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HCCTA brings Barry Krauss to the Hamilton Southeastern Royal Tennis Team

College and professional football legend Barry Krauss spent thirty minutes with the Hamilton Southeastern High School Royals boys tennis team during practice on Friday morning, August 10th.Barry played college football for the University of Alabama under legendary coach Paul “Bear” Bryant, and is well known for his goal line stop in the national championship game versus an undefeated Penn State team.

The stop was on a fourth and inches play that earned Alabama football the national championship in 1979. Barry went on to play twelve seasons in the NFL for the Colts and Dolphins, amassing over 1000 career tackles and being named team MVP in 1984 and 1989.

Barry is now active in many community service projects and boards, as a broadcaster for Alabama football and the Indianapolis Colts, and as a motivational speaker. You can read more about Barry at his website at http://barrykrauss.com/.

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Barry has written a book titled Ain’t Nothin’ But a Winner about the Alabama goal line stand and the chance of the lifetime that happened at the Sugar Bowl in 1979.

Barry talked with the players about the keys to having a successful life. He spoke to them about getting ready for those “big plays” that occur at random times, and talked about how the fundamentals are how to be ready when the moment arrives. After the talk he posed for a team picture, proudly donning a Royals uniform shirt. The Royal tennis team hopes to read his book to learn more about Barry’s experiences, and apply some of his life lessons to their daily choices. The team will also work together to create and carry-out a team service project during the season. It was certainly a real honor to have Barry come to practice to address the Royals team. I am sure the players walked away with some valuable insights from spending that time with him. Barry’s talk was sponsored by the Hamilton County Community Tennis Association as part of their Community Reads program. Barry Krauss will also be speaking about his book as part of the Spirit and Place Festival at a free event at The Hawthorns Country Club on Wednesday, November 14th from 6-7 PM. You can learn more about the Spirit and Place Festival at http://www.spiritandplace.org/.

HCCTA Conducts Tennis Clinic at Indianapolis School for the Deaf

Christie and Helen Petersen conducted a tennis clinic a the Indianapolis School for the Deaf.

HCCTA Honors Dedicated Contributors at 2007 Awards Luncheon

HCCTA honored five dedicated contributors to our organization at our recent awards luncheon. Winners were:

Mark Heiden
Congratulations for being selected as the 2007 HCCTA Coach of the Year. You have been making valuable contributions to HCCTA since the first board meeting you attended. You coach with integrity, dedication to the sport, and value the player as a well rounded human being. Whenever there has been a challenge for HCCTA, you responded promptly with a well-balanced and objective view point. You also made great strides in developing an educational seminar for players considering collegiate tennis.

Michelle Burns
Congratulations for being selected as the 2007 HCCTA Volunteer of the Year. Your accounting skills, financial acumen, and passion for helping others are unmatched. You have single-handedly brought HCCTA into the computer age and made us a more professional organization.

Alicia Cousins
Congratulations for being selected as the 2007 HCCTA Student of the Year. You were an outstanding member of the HCCTA Student Advisory Committee. You were the only one to acquire a corporate sponsor for the dinner/fashion show and contacted Helen before the girls’ tennis season to ask how you and your team could help.

Andrew Nguyen
Congratulations for being selected as the 2007 HCCTA Student of the Year. You were an outstanding member of the HCCTA Student Advisory Committee. As I have said before I have never had a student volunteer to do a fundraiser for HCCTA. Your natural born talent as a tennis instructor and leader were immediately obvious at the 2006 Court Party.

HCCTA Board Member Sharon Rosenburgh wins Service Award!

Please join us in congratulating Sharon Rosenburgh for winning the 2007 Phyllis L. Tubbs service award from the Indiana Coaches of Girls Sports Association. Sharon was honored for her 31 years of committment and dedication to helping girl athletes achieve excellence in the sport of Tennis. For the complete article, click here.

Tennis Celebration at Carmel Racquet Club

HCCTA organized a tennis celebration event at Carmel Racquet Club featuring tennis games, prizes and a motivational speech from Tim Clark, the Director of Youth Sports Outreach for the National Youth Sports Corporation. Invited were children from four local elementary schools who had participated in HCCTA After School Tennis programs this past fall. Kids enjoyed two free hours of tennis games and prizes. Tim Clark ended the session by speaking about being focused, making commitments, doing for others and using failure as motivation to do better. More photos from the event are available here.

2006 HCCTA Awards Luncheon

HCCTA honored five dedicated contributors to our organization at our recent awards luncheon. Winners were:

Logo USA Corp, winning "Corporation of the Year"
Nat Newell, winning "Indianapolis Star Media of the Year"
Kristin Canfield, winning "Student of the Year"
Vanessa McGibbon, winning "Volunteer of the Year"
Carla Gibson, winning "Coach of the Year"

We congratulate our award winners and thank them for their dedication and contributions to our mission.

Helen Moser Petersen Inducted into Indiana HS Tennis Coaches Hall of Fame

The Hamilton County Community Tennis Association board of directors helped Helen Moser Petersen celebrate her induction into the Indiana High School Tennis Coaches Hall of Fame on February 10, 2006. She was selected for her years of volunteerism in the development of grassroots tennis in Indiana. She joins fellow HCCTA board member Sharon Rosenburgh (Carmel High School girls' tennis coach) into the Hall of Fame.

Congratulating Helen are (l-r) Carla Gibson, Sue Harris, Michelle Burns, Jenny Eccles, Vanessa McGibbon, Sharon Rosenburgh, Helen Moser Petersen, Mark Heiden, and Carolyn Freeman.

Former HCCTA Scholarship Winner Featured in NCAA Ads

Christie Petersen, former HCCTA College Scholarship recipient, was featured in national NCAA television ads during 2006 March Madness. The ads will repeat in the 2007 season. The ads showcased former collegiate athletes who are now successful professionals. Christie played varsity tennis at Hamilton Southeastern High School and Ball State University. She graduated from Ball State University in 2004 with degrees in Architecture Design and Planning, Interior Design and Architectural Landscape Design and numerous academic honors, including Student Athlete and Mortar Board. She is currently an architect with CSO / Schenkel Schultz in Indianapolis. Christie plays USTA League tennis and donates her time to Habitat for Humanity by designing homes.

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