Emily Piper 
There are probably not many tennis players in the Lexington/Columbia, S.C., area who haven’t had the pleasure of working with Jorge Andrew. Connecting with people comes naturally to the native of Caracas, Venezuela. Andrew is the longtime Director of Tennis for the Lexington County Recreation & Aging Commission. He manages two large facilities: the Cayce … Read more
On Saturday, September 25, the Florence Tennis Association hosted a day-long training camp for students from four South Carolina National Junior Tennis and Learning (NJTL) chapters at the Florence Tennis Center. Participating organizations included the DD&J Junior Tennis Foundation from Columbia, the St. George Youth Sports League, the Sumter Tennis Club, and the FTA’s own … Read more
USTA South Carolina is excited to celebrate National Hispanic & Latino Heritage Month, which spans from September 15 to October 15. Throughout the month we will celebrate Hispanic and Latino members of the South Carolina tennis community through stories, spotlights and events. About The purpose of National Hispanic Heritage Month is to honor “the histories, … Read more
The Color the Spectrum with Tennis 3-day match play fundraiser event is a great way for players to meet new tennis friends, have fun, and support the South Carolina Autism Society, to which all proceeds will go. The event will be September 10-12, 2021, at Spring Valley High School in Columbia, South Carolina. Registration cost … Read more
The South Carolina Tennis Patrons Foundation and USTA South Carolina are proud to announce that Bobby Austell of Greenville and Chuck Hodgin of Sumter who now lives in Birmingham, Alabama, will be the 2021 inductees into the South Carolina Tennis Hall of Fame. They will become the 72nd and 73rd Hall of Fame inductees. Austell … Read more
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OIWmnrqJscQ As was reported in the June edition of Our Family Newsletter, former USTA, USTA Southern and USTA South Carolina President Lucy Garvin celebrated the induction of South Carolina’s Dennis Van der Meer into the International Tennis Hall of Fame on July 17. Lucy’s seven-minute speech was telecast on the Tennis Channel. She recognized his … Read more
The Ron James Youth Tennis Program held its first on-court clinics for area children last week at the Dr. Eddie Floyd Florence Tennis Center. Certified tennis instructors led the children through an hour-long regimen of warm-up drills, coordination exercises, and practice on forehands and backhands. The small group clinics moved quickly and everyone had a … Read more
To our USTA SC Tennis Family: We are proud to report that tennis participation in the US increased by 22 percent in 2020, and nearly 22 million people played the sport last year. Nearly seven million people were new to the game or returned as players during 2020. The growth from 2019 in both new … Read more
