SKILLAM, N.J. – Virginia Tech head men’s tennis coach Jim Thompson has been named as the winner of the United State Tennis Association (USTA)/Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) Community Outreach Award for the Mid-Atlantic Section. Thompson was one of ten sectional winners of the award from around the nation.

The USTA/ITA Community Outreach Award honors ITA coaches for significant contributions in developing community-based tennis programs through community centers, schools, parks, community tennis associations, inner city or rural programs. Thompson was instrumental in establishing a junior tennis program at Virginia Tech’s Burrows-Burleson Tennis Center which has shown tremendous growth. A junior tennis challenge ladder was also created along with several tournaments for New River Valley juniors. For more information on NRV junior tennis, go to www.nrvtennis.org.

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