Posted by: charliekennedy on: May 27, 2010
Melanie is from Cresskill, New Jersey is an outgoing and sociable person who is very easy to get along with. She is 17 years old, has a shoe obsession and is a frozen yogurt addict. Melanie is a very good tennis player and has been playing tennis at the Bollettieri Tennis Academy for the past [...]
Posted by: charliekennedy on: May 27, 2010
Maximilian Bschorer was born on January 18, 1991. He has been in this academy for a very long time! Ever since his first day of school he has been an “A” student. He is playing tennis since he was 7 years old. His hobbies are: video games, golf, chillin’ and of course tennis! Some times we were [...]
Posted by: charliekennedy on: May 27, 2010
Danil Ovechkin was born in Vladivostok, 31 of may in 1991. He has been in this academy for five years, and has been a very good student in school and on a tennis court. He was making up everything on time and almost an “A” student in The Pendleton School. During these years he has made [...]
Posted by: charliekennedy on: May 27, 2010
Guilherme Lima Ciciliati Fagundes was born in Ribeirão Preto, Brazil, in August 27, 1992. Guilherme has two sisters, one older than him called Mariana who is 19 years old, and a younger one called Juliana who is 16. He is a tennis player here at IMG and he started playing when he was 7 years [...]
Posted by: nataliebea on: May 26, 2010
Heather was born on May 19th 1992. Last week she celebrated her 18th Birthday, Happy Birthday Heather! As many of us know, Heather is an amazing tennis player. Last September Heather won the US Open Juniors! She played an amazing tournament and came out on top. Heather is from Gurnsey in the United Kingdom. About [...]
Posted by: nataliebea on: May 26, 2010
Frizzi was born on April 16th 1993. She was originally from Germany but moved out to IMG for the tennis program and Pendleton. Frizzi is a good tennis player and has gotten herself into Davidson College. This is a great achievement in itself but Frizzi graduate a year early as she is still only 17! [...]
Posted by: nataliebea on: May 26, 2010
Christina was born on January 22nd 1992. She is originally from Surabaya, Indonesia but moved to IMG to play tennis. Christina has played tennis now at IMG for quite a long time. She is an extremly friendly person that gets along with everyone. Next year she will attend Presbyterian College. She will play on the [...]
Posted by: nataliebea on: May 26, 2010
Julia was born in Warsaw, Poland on January 23rd, 1993. Even though she was born in Poland, she has lived most of her life in British Columbia, Canada. Two years ago, Julia started playing tennis. Last year she moved to IMG so she could attend Pendleton and play tennis at Bollettieri. Next year, Julia will [...]
Posted by: nataliebea on: May 26, 2010
Nikita was born on the 14th of July 1993. When he was 12 years old he began playing tennis. For the last 4 years he has played tennis full time. In 2008 he moved to IMG so he could play even more tennis and attend Pendleton. Nikita is actually a year younger than many of [...]
Posted by: charliekennedy on: May 26, 2010
Oliver is 17 years old and was born in London, England; but now lives in Indiana. He is outgoing and very personable. Oliver is a tennis player and has been playing at the Bollettieri Tennis Academy for the past year. In the fall he will be attending Colorado College.
Posted by: nataliebea on: May 24, 2010
First of all, I bet no one would ever guess what John’s favorite animal are: Whales! John was born on December 3rd 1991. He was originally from State College, Pennsylvania but move to IMG five years ago to play tennis. John has played tennis for 8 years and has now got himself a place in [...]
Posted by: charliekennedy on: May 24, 2010
Kendyl Green is a tennis player in IMG program and she is also part of student council. Her birthday is in February the 2nd and she is 17 years old. She has been aattending IMG and The Pendleton School for 2 years. She is a senior this year and she is graduating to go to [...]
Posted by: nataliebea on: May 23, 2010
Gonzalo was born on May 7th 1992 in Madrid, Spain. About two years ago in August of 2008, Gonzalo moved out here to attted Bollettieri tennis academy. He has played tennis since he was 4 (for about 14 years) and he wanted to give himself the best possible opportunity to improve his tennis. In August, [...]
Posted by: nataliebea on: May 23, 2010
Joanna Zarur was born on the 15th November 1991. At the age of five, she started to play tennis. Because she enjoyed tennis so much and wanted to pursue her career in tennis further, she moved to IMG from Mexico City, Mexico at the age of 11. In total she has been at IMG for [...]
Posted by: charliekennedy on: December 4, 2009
Now that the 2009 Eddie Herr is in full swing, frequent updates have been made to the Nick’s Picks website. You Pendleton students will appreciate that Nick uses a WordPress.com blog for his website. Enjoy – here’s the link to Nick’s Picks: http://nickstennispicks.com/
Posted by: gonzaloasis on: November 30, 2009
Eddie Herr International is a Junior tournament held in IMG Academies the week after Thanksgiving every year since 1987. It was founded by Eddie Herr’s grandson to honor his grandfather for his life’s passion for tennis and bringing the best junior players in the world to compete. The tournament now attracts many of the top international junior players, and [...]
Posted by: jejohnson5 on: October 23, 2009
What has it come down to when you can do something selfless and do good for someone else and get in trouble for it. How would you feel if you were being investigated for cheating when all you did was drop out of a match because of an injury? That is what happened to the 19-year-old [...]
Posted by: gonzaloasis on: September 15, 2009
Pendleton student Heather Watson, born in Guernsey, UK, is this year’s Junior US Open Champion. 11th seeded, and after struggling in her 1st round match, her chances of winning the tournament looked like a long shot. However, her game got better and better throughout the week, and she cruised through the draw with a superiority that was also [...]
Posted by: julialistennis on: September 7, 2009
I have patella tendonitis in my right knee. I’ve been injured for four weeks now. When I first injured my knee I thought they were growing pains, so I left it alone hoping that the problem would resolve itself. The next week I consulted the trainers and with the significant increase in pain I felt, [...]
Posted by: joanna200 on: August 26, 2009
Rafael Nadal arrives to the U.S Open in New York, feeling better prepared than what he thought he would. He says that he is very exited to be playing the U.S Open this year just because he was not expecting to, due to his multiple injuries. The 23 year old is going to be playing [...]
Posted by: dirkr on: May 27, 2009
One of the seniors to graduate as a part of the 2009 class is Lauren Golino. Lauren is a tennis player here at IMG Academies. She has been a student at the academy for four years, however she only attended Pendleton for her senior year. Lauren was born in Caserta, Italy, later moved to Houston, [...]
Posted by: dirkr on: May 27, 2009
One of the seniors here at Pendleton who will be a part of the graduating class in a few weeks is Megan Fabry. Megan has been a student at IMG and Pendleton since her sophomore year and she has been a close friend of mine ever since. Megan is from Saudi Arabia even though this [...]
Posted by: dirkr on: May 27, 2009
Janshaaz Khan, more commonly known as Shaaz, hails from India. He came to IMG at the start of his junior year. He is a tennis player and will be a part of this years graduating class on June 5th. Shaaz plays tennis here at IMG and his head coach is Jorge. Shaaz is a very [...]
Posted by: xeniya on: May 27, 2009
Abby Wright is a senior at the Pendleton school and is graduating this June 2009. She has played tennis for pretty much her entire life; she has played since she was 3 years old. Abby was born in Clearwater, Florida. She has moved a couple of times and lived two years in New York and [...]
Posted by: mfabry on: May 26, 2009
“Life is too short to be anything but happy, so love deeply, forgive quickly, take chances, give everything with no regrets, & always remember that everything happens for a reason”. This is one of Stephanie Ritchey’s favorite quotes. Stephie is originally from Costa Rica. She has attended the Pendleton School for two years while also [...]
Posted by: mfabry on: May 26, 2009
Dirk Ramidal is from Trinidad; he has attended the Pendleton School for four years. Dirk plays tennis here at IMG and plans to walk on at Stetson University next year. Dirk enjoys playing and watching all sports, especially golf and soccer. He is a huge of Manchester United. I have personally known Dirk for three years and know that [...]
Posted by: xeniya on: May 11, 2009
2008/2009 school year is almost over, and I have to say that this year went very well for most of the people in IMG and Pendleton. This year tennis program improved a lot, and all the tennis players felt more dedication and enthusiasm coming from the coaches, which was the main force to push us [...]
Posted by: charliekennedy on: March 23, 2009
My tennis coach has created a new ranking system for our group. After assessing all of our matches he numbered us one through nine. He then explained to us that we could “challenge” the higher ranked players and take their spots. Another twist to this was that if we didn’t show up to practice that [...]
Posted by: charliekennedy on: March 18, 2009
Personellement, ma vie a IMG s’est beaucoup amelioree depuis la semaine derniere et mon dernier conflit avec Jakub, mon coach. Je suis actuellement en pleine ascension vers le niveau professionel et je retrouve enfin la passion et la motivation de m’entrainer dur ce qui m’avait echappe depuis quelques semaines. Depuis le conflit avec Jakub le [...]
Posted by: dirkr on: February 15, 2009
Something very common to tennis players at the Nick Bollettieri Tennis Academy is the Grand Prix. The Bollettieri Grand Prix is a tournament that is set up for students at the academy to play on weekends occasionally. Its main purpose is to give the players a chance to have more match play opportunities. The players [...]
