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.
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.
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
1. New England: Deirdre Tindall tindall@newengland.usta.com 860-536-4291
2. Eastern: Sonia Sader, sader@eastern.usta.com , 914-697-2389
3. Middle States: Bruce Kisthardt, bkisthardt@msn.com, 610-706-0940
4. Mid-Atlantic: Michelle Wood, shell@virginiatennis.com, 757-642-3481
5. Southern: Jeff Smith, smithsta@earthlink.net, 318-741-5957
6. Florida: Jodi Manning, manning@florida.usta.com, 386-671-8939
7. Caribbean: Rosa Martinez, martinez@cta.usta.com, 787-982-7782 x233
8. Midwest: Steve Wise, steve@midwest.usta.com, 262-334-3601
9. Northern: Kara Johnson, johnson@northern.usta.com, 952-358-3285
10. Missouri Valley: Don Bratetic, bratetic@movalley.usta.com, 913-322-4840
11. Texas: Todd Carlson, tcarlson@texas.usta.com, 512-443-1334 x208
12. Southwest: Tim Hand, hand@southwest.usta.com, 575-649-5310
13. Intermountain: Patricia Chien, pchien@ita.usta.com, 303-695-4117 x23
14. Pacific Northwest: Mark Toppe, markt@pnw.usta.com, 503-520-1877 x13
15. N. California: Hilary Somers, somers@norcal.usta.com, 650-595-2488
16. S. California: Linda Milan, lmilan@scta.usta.com, 310-208-3838
17. Hawaii Pacific: Sheila Kurosu, kurosu@hawaii.usta.com, 808-955-6696 x27