Coach Manning Leaving/Season Ending Awards 2018

Coach Manning is leaving Woodberry and he will be missed!  I have enjoyed working with him over the past 4 years with JV Tennis.  Below awards were issued to: Tom Kaia (Team Sportsman of the Year).  Tom’s court demeanor, ethics, and technical skill improvement were outstanding.  Daniel Vroon was Most Improved, with Evan Sun and Eli Sun also recognized for most improved.

L to R: Daniel Vroon, Eli Sun, Evan Sun, Tom Kaia

Coach Colin Manning

Coach Manning & Coach Deal

Team Finishes Season 6-2 with win over Jefferson County

Evan Sun 

Kenny Hang

Tom Kaia

Eli Sun

Max Carleton

Team vs Collegiate

Both Teams enjoyed perfect weather yesterday for tennis.  We had good matches but lost to a very good Collegiate Team.  Below, our 2018 Team.

Boys Go to 5-1

Team goes 1-1 this week with loss to a very good Collegiate Team, and a win over a good Trinity Episcopal Team.  Below - boys running line touches and enjoying some sunny weather.

Team Goes To 4-0 With Win Over VA Episcopal

Hayes Barrus, Audric Gupton, Max Carleton, Daniel Vroon, and Kenny Ambiso won their singles matches yesterday.  Hayes and Reed Shemwell won at #1 Doubles, and Max Carleton and Daniel Vroon won at #2 Doubles.  Hale Roberts played a good match and won his exhibition singles match.  Way to go BOYS!

Hale Roberts won his match

Daniel Vroon in action 

Kenny Hang 

Reed Shemwell #2 Singles

Hayes Barrus undefeated at #1 Singles

Team Goes to 3-0

Proud of the boys for their victories over STAB and Fork Union.  #1 Hayes Burrus won over a very tough opponent against STAB 8-8 (7-5) in the tiebreaker.  Reed Shemwell, Max Carleton, Audric Gupton, and Kenny Ambiso won their matches.  In exhibitions, Hale Roberts and Benny Cao won their doubles match.  Congrats Boys!

Dae Yeon Kim and Ayush Basnet

Benny Cao and Hale Roberts

Kenny Ambiso

Audric Gupton

2018 JV Tennis Season Start vs Trinity

Our season started off with a cool, breezy day yesterday against Trinity.  All of our guys won their matches.  Congrats Team!

Below is our Roster for this year and the top 6 seeds currently, but subject to change:

Hayes Barrus #1, Reed Shemwell #2, Daniel Vroon #3, Max Carleton #4, Audric Gupton #5, Kenny Ambiso #6. Eli Sun, Hale Roberts, Benny Cao, Dae Yeon Kim, Tom Kaia, Ayush Basnet, Evan Sun, Kenny Hang.

Some of the guys enjoying tennis on a cool day

Reed Shemwell played well at #2 yesterday against a tough opponent

Daniel Vroon won at #3

Hayes Barrus won at the #1 spot yesterday