Emily W

Since she was a freshman, Emily W, who is now a junior, has been playing singles one for the Creekview tennis team. With her skills and dedication, it’s no wonder she has held her position these past three years.

Emily W started playing tennis when she was eight, and immediately fell in love with the sport.
“I started young and I just had the passion that drove me,” Emily replied.

Ever since, she has been working hard to become the best she can be, and to do this, it means putting everything else aside.

“For me its tennis then school and then everything else; however, school is still very important to me,” laughed Emily.
Emily plays and practices tennis at Jim Harp Performance Academy, which is in Forsyth County. She also goes to the gym any chance she can get to become stronger and to work on different techniques. In a week, Emily spends about fourteen hours on training, but this doesn’t include weekends. On weekends, you can usually find Emily competing in a variety of tournaments. These tournaments last all day on Saturdays and Sundays.

Junior year is an athlete’s major recruiting year. Emily is hoping to be recruited this summer for college, and then go to the college on a full ride.

“Even though I love tennis, I don’t want to play professionally,” said Emily.

Where would an athlete be if they didn’t have an inspiration? Alyssa H is Emily’s role model. Alyssa is a senior this year, who is home schooled, and she also attends Emily’s Academy. Alyssa received a full ride for tennis/academics to United States Military Academy at West Point.
“Alyssa is dedicated to tennis; she eats, sleeps, and breathes tennis. I hope to be like this too,” Emily replied.

Lucky for the Creekview tennis team, Emily is only a junior and will be playing next year. There will also be two other strong seniors returning next year, Olivia Reed and Kathryn Hunter, making Creekview a very competitive and challenging team to beat.
Written by: Paige Amoss