Tennis Tidbits June 2015

*Michelle Cooper of Wilmington New Hanover High School has been named the 2014 Mideastern Conference Women's Tennis Coach of the Year.
 

*Taylor Walicki of Wilmington New Hanover High School has been named the 2014 Mideastern Conference Women's Tennis Player of the Year.
 

*The Charlotte Observer has selected Marvin Ridge High School's Julie van Olden as its 2015 Men's Tennis Coach of the Year.
 

*Senior Zachary Balleisen, a member of Durham Riverside's #3 doubles team, will be Valedictorian for the Class of 2015.
 

*Butler High School's Jillian Tate was selected as one of the school's senior marshals this year.
 

*Butler High School senior Jillian Tate was named to the 2014 Southwestern Conference Women's Tennis All-Conference Team.
 

*Savannah Taranto won the Raleigh Millbrook High School Coach's Award.
 

*Jillian Tate won the 2014 Women's Tennis Most Valuable Player award for Butler High School.
 

*Chris Lucas has resigned as the men's tennis coach at Pinecrest High School.
 

*Senior Marin Herold has been awarded the 2015 Raleigh Millbrook High School Female Sportsmanship Award.
 

*Tim Medlin has been named the 2014 Eastern Carolina Women's Tennis Coach of the Year.
 

*Sophomore Carmelle Joyner of Clayton High School won the 2014 Greater Neuse River Women's Tennis Player of the Year award.
 

*Raleigh Millbrook High School seniors Kristin Heyward, Bella Cermin, Marian Isdahl, and Marin Herold are 2015 IB Programme graduates.
 

*Junior Klein Evans of Clayton High School won the 2015 Greater Neuse River Men's Tennis Player of the Year award.
 

*Eric Faucette will become the athletic director at the new Vance Charter School in Henderson this coming fall.
 

*Currituck County sophomore Carson Bettinger has been accepted to the North Carolina School of Science and Math for the fall of 2015.
 

*Laura Testerman is the new women's tennis coach at East Duplin High School.
 

*John Hatala and Avanish Madhavaram of Marvin Ridge High School have been named to the 2015 Charlotte Observer first team in doubles.
 

*Reidsville High School's Wayne Knight was named the 2015 Mid-State Conference Men's Tennis Coach of the Year.
 

*Jillian Tate won the 2015 Marine Athlete Award for Butler High School.
 

*Danielle Senter has resigned as the women's tennis coach at West Craven High School.
 

*Kenneth Stivason of Clayton High School has been named the 2015 Greater Neuse River Conference Men's Tennis Coach of the Year.
 

*Christopher Davis has resigned as the women's tennis coach at Corinth Holders High School.
 

*Roxboro Person High School senior Molly Horton has signed to play tennis at Averett University next fall, joining last year's #1 at Person High School Hannah Matson.   This will be the third year in a row that a Person High School player has gone on to play college tennis.
 

*Joe Mesiano of Raleigh Sanderson High School was named the 2014 High School Tennis Coach of the Year by the North Carolina Tennis Association.  This award is named for former coach Ron Lee.
 

*The Roxboro Person High School women's tennis, coached by Lynn Ward, received a Scholar-Athlete Team Award from the North Carolina High School Athletic Association for the fall of 2014.   Twelve of the 19 players on the team also received individual awards for having a 3.5 or higher grade point average.
 

*West Craven High School men's tennis coach Keith Cannon will be taking over the school's women's program also this fall.
 

*Darryl Thompson has resigned as the men's tennis coach at Burns High School.
 

*Sebastian Byers will be the new men's tennis coach at Burns High School next spring.
 

*Jeff Steed is the new women's tennis coach at Ragsdale High School.
 

*Robert Hogewood is the new men's and women's tennis coach at Greensboro Page High School.
 

*Joseph Clarke is the new men's and women's tennis coach at Hickory Ridge High School.
 

*Ken Reynolds is the new men's tennis coach at Garner Magnet High School.
 

*Roxboro Person High School women's tennis coach Lynn Ward will be an assistant coach for the school's women's soccer team next spring.

*Saturday, August 1st is the official first date for the beginning of women's tennis practice this fall.
 

*Derrick Johnson is now the men's and women's tennis coach at Forest Hills High School.
 

*Earl Green is the women's tennis coach at Ben L. Smith High School in Greensboro.
 

*Carol Almond, a member of the Appalachian State University Basketball Hall of Fame, will be the new women's tennis coach at Watauga High School this fall.
 

*Jeff Parker is the new women's tennis coach at Corinth Holders High School.
 

*Michelle Cooper has resigned as the women's tennis coach at Wilmington New Hanover High School.
 

*Daniel Jones is the new women's tennis coach at Farmville Central High School.