USTA Missouri Valley is looking for qualified coaches to travel to the various Junior National team tournaments held over the summer of 2009.

The Oklahoma 9.0 mixed doubles team, representing the USTA Missouri Valley, captured a national title at the 2008 USTA National Western Mixed Doubles Championships on Sunday, Nov. 23.

USTA Serves, the foundation of the USTA, is offering college scholarships and player incentive awards. The deadline to apply is February 9, 2009.

Missouri Valley juniors competed all across the country last weekend in the USTA Junior National Open. Jack Sock, Chris Cha Whitney Ritchie and Mia Lancaster all claimed titles in their age divisions.

The team from Kansas defeated the team from Tulsa to win the level 2 section CTC event held in Topeka, Kan.

The champions of the Segment II Sweet 16 in both the boys and girls' 12s and 14s recently competed at the Nike Junior Tour USA Masters Event against other top juniors from across the country.

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Two pairs of Missouri Valley coaches were finalists for the Starfish Award, which recognizes high school coaches who implement a no-cut policy for their teams. Ed Douglas and Ron Keith (Chillicothe, Mo) along with Donna and Scott Stauffer (St. Louis) were among the 14 finalists.