Palo Alto Junior Tennis Player Named to USTA Junior Leadership Team

The USTA today announced that Sara Choy was named to the second annual USTA Junior Leadership Team, which recognizes America’s finest junior tennis players who exhibit leadership, sportsmanship and character on and off the court.

A resident of Palo Alto, Calif., Choy is among 32 players nationwide named to the USTA Junior Leadership Team. Each player was nominated by his or her USTA Section for their excellence in tennis and in the community.

“These players truly are role models who exhibit character well beyond their years, both on the tennis court and in the community,” said Bill Mountford, the USTA’s Director of Junior Tournaments. “We’re happy to have a way to give them some of the recognition they truly deserve with the USTA Junior Leadership Team.”

Choy, 16, has been ranked in the Top 3 of every age group in the USTA Northern California sectional rankings, in the Top 15 of the USTA Girls’ 18s national rankings and was the No. 1-ranked Girls’ 16-and-under player last year. She’s won a number of national and regional titles, including the 16-and-under USTA National Winter Championships singles title in 2015. In the community, she’s involved with East Palo Alto Tennis and Tutoring.

Each year, more than 120,000 players compete in USTA junior tournaments. Players compete in levels of competition through earned advancement in the 10s, 12s, 14s, 16s and 18s age divisions. USTA junior tournaments help kids take their game as far as they want—high school, college or pros—or just have fun competing.