News & Events
Champions For Life Page Up And Running
The Austin Tennis Academy is excited about its affiliation with David Benzel and his organization, Growing Champions For Life. The non-profit works to create cohesive families, healthy teams and principle-centered athletes. Mr Benzel creates articles, videos and other media that…
How to Achieve Whatever You Set Your Mind To Do
Coach Newman recommends this article by Inspower.co that was sent to him by a parent. It reminded the parent of what he hears from Coach Newman and the other coaches at ATA. Click here to read the entire article. How to…
Conor O’Meara Goes Undefeated!
Conor O’Meara went undefeated in singles in his first collegiate tournament for the Blue Demons. Conor played flight D singles at the event which was a three day competition at the River Forest Invitational in Oak Park. In his first…
Last weekends SCMZ and CMZ results
Richardson BG 16 and 18 SCMZ Coach Newman on BG 16 and 18 SCMZ: This past weekend’s superchamp major zone is one of the toughest events of the year. This four day, feed in consolation and quarterfinal loser consolation tournament…
Spencer Chiu Commits to Pomona College
Spencer will graduate from ATA College Prep this year before heading to Pomona. He also considered Amherst, Wesleyan, Georgetown, Johns Hopkins and Tulane. Spencer chose to leave Hong Kong and his family to pursue his passion for tennis at ATA…
CP Senior Camilla Trapness Commits to Amherst College
Prior to starting CP, Camilla dedicated herself to skiing since she was young and was going to be on Hong Kong’s Olympic ski team. She decided that she rather play tennis in college than pursue skiing. She played some tennis…
Results from Last Weekends SCMZ
The 16’s and 18’s SCMZ held in Arlington, TX was highlighted with 2 first place titles in doubles and a second and third place finish in singles. Jesse Wikso and partner Austin dominated their draw in doubles playing a very…
3 ATA players Champ this Weekend!
Great results from ATA players at the Austin Tennis Academy Glimmer of Hope ZAT tournament this past weekend! ATA had 3 players Champ up from the Austin ZAT. Johnny Snell led the way with winning the B14 draw and only…
ATA College Prep Receives Austin Award
Congratulations to our CEO Jack Newman and Founding Head of College Prep Carol Hagar on this prestigious award! ATA College Prep Receives 2015 Austin Award AUSTIN July 2, 2015 — Ata College Prep has been selected for the 2015 Austin…
Abigail Chiu in the Quarterfinals at National Hardcourts!
Abigail Chiu and partner TJ Fumagalli are in the quarterfinals of doubles in San Diego, CA at the National Hardcourts. They have fought through and won 4 rounds of doubles to get to the quarterfinals. They will begin play today at 3:30pm…
Caroline Wernli in the Quarterfinals of National Hardcourts!
Caroline Wernli is into the quarterfinals of the G12 Singles and Doubles of National Hardcourts held in Alpharetta, GA! In singles, she has not dropped a set in her first 4 rounds. She will face the 4th seed Jackson from…
Sign Up For The Last Week of ATA Summer Camp and Register For Our Fall Programs!
Take advantage of the Austin Tennis Academy’s tennis camps to progress at a rapid rate. These camps are designed to provide the greatest development of your child’s physical, mental, technical, and tactical performance levels, and we will have a great…
Girls who play team sports
David Benzel, Founder of Growing Champions for Life, shared some information regarding girls being involved in sports. Girls who play team sports are more likely to: Graduate from College Find a job Be employed in male-dominated industries Earn a higher…
ATA COLLEGE PREP places students at Forbes Top 10 Colleges!
Forbes magazine recently published its top 10 ranking of American colleges. With Payton Holden’s recent commitment to Princeton University for the Fall of 2017 and Spencer Chiu’s acceptance to Pomona College and Camilla Trapness’ acceptance to Amherst, ATA COLLEGE PREP…
SCMZ Abilene and San Antonio
ATA had a lot of success in the SCMZ’s for BG12 and 14 in Abilene and BG16 and 18 in San Antonio. ABILENE G14s was dominated by ATA players. Anushka and Megha Dania took 1st place in doubles and 1st…