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NCTTA
Newsletter
March
2009
The Championships
are right around the corner, there’s a new face in college table
tennis, and NCTTA is getting major press! Here’s what’s happening in
college table tennis as the season approaches its climactic close.
Headed
to Rochester
The results are in! Here are the schools that are Championships-bound
Their
hard work has paid off. After a long year of intense training, travel,
and of course fierce competition, here are the teams that have
qualified for College
Table Tennis National Championships in Rochester,
MN, April 3-5, 2009:
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Men's/Coed
Teams
1. Texas Wesleyan
2. Princeton
3. Puerto Rico
4. Columbia
5. Lindenwood
6. Toronto
7. Virginia Tech
8. Wisconsin
9. Rutgers
10. Minnesota
11. Illinois
12. RPI
13. Duke
14. Texas
15. Georgia Tech
16. California (Berkeley)
17. UCLA
18. Mississippi College
19. Brown
20. Michigan State
21. Washington
22. Wichita State
23. Boston
24. Virginia
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Women's
Teams
1. Texas Wesleyan
2. Rutgers
3. Toronto
4. Stanford
5. Mississippi College
6. UCLA
7. Wisconsin
8. Columbia
9. Illinois
10. Duke
11. Georgia State
12. Tufts
13. California (Berkeley)
14. Caltech
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Follow
2009 Championships Action Online
Follow NCTTA on Twitter and the Championships website for all the news
from Minnesota
Maybe your allergic to the cold, maybe you're afraid to travel, or
maybe you have some other good reason for not being in Rochester,
Minnesota for the 2009 College Table Tennis Championships. No need to
feel left out, get your fix of college table tennis action online
throughout the event. Follow us on Twitter: twitter.com/collegett
where we'll have frequent updates during the Championships of
everything that's going on. And of course the the official Championships website
will chronicle all of the results, news, and storylines as the
competition progresses.
2009
Killerspin Arnold Table Tennis Championships
Holy Cross takes top honors in college team event
Led by college standout Joey Cochran, and solid play from his brother
Gordy Cochran, Holy Cross College stormed Columbus, OH, to take
regional collegiate teams by surprise in capturing the top prize in the
college team event at the 2009 Killerspin Arnold Table Tennis
Championships. The Arnold Table Tennis events are an annual part of the
Arnold Fitness Festival held at the Greater Columbus Convention Center,
taking place March 6-8, 2009 this year. While still relatively new to
intercollegiate play, competing in the NCTTA's Midwest Division for the
first time this Spring, Holy Cross used the 3-person format of the team
event to their advantage in upending Michigan (NCTTA Ohio Division) who
finished second. Other participating teams included Akron,
Buffalo, Ferris State, and Ohio State.
Texas
Wesleyan Featured on Local NBC Station
Elite college program in the news
Here's a great video
profile the Dallas-Fort Worth NBC affiliate of did of their
hometown table tennis champions from Texas Wesleyan University.
"Probably the most effective and convincing video I’ve seen in regards
to table tennis being taken seriously," remarks John McInerney of the
NCTTA Media Relations Committee. Check it out!
High
School Table Tennis on the Rise
Successful high school events in Minnesota and Wisconsin offer hope for
high school TT everywhere
Fourteen teams of at least 10 players each (148 players total) competed
in the 2009 Minnesota High School State Championships; even more than
the 120 that competed in the 2008 event. "One way I measure our
improvement as a junior program is by how many of our juniors go on to
NCTTA college teams," says event coordinator and Minnesota League
Director, Mitchell Seidenfeld.
At the University of Wisconsin, Madison, they've taken the high school
concept even a step further. By holding a high school tournament in
their area, they've managed to raise money that will go into a college
scholarship fund to be awarded to, you guessed it, a deserving high
schooler moving on to the college ranks. The inaugural event had six
schools of four-person teams compete in the giant round robin format.
Between entry fees and t-shirts sold, the event easily brought in over
$400 for the scholarship program. And Andrew Knips, who coordinated the
event, would love to see others adopt a similar program in other parts
of the country. "If 20 schools in 20 states started hosting annual high
school events, college programs would be bringing in more money, and,
more importantly, promoting table tennis on a completely new level."
Sponsor
Corner
Support our League sponsor, Killerspin!
 Killerspin is
the exclusive NCTTA League and Championship Equipment sponsor through
2011. Member schools just need to fill out the Killerspin
Premium Membership Program Application to receive phenomenal discounts.
Browse all your favorite Killerspin equipment in the online
Killerspin store.
 Also,
special thanks to NEWGY Industries, for its continued and valued
sponsorship. Newgy will be sponsoring our 2009 Championships this year
in Rochester, Minnesota. Newgy offers a great way to fundraise for your
club and help out our sponsor as well by signing up and participating
in their Newgy
Robo Pong Affiliate Program.
Biba
Golic Interviewed by ESPN
Former college star enjoys table tennis celebrity status
Texas Wesleyan alum Biba Golic recently talked
about table tennis, beer pong, and how she got started with NCTTA in an
interview with ESPN. Check
it out here!
2010
Championship Bids
Three different cities aiming to host the 2010 College Table Tennis
Championships
Waukesha, WI; New Haven, CT; Grand Rapids, MI; what do these cities
have in common? They're all vying to host the 2010 College Table Tennis
National Championships. And you can help NCTTA choose the next location!
View the bid proposals online:
Once you've had a chance to peruse the bids, head for the NCTTA Forum to ask questions, discuss, and provide feedback.
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