Class of 2023
J.P. McCaskey High School
6 years playing tennis
Hobbies: traveling, music, and the outdoors

Being a part of the Leadership Team has helped me meet new people and gain cooperation and problem solving skills. The leadership team has given me an understanding for what it’s like to work in a positive and fun environment.

Class of 2023
J.P. McCaskey High School
6 years playing tennis
Hobbies: traveling, music, and the outdoors

Being a part of the Leadership Team has helped me meet new people and gain cooperation and problem solving skills. The leadership team has given me an understanding for what it’s like to work in a positive and fun environment.

Class of 2022
Lancaster Mennonite High School
2 years playing tennis
Hobbies: tennis, softball and art

I am interested in sports medicine, and my hope is to be able to play tennis in college while going to school to be an athletic trainer. Being on the leadership team has taught me the importance of working (and playing) hard, and that you can also have a lot of fun while doing so. It has taught me to set goals, to be more confident in myself, and how rewarding helping others can be. It has helped me build strong bonds with some really great tennis players. Most importantly being a team member has shown me the importance of encouraging and working with younger or new players.

Class of 2024
Ephrata High School
8 years playing tennis
Hobbies: ping pong, basketball, musical instruments and playing the cello

Being a leadership team member is a good experience that is teaching me about many important skills, like leadership, responsibility, teamwork, commitment, and aspiration. It is also helping me learn to work with and teach children to listen and to show good characteristics and of course the game of tennis.

Currently, I attend Loyola University in Maryland with a major in Business Management. I am really enjoying it and have definitely seen growth in myself. With tennis, I do frequently go out into the courts and play with my friends just to relax and have fun. My future plans would consist of graduating and having a position somewhere in HR or even becoming a manager at a local establishment within Lancaster. From there on, I will figure out where my plans will take me.

Currently, I attend Loyola University in Maryland with a major in Business Management. I am really enjoying it and have definitely seen growth in myself. With tennis, I do frequently go out into the courts and play with my friends just to relax and have fun. My future plans would consist of graduating and having a position somewhere in HR or even becoming a manager at a local establishment within Lancaster. From there on, I will figure out where my plans will take me.

I attend Rhodes College in Memphis, TN where I play tennis and study psychology. Unfortunately, during my first match freshman year, I tore my ACL so I was unable to play the rest of the season. In March I was finally cleared and was able to play one doubles match but then because of the COVID-19 situation, my season was canceled. Hopefully, junior year will be my year to finally get a season in! I plan on playing college tennis until I graduate and the sport I love for the rest of my life, but after college, I am going to go to focus on sports psychology to be a sports counselor.

* Check out how Julia used her experience with Tennis Central for her high school graduation project! See her essay here and her PowerPoint here. *

Hello my name is Mario Heitmann. I’ve participated in Tennis Aces since I was 10 years old and was a member of the Leadership Team for 2 years. I also played tennis for McCaskey High School under Delaine Mast. I attended the University of Pittsburgh with a Political Science major and a History minor. Although I am not playing tennis as frequently right now, I am rock climbing. I find this uses a lot of the same skills I learned in tennis like perseverance and endurance. I am planning to study abroad in England my junior year and will look to do something in the political field when I graduate college.

I am well into my college career at Northwestern University studying Neuroscience and Communication Sciences & Disorders. I am on the club tennis team, and putting the planning skills I built through Tennis Central to use as the activities coordinator for Best Buddies, an organization that partners one-on-one with students with disabilities from a local school in Evanston. I am planning to go to med-school and find a career as a Pediatric Neurologist. Looking forward to the future!

I am now attending Elizabethtown college as I am a Finance Major looking to hopefully be a financial advisor or analyst in the future after graduating college. College is definitely a different experience but one I have enjoyed every moment of! It has truly been awesome to had been apart of this program!