MISS TENNIS AWARD

The Miss Tennis award is given to a Number One Senior Singles player by the Detroit Free Press in conjunction with the MHSTeCA. Each Division nominates one player from their Division and one of those four is chosen Miss Tennis.

The following four players were nominated for Miss Tennis for the Spring 2010.
Division 1 - Amanda Border of Novi
Division 2 - Ann Marie Morin of Rochester Adams
Division 3 - Chloe Karoub of Detroit Country Day
Division 4 - Kathleen Hawkins of Kalamazoo Hackett

Miss Tennis for 2010 is Kathleen Hawkins of Kalamazoo Hackett.
Congratulations to Kathleen.

The 2009 winner was Maggie Remynse, Battle Creek Lakeview

ATTENTION COACHES!

We now have the NEW (as of July 9) 2010 Coaches' Directory available online for you. The directory is password protected. In July 2010 Ed Waits emailed the password to all members that listed email addresses. If you can not access the Directory, you may not have renewed your membership for 2010.

Please check to make sure that your information is correct and send any corrections to Ed Waits (see below).

NOTES:

1. Please send any updates/corrections for the directory to Ed Waits
2. Click here to view directory.

March 2009

COACHES!

MHSTeCA wants to get input from its membership on a number of items concerning tennis in the State of Michigan. A discussion forum has been set up dealing with different topics. Two new items have been added to this Discussion Forum that have come up at previous Board of Directors Meetings.

1. Tennis Parity
2. Third Set Match Tiebreak.

Click here to check out other coaches' opinions and/or to add your opinion.

If you have other topics to either be added to this forum or discussed at a future Board of Directors meeting, please contact Peter Militzer or any Board Member.

FYI

Listed below are the rulings of the MHSAA's Rep Council on the items that the MHSTeCA's Board of Directors sent to them.

1. Request that Tennis be exempt from the "dead period" provision of the MHSAA (9-0). FAILED
2. Eliminate the following guideline in the Tournament Manager's Manual under Additional Procedure for Drawing Brackets (Final Tournament): "individuals who are winners must not play other winners in the first round matches. If an individual player is on the winning team, but did not win his/her flight, no special consideration is to be given." PASSED
3. Request that the MHSAA select coaches to serve on an Ethics Committee - to serve as a resource for dealing with allegations of stacking or rule violations. FAILED, requested that tennis do like other coaches associations and appoint their own.
4. Allow the four interscholastic scrimmages to happen any time during the season. PASSED

NOTICE!

The Spring 2010 All State List has been posted (click here to see list) along with other items for Spring 2009 (such as Regional and State Coaches of the Year, All Academic, updates to Tournament lists, etc.).

June 25, 2010

If you have anything that you would like to see posted in our Newsletter, please email Brennan Brown at hollysummertennis@gmail.com.

December 2009

Two of our coaches are in the 'news':

Glenn 'Fuzz' Corey has been inducted into the Michigan High School Coaches Association's Hall of Fame.
Mark Sobieralski has been named National Coach of the Year for Tennis by the National High School Athletic Coaches Association.

Congratulations to Fuzz and Mark.

November 2009

MORE FUNDS NEEDED FOR HALL OF FAME

The creation and development of such an energetic project plus the maintenance of it has not been without difficulty, particularly in the funding of the undertaking. We have been able to collect some contributions from different sources within our association and from donors in several tennis communities. However, there is still a definite need for more funds to defray the expenses of this entire endeavor. If you are able to contribute any finances individually or as a group, you are encouraged to send your check of any amount to: