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College Prospects Showcases
Many high school juniors are starting to consider colleges and college tennis programs. Finding a school that fits both their academic and athletic needs can be a challenge; one such challenge is getting exposure to college coaches. While coaches can get an idea of a player’s overall level of play through a ranking and list of accomplishments, there’s no substitute for them seeing a live match in both singles and doubles.
Each summer Donovan Tennis Strategies holds the College Prospects Showcase to provide prospective college players with exposure to college coaches. The event is a unique opportunity for players to play on teams in a college dual match format. It's also an excellent opportunity for college coaches to see top prospects play both singles and doubles in a competitive format. Coaches receive a biography on each player, detailing their tennis and academic information. In addition, a question and answer session with a panel of college coaches allows parents to learn more about the recruiting process.
2009 Showcase Review
Yale Showcase
The 9th Annual Donovan Tennis Strategies College Prospects Showcase was held July 1-2, 2009 at the Yale University Tennis Center in New Haven, CT. The event started with a question and answer session for parents. A small panel of college coaches representing men's and women's programs in Divisions I, II, and III was assembled to field questions about the recruiting process.
Matches began after the introduction of players and coaches. A total of 64 boys and 52 girls from 20 states and 2 foreign countries were selected from 225 applicants. Players were divided into teams and competed in a team dual-match format. Coaches representing 144 college programs (81 women's and 63 men's) attended the event. College coaches were provided a profile on each participant; including the player's contact information, grades, test scores, ranking history, and a picture.
The following players participated in this year's event:
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Roberta Bergstein (Hingham, MA)
Taylor Brandt (Sherman Oaks, CA)
Lauren Bridges (Villanova, PA)
Isabel Camacho (New York, NY)
Katherine Cecil (Huntington Beach, CA)
Regan Cherna (Bronxville, NY)
Lorraine Cheung (Hong Kong)
Erica Choo (Baltimore, MD)
Abby Clark (Weston, CT)
Kelly Comolli (Newburyport, MA)
Shannon Comolli (Newburyport, MA)
Lauren DelPrete (Rye, NY)
Gabrielle Devlin (McLean, VA)
Kendal Drake (Hilton Head Island, SC)
Ilana Dreyfuss (N. Miami Beach, FL)
Natalie Edell (Westlake Village, CA)
Kathleen Elkins (Davidson, NC)
Sabrina Fedele (Short Hills, NJ)
Lee Ford (West Newton, MA)
Jennifer Fridman (Port Washington, NY)
Samantha Gann (Massapequa, NY)
Marie Gargiulo (Weston, CT)
Elizabeth Gerber (Bethesda, MD)
Emily Gfesser (Palm Beach Gardens, FL)
Olivia Heim (Gibsonia, PA)
Elise Held (Butler, PA)
Maya Humes (Los Angeles, CA)
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Lindsay Kantor (Westhampton Beach, NY)
Rebecca Kimmel (Longmeadow, MA)
Lok-Sze Leung (Hong Kong)
Christine Limantoro (Bradenton, FL)
Savannah Mosser (Malibu, CA)
Jennifer Newman (Haverford, PA)
Lucy Nutting (Wilmington, DE)
Leah Pascarella (Franfort, IL)
Vanessa Petrini (Stamford, CT)
Brooke Pottish (East Quogue, NY)
Shraddha Prabhu (Bellrose, NY)
Eva Raszkiewicz (Brooklyn, NY)
Casey Reede (Manhattan Beach, CA)
Mchaela Rollings (Longmeadow, MA)
Dorothy Safron (New York, NY)
Victoria Santoro (East Lyme, CT)
Pui-Wing Sher (Hong Kong)
Keirsten Sires (Easton, CT)
Carly Small (Pittsburgh, PA)
Rebecca Solomons (Weston, MA)
Alyssa Style (Marlton, NJ)
Tina Tehrani (New Canaan, CT)
Lindsay Thygesen (Carmel, IN)
Jessica May Vickers (Montrose, CO)
Sarah Weingarten (Ardmore, PA)
Kate Winingham (Carmel, IN)
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Brett Alchorn (Pacific Palisades, CA)
Robert Berkowitz (Weston, CT)
Ben Bogard (Lido Beach, NY)
Geoffrey Brennan (New York, NY)
James Burke (Summit, NJ)
Alexander Buzzi (Key Biscayne, CA)
Christian Carcione (Franklin Lakes, NJ)
Ryan Carr (Madison, CT)
Matthew Carroll (Greenwood Village, CO)
Patrick Chase (Portola Valley, CA)
Peter Davis (Bronxville, NY)
Andy Dougherty (Dover, MA)
Mark Ellis (Sherman Oaks, CA)
Jesse Frieder (Providence, RI)
Alexander Friedlich (Great Neck, NY)
Chris Goetz (Piedmont, CA)
Mark Goldberg (Beachwood, OH)
Michael Goldman (Belle Mead, NJ)
Jake Gorobetz (Scarsdale, NY)
Roland Hence (Cambridge, MA)
Ryan Ho (Hong Kong)
Greg Jacob (Ridgefield, CT)
Alex Jones (Honolulu, HI)
Michael Kader (Bethesda, MD)
Dylan Kady (Upper Holland, PA)
Ethan Kallick (Pittsburgh, PA)
Max Kaye (Palm Beach, FL)
Ting Yee Lai (Hong Kong)
Andrew Lebovitz (Weston, MA)
Ben Lee (New Canaan, CT)
Chris Lord (Los Angeles, CA)
Cameron Lovett-Woodsum (Boston, MA)
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Ken-Ji Low (Malaysia)
Filip Malaric (Flushing, NY)
Tyler Mallery (Hong Kong)
Teddy Margules (New York, NY)
Will Mercorella (Ridgefield, CT)
Matthew Micheli (San Francisco, CA)
Corey Morgenstern (Old Bethpage, NY)
Courtney Mountifield (Bedford, NH)
Robert Nicholas Newhouse (Weston, CT)
Thomas O’Brien (Guilford, CT)
James Pack (Bethany Beach, DE)
Matthew Pataro (Miami, FL)
Preston Poon (Scarsdale, NY)
Jamie Raffini (Hong Kong)
Adam Reich (Westfield, NJ)
Julian Richardson (Cranbury, NJ)
Jesse Richfield (Plymouth Meeting, PA)
Joey Robinson (Skaneateles, NY)
Eric Ruta (Ridgewood, NJ)
Jeremy Schwartz (Weston, CT)
Eric Seidelman (Boca Raton, FL)
Will Shames (Newton, MA)
Matthew Shapiro (Hanover, NH)
Jonathan Shpall (Englewood, CO)
Andrew Siderides (New Canaan, CT)
Kevin Siebs (Scottsdale, AZ)
Yaron Steinfeld (Washington, DC)
Christopher Tortora (West Orange, NJ)
Will Tucker (Pinehurst, NC)
Robert Xie (Rancho Sante Fe, CA)
Peter Yanofsky (Belmont, MA)
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Coaches from the following schools attended the 2009 College Prospects Showcase: Men's Programs
Amherst College Babson College Bates College Bentley College Boston College Bowdoin College Brandeis University Brown University Carnegie Mellon University Case Western Reserve University Chestnut Hill College Colby College Colgate University Columbia University Cornell University Dartmouth College Elmira College Emerson College Fairfield University Fairleigh Dickinson University Georgetown University
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Goucher College Hamilton College Harvard University Holy Cross Johns Hopkins University Kenyon College Lafayette College Lawrence University Loyola College (MD) Marist College Marywood University Merrimack College Middlebury College Mount Saint Mary New Jersey Institute of Technology NYU Polytechnic Institute of NYU Post University Quinnipiac University Regis College Roger Williams University
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Salve Regina University Skidmore College St. John's University St. Joseph's University St. Lawrence University Stevens Institute of Technology Stony Brook University Trinity College Tufts University University of Connecticut University of Delaware University of Hartford University of Scranton Vassar College Villanova University Virginia Wesleyan College Wesleyan University Wheaton College Williams College Yale University
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Women's Programs
Babson College Bates College Bentley College Binghamton University Boston University Bowdoin College Brandeis University Brown University Bryn Mawr College Carnegie Mellon University Case Western Reserve University Chestnut Hill College Colby College Colgate University Columbia University Cornell University Elmira College Emerson College Emory University Fairfield University Fairleigh Dickinson University George Washington University Georgetown University Hamilton College
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Harvard University Haverford College Holy Cross Hunter College Johns Hopkins University Kenyon College Lafayette College Lawrence University Loyola College (MD) Merrimack College Middlebury College Mt. Holyoke New Jersey Institute of Technology NYU Oberlin College Polytechnic Institute of NYU Post University Quinnipiac University Roger Williams University Rutgers University Sacred Heart University Salve Regina University Seton Hall University Skidmore College
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Smith College St. Joseph's University St. Lawrence University Stevens Institute of Technology Stony Brook University Trinity College Tufts University University of Connecticut University of Delaware University of Hartford University of Mary Washington University of Rhode Island University of Scranton US Military Academy (Army) US Naval Academy (Navy) Vassar College Villanova University Virginia Wesleyan College Washington & Lee University Wellesley College Wesleyan University Wheaton College Williams College Yale University
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Andrew Bruhn hits a backhand return at Yale.
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Vassar College women's coach Kathy Campbell answers a question at the coach's panel Q&A.
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Kimmi Cox from San Diego, CA rips a forehand at the Southern Cal. Showcase.
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California Showcase
The 4th Annual DTS Southern California Showcase was held January 10th and 11th at the Claremont Colleges in Claremont, CA. The event started with a question and answer session for parents. A small panel of college coaches representing a variety of programs, including Adam Steinberg, men's head coach at Pepperdine University, Keith Puryear, head women's coach at the US Naval Academy, Ben Belletto, head men's coach at Pomona-Pitzer, Max Retzlaff, head women's coach at Claremont-Mudd-Scripps and Mark Bohren, head men's and women's coach at Azusa Pacific University, was assembled to field questions about the recruiting process.
Matches began after the introduction of players and coaches. A total of 20 boys and 16 girls from 10 states and one foreign countries participated. Players were divided into teams and competed in both singles and doubles. Coaches representing 25 college programs attended the event. Each coach was provided a profile on each participant; including the player's contact information, grades, test scores, ranking history, and a picture.
Day two started with a presentation by Adam Miller, Assistant Dean of Admission at Claremont McKenna College, who provided insights into college admissions procedures and gave valuable advice to players and parents.
The following players participated in this year's event:
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Taylor Brandt (Beverly Hills, CA)
Lauren Delprete (Rye, NY)
Chloe Dobbert (Walnut Creek, CA)
Yasmin Fotovat (Mechanicsville, VA)
Cassandra Kovac (Sedona, AZ)
Tarkia Krishnamurthy (Livermore, CA)
Crystal Lim (Orange, CA)
Zoe Manos (Phoenix, AZ)
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Madison Mathis (Henderson, NV)
Savannah Mosser (Malibu, CA)
Carolina O’Haren (Saratoga, CA)
Paige Press (San Diego, CA)
Mattison Sperry (Greeley, CO)
Jessica May Vickers (Montrose, CO)
Sarah Weng (San Diego, CA)
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Won Hee Cho (Diamond Bar, CA)
Thomas Dols (Portland, OR)
Trevor Donovan (San Diego, CA)
Andy Dougherty (Dover, MA)
Mark Ellis (Thousand Oaks, CA)
Alexander Friedlich (Great Neck, NY)
Brandan Gibbons (Portland, OR)
Chris Goetz (Piedmont, CA)
Justin Guay (Richmond, British Columbia)
Daniel Kim (Riverside, CA)
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Elliot Leung (Redwood City, CA)
Christopher Lord (Los Angeles, CA)
William Merorella (Ridgefield, CT)
Kyle Miller (Pacific Grove, CA)
Sam Newman (Henderson, NV)
Jonathan Shpall (Englewood, CO)
Patrick Taylor (Scottsdale, AZ)
William Topham (San Francisco, CA)
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Coaches from the following schools attended the 2009 College Prospects Showcase: Men's Programs
Azusa Pacific University California Lutheran University Claremont-Mudd-Scripps La Sierra University
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Loyola Marymount University Occidental College Pepperdine University Pomona Pitzer Colleges
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University of Chicago University of Redlands Vassar College Whittier College
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Women's Programs
Azusa Pacific University Claremont-Mudd-Scripps La Sierra University Loyola Marymount University Occidental College
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Pepperdine University Pomona Pitzer Colleges Swarthmore College University of California/Santa Cruz
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University of Chicago University of Redlands US Naval Academy (Navy) Whittier College
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Showcase Raves
"Thank you so much for the opportunity to participate in the Southern California College Showcase... I really do feel that it will help me immensely in the college recruiting process. I felt like the event did more than just allow me to show my tennis skills to coaches. It taught me more about the recruiting process in general, it gave me a feel for where I stand at the college level, and it opened me up to many more colleges that I would never have considered without this event. Everything from the scheduling to the Q&A sessions were impeccable. The search for the right college is not easy, but thanks to you and all those who assisted you in this event, my search is going to be much less stressful."
—Markie Westwood, 2007 Showcase Participant
"The Donovan College Showcase was the best organized event in which I have ever participated. Coaches were provided with accurate and complete information on each participant well in advance of the event. This allowed me to observe selected players which met the academic criteria of Washington and Lee University."
—Cinda Rankin, Former Head Women’s Coach, Washington & Lee University
“The Donovan Tennis Stategies College Showcase is a great tool for any college tennis coach. You get to see young men and women play singles and doubles in a team atmosphere. Last year I viewed recruits from Massachusetts, Florida and California! Since there are no ranking points at stake, the prospective athletes can relax, have fun and play without fear, so a college coach can get a closer look at what their true potential is.”
—Barry Schoonmaker, Head Women’s Coach, Cornell University
"There is no more knowledgeable voice of New England and Northeastern tennis than Tim Donovan. His showcase is the best organized and most beneficial one of its kind in the country."
—Dave Schwarz, Head Men’s Coach, Middlebury College
"I gather a big part of my recruiting information and contacts from the DTS College Prospects Showcase. This is a "must" event for any junior aspiring to play college tennis."
—Constantine Ananiadis, Head Women’s Coach, Oberlin College
“The Showcase has given my recruiting picture more clarity and has been a great benefit to our program.”
—Nate Simms, Head Men’s Coach, Skidmore College |
