First I would like to congratulate the WCU Tennis Club Traveling Team for hosting the first match ever against UNC-Charlotte's Club two weekends ago! I think both teams played great and had lots of fun. Thanks guys for making it happen!
My story begins with my last few months of highschool. To the surprise of many people, I didn't spark an interest in tennis until well into my senior year. During one spring break, I played tennis with three great friends of mine at the beach, and needless to say...game set match, I was hooked. No sport I had ever played had the class and the mental and physical intensity presented by the sport of tennis.
Fast forwarding to my freshman year at Western Carolina University. Here I was, all the way on the other side of the state knowing absolutely no-one, and worst of all, the sport I had fell in love with was not anywhere to be found. There were in-fact tennis courts, and I wasn't the only tennis player in my school (which I found out for sure later), but it was starting to feel like it would be tough to find others like me.
So after a couple intense matches against a backboard, I decided to do something. I came to the conclusion the best way to fix this problem was to start a club to trick the other tennis players on campus out of their rooms (ideally at the same time). I had a enough experience in how to organize a club (you see my father started the first boys' volleyball club in North Carolina, CYBVC, that I played on for most of my life) so I went for it. The next day I emailed the Director of Intramurals and Sport Clubs at our school, Debby Schwartz, and expressed an interest in organizing a tennis club.
Within the hour, Debby sent back an email expressing a great deal of enthusiasm toward the idea. She instructed me to meet with her immediately to talk about the possibility of starting the club. At this point, I wasn't even sure I could legitamately start a tennis club. I didn't have a whole lot of knowledge in tennis (actually not really any) and I kept thinking, would people really buy into the idea?...
TO BE CONTINUED!
-Jon
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