January 13, 2012    Berkeley, CA

NEWS...Mikaila Smith off to Weil Tennis Academy..Zak Bohegian earns spot on Sonoma State Men's Tennis Team...2012 Training Schedule Announced...Noah Jaffe headed to Pitzer College!

The Burgos Tennis Foundation is a Non-Profit 501 (c) (3) dedicated to evening the educational and athletic playing field for San Francisco Bay Area youth from diverse backgrounds through an education and life skills based high performance tennis training.  We use tennis' unique active learning experiences to inspire character development, self-discovery and problem solving. Our "Tennis is Life" and "Team" philosophies set us apart from other tennis training programs because we stress the unique life skills learned from training, competing and being part of a team. There is no passing the ball or subbing out in tennis. These life skills developed through tennis are used in their education and their personal lives. As a result, we are most proud of the fact that Burgos Tennis has 100% success rate of our student athletes going on to college!

What We Do

We are a Non-Profit 501 (c) (3) community tennis and educational outreach program that provides private tennis coaching, high performance tennis training, tutoring, mentoring, educational skills development and college placement. We also provide both competition team, recreational and individual tennis programs for adults and juniors.  We provide scholarships to juniors in need who meet our academic standards with training costs to help them reach their goals.  We also help our players through the college recruiting process to make sure they choose the best possible schools for their goals.

Executive Director Antonio Burgos has coached hundreds of sectionally and nationally ranked players.  His focus has always been to develop the whole individual. Burgos considers his greatest accomplishments have been the hundreds of athletes who have gone on to college, successful careers and more importantly compassionate individuals.  Our athletes have transferred the skills that made them successful tennis players into successful students, professionals and human beings. Some of the these skills we develop are:

• Discipline
• Responsibility
• Sportsmanship
• Mental Toughness
• Work Ethic
• Problem Solving
• Self Confidence
• Goal Setting
• Physical Fitness
• Concept of Team

Burgos Tennis standouts Lani Tice (L) and Liza Brusman (R) make history by capturing the 2011 North Coast Section Doubles Championship.  Liza, Lani and other Burgos Tennis players Hillary Fazekas and Mikaila Smith also helped Tam High capture it's first ever NCS D1 Team title.

Our 2011 High School Seniors L to R:  Gabe Sandrolini (Denver), Zak Bohegian (Sonoma State) & Ben Taska (Chico State)

Burgos Tennis Class of 2012:

Noah Jaffe - Pitzer College

Liza Brusman

Oliver Ramin

Sam Schlager

Sam Wexman

Lukas Edman

Henry Stephens

Jay Dandekar

Henrik Neuwirth

Theo Gough

Michael Lowe

Possible schools for our 2012 graduates

Princeton, Pomona Pitzer, Washington U., UCSD, Rochester, Occidental, Seattle U., Claremont, Cal, Georgetown, Lewis & Clark, UC Santa Cruz, Rochester, Boise St., Idaho, UCLA, Montana, Puget Sound, Willamette, U of Chicago and USC.

Class of 2011 College Graduates

Spencer Knowlton    

UC San Diego       

Alex Chun                   Emory               

Scott Chun                  Emory             

Jordan Friedman     

Boston University  

Simon Blockley           

Chapman           

Elliott Morin         

San Francisco State  

Greg Lewis                 

UC Santa Cruz

Michael Neyland         

UC Santa Cruz

Mentoring and College Placement Guidance

All of our players are preparing for college.  We play a part in helping them meet their goals of attending the school of their choice.  We have our former student athletes who are now college graduates and professionals available to mentor our players. For students looking to play collegiate tennis, we promote our student athletes through our network of college coaches, advise and assist our students in communications with their short list of schools and prepare our students for the challenges of being a collegiate tennis player.

We are proud to say that every player who has graduated from our program has gone on to college.  Some notable schools our players have gone on to attend include:

• Stanford
• Harvard
• Columbia
• Cornell
• Cal Berkeley
• Penn
• Air Force Academy
• NYU
• Washington U
• Emory
• Colby
• USC
• UCLA
• UCSB
• UC San Diego
• UC Davis
• American University
  
• Denver
• Cal Poly SLO
• San Francisco State
• San Diego State
• Rhode Island School of Design
• Cal Arts
• Boston University
• Chapman
• Wesleyen
• Clemson
• Colorado College
• University of San Francisco
• University of Texas, Austin
• Grinnell College
• Rice
• Dickinson
• Washington
• Oregon
• Sonoma State
  
• Chico State