USTA FOUNDATION AWARDS $10,000 DWIGHT F. DAVIS MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP TO KELLY REGER OF EDINA, MINN.

WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. - USTA Foundation, the national charitable foundation of the United States Tennis Association (USTA), has announced that Kelly Reger of Edina, Minn., who recently graduated from Edina High School, has been named a recipient of a $10,000 Dwight F. Davis Memorial Scholarship. This past spring, the USTA Foundation granted 53 high school students a variety of college scholarships, totaling $373,000.

The USTA Foundation strives to encourage students to pursue their goals and highest dreams by succeeding in school and becoming responsible citizens.

“The USTA Foundation is once again excited to award these hard-working, well-deserving seniors,” said Dan Faber, USTA Foundation Executive Director. “We are proud to contribute to their academic achievements, and look forward to their continued success.”

Reger, 18, was a member of the Edina High School women’s varsity tennis team. As a five-time state tennis team champion, she served as captain during the 2014 season. Reger was the recipient of multiple honors while attending high school. She’ is a National AP Scholar and placed first at the Minnesota Academy of Science and Minnesota State Fair in 2011.

This fall, Reger will attend Washington University in St. Louis with plans to major in biochemistry.

The Dwight F. Davis Memorial Scholarship is granted to two high school seniors who have performed with distinction and have actively participated in extracurricular activities, community service and an organized tennis program. The award is named for Dwight Filley Davis, who began playing tennis at the age of 15 in 1894. In 1900, the year he graduated from college, Davis purchased a commemorative silver bowl as a prize for an international lawn tennis competition, marking the birth of the Davis Cup. Davis became president of the U.S. Lawn Tennis Association in 1923. His grandson, Dwight F. Davis III, created the scholarship to honor his grandfather’s achievements and contributions to tennis.

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USTA Foundation, the national charitable organization of the USTA, helps serve up dreams for under-resourced youth; individuals with disabilities; and wounded, ill and injured service members, veterans and their families. The foundation supports programs nationwide that leverage tennis and education to help those in need, primarily through the National Junior Tennis & Learning (NJTL) network, and other efforts to assist military personnel, veterans and individuals with disabilities. To date, it has awarded more than $19 million in grants and scholarships to hundreds of programs, benefitting thousands of children and adults through a tennis, education and health curricula. For more information on USTA Foundation, visit www.ustafoundation.com. Or stay connected through Facebook at www.facebook.com/USTAFoundation, and on Twitter at @USTA_Foundation.