South High School's Gage Webster is off to pitch for the University of Utah after a decorated high school career on the diamond and in the classroom. The left handed pitcher won numerous awards over his four years on the Wolverines varsity squad including being...
Faced with the possibility of never playing college tennis again, Emma Lewis of Anchorage dug deep and gave Bowdoin College everything she had. The senior won her doubles match to help the Polar Bears bear Middlebury 5-2 to advance to the quarterfinals of the NCAA D2...
When three-time Alaska high school tennis champion Whitney Williams of Anchorage considered which college to pick, she made a wish list. “I wanted to know at least one person before I went there. I wanted to be close to family. I wanted it to be Division I,” she told...
A star in high school, Reed Lekander of Anchorage is now focused on taking his game to the next level. He will play some tennis, too. A two-time state champion on the court, Lekander is just as impressive in the classroom with a 3.8 GPA. He’s been offered academic...
It doesn’t matter who Whitney Williams of Anchorage plays doubles with because she continues to win tournaments. The 18-year-old Alaska state champion teamed with Portland’s Erin Larner to win the Girls 18s doubles title at the Lewis & Clark College endorsement...
Anchorage’s Emma Lewis of Bowdoin College accomplished a major milestone over the weekend at the Cissie Leary Invitational in Philadelphia. The senior tennis player picked up her 40th career singles victory with a hard-fought 7-5, 6-4 triumph over Minami Okaijima of...
Julia Rumley of Anchorage is the first Grinnell College tennis player from Alaska. Her interest was self-driven, seeking a spot without the benefit of being recruited. Most walk-ons don’t make it, but Rumley did. And now the sophomore is a fixture for the NCAA D3 team...
Teenage tennis whiz Whitney Williams of Anchorage had the perfect ending to her two-month summer tour around the county The 17-year-old won a pair of medals in the U18 division at this weekend’s USTA Pacific Northwest Junior Sectional Championships in Beaverton, Ore.,...
Typical Outsiders, assuming Alaskans can’t swing a tennis racket. Jayden Hodgson of Anchorage is more than happy to prove them wrong. The 15-year-old prodigy this summer has won a pair of singles titles in Under-16 tournaments in North Dakota and Minnesota and made...
Anchorage’s Emma Lewis helped Bowdoin College beat Endicott and advance to the Regional Final of the NCAA D3 Championships. Lewis, of South High fame, won her doubles match 8-3 as part of fifth-ranked Bowdoin’s 5-0 sweep of Endicott in Maine. The Polar Bears will take...
Anchorage’s Emma Lewis won her 45th career doubles match for Bowdoin College, but it wasn’t enough to save the Polar Bears from a 5-1 loss to Williams College in the ESCAC Championships in Amherst, Mass. The former Alaska state champion has won 13 of 18 doubles...