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16s and 18s Summer Endorsement Lists Now Available

Endorsement spots for Boys and Girls 16 Intersectionals & Zonals, Boys 18 National Team Championships and Girls 18 National Team Championships are based upon the following:
1. The 2009 June Standings (Rankings) List after the Level 3 USTA Northern Junior Sectional Tournament (June 5-10) at Baseline Tennis Center in Minneapolis, Minn. Age group winners at the Junior Sectional receive the #1 endorsement spot.

Important – Please Read!
If you have not signed up online for the 16 Zonal event, 16 Intersectionals or the 18 Girls and Boys National Team Championships and have a desire to attend, the deadline to do so is as follows: Thursday, June 18, 2009, at 11 a.m. Central Time for 16 Intersectionals, and Thursday, June 25, 2009, at 11 a.m. Central Time for 16 Zonals, and 18 Girls and Boys National Team Championships.

In addition, if you did not see Kristi Bushinski at the Sectional tournament to complete a medical release form for Zonals, Intersectionals, or the 18 National Team Championships, please email her at

Bushinski@northern.usta.com to receive a form.

Reminder of New Procedure!!!!

16 Zonals - If you are one of the top 12 players endorsed for Zonals and have signed up online for the event, Kristi Bushinski will NOT be calling you to confirm as was done in the past. It will be assumed that you are going to the Zonal event unless you contact Kristi to let her know. Kristi will send an email to all the selected players approximately one week after the registration deadline. In addition, a packet of information will be sent to each participant. You may contact her via her email address

Bushinski@northern.usta.com or by phone at (952) 358-3280.

For those players in positions 13 and below who have signed up online by the registration deadline, Kristi Bushinski WILL be contacting you via email or a phone call if a position opens up to confirm that you would like to take the endorsed spot. If you have any questions please contact Kristi at

Bushinski@northern.usta.com or (952) 358-3280.

16 Intersectionals

- If you are one of the top 3 players endorsed for Intersectionals and have signed up online for the event, Kristi Bushinski will NOT be calling you to confirm as was done in the past. It will be assumed that you are going to the Intersectional event unless you contact Kristi to let her know. Kristi will send an email to all the selected players approximately one week after the registration deadline. In addition, a packet of information will be sent to each participant. You may contact her via her email address

Bushinski@northern.usta.com or her phone number (952) 358-3280. Please see the document that has have prepared listed on our Junior Home Page – News – Endorsement and Eligibility Procedures for information about the coaches flight. You may book your own or go through our travel agent, Amy at Travel Professionals (763) 425-8875.

For those players in positions 4 and below who have signed up online by the on-line registration deadline, Kristi Bushinski WILL be contacting you via email or a phone call if a position opens up to confirm that you would like to take the endorsed spot. If you have any questions please contact Kristi at

Bushinski@northern.usta.com or 952) 358-3280.

18 National Team Championships

- If you are one of the top 6 players endorsed for 18 National Team Championships and have signed up online for the event, Kristi Bushinski WILL be calling you to give more details about the trip approximately one week after the online registration deadline. If you would like to contact her you may via her email address

For those players in positions 7 and below that have signed up on-line by the registration deadline, Kristi Bushinski WILL be contacting you via email or a phone call if a position opens up to confirm that you would like to take the endorsed spot. If you have any questions please contact Kristi at

Bushinski@northern.usta.com or (952) 358-3280.

All Age Groups – National Clay Court and National Hard Court Events – Please Note:
Kristi Bushinski will send an email to each endorsed player (Top 10 players following the Sectional tournament) to let them know they are on the endorsement list and to remind them of the deadline to register for the event(s). It is the player/parent responsibility to sign up on-line if there is ANY interest in attending these events (Note: Northern gets two endorsed spots, but if these spots are not taken by the top two players, the next player(s) on the endorsement list becomes eligible. Often times additional players have gotten in to these tournaments, so the best policy is to register if there is any interest in attending).

The most up to date info on all Zonal and National Team Events are on the Northern Junior main page under Endorsement and Eligibility Procedures document.

Girls 16s - Intersectionals
(Top 3 are selected, remaining players are alternates. If a player above them chooses not to go, the alternates are chosen in order from top to bottom)
1. Aria Lambert
2. Samantha Anderson
3. Kelsey Frechette
4. Jennifer Hartjes - Alternate
5. Meghana Vasireddy - Alternate
6. Melanie Yates - Alternate
7. Lacey Sprinkel - Alternate
8. Shelby Henderson – Alternate

Girls 16s - Zonals
(Top 12 are selected, remaining players are alternates. If a player above them chooses not to go, the alternates are chosen in order from top to bottom)
1. Aria Lambert
2. Samantha Anderson
3. Kelsey Frechette
4. Jennifer Hartjes
5. Meghana Vasireddy
6. Melanie Yates
7. Lacey Sprinkel
8. Shelby Henderson
9. Sierra Halverson
10. Jessa Richards
11. Caroline Ward
12. Madeline Buxton
13. Katie Matson - Alternate
14. Elena Sullivan - Alternate
15. Tacy Lay - Alternate
16. Taylor Ahlborn - Alternate
17. Lalangi Marasinghe - Alternate

Girls 18s National Team Championship
(Top 6 are selected, remaining players are alternates. If a player above them chooses not to go, the alternates are chosen in order from top to bottom)
1. Callie Ronkowski
2. Amber Washington
3. Emilie Renault
4. Theresa Petrasko
5. Hallie Welk
6. Brenna Kelly
7. Taylor Washington - Alternate
8. Adele Henke - Alternate
9. Sarah Whitaker - Alternate
10. Katie Jesperson – Alternate
11. Cassandra Brown - Alternate

Boys 16s - Intersectionals
(Top 3 are selected, remaining players are alternates. If a player above them chooses not to go, the alternates are chosen in order from top to bottom)
1. Jack Hamburg
2. Dusty Boyer
3. Eric Frueh
4. Eric Zishka - Alternate
5. Erick Nordahl - Alternate
6. John Hill - Alternate
7. Tucker Saxon - Alternate
8. Thomas Nath – Alternate

Boys 16s - Zonals
(Top 12 are selected, remaining players are alternates. If a player above them chooses not to go, the alternates are chosen in order from top to bottom)
1. Jack Hamburg
2. Dusty Boyer
3. Eric Frueh
4. Eric Zishka
5. Erick Nordahl
6. John Hill
7. Tucker Saxon
8. Thomas Nath
9. Scott Elsass
10. Erik Johnson
11. Joey Minear
12. Parker Lawley
13. Matthew Schull - Alternate
14. Elliot Czarnecki - Alternate
15. Ryan Erickson - Alternate
16. Quinn Foley – Alternate
17. Daniel Carpenter - Alternate

Boys 18s National Team Championships
(Top 6 are selected, remaining players are alternates. If a player above them chooses not to go, the alternates are chosen in order from top to bottom)
1. Wyatt McCoy
2. Hamish Weerasinghe
3. William Paluch
4. Mya Smith-Dennis
5. Michael Sinha
6. Josh Oothoudt
7. Justin Abrams - Alternate
8. Jameson Goetz - Alternate
9. Noah Swiler - Alternate
10. Ben Kopecky – Alternate
11. Marcel Gyswyt - Alternate