Jr USA Team Tennis District Championships
in Wilmington, July 23-25

Three of NATC's 11 Teams Qualified for Districts! 
 Congratulations to our 14's Intermediate Red Team (finished 3rd):
Saan Diwanji, Harrison Ellis, Anthony Iovino, Tim Jiang, Vaishnavi Kothapalli,
Azad Koya, Lokita Rajan, Bhargava Samanthula, Christina Vitellas

14's Advanced Team (finished 4th):
Ryan Black, Noah Fox, Graeme Green, Jane Haffer,
Alex Kobelt, Alyssa Moreau, Alyssa Seneviratne, Carol Vitellas
 
18's Advanced Team (District Champs!): 
 They Won Districts and Advanced to the
Midwest Championships in Indianapolis on August 6-8 
Meghan Buell, Kylie Hess, Julian Judge, Maddie Kobelt, Chris Perrini,
Becca Landon, Abram Schottenstein, Canyon Teague, Sean Yun, Sarah Stein, Sam Romanoff
Final Results from Indy: 5th place out of 15 teams - Great Job! 

 CONGRATULATIONS!!!
 TO NEW ALBANY HIGH SCHOOL'S OHSAA DIVISON I
STATE DOUBLES CHAMPIONS
MEGHAN BUELL & MADDIE KOBELT
 
We're all very proud of their wonderful and historic achievement!
Help Them Celebrate "Meghan Buell & Maddie Kobelt Day"
in New Albany on 11/11/09! Thank you, Mayor Ferguson, for honoring the girls with their special day.

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Congratulations Paul! 

"Paul, What you've done for tennis in New Albany is an amazing accomplishment. We're all thrilled that you are planning to stay in New Albany in the future, this is really great for our town." Mayor Nancy I. Feguson

November 3, 2009 Village Of New Albany Council Meeting Paul Kobelt, NATC Director of Tennis, Receives "The Key To The City of New Albany" from Mayor Nancy I. Ferguson for his 17 years of community service in bringing the community together through tennis.

"We have only given this honor out one other time in the history of New Albany."  Mayor Nancy I. Ferguson

Thank you, Mayor Ferguson, for honoring Paul!

To see New Albany's video for the USTA's "Best Tennis Town in America" contest, go to www.youtube.com and search for "best tennis town new albany".  We didn't make the top 10 this year, but we sure had fun trying and we're already planning our strategy for next year. Let us know if you would like to help out!

 

Congratulations to the following USTA Junior Team Tennis  players who train at NATC/KTA and played summer team tennis. 

2009 Midwest Champions!
Francesca DiLorenzo, Noah Fox, Kianna Khorrami, Alex Kobelt, J.P. Perrini, Sophie Krings, Sidney Setnar, Helen Sluder, Coached by Adam Troutman, USPTA

2009 District Champions - 3rd Place in the Midwest!
Becca Landon, Cristina Dilorenzo, Meghan Buell, Maddie Kobelt,
Alyssa Setnar, Canyon Teague, Sam Romanoff, Alex Solove,
Riyad Bennoui, Grant Dolven, Neil Sammader
Coached by Silvia Ebenezer, USPTR & Paul Kobelt, USPTA

2008 OVTA, Midwest & National Champions - Mobile, Alabama
Riyad Bennoui, John Buell, Meghan Buell, Maddie Kobelt, Peter Kobelt, Amy Nini, Sam Romanoff, Alex Solove Coached by Kortney Keith & Paul Kobelt, USPTA.

2007 Ohio Valley Champs, Midwest Champs and National Champs - Tucson, Arizona!
They travelled to Tucson, AZ for the National Championships where they beat the #1 teams from Southwest, Florida, Middle Atlantic, Pacific Northwest, and Texas, in the Finals, to win it all!  Wow, over 500,000 kids and they we're #1!


Coached by Paul Kobelt, USPTA
 

Congratulations to New Albany Eagles 2008 Girl's Varsity Players:
Maddie Kobelt,
Sectional Champ, District Champ & State Qualfier - Singles
&
Meghan Buell & Amy Nini,
Sectional Champs & State Qualifiers - Doubles
2008 OHSAA State Championship Tournament, Division 1 

In 2009, over 20 % of the Area Qualifier players in Central Ohio (80 kids out of 400) were from NATC/KTA!  Of these, 24 players quailified for Districts and 10 qualified for the Midwest Closed.

CONGRATULATIONS!!!
 TO NEW ALBANY HIGH SCHOOL SENIOR,
PETER KOBELT
OHSAA DIVISION I SINGLES
STATE CHAMPION!
Pete is the first D1 State Singles Champ from Central Ohio in 35 years.   

Congrats and Good Luck to NATC's Recent Collegiate Tennis Scholarship Recipients:
Skyler Engel, New Albany HS, 2008 - Flagler University, Sophomore
Cassie Brungarth, Grove City HS, 2008, Otterbein Collge, Sophomore
Carly Solomon, New Albany HS, 2008, Nova Southeastern University
Gianna Teague, CSG, 2008, Smith College, Sophomore
Peter Kobelt, New Albany HS, 2009, The Ohio State University
Macy Abrams, Reynoldsburg HS, 2009, Wilmington College
Maddie Kobelt, New Albany HS, 2010, Syracuse University, Freshman
Amy Nini, New Albany HS, 2009, Wright State University

Congratulations to NATC's 6.5 Combo Doubles
2008 Ohio State Champions!!!

NATC is proud to be the home of Skyler Engel & Peter Kobelt -
2007 OHSAA D-II STATE DOUBLES CHAMPS!