We are on a mission to develop - “Champions For Life”.

The Champions Center was launched in 1999 with the mission to be the best not-for-profit tennis training center in the world, for junior players of all socio-economic backgrounds.

Success of the Players in the Champions Center Program

Champions Center Alumni:

* 5 graduates currently playing on the professional tennis circuit (Vera Zvonerova, Phillip Simmons, Tara Iyer, Olga Pouchkova, Masha Mokh)
* Over 30 graduates at top Division I Universities (accepted on tennis and academic scholarships) and Ivy League Schools (accepted on academic excellence).

Current roster of the players in the Champions Center includes 70 children (up
from 20 in 1999) from the greater Washington Area.

* 5 of our players reached #1 rankings in the U.S. in the past 2 years
* 4 of our players won 5 National Titles in 2006
* 10 of our players are ranked top 50 in the U.S.
* 18 of our players are ranked top 10 in the Mid-Atlantic region (Maryland, Virginia, Washington D.C. and part of West Virginia)

Champions Center Alumni

Juan Carlos Rebeza, 20 years old, 2000-2002
• #4 in the world B-14
• #1 in Peru B-14/16/18
• Arizona State

Philip Simmonds, 20 years old, 1999-2003
• Champions Center training 12-16 years old
• #1 ITF doubles, #2 ITF singles
• Australian Open Champion
• Orange Bowl Champion
• Super National Champion
• Junior Wimbledon Semifinalist
• Junior French Open Semifinalist
• Currently ATP Tour

Jason Pinsky, 20 years old, 1999-2000
• Champions Center training at 12 years old
• #1 USTA Boys 18’s singles
• Currently #1 University of Pennsylvania
Treat Huey, 20 years old 2001-2004
• Champions Center training 13-17 years old
• #1 USTA Boys 18’s singles
• Currently #10 NCAA in singles, University of Virginia

Taka Bertrand, 20 years old, 1999-2004
• Champions Center training 12-18 years old
• #2 USTA G-14’s
• Top 10 every year USTA Girls 12’s, 14’s, 16’s, 18’s
• Named 2004 - 2005 SEC Freshman Player of the Year
• Currently #2 University of Vanderbilt

Billy Mertz
• USTA #10 B-18
• University of Alabama

Tara Iyer
• #1 in India G-12, 14, 16, 18
• ITF #42
• WTA #340

Eleanor Peters
• USTA #1 G-16
• #4 G-18
• University of Maryland

Elliott Bisnow
• USTA Top 75 B-16
• MATA Top 10 B-18
• University of Wisconsin

David Kwon
• USTA #7 B-16
• University of Maryland

Boris Fetbroyt
• USTA Top 50 B -16/18
• University of Maryland

Michael Coleman
• USTA Top 50 B-14
• MATA #2 B-14

TJ Bellama
• USTA #44 B-18
• University of Arizona State

Laura Reichert
• USTA #6 G-12
• University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Jared Pinsky
• USTA #1 B-16
• Duke University

Olga Pouchkova
• ITF Top 20
• WTA #32

Salifu Mohammed
• Ghana #1 B-14/16/18
• ITF #52
• ATP #521

Andres Iriarte
• USTA #16 B-16
• University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Rowan Reynolds
• USTA Top 50 B-16
• Yale

Andy Peters
• MATA Top 10 B-18
• Middlebury College

Dylan Arnold
• USTA #1 B-14
• Duke

Masha Mokh
• WTA #400

Charlie Brody
• USTA #10 B-12
• Kenyon College

Brendan Lynch
• USTA #4 B-14
• Penn State

Ryan Lissner
• USTA #7 B-16
• Louisiana State University

Ted Kelly
• USTA Top 50 B-16/18
• Stamford

Jordan Dyke
• MATA Top 10 B-16
• Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU)

Treat Huey
• USTA #1 B-18
• University of Virginia

Michael Shabaz
• USTA #2 B12/16
• ATP 900
• University of Virginia

Katia Lozanova
• USTA Top 50 G 14/16
• Saint Louis University

Emmy Fritz Krockow
• USTA #8 G-14
• #1 in Japan G-14
• William & Mary University

Mariko Fritz Krockow
• ITF #60
• #2 in Japan G-16
• University of California Los Angeles (UCLA)
• University of Virginia

Nicole Shabaz
• USTA #3 G-14
• California State Polytechnic University

 

Relevant Links:

Key Aspects of the Center Advisors & Directors Our Mission & Vision History & Alumni Coaching Staff