Former Students Excel at College Level

Brandon Burke, of Kingston, Jamaica, who has trained with Club Med Academies Tennis coaches in the past and spent some time at Club Med Academies this summer, has been named 2011 Ivy League Rookie of the Year. Burke is only the second men's tennis player from Brown University to receive this prestigious honor. He was also named Second Team All-Ivy, along with classmate and tennis partner Soufiane Azarqui. The Brown men's tennis team is also one of six Ivy League teams and one of 74 nationally in Div. 1 to earn the ITA All-Academic Team Aaward.

Another former student, Maxime Coulomb of Le Cannet Des Moures, France, played No.3 doubles for Div-II Augusta State men's tennis, which made it into its first-ever finals of the Peach Belt Conference Tournament and its 8th NCAA Regional Appearance in the last 12 years.

Yuta Hirokawa Shines at Winthrop University

Yuta Hirokawa, a former student of Club Med Academies Tennis coaches, is a standout on Winthrop University's tennis team. The 2011 Winthrop men's and women's tennis teams were named All-Academic Teams by the Intercollegiate Tennis Association, and ten student-athletes, including Hirakawa, have earned ITA Scholar-Athlete honors. The ITA All-Academic Team award recognizes an ITA program with a cumulative GPA of 3.2 or above for the fall 2010 and spring 2011 semesters. In total, 74 NCAA Div. 1 schools and 5 Big South Conference men's teams were honored.
Hirokawa, of Niigata, Japan, boasts a 3.926 in Exercise Science. He also landed the No. 6 spot in the flight winners category presented at the 2011 Big South Conference Awards Banquet.

Club Med Tennis Participates in Sprint Triathlon July 24

The mission of Club Med Academies is to develop well-rounded athletes and students, and Club Med Academies tennis players excel in many arenas, from academics to a variety of other sports. Recently, twelve students from Club Med Academies Tennis joined Coach Scott Del Mastro in the Club Med Race Series Sprint Triathlon. This demanding competition included a 500 meter swim, a 12-mile bike ride, and a 3-mile run. Four teams of three athletes each participated in the event from Club Med Academies Tennis, with each member of the team doing a different leg (one swimmer, one biker, one runner). Coach Scott Del Mastro ran the entire event.
Club Med Academies Tennis' oldest boys group won their division, and had the fastest relay time overall. The girls team took first in their division and third overall. DelMastro took third in his age group (40-44) and 37th overall.
Congratulaions to all of the incredible athletes who participated and excelled in this event!

Club Med Academies Sponsors USTA Championship Event

The USTA Boys 18 and 16 Clay Court National Championships, hosted by the City of Delray Beach, concluded today after a week's worth of intense competition. Club Med Academies Tennis sponsored the event, and was prominently featured in banners on the courts. Club Med Academies also hosted a training camp the week before the event and an on-site clinic for participants.

Club Med Academies Featured in Fitness Magazine

The world-class training opportunities available at Club Med Academies were highlighted in the current issue of Fitness magazine. In the July/August issue of Fitness, a piece entitled “What a Trip: Game On!,” Club Med Academies was listed as one of the top summer vacation destinations for sports enthusiasts. The story listed the Academies’ lineup of world-renowned athletes as one of the main attractions, including a 5-time Ironman champ, an LPGA masters professional, and a tennis coach who has trained eight number-one players.

Club Med Academies Tennis Wraps Up Canadian Media Tour

Early this month, a team of representatives from Club Med Academies Tennis took the concept to Canada during a media road show. Several Canadian media outlets picked up on the exciting story of a brand new world class tennis training and academic facility bearing the renowned Club Med name.
Representing Club Med Academies tennis were Gabe Jaramillo, director of Club Med Academies Tennis, Greg Breunich, Director of Club Med Academies, and Kevin Batt, Director of Club Med Sandpiper Bay. Among the print outlets that picked up on the story were Le Lezard, Tourisme Plus, Journal de Quebec, Journal de Montreal and Famille d'Aujourd'hui (Today's Family). An interview also ran on Canal Argent.

TCPalm Features Club Med Academies

An in-depth feature story about Club Med Sandpiper Bay in the June 14, 2011 edition of TCPalm covered all aspects of the resort, including the facilities’ history as the area’s first country club, the renovations, and of course the establishment of the sports academies. The story highlighting the Academies’ featured Kyle Zugelter, a Vero Beach player who credits Club Med Academies Tennis’s world class tennis training program with landing him a coveted tennis scholarship at Division II Eckerd College. In the story, Zugelter states that the Club Med Academies’ advantage is that “you have everyone playing at a high level with great coaching, and that makes it tick.”
Club Med Academies Tennis, which launched last summer with Junior and Adult tennis programs, boasts 65 students, who, like Zugelter, have benefitted from the Academies’ high level of training. The program offers both boarding and non-boarding options, as well as educational options online or through local Morningside Academy. Improvements to the tennis amenities now include a new 12,000 square foot clubhouse and pro shop, six Hydro-Clay courts, and 14 U.S. Open blue hard courts. Coaches Scott DelMastro and Gabe Jaramillo have a combined 50 years of experience and have worked with some of the best players in the sport, including Andre Agassi.

Club Med Academies has also developed top-notch training programs in golf and fitness, the article states, and is expanding these programs over the next nine months. The current $1.5 million renovation includes improvements to the golf course and a new fitness center. These improvements are slated to be done in March. “With the development of the three academies, Club Med hopes to show a re-energized focus on fitness and sports, whether it be for the casual guest participating in all-inclusive group activities while on vacation or full-time students and adults seeking long-term training,” the article states.

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