comprised of tennis “advocates” who want to insure tennis programs continue to thrive on college campuses. Click here to complete the online Advocacy Network form.

USTA Contacts
We encourage you to explore ways to promote your programs through a cooperative effort with your USTA section. Some ideas include: provide your match schedule to the USTA Section and ask for their help in promoting it to their members; offer to help your USTA section host a college fair/night; offer to host USTA tennis events on your campus; offer to get involved with community outreach, etc.

USTA Section Campus Contact List

Section Contact Name E-mail Phone #
Caribbean Rosa Martinez martinez@cta.usta.com
Eastern Linda Mann mann@eastern.usta.com 914-697-2385
Eastern Rhonda Schonfeld rhondas@bestweb.net
Florida Linda Curtis curtisl@florida.usta.com 386-671-8934
Hawaii-Pacific Madeleine Dreith dreith@hawaii.usta.com 808-955-6696 x26
Intermountain Terry Walters twalters@ita.usta.com 303-695-4117 x222
Intermountain - CO Kristy Harris kristy@coloradotennis.com 303-695-4116 ext.300
Intermountain - ID Matthew Warren mwarren@idtennis.com 208-322-5150 ext. 203
Intermountain - MT MC Beeby tennis@mt.net 406-431-3152
Intermountain - NV Ryan Wolfington ryanw@nvtennis.net 702-792-8384 ext. 205
Intermountain - UT Jean Greenwood greenies4@msn.com 801-272-2200
Intermountain - WY Dave Boon dave@ustawyoming.com 307-742-0892
Mid-Atlantic Ronnie Goodall Goodall@mas.usta.com 703-556-6120 x12
Middle States Ellen Williams ellen.williams47@verizon.net
Midwest Jeff Giles jeff@midwest.usta.com 317-577-5130 x222
Missouri Valley John Terpkosh jterpkosh@movalley.usta.com 913-322-4835
New England Marcy Rubinstein mtatennis@charter.net 203-268-5357
New England Jeff Waters waters@newengland.usta.com
NorCal Lita Anderson anderson@norcal.usta.com 510-748-7373 x2919
Northern Becky Cantellano cantellano@northern.usta.com 952-358-3291
PNW Jack Olson pdxolson@verizon.net 503-422-6211
SoCal
Southern Yasmine Osborn osborn@sta.usta.com 770-368-8200
Southwest Julie Pek pek@southwest.usta.com
Texas Laura Gilbert lgilbert@texas.usta.com 817-310-3631
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