Each year, the Shootout is the biggest event of the year for the Austin Tennis Academy and its community, and we would love for you to be a part of it all. Go ahead, now, and save the date in your calendar: Shootout 2023 will be held October 27 and October 28.

The first night – Friday, October 27 – will be the Player Party, which will be held this year in the Grand Ballroom at the Sonesta Hotel. Then, Saturday morning (October 28), teams will square off in a Calcutta-style tournament on the tennis courts at ATA.

The Shootout is ATA’s annual fundraising event for the Austin Athletics Scholarship Foundation which helps deserving student-athletes pursuing a disciplined lifestyle to reach their highest level of accomplishment through scholarship grants for travel, training, and academics. Awarded each year are multiple scholarships named after individuals with a deep connection to Austin Tennis Academy who have made significant contributions to the ATA community over the years. The Ashley Weinhold Scholarship Fund makes its debut this year.

For more information about AASF and Shootout 2023, or to make a donation, go to giveaasf.org

For nearly a quarter of a century, Austin Tennis Academy has partnered with an Austin-based non-profit focused on inspiring hope, eliminating poverty, and empowering people in Ethiopia and in Austin. At its inception, Austin Tennis Academy pledged to help raise or donate $1,000,000 to the A Glimmer of Hope Foundation.  ATA players, parents and coaches have raised funds to drill numerous water wells, and to help build educational and medical facilities in the dry Tigray region of Ethiopia. In light of civil unrest in Ethiopia, Glimmer has been focusing attention to local issues facing Austin through Glimmer|Austin.

In 2022, Glimmer|Austin made its largest financial commitment in its twenty-year history, by supporting 21 local organizations and investing over $1.4 million. That level of giving impacted more than 5,400 people which included:

• the homeless 
• those facing hunger or food insecurity
• women and children living in shelters
• individuals challenged with substance abuse addiction and recovery.  

In parallel and in partnership, key individuals contributed an additional $1.6 million to our nonprofit partners, totaling $3 million in grants in 2022. Since inception in 2003, the foundation has granted over $11.4 million, locally, to more than 250 nonprofit organizations!

Over the past 23 years, ATA and its community have raised nearly $650,000 of that original $1,000,000 pledge. “I am proud of our partnership with Glimmer,” said Coach Jack Newman/CEO and Owner of Austin Tennis Academy. ” And proud of the work they are doing to make Austin a better place to live for all citizens.”

Here is Glimmer|Austin’s 2022 Impact Report if you would like to learn more about the amazing work being done through this organization and its partners.

Austin Tennis Academy’s tennis camps for Summer 2023 will kick off the last week in May. In year’s past, many of our camps have filled up early, so we recommend registering as soon as possible to make sure your child gets in.

There are three different levels of camps offered in the morning, as well as the Tournament Tough group for Academy-level players in the afternoon. The first week of camp takes place the week of May 29 with the last week to be held the week of August 7 for a total of 11 weeks of camp over the summer. You can sign up your child for just one week or multiple weeks.

Click here or go to the Summer Camps tab on this website for more information as well as to register.