This year’s Shootout will mark the 20th anniversary of the marquee fundraising event for Austin Athletics Scholarship Foundation. Despite the COVID pandemic, we’re pulling out all the stops in an effort to make this year the best one yet! To do that, we’re turning our traditional banquet into an online virtual party the evening of Friday, October 23. That’s right… you can be part of the festivities without leaving home, but that doesn’t mean you won’t want to get all dressed up because you’re still going to see and be seen.

The tennis part of The Shootout, don’t worry, will still be live and in person on Saturday, October 24. Following the glitz and glamour of Friday night’s festivities in the virtual world, all the action and FUNdraising move to the real world, specifically to the courts at Austin Tennis Academy, where you might say money talks from the end of a tennis racquet.

Along with raising money to support deserving student-athletes, there’s even more reason to attend this year’s Shootout. We’re going to be celebrating another milestone that weekend; this year is Jack Newman’s 40th anniversary as a tennis coach, impacting lives on and off the court. To help us salute this incredible man, we want as many of Jack’s former students from Fretz Tennis Center, St. Stephens, and Austin Tennis Academy as well as current players and friends to be at Friday night’s virtual event.

Even though there’s lots of work still to be done pulling together this giant shindig, you can click here to glean a few more details about what we’ve got planned for this year’s 20th Anniversary Shootout. If your company would like to be involved in supporting AASF, we’d love to hear from you. Click here to check out the sponsorship opportunities.