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The USTA is the national governing body for the sport of tennis in the U.S. and the leader in promoting and developing the growth of tennis at every level—from local communities to the highest level of the professional game. It owns and operates the US Open, the largest annually attended sporting event in the world, and launched the US Open Series linking 10 summer tournaments to the US Open. In addition, it owns the 94 Pro Circuit events throughout the U.S., and selects the teams for the Davis Cup, Fed Cup, Olympic and Paralympic Games. A not-for-profit organization with 675,000 members, it invests 100% of its proceeds in growing the game.
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The USTA has numerous people who can help you. Each of the USTA’s 17 sections has one person who serves as the collegiate contact. In some USTA sections, this is their only responsibility, while in others it falls under an umbrella of many duties. These people, with titles ranging from Collegiate Coordinator to Director of Community Tennis Development, are involved with everything relating to college tennis in their particular section. They work with varsity tennis programs, sport club tennis programs, intramural tennis programs, and high school players. They also work closely with NIRSA and the ITA to promote tennis on college campuses. These people work to keep varsity tennis programs from being dropped and to establish sport club tennis teams or other recreational tennis programs on campus. Your collegiate contact will be very excited to hear that you want to start a sport club tennis team. They will have some more information for you on starting your own sport club, will be able to put you in touch with some other clubs to play against and talk to while you set up your club, will have information to help you fundraise, market, and program your club, etc. Obviously, the collegiate contact in your section is an invaluable resource.
The USTA also has two national staff members devoted to the Tennis On Campus program who will also be able to help you in your pursuit. They share many of the same responsibilities as the section collegiate contacts do and work together with them on the program. The National Manager for Collegiate Tennis is responsible for the Tennis On Campus program across the entire country. This person works on strategic development and implementation of national partnerships, tennis initiatives, programs, resources, and marketing services to support recruitment and retention of new players, former players, and existing players in college. The National Campus Tennis Coordinator is responsible for creating new club tennis teams on campuses where they are absent, organizing the already existing club tennis teams into regional leagues, increasing the communication between club tennis teams, and providing general support for all club tennis teams across the country.
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