Womeodu Grant Application Time; Champions for Charity Event Announced
When I first heard about the USTA's Okechi Womeodu Scholar Athlete Grant early this year, I made a note to remind juniors and their families when applications would be available for the 2007 award. According to the usta.com website, applications for the $5000 grants, awarded to one male and one female player each year, have been available since November 1st. The deadline to submit the application to your section is late December. It will be two years on Friday that junior tennis lost one of its shining lights; this award is an ideal way of honoring Okechi Womeodu's memory. For more information, please contact Iris Rivera, Coordinator, Special Projects, at (914) 697-2281 or email her at irivera-at-usta.com.
Recently I was asked to pass along news about the Champions for Charity event scheduled for Saturday, November 25th in Wichita Kansas. In addition to Andy Roddick, Luke and Murphy Jensen, Brenda Schultz-McCarthy, and Natasha Zvereva, Sam Querrey will be a part of the benefit for the Cerebral Palsy Research Foundation and the Genesis Foundation for Fitness & Tennis. For more details, see this release in Tennis Week.
I also wanted to mention that, after some daunting technical difficulties, Kevin McClure has managed to reconstruct our October 31st edition of Inside Junior Tennis and it is available
here. Due to the delay in making this one available, the next one will come out later this week.
2 comments:
okechi is the nicest kid ever from an amazing family. I have known him since 12s nationals and will never forget the moment i heard the tragedy. Best of luck to his family, he will be missed
everyone loved Okechi! Keep him and his family in your prayers please
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