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NJTL Essay Winners Honored During US Open in New York City
by Rhiannon Potkey, 4 September 2024
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The USTA Foundation celebrated the winners of the 2024 National Junior Tennis & Learning (NJTL) Essay Contest during US Open Fan Week. The winners participated in various events throughout New York City, culminating with a special luncheon presented by Deloitte.
The 10 winners, ranging in age from 10 to 18, are participants in the USTA Foundation’s NJTL network, created in 1969 by legendary tennis player Arthur Ashe, along with Charlie Pasarell and Sheridan Snyder. The network provides more than 150,000 youth from under-resourced communities nationwide with more equitable access to tennis, education, and life skills development. Over 1,000 students entered this year’s contest. The prompt was, “Who is your GOAT?” and the essays reflected on who they think is the greatest of all time in their lives.
Each winner and their parent/legal guardian received a trip to New York from Aug. 21 to Aug. 24, during which they were able to experience parts of US Open Fan Week, accompany USTA Foundation Chairperson and 18-time grand slam singles champion Chris Evert on Wall Street to ring the opening bell at the New York Stock Exchange and participate in an immersive learning experience with representatives from Deloitte. Each essay contest winner also received an honorary plaque at a special luncheon at the Yale Club of New York City.
The 10 winners of the 2024 NJTL Essay Contest were selected in the following categories:
(Winners, NJTL Chapter)
Girls/Boys 10-and-Under
Winifred Homer-Wambeam, University of Wyoming NJTL
Lincoln Powell-Stevenson, The Sarah Vande Berg Foundation
Girls/Boys 12-and-Under
Chase Meyers, Opportunity Tennis Academy
Bhodi Knowles, Legacy Youth Tennis and Education
Girls/Boys 14-and-Under
Mackenzie Moseley, Dallas Tennis Association
Kristofer Glason, Small is the New Big
Girls/Boys 16-and-Under
Euri Kim, Serving Advantage, Inc.
Ian Wu, First Serve OKC Foundation
Girls/Boys 18-and-Under
Maasiai Sales, South Atlanta CTA
Magnus Smith-Peters, Metropolitan Tennis and Education Group
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About Rhiannon Potkey
Rhiannon Potkey is a veteran sportswriter with more than two
decades of experience in journalism. Potkey has covered many
sports at many levels and has a passion for finding great stories.
Potkey has covered the U.S. Open, junior sectional and national
events, college conference championships and Davis Cup matches.
Potkey is currently Content Strategist for Tennis Recruiting. You
can reach Rhiannon by email at
rhiannon@tennisrecruiting.net.
