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Women’s Tennis Signs Sydney Clarke to NLI
12/18/2019 2:20:00 PM | Women's Tennis
BIRMINGHAM – UAB women's tennis coach Mark Tjia has announced the signing of Sydney Clarke to a National Letter of Intent.
A native of Nassau, Bahamas, Clarke has been ranked as high as No. 261 in the world on the ITF Junior circuit. Clarke has six victories over US players currently in the top 100 according to tennisrecruiting.com and has won three ITF singles and three ITF doubles titles.
A two-time member of the Bahamian Fed Cup team (2017, 2019), Clarke attends Windsor School and the Albany Tennis Academy owned and run by former Wimbledon and US Open champion Lleyton Hewitt.
Clarke has been ranked No. 1 as the Women's National Champion (2018) in The Bahamas.
This past November, Clarke was named Overall Female Athlete of The Year Award at the Bahamas National Sports Awards.
"We are very excited to have Sydney join our Blazer family," said Tjia. "Not only does she bring an impressive junior record with her, but more importantly, she comes with strong character and she emulates the same values that our team embraces."
A native of Nassau, Bahamas, Clarke has been ranked as high as No. 261 in the world on the ITF Junior circuit. Clarke has six victories over US players currently in the top 100 according to tennisrecruiting.com and has won three ITF singles and three ITF doubles titles.
A two-time member of the Bahamian Fed Cup team (2017, 2019), Clarke attends Windsor School and the Albany Tennis Academy owned and run by former Wimbledon and US Open champion Lleyton Hewitt.
Clarke has been ranked No. 1 as the Women's National Champion (2018) in The Bahamas.
This past November, Clarke was named Overall Female Athlete of The Year Award at the Bahamas National Sports Awards.
"We are very excited to have Sydney join our Blazer family," said Tjia. "Not only does she bring an impressive junior record with her, but more importantly, she comes with strong character and she emulates the same values that our team embraces."
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