We are very excited to announce that Junior Sydney Orefice was awarded the 2019 Female Spirit of Tennis Sportsmanship Award at this years DecoTurf High School Championship. Players are nominated from coaches and tournaments officials for their sportsmanship during the two days of competition. Sydney was nominated out of roughly 325 players and we could not be more proud of how she represented Cambridge High School with both her tennis and sportsmanship at this years event. Keep it up and LETS GO BEARS!!!

We began awarding the Hannah Belsinger Spirit of Tennis Award in 2015 in honor of an amazing young lady who was a participant in our event. This award is presented annually to one male and one female player that exhibit the same special love of the game that Hannah has.

 

In the spring of 2013 high school sophomore Hannah Belsinger of Barron Collier High School in Naples, Florida was diagnosed with Hodgkin's Lymphoma.  She fought through treatments and her doctors declared her in remission in December 2013. In the spring of 2014 Hannah returned to the tennis court for Barron Collier helping lead the Cougars to a 5th place finish at the DecoTurf High School Tennis Team Championships. Hannah went on to the State Championship for the No. 2 Singles position, a highlight at the end of her treatment.  

 

In November 2014, Hannah found out her cancer was back. Midway through her senior year Hannah wanted nothing more than to return to the court to lead the Barron Collier tennis team as their lone senior.  In January 2015 just as Hannah was helping lead the planning for Barron Collier to return to the DecoTurf High School Tennis Team Championships, Hannah received news from her doctor that she would need to travel to Boston for a bone marrow transplant. Hannah's treatment went well and she love of the game has continued as a member of the Club Team at Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas where she will graduate this spring with a degree in Advertising.

 

We are honored to announce that this year's recipients are:

Boys -- Rory Sutter (John Burroughs)