2008-09 STATUS REPORT ON COLLEGE AND JUNIOR TENNIS PLAYERS

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2008-09 STATUS REPORT
Who's Turning Pro... Who's Going To College...

Updated 7/27/2009
Click here for Players signing for Fall 2008
(Signees for January 2009 & Fall 2009 were only updated through the start of the season)

Note: The College And Junior Tennis Status Report is based on confirmations from schools and agents, not player decisions. Unlike sites that post verbal commitments that have not been verified, players will not be included in the Status Report unless they have made written commitments.

Jordan Cox

Rhyne Williams

Lauren Embree

Allie Will

Jordan Cox-The junior Wimbledon finalist turned professional and signed with IMG.

Tennessee-Rhyne Williams, Prajnesh Gunneswaran and Edward Jones are joining Coach Sam Winterbotham's Volunteers in the fall.

Florida-The Gator women will have four new faces in the fall -- Lauren Embree, Allie Will, Caroline Hitimana and Claire Bartlett.

South Florida-Coach Don Barr announced the addition of Juan Carlos Acuña Gerard and Peter Frank to the Bulls team.

Adam Bernstein

Devin Britton

James Seal

Andrew Weeden

Tulane-Women’s Coach Terri Sisk announced that Hila Elster will join Emma Levy and Emma Helistén for the 2009-10 season.

Men's Coach Mark Booras inked Adam Bernstein, Coby Kramer-Golinkoff, Etham Frenkel and Trevor Getz.

Georgia Tech-Men's Coach Kenny Thorne has signed Juan Spir and Magin Ortiga. They will be joining Dean O’Brien, who transferred to the Yellow Jackets from Tennessee Tech.

Devin Britton-The youngest NCAA Men's Singles Champion on record, who made it to the U.S. Open boys' singles final last year, will not be returning to Ole Miss this fall. He has turned professional and signed with Octagon.

Georgia-The Bulldogs have signed James "Bo" Seal to add to previous recruit Will Oliver.

Duke-Head Coach Ramsey Smith announced on Friday that Henrique Cunha has signed a national letter of intent.

Hofstra-Nine freshmen will join the Pride teams next year and play for Head Tennis Coach Amanda Foukas. Malissa Gilanchi, Paige Polizois and Sonia Tsay are joining the women's team and Chris Damion, Jon Disley, Josh Levinson, Jason Sinkoff, Ben Thompson-Star and Jake Youngswick will play for the men. Quinnipiac-Head Coach Michael Quitko has announced the signing of Andrew Weeden to the men's team for the fall. He had previously inked Rachel Cantor and Sarah Viebrock. for the women's team.

Central Florida-Coach Stephanie Nikitas announced that Genevieve Lorbergs of Australia, signed a National Letter of Intent.

David Holiner

Jarmere Jenkins

Erin Vierra

Central Florida-Coach Stephanie Nikitas announced that Genevieve Lorbergs of Australia, signed a National Letter of Intent.

Texas-The Longhorns will have an almost all new team next year. Coach Michael Center recently signed David Holiner and Vasil Mladenov to add to the four he picked up in the fall -- Chris Camillone, Ben Chen, Grant Fleming and Daniel Whitehead.

Virginia-The Cavalier men have announced Jarmere Jenkins, Dino Dell’Orto and Julen Uriguen to start in the fall.
The women had previously signed Erin Vierra and Hana Tomljanovic.

Ian Chadwell

Alexa Guarachi

Jacqueline Cako

Connor Smith

Alabama-Men's Coach Billy Pate announced the commitment of Ian Chadwell and Harris Barnard, while Women's Coach Jenny Mainz will have Alexa Guarachi.

Jacqueline Cako-The Washington native will join the Arizona State team next fall.

Christoffer Konigsfeldt-California men's Coach Peter Wright announced that the Golden Bears have signed the 6-2 Danish junior.

Florida State-Connor Smith and Anderson Reed will be on the Seminole's 2009-10 roster.

Rebecca Marino

Rachael White

Evan King

Thien Trang-Nguyen

Rebecca Marino-Georgia Tech has signed the Canadian.

Illinois-Coach Michelle Dasso inked Rachael White and Breanne Smutko for '09.

Michigan-The men's team received commitments from Chris Cha and Evan King, while National Letters of Intent were signed for the women by Taylor Fournier and Thien-Trang Nguyen.

Spencer Wolf

Ryan Noble

Michael Moore

Chase Buchanan

TCU-Marius-Adrian Cirstea has been added to the players Coach Dave Borelli previously brought in for the fall (Christopher Price transferring from Duke, and Slah Mbarek coming in as a freshman).

Mississippi State-Louis Cant and Artem Ilyushin were added to the men's Bulldog roster for January 2009. Danielle Terpko will join the women in the fall.

Northwestern-Arvid Swan announced the signing of four recruits - Sidarth Balaji, Mark Schanerman, Chris Jackman and Spencer Wolf for the men's team. Women's Coach Claire Pollard will bring in Linda Abu Mushraf, Brittany Wowchuk and Kate Turvy.

North Carolina-Ryan Noble and William Parker will stay in their homestates and play for the Tar Heels.

Notre Dame-Men's Coach Bobby Bayliss announced that Blas Moros and Michael Moore have signed to begin in the fall of 2009. Chrissie McGaffigan will play for women's Coach Jay Louderback.

Ohio State-Chase Buchanan will remain close to home and play for Ohio State, along with Peter Kobelt, Devin McCarthy and Wyatt Lippert. The women's team will welcome Kara Cecil, Fidan Manashirov and Gabrielle Steele.

Bryan Weintz

Thomas Pham

Matt Kandath

Max Stevens

Penn State-Men's Coach Todd Doebler announced the signing of Warren Hardie and Bryan Welnetz. Coach Dawna Prevette signed of Amy Simidian and Sarah Henderson.

Santa Clara-Coach Derek Mills recruited Thomas Pham and Eugene Muchynski.

Danielle Lao-The Californian will play for the University of Southern California next year.

Matt Kandath-The New Yorker is heading west to Stanford.

Stetson-Alon deKoker and transfer Mark Mestan from Hawaii Pacific will join the Hatters this spring.

Tennessee-Coach Sam Winterbotham announced that he will add Taylor Patrick and Max Stevens to his squad this January 2009

Ryan Lipman

Alison Riske

Kathryn Talbert

Vanderbilt-Allison Riske will follow in her sister's footsteps and join the Commodores. Ryan Lipman and Sam Wells will play for the men's team.

Kathryn Talbert-Wake Forest has inked the North Carolina native.

Kyle McMorrow

Hannah Berner

Billy Bertha

Washington-Coach Matt Anger announced that Kyle McMorrow will join the Huskies.

Wisconsin-The men’s team will bring in Billy Bertha and Chris Freeman and the women are adding Hannah Berner and Kathleen Saltarelli next year.

Xavier-Mike Green has re-enrolled and will be completing his athletic eligibility with the Musketeers.

The purpose of the College And Junior Tennis Status Report is to help everyone keep up with who's turning pro and who's signed to attend a specific college or transferred from one to another. Information on this page is updated as soon as we receive it.

The Status Report now corresponds its pages to the college signing periods. This page will continue through the November signing period for the 2008-09 season.

The majority of the world does not distinguish athletes as professional or amateur. That is not the case in the United States. Though the USTA has passed a "Call Item" to allow professional players 18 and under to compete in USTA National events, the NCAA still has very specific guidelines on amateur status.