PRESS RELEASE – The Guam Department of Education’s Interscholastic Sports Association High School Tennis League coaches selected its Most Valuable Players for the league on Friday, April 2, selecting unbeaten JFK Islander Senior Erie Ortega as the girls’ MVP.
She is joined by teammate and fellow senior, Abraham Kim, as well as Tiyan High Titan Michael Sampang, also a senior. Kim and Sampang were unbeaten in their divisions with Kim taking out all the #1 seeds and Sampang winning out over all the #2 seeds. The trio joins 21 other standout tennis athletes that were named to the ISA 2021 All-Star team.
“The season went smoothly for all the teams as we closed out our first ever ISA High School Tennis season,” said Jon Fernandez, Superintendent of the Guam Department of Education. “We are very proud of our athletic directors, coaches, student athletes and their families that supported them throughout the past few weeks. We can’t wait to see who our top singles and doubles players will be as they challenge each other this week at JFK.”
Semifinal matches start Tuesday, April 6 at 4:00 p.m. sharp at the JFK courts in Tamuning. Winners will advance to the finals with the losers playing for 3rd place on Thursday, April 8. All games will be played at JFK courts.
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Nadine Del Carmen graduated from Santa Clara University on June 11. She was named captain of the Santa Clara women’s tennis team in her senior year and she will be attending Georgetown University in the fall to pursue her masters and will be playing for the Hoyas women’s tennis team.
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After a star-studded collegiate career at UCLA, Bubba Nickles turns her focus on the Tokyo Olympics with Team USA after the Bruins were eliminated in the College World Series. Nickles endured a broken arm on April 7 and worked her way back into the Bruins lineup for the WCWS. She will go down as one of UCLA’s best softball players in its storied history.
