The UMBC Club Tennis Team was created by Alex Chan in the Spring of 2005. Alex thought that the intramural tennis tournament was not enough tennis, because it only took up one weekend per semester. After consulting other tennis players, he decided that creating a club team for tennis could not only be fun but also successful. After a semester, the Club Tennis Team became official in the fall of 2005. The fall of ’05 was also when the new team first started to play competitively, with matches against Johns Hopkins and Loyola.
Later in the fall, a sponsorship with the United States Tennis Association (USTA) provided the new team with shirts, balls, and a ball hopper, as well as paying for the entrance fee and lodging for the team’s first tournament: The Mid-Atlantic Sectional Championships, sponsored by the USTA. After fighting through tough matches (and eventually scoring wins against Mary Washington and Johns Hopkins), UMBC Club Tennis placed 5th overall, placing best out of all the teams from Maryland. Not bad for a first year!
The UMBC Club Tennis Team is a competitive team that plays and schedules its own matches against other club tennis teams. We are open to all current students, grad students, and faculty of UMBC. Our season eventually culminates at the end of the season championships, sponsored by the United States Tennis Association (USTA).
Facebook: UMBC Club Tennis
Instagram: @umbc.tennis
Contact Tennis Club: umbctennis@umbc.edu
President: Gabriel Pantusa
Vice President: Arveen Zarrabi
Treasurer: Matthew Makila
Secretary: Andrew Trinh
Practice Times & Locations:
UMBC Outdoor Tennis Courts: Monday through Thursday, 7:00pm to 9:00pm
IN THE NEWS
KAITLYN HEO NAMED MID-ATLANTIC LEADER OF THE YEAR
Orlando, Fla., April 12, 2018
Kaitlyn Heo has been identified as the Leader of the Year for the Mid- Atlantic Section of the US Tennis Association for her work with the Tennis On Campus program. Heo, President of the University of Maryland Baltimore County Club Tennis Team led her team to the 2018 USTA Tennis On Campus National Championship which takes place at the USTA National Campus in Orlando, Florida April 12-14, 2018. “Kaitlyn is a great ambassador for the Tennis On Campus program in the Mid-Atlantic Section. She always has a smile on her face, is always encouraging her teammates, and is a wonderful leader both on and off the courts” said Shell Wood, Events Manager of the USTA Mid-
Atlantic Section. Heo has spearheaded important fundraisers for the team to get them to tournaments and events throughout the year. Teammates note her leadership skills, energy, and love of the sport of tennis as to why the club team has been so successful. Heo will be presented with the Mid-Atlantic Tennis On Campus Leader of the Year Award at the Tennis On Campus National Championship by her teammates and Shell Wood of USTA Mid-Atlantic.
The USTA Tennis On Campus program features more than 35,000 college students competing nationwide in intramural and intercollegiate coed club play. Since its inception in 2000, “Tennis on Campus” has grown significantly and today is played on more than 700 college campuses. Developed by the USTA in partnership with NIRSA and World TeamTennis, the “Tennis On Campus” program gives college students the opportunity to build leadership skills, network in a coed sports environment, and compete on a college team without the rigors of playing in a varsity program. With year-round match play and regional and national championship competitions, students maintain active and healthy lifestyles through their college years.
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