Club Med Academies Graduates First Senior Class

On Friday, May 27, six accomplished Club Med Tennis Academies seniors graduated from nearby Morningside Academy. This international group of students, hailing from places as far-flung as India and Oman, share a passion for tennis, but their other interests are as diverse as the students themselves.

At 15, Sohil Singh of India is the youngest of the group. The honors graduate will continue his tennis training while exploring his college options, plans that are also shared by fellow young honors graduate, Adil Al-Siyabi of Oman, 16.

Dario di Martino, of Germany, hopes to play tennis at Marist College near New York City, a Division 1 school. His plans include studying finance and working on Wall Street.

Jordan Harris of Jamaica, 17, will continue working on his game and hopes to attend Anderson University  in South Carolina, a Division 2 school, in 2012.

Joaquin Marquez of Mexico will be walking on at Division 1 Sacramento State, where he plans to study communications and pursue a career as a tennis journalist, while Takeshi Morita, also of Mexico, will be playing tennis at Northwood, an NAIA school in West Palm Beach, Florida. He hopes to study business.

Two Club Med Tennis Academies students, both from the US, are also in the process of graduating from online programs. They include Ester Goldfeld, who will be attending Duke University on a full tennis scholarship. Ester, who was ranked as high as the 27^th best junior in the world, will play for a Duke team that made it to the quarterfinals of this year’s NCAA Championships and was ranked number three nationally as of May 30. Ester, who plans on studying medicine, is also the recipient of the first annual Club Med Academies Student-Athlete of the Year, the highest honor an Academies student can earn. The official trophy will have Ester’s name engraved on it and remain in the Tennis Academies’ pro shop forever, with each year’s Student-Athlete of the Year honoree having their name added to the prestigious hardware.

Her fellow potential online graduate and good friend, Fatya Amiri, has a tennis and academic scholarship to another Division 1 school, St Bonaventure, where she hopes to eventually earn her way into the very competitive St. Bonaventure/George Washington University Combined Degree Program in Medicine.