“I’ve found this path that I just want to stay on, you know, for the rest of my life on Earth.” These are the strong and assured words of Michael Rosenkrantz, director of SoCal Adaptive Sports, on his mission to create and provide opportunities for people with disabilities to play and compete in sports at…

Introduced to tennis at eight years old, Ethan Henderson has found himself following a passion for ten years and has seen it turn from a hobby into an integral part of his life now and for the future. From Gardena, California, Henderson was introduced to the sport of tennis by his grandfather who would bring…

“She’s legally blind in her right eye, so I didn’t think she’d see the ball,” said Heather Osborn about her daughter, Marie Osborn. Aside from that, Marie Osborn certainly has had more hurdles to overcome. Being the only wheelchair player in her district, Marie has had to fight pushback from others her whole life in…

March 20 is a day Taylor Fritz, the Southern California native, will never forget. “My dad brought me here (to Indian Wells) as a kid,” Fritz said ahead of his appearance in the final of the BNP Paribas Open. “He told me that I was going to win this tournament one day when I was…

“It’s definitely possible to do both. Don’t let your academic drive limit you from doing anything else.” If you look at Jessica Widmark’s resume, this definitely seems easier said than done. The current UC Irvine PhD candidate has been balancing tennis, and a very diverse academic career since the age of 7. Moving between the…

Coming into the Tennis on Campus (TOC) Southern California Sectionals in 2022, Pepperdine Club Tennis had not qualified for Nationals in over seven years. The Malibu based school showed up to Barnes Tennis Center in San Diego with only five players, while most other schools had at least double, or even five or six times…

USTA Southern California has announced its “All-SoCal College Team” for 2022 to celebrate the accomplished collegiate tennis players who’ve emerged from the Section and its array of junior programming. The players were selected based on their competitive success, academic accomplishments, and their reflection of sportsmanship. We congratulate these and all SoCal-based college scholar-athletes for their…

Coming from Macau, Sisi Leong had the whole world in front of her when looking at College, and it was tennis that directed her to Southern California where she thrives on the UCSD club tennis team. Leong has been playing tennis since primary school and recalls crying on the way to her first lesson, not…

The impact of Billie Jean King’s career and her work to empower women and female athletes is unmeasurable. This year especially holds a significance in the advancement of Women’s sports and so much of what Billie Jean King has worked for, as 2022 will mark 50 years since the enactment of Title IX. But long…