We hope this message finds everyone enjoying their summers and since we are already anticipating and preparing for the arrival of our squad back on campus this fall, we figured what better time than now to update Panther Tennis Nation about some new updates and what we are following and working on.
Summer Successes on and off the Court
At the risk of only highlighting a few of our players, here are a few assorted and fun summer successes from three of our Panthers! The first is Sidney Huet, who had a unique opportunity to travel to South Africa and to literally do hard volunteer work helping take care of lions and other animals. At Middlebury we take care of our cats! Next up is Noah Lewis, who won a summer series ITA hosted by Navy! So many of our guys are competing hard this summer which is such a key to coming back to campus prepared and ready to rumble! Finally, we would be remiss if we did not provide a shout out to Thehan Wijemanne for his performance at Davis Cup competing for Sri Lanka and leading his team to promotion! Thehan beat one opponent who was ATP ranked along the way too! So many in our group are doing well, and fun to follow along with how productive these guys are.
Academic Awards
Still celebrating our team’s successes from last year we have to shout out our team GPA of 3.79! Next level stuff and 11 of 12 players earning the ITA All-Academic award! Great stuff!
New Athletic Director
A new era in Middlebury Athletics has commenced this summer with Erin Quinn officially retiring at the end of June. Read all about his era and retirement announcement here.
Looking toward the future, we are thrilled to welcome our new athletic director Todd Phelps! We look forward to collaborating with him to keep building on the history of tennis at Middlebury! To get to know him more you can read more about him here and watch a video here.
Preparing for Upcoming Season (Fall Schedule Out)
We are amped to be able to host two of our three fall tournaments this year! We kick of the year as we always do with the classic Middlebury Invite (September 12th and 13th) and then follow that by hosting the New England Fall ITA Regional this year (September 25-27th)! Last up we will travel to Skidmore who will host some great d3 competition from around the country. We are fortunate to have amazing facilities to support running a great event and can’t wait.
Go Midd!
- Middlebury Tennis Coaching Staff
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