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2013 NATIONALS COVERAGE

UP- CLOSE WITH CHAMPS TIM WANG AND ARIEL HSING

NORTH AMERI - CAN TEAMSCHAMPIONSHIPS

WANG WINS HIS THIRD

ST. JOE’S TURNS 50

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USA Table Tennis MagazineW I N T E R 2 0 1 4Volume 85, Number 1

ON THE COVER: 2013 National Champion Tim WangPhoto by Bruce Liu. Design by Steve Hopkins.

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CONTENTS

Photo this page of National Champion Ariel Hsing. Photo by Diego Schaaf.

FEATURES2013 US Nationals ...................................................................................... 14 Timothy Wang ........................................................................................ 18 Ariel Hsing’s College Guide ...................................................................... 20 Junior Events .......................................................................................... 22 Cory Eider by Sheri Soderberg Cioroslan .......................................... 26 Classic Events ........................................................................................ 30St. Joes Turns 50 ........................................................................................ 42Bobrow ....................................................................................................... 56Ladies First ................................................................................................ 68Obituaries (Aki, Hanna, Borges, Prouty) ............................................... 76

COACHINGTips of the Month by Carl Danner .......................................................... 34Maximizing Your Game by Samson Dubina .......................................... 35The Junk Yard by Rich Burnside ............................................................ 36Blocking Tips by Larry Hodges ............................................................... 37

TournamentsNorth American Teams Championships ................................................. 38German Open ............................................................................................ 46Local and National Tournamnets ............................................................ 48

USATT AND OTHER NEWSEditors ........................................................................................................ 8CEO Report ............................................................................................... 10USATT Annual Giving Campaign ........................................................... 12USATT National Rankings ..................................................................... 62USATT Ratings ....................................................................................... 64USATT Tournament Schedule ................................................................ 69

USA Table Tennis Magazine is a digital publication of USA Table Tennis. Distribution of the publication is at the direc-tion of USA Table Tennis. The publication is designed and produced by Steve Hopkins, and edited by Steve and Marie Hopkins. If you would like to purchase a paper copy, please contact Andrew Horn, Circulation Direcotr, for additional information.

EDITORS-IN-CHIEF Steve Hopkins and Marie HopkinsConimicut Point Press6 Kennedy DriveConimicut VillageWarwick, RI 02889

CIRCULATION DIRECTOR*Andrew Horn719-866-4583 [email protected]*Print Copy Purchases, Rating and Rankings Questions

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EDITORS-IN-CHIEF Steve Hopkins and Marie HopkinsConimicut Point Press6 Kennedy DriveConimicut VillageWarwick, RI 02889

CIRCULATION DIRECTOR*Andrew Horn719-866-4583 [email protected]*Print Copy Purchases, Rating and Rankings Questions

CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICERMichael Cavanaugh

HEADQUARTERS STAFFDoru Gheorghe, Chief Operating Officer Deborah Gray, Finance DirectorJoyce Grooms, Membership DirectorAndrew Horn, Administrative Assistant andRatings

EDITORIAL ADVISORY COMMIT-TEEJim McQueen (Chair), Ross Brown, Ty Hoff, Steve Hopkins, Tom Poston, Andrew Horn (Staff Liaison)

PRINTERUSA Table Tennis Magazine is published bimonthly. It is the official magazine of USA Table Tennis (USATT), a Class “A” member of the U.S. Olympic Committee.

CONTRIBUTORS FOR THIS ISSUE

CONTRIBUTING WRITERSBrad Balmer, Adam Bobrow, Tim Boggan, Terry Casey, Mike Cavanaugh, Costel Constantin, Carl Danner, Jason Denman, Samson Dubina, Larry Hodges, Ty Hoff, Steve Hopkins, Dean Johnson, Yvonne Kronlage, Kagin Lee, Caron Leff, Bill McGimpsey, Dan Seemiller

PHOTOGRAPHERSMalcolm Anderson, Jason Denman, Steve Hopkins, Diego Schaaf,

USATT Magazine Logo designed by Ju-lian Waters (www.waterslettering.com). Many headings within the magazine use Julian Waters’ Adobe Waters Titling fonts.

A SPECIAL THANK-YOU TO ALL OF THE CONTRIBUTORS. THIS PUBLICATION IS ONLY AS GOOD AS THE VOLUNTEERS THAT SUP-PORT IT.

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Despite the ominous predictions of the digital age that have echoed for at least the last decade, print media isn’t dead. But that doesn’t mean that print is the best way for us to serve our members and help grow the sport. Ours is a sport with amazing potential. We have two million Americans playing recreationally, we have international players coming and going from our clubs and tournaments, and we have a constituency of readers who are relying more and more on technology - entering tournaments online, checking ratings online, and exchanging information and ideas through the usatt.org website and on social media. It’s time for USATT Magazine to expand its reach and broaden its horizons to cast a wider net and bring the tools to support and promote our sport as it continues to grow in the United States. With all of this in mind, at the January meeting the USATT Board approved a new direction for USA Table Tennis Magazine. Beginning with the next Issue - our publication is transitioning to a wholly digital format. Our goals of bringing table tennis players, supporters, and fans the best content

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CEO’S REPORT The budget approval process, just completed for 2014 during the Board of Directors Teleconference on Jan 14, does not get any easier each year as we have so many deserving programs that merit funding and too often we are at a point where revenue does not match proposed expenses. While a breakeven budget was passed, the Board and Staff are fully cognizant that we must raise revenue from new sources going forward to properly fund many deserving programs. Expect a more detailed report to be shared with the membership sometime in the first quarter of 2014. 2014 began with the Board returning to full strength following the general election of Jim McQueen to a one year At Large term that will expire on Dec. 31, 2014. This was the third general election conducted electronically with the U.S. Olympic Committee serving as our independent auditor. This means that later in 2014, USATT will conduct another election cycle as terms come to close for three current Board of Director positions. Sean O’Neill recently assumed the role as Communications Director of USATT and one of Sean’s areas is to continue to drive traffic to the USATT website and to use our website as an enhanced primary means of communication. We encourage everyone to go to the website often aa we are committed to provide new content on a regular basis. To that end we are crafting a Committee webpage and we are encouraging Committee and Advisory Committees, through their respective Chairs, to report on at least a monthly basis, any and all activities within their respective groups. We have launched the first phase of our SafeSport Plan that can be accessed on the website. Again, this is a U.S. Olympic Committee mandated program established to protect the participation of all members but focused primarily on our youth. In the first phase all certified coaches are required to complete a background check and a free on-line educational tutorial on SafeSport as provided by the U.S. Olympic Committee. The program is in its early phase of roll out and we expect more to be added to the program overtime. We are much closer to the roll out of our technology solution service provider, RailStation, to begin implementation of the first phase of the overall program to streamline back office operations to better serve the membership, our clubs and sanctioned events. Membership services automation will be on the front end of this program in its initial stages. For those of you who missed the Annual Assembly, that was held in Las Vegas in conjunction with the Nationals Championships, through the efforts of David Del Vecchio, we managed to capture the presentation and they are available for your review on the website. As always, if those in the national office can be of any service to you, we can be reached at 719 866 4583!

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Both Champions sealed their third National Title in 2013. The two teamed up to successfully defend their 2012 Mixed Doubles Title, and Hsing completed the Triple Crown by also winning Women’s Doubles (with Judy Hugh).

LAS VEGAS, Nevada Timothy Wang and Ariel Hsing Take Top Honors

Seven hundred and twenty-three players in seventy eight events organized in categories by age, rating, singles, doubles, disabled, hardbat, and sandpaper competed over five days at the Las Vegas Convention Center, December 17–21. The tournament hotel was the Las Vegas Hotel, now a regular stop on the U.S. table tennis circuit. The best-of-the-best dueled in the big five events of Men’s Singles, Women’s Singles, Men’s Doubles, Women’s Doubles, and Mixed Doubles. Timothy Wang took the top prize on the Men’s side, defending his 2012 title and taking top singles honors for the third time in four years. Wang then teamed with Ariel Hsing to take the mixed doubles title. Ariel Hsing won Women’s Singles, Women’s Doubles, and Mixed Doubles to complete a triple crown. The singles title was also her third in the last four years. Two of our top, young players showing great results yet again in Las Vegas.

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Photos: Women’s Champion Ariel Hsing and Men’s Champion Timothy Wang. Photos by Diego Schaaf.

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thereafter with Chen frustrating Hsing for the next two games (winning at 8 and 5) and most of the fourth game. The fourth game was decisive - each players with a chance to win as the deuces pushed the score to 14 all. But at 14-all, Ariel found a winner down the line (into the backhand of the left-handed Chen). And then she went for a big serve return up 15-14 and managed a winner wide to Chen’s forehand. After winning game four and evening the score at 2-2, Hsing took control and closed out the match at 8 and 7. Hsing over Chen (5,-8,-5,14,8,7). The other semifinal was a repeat of the final of the Junior Girl’s event. In the earlier match, Prachi Jha had defeatued Erica Wu 3-1. She had matched Wu shot for shot with delicate service returns and blistering backhand exchanges to secure the upset. Wu entered the Women’s Singles event as the second seed and had not lost a game on her path to the semi-final, but the result of the second match mirrored the first - Jha over Wu (7,7,2,11). In the first game of the finals Hsing and Jha traded points to 4-4, but then Jha went on a 5-1 run to jump ahead 10-5. That game may have been sealed at that point, but the momentum may have changed with the next four hard-fought points - with Ariel Hsing fighting back to lose 11-8. In those closing moments (and in the losing effort), Hsing found her stroke and her pace. She changed direction on a blistering backhand exchange to hit a winner down the line, she spun a cross-court backhand and then hit a forehand winner cross-court, and she played a serve return deep down Jha’s middle and then quickly changed direction to Jha’s backhand. Jha sealed the first game victory when Hsing missed a forehand crosscourt. But in all four of those final closing-moment points, Hsing played for win-

Ariel Hsing - Part Three Ariel is now a Freshman at Princeton University. The very consistent schedule of academics and athletics under the watchful eyes of her parents in California has clearly paid off - both in academics and athletics. But that schedule has been turned upside down with an across-the-country move, and the transition to college life. Its this change that left the most questions for the ladies’ draw at the Nationals; Would Ariel still be Ariel at the table? Ariel entered four events: Open Singles, U21 Singles, Women’s Dou-bles, and Mixed Doubles. In all of the events, she totalled one loss: she was upset by eventual winner Crystal Wang in the semifinal of the U21 event (losing 3-1 including a 16-14 loss in the final game). Each of the other events resulted in a National Title. After 2013, Hsing now has seven National Titles - three in singles and four in doubles.

Women’s Semifinals and Final The most impressive story line of the Final may not be the top seed advancing, and eventually winning the event. Afterall, this wasn’t Ariel Hsing’s first time to the Final - In fact, perhaps the most impressive stat no one is talking about is that this was Ariel Hsing’s sixth consecutive trip to the Finals in this event. The most impressive story here may well be the rise of Prachi Jha - the eighth seed by rating who upset both the second and third seeds in her run to the finals. Across all events, Prachi Jha played 21 singles matches. Of those, she won 17, including winning the Junior Girls event. By rating, she lost only one match to anyone rated below her (and that player was 2249, only 6 points shy of her 2255 starting rating) contrast that with seven wins over players rated above her. Aside from the trophies, Prachi was also awarded with a rating gain of 127 points. In Ariel Hsing’s Semifinal match, she faced fourth seed Diane Chen. Chen, a smart and seasoned player in her 40s, kept Hsing out of rhythm. Hsing generally drove the pace of the points attacking whenever she could, while Chen masterfully changed pace and spin and placed the ball all over the table. Hsing jumped out to an early lead in the first game and protected the lead changing points to the end. But the match shifted

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ners by directing or controlling the pace and then changing direction for the winner or passing shot. As the first game came to a close, Hsing found a strategy that worked - and she stuck with it successfully for the remainder of the match. After some early jitters and sloppy shots by both Hsing and Jha, Hsing jumped ahead to win the second game at 6. The next two games were more of the same, with Hsing dominating the pace and crisply placing her winners. The fifth game was one of streaks. From tied 4-4, Hsing played four great points to seemingly put the match away. But down 4-8, Jha came back with her own streak to tie the game at 8-8. And just as one might think the pressure was back on Hsing and the momentum was in Jha’s favor, Hsing composed herself and closed the match out with three quick points. For Hsing, this was her third National Singles Title in four years. It was another in a long line of great performances. And, perhaps it shows that she can balance college and table tennis and that she is going to stay at the top and not going to fade back into the pack. For Jha, perhaps her performance was an announcement to the other top players: When she’s playing well, she’s one of the best. Table tennis fans in the U.S. are look-ing forward to seeing both of them in imporant matches for years to come.

Men’s Semifinals and Final The Men’s event contained a number of really interesting story lines in-cluding each of the final four players. The Champion, Tim Wang, was the second seed fand one of the favorites rom the beginning. He defended his 2012 title and logged his third Singles Title in four years. He was un-defeated in the tournament in singles and added the Mixed Doubles title to his growing list of National Championships (he now has 7 titles, 3 in singles, 4 in doubles).

Photos: (left) David Zhuang and Kanak Jha and (right) Cory Eider and Timothy Wang. Photos by Diego Schaaf.

Cory Eider, the eleventh seed by rating, advancing into the semifinals was a bit of a surprise. Defeating the fourth, seventh, and first seeds all in a row to get to the Final caught most of the venue off guard. Eider is not an unknown player - he’s someone who has hovered just outside the Top 50 in the U.S. in the past. This tournament, he showed he can play with anyone - and with the December he had, by rating he has broken into the Top 25. Six time US Champion, David Zhuang, entered the tournament after nearly a 2 year layoff. His “warm-up” event was the North American Teams Championships about a month before the Nationals. He may have lost a step over the years, but he can still compete at the highest levels. Not only did he advance pretty easily to the semifinals, but his results at the Teams during his warm-up event were stellar as well (not losing to any player under 2600 and narrowly losing to 2794 Mingyu Shi). In the end, his tournament ended with a loss to Eider - but it looks like his time away from tournaments hasn’t slowed him down. Besides, how many opportunities does a Hall of Famer have to add to the record books? Zhuang has six singles National Championships from this tournament -he has already won the US National Championships more than any male player (six). But a few other records are still a few wins away - Dick Miles, for example, won 10 National Titles through wins at the US Open, and Dan Seemiller has 24 total National Titles (combining singles and doubles) while Zhuang thus far has accumulated 21. The fourth semifinalist may be one of the best story lines for USA Table Tennis. Thirteen year old Kanak Jha wowed the crowd with great results in a number of events, but his gutsy performance in the Open included four 7-game matches in a row. He won the first three, including wins over former US team members Mark Hazinski, and Adam Hugh. Each match seemed longer and more dramatic than the last - ending with an

17Jan/Feb 2014 • usatt.org/MAGAZINEPhotos: (left) David Zhuang and Kanak Jha and (right) Cory Eider and Timothy Wang. Photos by Diego Schaaf.

epic 4-3 loss to eventual champion Tim Wang in the Semis. The Wang/Jha semifinal had fireworks from the start - Kanak Jha ag-gressively stepped around the very first serve from Wang to set the pace. He won that point, and launched an energetic match with fist pumps and “cho’s” from both sides of the table. They traded points until a well timed flip from Jha that landed at a deep angle for a clean winner gave him a 10-8 lead. Jha closed the game out 11-9 and they then proceeded into the second game with the same pattern of trading points. Both were careful and crisp with their short game with serves and drop returns, and and once the point was opened, both played topspin on both wings. Neither player was so aggressive that they lost control or took unwar-ranted chances. This created many long points with both players mixing in offense and defense. At the end of the second game, Tim Wang put a streak together to close out the game (jumping from 8-8 to win at 11-8). That streak contin-ued into game three with Wang seemingly in complete control (winning game three 11-5). But, that was just the beginning - the next three games were all close with Jha taking the first two (for a 3-2 lead) and Wang tak-ing game 6 to set up a decisive final game. But the seventh game did not follow the pattern of trading points. Starting from 2-2, Wang jumped out to a 5-2 lead and never looked back. He won the next eight points to lead 10-2 before Jha scored again - and he closed the game out at 11-5. Wang over Jha (-9,8,5,-9,-8,8,5). The Eider/Zhuang match-up pitted the precision of experienced pen-holder David Zhuang against the energy and aggression of Cory Eider. Zhuang jumped out to an early lead in the first game. But Eider kept plugging away: it went from 7-3, to 8-5, to 8-7. Then Eider took a chance on three backhand swings intended to end three consecutive points. The first was a clean winner down the line, the second missed long, and the third was returned with a tricky drop-shot where a diving Eider retrieved the return and was rewarded with an edge. The come-back was complete as the score was tied 9-9. Zhuang then missed at the end of a long rally, and Eider went all-out in the next point stepping around and hitting a crosscourt winner. Eider took game one 11-9. In the second game they traded points to 9-9 where Zhuang closed out

the game with two quick points to tie the match at one game each. Eider then came out for the third game and was the aggressor, hitting big shot after big shot and jumping out to a 9-4 lead. Zhuang mounted a come-back, but Eider won the game 11-8. Eider then ran away with the final two games, pushing the pace and jumping to early leads. Eider over Zhuang (9,-9,8,8,3). The last match of the tournament was between the defending champion, Tim Wang, and the streaking Eider - who had just beaten the No. 4, No.7, and No.1 seeds in consecutive matches. Both players are quick, both have creative shots, and both had maneuvered through the competition to this final match. Eider took the position of the aggressor, moving his feet to take bigger swings with his forehand while Wang took a more cen-tered position and was often willing to take a little pace off of his loops to ensure he was keeping the ball safely in play. The first game was in Wang’s control from early on. He took a couple point lead and held off Eider for an 11-7 win. Wang began the second game playing even more tentative and careful - content to block the ball at heavy angles and perhaps outlast his opponent. Eider continued to be the aggressor and in most points pushed the pace. When Wang ma-neuvered Eider out of position, Eider used his feet to stay in the points - sometimes lobbing or playing slow controlled shots. Eider pulled out the game 11-8 with a few big shots, and spent the time between games jogging in place and keeping up his seemingly neverending energy. But the remaining games unfolded differently. Wang was more pre-cise with his short game, winning some easy shots. Wang picked some moments to be more aggressive. And, Wang inserted a very spinny slow backhand loop that helped to push Eider away from the table and out of position for his attacks. Game three went to Wang close, Game four went to Wang 11-5, and in the final game after withstanding a strong flurry from Eider that had them even at 4-4, it was all Wang closing out the match at 11-7. Wang over Eider (7,-8,9,5,7). Timothy Wang defends his title - his third National Championship in four years.

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His success at the Nationals over these last four years has been pretty amazing - losing only one match in the Men’s Singles National Title event...

2013 National ChampionTimothy Wangby Steve Hopkins

Three! Timothy Wang ended 2013 just the same way that he ended 2012 -- with a win in the Finals of the National Championships. For Wang, it was his third National Title in four years. His success at the Nationals over these last four years has been pretty amazing - losing only one match (to 2011 National Champion Peter Li) in the Men’s Singles National Title event over a four year period. It is interesting that over that same period, he has twice lost in other singles events at the Nationals (losing in the U21 event to Steven Chan in 2010, and losing to Yahao Zhang in the U21 event in 2012). Perhaps he has shown the ability to raise his level of play when the stakes are the highest. Each time Wang has reached the Finals at the Nationals, he has won. That ability to turn it up a notch can also explain many of his other successes from qualifying for the Olympics, to accumulating four National Championships in doubles. We have seen the best of Timothy Wang when the competition is the fiercest and when a victory means the most.

Three titles brings Wang into pretty elite company. Only five players have won more than three Men’s Singles Titles at the US National Championships. Those players are: David Zhuang (6), Cheng Yinghua (5), Sean O’Neill (5), Dan Seemiller (5), and Ilija Lupulesku (4). *And this is a good opportunity to give a nod to American Champions from past eras as well as the US Nationals is a relatively young event. From the early 70s and prior, the US Open was the signature event in the US, so a few more elite champions to mention who won three or more US Open times include: Dick Miles (10), Dal Joon Lee (6), Lou Pagliaro (4), and Erwin Klein (4). *Cheng Yinghua also won the US Open twice (once representing China in 1985 and once as an American in 1993). Is it possible that at the age of 22, Wang is already creeping his way into the proverbial “Best Ever” discussion for American players? He’s near the top in rating, he’s in the “Top 10” in career National Titles, and he’s played in the Olympics. The truth is, at only 22 years old, he still has a lot to accomplish in the sport. He still has a lot to prove in the sport - not just to those of us watching his success, but he has more to prove to himself as well. In 2013, Wang defended his 2012 National titles in both

singles and mixed doubles. He was a North American Championships Men’s Singles semifinalist, he was a part of the North American Championships Men’s Teams Champion, and he finished first at the US Men’s Team Trials. But the success isn’t keeping him from wanting to improve, he still has a drive to be better. Wang described it this way; “I didn’t stop working after winning the last time because I don’t want to be satisfied with my past accomplishments. I’m always looking ahead to the next challenge and the next tournament.” He went on to say that if he thinks too much about his victories, he runs the risk of losing his edge, inflating his ego, and ultimately not performing at his highest level. As the Nationals approached this year, Wang pushed his training to include two training sessions every day on the table. His on-the-table sessions were 1.5 hours each, and he also worked out one hour in the gym each day. His goal for 2014 is to break into the top 200 players in the world. And, not to set his goals too low - he also said he wants to break into the Top 100 players in 2015. His long term goals for the US Nationals include continuing to win titles. Even at 22, he has a sense for those who have made history here. We can expect to continue to see Wang’s best efforts in the biggest moments. He also has his eye on the next Olympics. He wants to represent the US again in 2016 in Brazil and he wants to perform better than he did in 2012. Wang continues to train hard at the ICC club in Milpitas, California. He recognizes that the support of ICC and Stiga have been instrumental to his success. When there wasn’t much support in his career, ICC and Stiga stepped in to provide support that helped bring new life to his career. He would also like to thank his former club HTTA for supporting him before he went to California to make further progress. Lastly he would like to thank his family for always being there and pushing him to continue forward every step of the way. His father had a vision for him that is becoming a reality, and the dream continues for Wang in hopes of becoming one of the best tables tennis player the U.S. has ever produced.

“I didn’t stop working after winning the last time because I don’t want to be satisfied with my past accomplishments. I’m always looking ahead to the next challenge and the next tournament.”

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Ariel Hsing’s College Guide for Junior Table Tennis Players

by Ariel Hsing I have been feeling like a princess living in a fantasyland since last September, because I have been at the best school in the world—Princeton University. Here is my advice on attend-ing your perfect school, and I’ll also show you a glimpse of the college life.

Touring the Schools: You need to know the schools, and the schools need to know you. Try to convince your parents to take a family vacation to visit different colleges. You can even use your younger siblings as leverage, since sooner or later they will need to apply for colleges too. The best family vacation my family ever had was visiting colleges on the east coast. We joined a campus tour in the morning and learned all kinds of interesting stories about the schools. Did you know that Princeton used to have a bar inside the library? Some moms would cry, “How hard have you made my poor baby study? The library is charging us $200 this month!” After the tours, we would try to eat lunch at the school cafeteria, (my favorite part of the visit.) Just being among the students, and seeing how they talk, dress, and how sleepy they look, you can get a pretty good sense whether or not you belong there. We then liked to wander around campus. My mom like checking out the neighborhood. My dad liked checking out the local cuisine. Then we moved on to another school the next day. Also, don’t forget to register with the school before your visit!

This way they know you are sincere and interested, and that just might give you an advantage during admissions. Touring the Princeton campus feels like walking into the Harry Potter books. The buildings and cafeterias resemble Hog-warts, and it’s really like going to school in a palace. And now you know what my new home is like.

Financial Concerns: Almost every table tennis junior player is smart and hard working, and they all deserve to go the school of their choice. It would be so sad to see someone have to choose a different school because of financial hardship. It’s comforting to know that there are schools like Yale, Princeton, and Harvard, and many others that admit students based on their abilities first, and then help them resolve financial difficulties by offering a combination of financial aid and student loans. Princeton even takes this up a notch by having a No-Loan policy,which means that the school will cover everything, from tuition to living ex-penses, for the lower income family students, and the students don’t have to pay anything back. For some of my friends, at-tending Princeton is even cheaper than going to a local com-munity college.

Applying for Colleges: Find out the requirements of your dream school ASAP. Almost all schools require the SAT or ACT test, and many require two SAT Subject tests; (MIT requires three and it’s optional for UC colleges.) Find out the SAT test dates and give yourself enough time to take it two or three times. I almost missed my only chance to take the test because of an unexpected surgery, and I definitely wouldn’t try my luck if I had to do it again. There are many kids that have great grade point averages and high SAT scores. What distinguishes you from others is your essay and extracurricular activities. The admission officers will also use your essay to see if you will fit in on campus. Have at least two friends review your essays. Any grammar or spelling errors are just not acceptable. I had one friend from high school write about his love of making knives and guns. I just looked at him and told him to rewrite the whole thing. You shouldn’t lie, but you can choose a different story to tell to help your admit-tance chance. You can buy or borrow the book “On Writing the College Application ESSAY” by Harry Bauld. Check out the “College Confidential” website from time to time. I don’t par-ticularly like the movie Admission, but you can watch it to get a general idea of how the college admission process works—mi-nus the cheating (and meanwhile check out the beautiful Princ-eton campus.) You can apply to one college for early-action admission and that can be your dream school. But if you have more than one dream school then you should pick the one with a higher early admittance rate. You might be shocked that the rate can be dra-matically different between schools of similar caliber.

Choosing Roommates: We all like to have our own room. But will that give us the best college experience? I don’t think so. I applied for the dorm unit


that can fit four students, and I had to lie to get it! The survey from housing asked how neat I am. Both my parents (and prob-ably Erica Wu and Prachi Jha if you asked them) insisted that I was a 2 out of 10, but I put in a 4 anyway. Here is a tip, don’t say you need to have roommates that are quiet and clean. The housing officers might think you are difficult to live with and put you in a single room against your will. My roommates and I share two bedrooms and a huge common room. It’s so huge we figure we can host a big party in it, but we haven’t had the time to test out that theory. Aren’t you curious about my roommates? (In other words, aren’t you curious to see who can stand to live with me?)

“Hallmates and Roomies Zach, Luisa, Me, Hope, and Nathan. *Trust must be busy helping people at this time.”

Trust: Trust and I share the same bedroom and she is the kind-est person I have ever met. When we we’re all out busy partying, Trust is studying or doing volunteer work to help others. She’s so down-to-earth and smart, and I am so unbelievably lucky to have her as my roommate. Hope: Hope is a math genius and as beautiful as can be. There are nonstop boys after her, and she practically has to beat them off with a stick. Of course, she is way too nice to actually do that. Luisa: Every family (or dorm room) needs a writer, and Luisa is ours. She was the National Student Poet in High School and a Scholastic Art & Writing Gold Medal Winner. If you don’t know what kind of award that is, just imagine that it’s very, very, very big!

Table Tennis in College: My best memories of table tennis are hanging out with my teammates during international competitions. Now everyday is like that. Princeton Table Tennis Club is amazing.My club mates not only practice together, but we can eat together (breakfast, lunch, dinner, and late night snacks), talk together (no more cur-fews from parents and coaches), and even have fun (like when we played laser tag) together, or study (hasn’t happened yet) togeth-er. Many colleges have table tennis clubs. You should give them a call before you make your final college selection. Who knows, you might like the club so much and decide to go to that school.

Even though I didn’t know how much (or if any) I would play during college, I had included table tennis training as one of my school searching criteria. Boy, wasn’t that a brilliant deci-sion! Coach Lily Yip’s club (LYTTC) is now my second home at Princeton. It’s about 20-30 miles away from the campus, and I always look forward to getting a ride to go there every week-end. Sometimes I even stay there overnight just to enjoy Coach Lily’s home cooking. College is a brand new experience, and playing table tennis makes me feel at home—what a great com-bination!

Final Word: Most importantly, remember that you can be happy at any school. You’re going to go to your future college for a reason: it’s all part of the bigger plan that is your life. So no matter which school you do end up going to, remember to enjoy every moment there! Finally I’d like to thank my sponsors Killerspin, New York Athletic Club, and Lily Yip Table Tennis Club for continuing to sponsor me even though I am in college now. I would also like to remind all of you, Princeton Table Tennis is waiting for you.;)

Princeton Table Tennis Team

Lily Yip Table Tennis Club

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The process of picking U.S. Junior and Cadet Teams includes (PHASE ONE) a qualifying single elimination round, (PHASE TWO) each player is in one of two round robins, (PHASE THREE) a cross over match pitting players against the other round robin, and (PHASE FOUR) the final match to determine final places. Eight players are named to each teams (Junior Boys, Cadet Boys, Junior Girls, Cadet Girls). This year, Lily Zhang qualified for the Junior Girls team based upon her World Ranking. That seven open slots for the Junior Girls’ team available for selectionn.

JUNIOR AND CADET BOYS Thirteen year old, Kanak Jha entered the tournament as the top seed in both the Junior and Cadet Boys events. Kunal Chodri and Krishnateja were the second and third seeds in the Junior Boys event, an event that was deep enough by way of talent that only 150 ratings points separated the first from the tenth seed. There weren’t a lot of surprises in the event. Out of the Top 8 Seeds, 7 finished with a spot on the Boys Team or B Team. The only player outside of the Top 8 to push his way in was Billy Ding. Aashay Patel also maneuvered in a better position by jumping from 8th seed to the 4th position (and from an expected “B” finish to the last slot on the “A” Team). Like the Junior event, the Cadet event ended with three of the top four seeds qualifying as expected in the “A” Team, and all eight of those who qualified for the team coming from the top nine seeds overall. So who was the ninth seed who pushed his way into the top eight ? - That was Gal Alguetti. In fact, three Alguettis qualified in the 6th, 7th, and 8th Team slots -- likely a record for the most family members on a Junior or Cadet team.

JUNIOR AND CADET GIRLS Prachi Jha was the story in the Junior Girls event. She entered as the fifth seed, but upset three players seeded above her on her way to finishing first. First and third seeds Erica Wu and Angela Guan finished behind her in the second and third positions in the event.

JUNIOR BOYS TEAM1. Kanak Jha CA2. Krishnateja Avvari CA3. Kunal Chodri CA4. Aashay Patel CA

JUNIOR BOYS TEAM B5. Allen W. Wang NJ6. Billy Ding Xu, WA7/ Theodore Tran CA8/ Jonathan Ou FL

CADET BOYS TEAM1. Kanak Jha CA2. Kunal Chodri CA3. Newman Cheng CA4. Victor Liu CA

CADET BOYS TEAM B5. Krishnateja Avvari CA6. Sharon Alguetti NJ7/ Adar Alguetti NJ8. Gal Alguetti NJ

JUNIOR GIRLS TEAM1. Lily Zhang CA2. Prachi Jha CA3. Erica Wu CA4. Angela Guan CA

JUNIOR GIRLS TEAM B5. Amy Wang NJ6. Diane Jiang CA7. Laura Huang TX8 .Tina Lin NJ

CADET GIRLS TEAM1. Grace Yang CA2. Crystal Wang MD3. Amy W. Wang NJ4. Joy Li TX

CADET GIRLS TEAM B5. Laura Huang TX6. Ishana Deb CA7/ Luvena Huo CA8. Xiyue Hu NJ

Lily Zhang, who qualified for the Junior Girls team based upon her world ranking rounds out the team. There were no major upsets. However, both Laura Huang and Diane Jiang (the 8th and 9th seeds respectively) pushed their way into the Top Seven and onto the team. In the Cadet Girls event, all eight qualifiers were seeded in the top nine. That ninth seed that finished in the top eight was Luvena Huo. The other surprises all revolved around how the top eight finished - where fifth seed Grace Yang surprised the field by finishing first and Joy Li (the 7th seed) moved up three slots to finish fourth - taking the last slot on the “A” Team.

Photo (left to right) Kanak Jha, Prachi Jha, and both Jha’s with coach Stefan Feth

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CADET BOYS TEAM1. Kanak Jha CA2. Kunal Chodri CA3. Newman Cheng CA4. Victor Liu CA

CADET BOYS TEAM B5. Krishnateja Avvari CA6. Sharon Alguetti NJ7/ Adar Alguetti NJ8. Gal Alguetti NJ

The top two seeds in the Womens 21 Event had a solid advantage by rating. That should have meant that Ariel Hsing (the top seed with a 2511 rating) and Tina Lin (the second seed with a rating of 2315) should have had pretty smooth sailing to the Finals. Third and fourth seeds Angela Guan and Crystal Wang seemed to have missed that memo. The top four ladies reached the Semifinals as expected - but both sides of the draw saw an upset with Crystal Wang beating Ariel Hsing 3-1 (-5, 8, 8, 14) and Angela Guan dispatching Tina Lin 3-0 (4,4,9). Guan and Wang then faced off in an epic final with Wang jumping out to an early lead and then holding on for a narrow 3-2 win (4,6,-11,-5,5).

Two of the biggest stories of the Nationals were the performances of Kanak and Prachi Jha. Both had unexpected runs deep into their respective Men’s/Women’s event: Prachi advanced all the way to the Women’s Singles Final and pushed the defending champion to a seventh game, and Kanak advanced to the Men’s Singles Semifi-nals. Both also had other successes - Prachi in winning the Junior Girls event and Kanak sweeping Cadet Boys, Junior Boys, and the 21&Under. Clearly this is a success for both players individually - each showing they are moving to the next level and ready to compete against the best in this Country. But this is also a real success story for the World Champions Table Tennis Academy where both players train. The WCTTA is an ITTF “Hot Spot” Training Cen-ter in San Jose, California. Their coaching team includes two for-mer World Champions, Li Zhen Shi and Zhang Li as well as the current US Men’s Team Coach Stefan Feth and former US Team Member Nan Li. The success of these two players is a testament, not just to the hard work of the players - but also to the quality of the instruction and opportunities provided at the WCTTA. The successes of WCTTA at the Nationals weren’t just limited to the Jha family either. WCTTA won the Junior Boys Team event (Kanak Jha, Kunal Chodri & Aarsh Shah), Kunal Chodri finished with a second in Cadet Boys (and also made the Junior Boys Team after finishing third) and Marina Leitman finished second in Over 40 Women. Aarsh Shah, Isabel Chu, Anthony Chu, Aditi Chodri and others finished high in their respective events as well.

21 & UNDER WOMEN

CADET GIRLS TEAM1. Grace Yang CA2. Crystal Wang MD3. Amy W. Wang NJ4. Joy Li TX

CADET GIRLS TEAM B5. Laura Huang TX6. Ishana Deb CA7/ Luvena Huo CA8. Xiyue Hu NJ

JHA, JHA, and the WCTTA

Junior Champion Prachi Jha. Photo by Diego Schaaf

21 & UNDER MEN A year ago, Tim Wang had a nearly perfect US Nationals with titles in Men’s Singles, Men’s Doubles, and Mixed Doubles. In fact, he won every match he played except for the Finals of the 21 & Under - where he lost to Yahao Zhang. This year, Yahao entered the event as

the top seed with the expectation of defending his 2012 title. Fifth seed Bryant Lin had different ideas - and he pulled off the upset of Yahao 3-0 in the quarterfinals. Lin then dispatched third seed Avvari Krishnateja (also 3-0) on his way to the Final. The other side of the draw saw an upset to 4th seed Jonathan Ou early (he fell to Sagar Arun in the sixteenths). But the other seeds advance pretty much as expected and second seed Kanak Jha moved to the finals after beating sixth seed Aashay Patel 3-1. The Jha- Lin final resulted in a 3-0 victory for Kanak Jha. One more great result for the 13 year old Jha who won the Cadets, the Juniors, the U21, and who made it all the way to the semifinals in Men’s Singles.

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By Sheri Soderberg Cioroslan As luck would have it, Cory Eider caught sight of the iconic David Zhuang on his flight into Las Vegas for the 2013 U.S. Nationals. “I waved to him as I was making my way to my seat and he smiled back at me,” Cory recalled. “Then at the airport, we ran across each other while we were waiting for our luggage. He was really friendly and encouraging.” First round in the Men’s Singles, Cory faced Jonathan Ou. Cory had lost to him in September of 2013, making his record 0-2 against Jonathan. The losses taught Cory what he had to do and he prevailed 4-2. Excited, Cory called Mitch Seidenfeld, who happened to be in California visiting with his wife, Tina’s, family. Cory considered fellow Minnesotan Mitch his “go-to” guy. Cory had grown up in Duluth, Minnesota. There Angelo Simone and Sonny Helbacka had gotten Cory into the sport at the Valley Youth Center. Over the years, Cory was able to maintain a rating around 2150, even as he took some detours away from the game (a college tennis scholarship in Arizona, working as a tennis coach in Florida, and starting his business career in New Jersey). When Cory moved back to Minneapolis in 2010, he decided to get seriously back into the sport under Mitch’s direction. Cory realized he had to pick up a lot of new elements to move his game past a fairly simple style. First thing he set out to master was comfortably looping from both wings. By the time Cory decided to re-locate to New Jersey in May of 2012, his game had jumped about 200 points. When he showed up at Lily Yip’s club in New Jersey, she told him he’d better change his shoes and get ready to play. She had a bunch of strong players already lined up for him. Both Lily and her son, Adam Hugh, helped the already-improved Cory reach new levels yet again. “My strokes were too long. I was playing too passively. They helped me out with my footwork. They helped me with the technique on my backhand. They were extremely helpful with everything.” Soon Cory’s rating had jumped to “about 2460.” He remembers that rough number because he says he hovered around there for about a year. Cory didn’t find his new level that surprising because he’d stayed very competitive athletically through tennis. But other people didn’t know that and they thought it “was kind of weird.” Cory vividly recalled that Hurricane Sandy in October of 2012 dramatically changed his life. “I was about to head home. The weather was affecting driving. Lily insisted that I stay at their house. So I ended up there for about a week and a half.” Cory had already spent a lot of time hanging out with Adam. He also had come to know Barry Dattel, patriarch of the clan. Next, romance blossomed with Judy Hugh. Spending more time with the family inevitably led to endless matches with Barry. Cory added, “There’s nobody I’ve played more than Barry. He’s helped my game a lot. No matter how many games we play, he’ll always challenge me again. We’ve really hit it off as practice partners and friends.” It all worked to Cory’s advantage in Las Vegas. His second match was against Yahao Zhang. Cory’s goal was to neutralize Yahao’s power. But he was surprised that Yahao was playing more softly against him than he expected. Down 2-3 games, Cory decided to “run like crazy” and just “let it rip.” Up 10-1 in the seventh, Cory felt that happy feeling that he wouldn’t miss any more balls. That took him to the next round. But first Cory called Mitch again. Great job, Mitch would tell him after each win. Next round he faced his friend Grant Li. Even before the match, the two looked at each other and made a pact. “Whoever wins will face David Zhuang. Beating David is the ticket to get into the final.” Cory felt that they both seemed a bit nervous during the match. Neither one seemed to play well. After Cory won, Grant encouraged Cory to go for the big win. This time, when Cory called Mitch, Mitch already knew the results. He’d been watching the live stream. This time Mitch said, “Now this gets real. You’ve got nothing to

lose. Give it all you’ve got.” Cory turned to Lily for support. Friday night at 9pm, the two started to hit. As Cory explained it, “I knew what to do against David, but I needed to feel what it would be like to play against his pips. It’s one thing to know, it’s another to feel it.” Not only did she prepare him at the table, but she also gave Cory advice. One thing they worked on was preparing Cory for David’s long and fast serves. “At first I was a mess. I was rushing. I was popping up balls. By the time our match started, I was ready though. I wasn’t sure how much he knew about my game and I was expecting that he might be taking me lightly.” Up 2-1 games and leading 10-8, Cory said to himself, “He doesn’t expect to lose to you after he won the third game. I’d better do something surprising. I’m not ready to serve it long and fast deep into his forehand, but that would be really great if I can do it. So I tried it and it worked. It was an ace! That put me in the driver’s seat to finish the match.” In the end, Cory credited Lily. Not only had she prepared him to play David, but she had also coached him throughout the match. “Because of Lily, there’s nothing that David did that I wasn’t prepared for,” is how Cory summed up their match. On to the final against Tim Wang! Lily was spent. “She said that she was still so nervous from my match against David. She didn’t think she could go through it again,” Cory commented. So Adam handled the coaching honor. Cory and Tim had never played before. “To get far enough in a draw to play against Tim in a tournament, you have to be good. Because I’d never played him before, even if I knew what to do, I’d never felt his game before. He served differently than he had in the games we’d scouted him on. I had a lot of trouble reading his spins. Plus, he was good against my serves, so it was a little anti-climatic. He’s a good player and he found lots of ways to exploit my weaknesses.” Tim defeated Cory 4-1. Seeing his friend feeling a little down after the match, Adam exclaimed, “Hey, don’t feel bad. I’ve been playing my whole life and the best I ever made was the semi’s. This is actually a huge accomplishment!”Cory dined with Lily, Barry, Adam and Judy that night. “We didn’t even get around to discussing the men’s final.” The family was still so astonished at his win over David Zhuang. “How did you do it,” they kept pressing him. Cory flipped the compliment, “I just did everything you told me to do!” Meanwhile, Mitch Seidenfeld also reveled in Cory’s fantastic results. “The entire Minnesota table tennis community was extremely proud as we watched Cory battle his way into the finals of the Men’s Singles at the U.S. Nationals. After the tournament, he returned to Minnesota and donated a stack of rubber to the kids at the Valley Youth Center in Duluth. His string of victories, especially the semi-final win over David Zhuang, has to be considered the greatest accomplishment in the history of Minnesota table tennis. Lily Yip and Adam Hugh have done a great job helping Cory rise to the upper echelon of U.S. table tennis.” Mitch continued, “It was exciting to watch Cory play each match through live streaming, then speak with him a few minutes later. He had a great attitude throughout the tournament. He got most of his tactics and match strategy through his coaches in Vegas, but we discussed each match before and after he played. He has much more competitive sports experience than most U.S. table tennis players. Cory played tough and forced everyone to play at a level, under pressure, that only Tim Wang was able to rise above. I just tried to fill in the blanks for him since he’s only been competing seriously in table tennis for a few years. He was playing so well and thinking so clearly that I didn’t want to say anything to mess up the way he was systematically moving from match to match. I can’t claim much credit, but it was really fun to share the experience with him.” Indeed, all of this friendly and encouraging support seems to be working just fine for Cory! Photo by Diego Schaaf

Cory Eider’s Run at the Nationals

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2013 NATIONALS HARDBAT EVENTS Classic events in Las Vegas this year in-cluded seven hardbat events -- the featured Singles and Doubles events and also two age events (40+ and 60+), and three rating events (U-2000, U-1800, and U-1500). In addition to hardbat, there were also two sandpaper events to round out the classic events: Un-der 1700 and the USATT/FASTT National Championship singles. In the Under 1500 Hardbat event there were four round robins with the winner of each ad-vancing to single elimination. The top seed in the event, Unan Maloof advanced as expected from his round robin, but the top seed failed to advance in any of the other three round rob-ins. Joining Maloof in the single elimination was Neal Bergman who faced Maloof, and Bob Funkhouser and Paul Villacarlos who faced each other in the other semifinal. De-spite the upsets in the round robins, the semi-finals and finals actually went as would be ex-pected by rating/seed. Maloof (the top seed) defeated Bergman (9th seed), Villacarlos (8th seed) defeated Funkhouser (12th seed), and in

the final, Maloof defeated Villacarlos to take the U1500 Hardbat title. In the Under 1800 Hardbat event, the top three seeds all fell early. Two of the top three seeds didn’t advance from their roundrobins, and second seed Mike Babuin fell in the Qua-terfinals. The big surprise was fifteenth seed-ed Paul Kotz who upset top seed John Har-rington in the round robin and then rolled all the way to the title. Kotz defeated Bill Guerin Jr. in the final in a hard fought match, winning 2-1 (19, -7, 17). The upsets continued in the U2000 Hardbat with the final match pitting 7th seed Fernando Chang against 5th seed Ralph Stadelman. And, to keep the theme of upsets in tact, the lower seeded Chang won the title with two close games (18, 19). The Hardbat Doubles event results were a little closer to what was expected. The top four finishing teams in Hardbat Doubles, fin-ished in first through fourth places. Howev-er,, the team of Timothy Kelly and Raymond Mack rose to the top. They began as the third

seed, but managed a tight win over Ty Hoff and Adoni Maropis in the round robin (-18, 17, 17), and then carried that momentum to an even narrower victory in the final over Loc Bao Ngo and Jeff Johnston (-11, 20, 17). Top seed and defending champion Adoni Maropis fell to Timothy Kelly in the round robin and didn’t advance. Instead Kelly, the 13th seed, was awarded with the bye set aside for the top seed’s round robin and he advanced directly to the semifinals. Second seed, Ken-neth Pinili was upset by Bin Hai Chu in the quarters, but the other matches each went to the favorite. Joining Timothy Kelly was Jeff Johnston, Loc Bao Ngo, and Bin Hai Chu (the 3rd, 4th, and 5th seeds respectively). Johnston defeated Kelly 3-0 to advance to the final. On the other side of the draw Bin Hai Chu defeated Loc Bao Ngo 3-0. In the final, Bin Hai Chu continued his momentum and defeated Jeff Johnston 3-0 (18, 11, 8).

by Ty Hoff The second annual FASTT National Sand-paper Championships occurred during the 2013 US National Championships in Las Ve-gas. Twenty one players competed for $1,000 in prize money with $500 for 1st place. Top seed Freddie Gabriel inexplicably did not show up for his round robin which gave Arizona’s Jay Turberville a direct path to the semifinals with his close 21-18, 21-19 win over Nevada’s June Meimban. Perhaps Fred-die noticed that three years of organized sand-paper play in the United States has produced some very good and talented players? 2013 US Open Sandpaper Champion Adoni Maropis also advanced straight to the semifi-nals with his 21-9, 22-20 win over Arizona’s Jayant Geete. Ping Pong Diplomacy’s Errol Resek could not make it for the round robin.Ohio’s Kenneth Pinili advanced from his group although he had to survive a tough 21-18, 13-21, 21-17 match with California’s Mike Karim. Mike had a good lead in the third game but Kenneth started smashing win-ners off of Mike’s solid defensive chopping.Missouri’s Jeff Johnston had to win three matches to advance from his round robin. California’s Che-Him Leung finished second in the group. 2012 US Open Sandpaper Champion Ty Hoff cruised to victory in his group. USATT Board Chair Mike Babuin finished second in the group.

Florida’s Bin Hai Chu won comfortably over California’s Loc Bao Ngo 21-9, 21-14 to ad-vance to the main draw. Kenneth Pinili came out strong in his quar-terfinal match with Ty Hoff 21-15. Ty found his rhythm in the second game winning 21-10. The third and fourth games were tightly contested however Kenneth came out on top 21-17, 21-18. Jeff Johnston came back from being down 2-1 in games to beat Bin Hai Chu in a very seesaw match. Jeff was close to elimination in the fourth game as he pulled out a close 28-26 game. Jeff then cruised to victory with a 21-11 fifth game. Jay Turberville had to hurry back home to get some work done in his day job therefore missing his semifinal match with Kenneth Pinili. Jay however drove back home with an extra $100 in his pocket. Adoni Maropis and Jeff Johnston had many great points with Adoni’s defense. In the end Adoni prevailed in straight games 21-9, 21-7, 21-18 to advance to the finals. Adoni Maropis played a great five game match in last year’s finals against Trevor Ru-nyan so the stage was comfortable for him. Kenneth, originally from the Philippines had a wealth of sandpaper experience. Kenneth won two close games at the beginning of the match but Adoni was not finished. Adoni won the third and fourth games with fairly com-

fortable scores and appeared to be in control. Kenneth was battling leg cramps by this time and it was unsure if he would be able to finish the match. After resuming the match after an extended injury time out, Kenneth jumped out to a huge 15-1 lead. Adoni fought back but could not make up the large deficit. Match to the new FASTT National Champion Kenneth Pinili 23-21, 21-17, 12-21, 14-21, 21-11.

FASTT NATIONAL SANDPAPER CHAMPIONSHIPS

Finalists - Kenneth Pinili and Adoni Maropis


US NATIONALS RESULTS EVENT FIRST PLACE SECOND PLACE 1 Men’s Singles Wang, Timothy, TX Eider, Cory, NJ 2 Women’s Singles Hsing, Ariel, CA Jha, Prachi, CA 3 Men’s Doubles Tran, Theodore & Huang, Jeff Lin CA Hugh, Adam & Li, Grant, NJ 4 Women’s Doubles Hugh, Judy & Hsing, Ariel, CA Chen, Diane Dongye & Vuong, Lan, CA 5 Mixed Doubles Wang, Timothy & Hsing, Ariel TX Hugh, Judy & Hugh, Adam, NJ10 Minicadet Boy’s Singles Alguetti, Gal, NJ Liu, Victor, CA 11 Minicadet Girl’s Singles Wang, Amy W., NJ Hsieh, Tia TX 12 Junior Boys’ Teams WCTTA - 1, CA ICC - 1, CA 13 Junior Girls’ Teams Maryland TTC, MD LYTTC - 1, NJ 14 Boys’ 10 and Under Singles Kumar, Nikhil, CA Puri, Sahil, CA 15 Girls’ 10 and Under Singles Sung, Rachel, CA Hsieh, Tia , TX 16 21 & Under Men’s Singles Jha, Kanak, CA Lin, Bryant, CA 17 21 & Under Women’s Singles Wang, Crystal, MD Guan, Angela, CA 18 Over 30 Singles Dubina, Samson, OH Shao, Yu, NY 19 Men’s 40+ Singles Oak, Niraj TX Shao, Yu, NY 20 Hardbat 40+ Singles Johnston, Jeff, MO Hoff, Ty, FL 21 Women’s 40+ RR Li, Tzu-Ying, CA Leitman, Marina, CA 22 Men’s 50+ Singles Li, Yu Xiang, NY Schwartzberg, Perry C., TX 23 Women’s 50+ RR Yip, Lily NJ Nguyen, Thuy, CA 24 Men’s 60+ Singles Malek, Attila, CA Mojaverian, Parviz, KS 25 Hardbat Singles 60+ Mack, Raymond C., NY Ma, Steve M., WA 26 Women’s 60+ RR Liu, Charlene Xiaoying, MD Livshin, Bella, CA 27 Men’s 65+ RR Sakai, David, MD Hicks, H. Richard, IN 28 Women’s 65+ RR Sakai, Donna, MD Suzuki, Chiyako, CA 29 Men’s 70+ RR Resek, Errol A, NV Palgon, Robert, CA 31 Men’s 75+ RR Braithwaite, George H., NY Hicks, H. Richard, IN 33 Men’s 80+ RR Hartmann, Rudy Albert, CA Wasserman, Si, CA 35 85+ RR Sheng, Tan Tsu, NJ Wasserman, Si, CA 36 40+ Doubles Subonj, Viktorian & Oak, Niraj TX Chu, Bin Hai & Li, Yu Xiang, NY 37 50+ Doubles Ngo, Loc Bao & Malek, Attila CA Chu, Bin Hai & Shapiro, Vladimir, MA 38 Men’s 60+ Doubles Chu, Bin Hai & Gingold, Greg FL Hicks, H. Richard & McCoullum, Henry, IN 39 Women’s 60+ Doubles Suzuki, Chiyako & Cheung, TingNing Sakai, Donna & Sweeris, Connie Mae, MI 40 Men’s 65+ Doubles Sakai, David & Sweeris, Dell Arthur Resek, Errol A & Von Schimmelmann, Ron, NV 41 Women’s 65+ Doubles Suzuki, Chiyako & Sung, Monica Sakai, Donna & Kronlage, Yvonne M., MD 42 Men’s 70+ Doubles Hicks, H. Richard & Marcum, Jerry Wang, Odo & Lu, Yueh Yun, CA 44 Men’s 75+ Doubles Hicks, H. Richard & Marcum, Jerry Theil III, Martin J. & Fahlstrom, Ragnar E., CA 48 Mixed Doubles 60+ Sakai, David & Sakai, Donna Sweeris, Connie Mae & Sweeris, Dell Arthur, MI 49 Hard Bat RR Chu, Bin Hai, FL Johnston, Jeff, MO 50 Hard Bat Doubles Kelly, Timothy J. & Mack, Raymond Ngo, Loc Bao & Johnston, Jeff CA 51 U-1700 Sandpaper RR Norman, Dean, OH Johnson, Dean, VA 52 USATT/FASTT Nat’l Champ Pinili, Kenneth, OH Maropis, Adoni, CA 53 U-2400 SE Chan, Calvin Tinhang, PA Schwartzberg, Perry C., TX 54 U-2300 RR Gao, Felix, CA Yang, Peter Jie, WI 55 U-2200 RR Therriault, James, CA Shen, Kevin, CA 56 U-2100 RR Siu, George, CA Xie, Tianming, TX 57 U-2000 RR Lou, Yieng, CA Xie, Tianming, TX 58 U-2000 Hard Bat RR Chang, Fernando, CA Stadelman, Ralph L., NV59 U-1900 RR Puri, Sahil, CA Lai, Evan , TX 60 U-1800 RR Ackerman, Estee, NY Kuo, Patrick, CA 61 U-1800 Hard Bat RR Kotz, Paul E., MN Guerin Jr., Bill, AZ 62 U-1700 RR Nagvekar, Sanam, CA Balakrishnan, Rishi , CA 63 U-1600 RR Yang, Rachel, CA Wu, Nathan, NY 64 U-1500 RR Singhal, Saarthak, CA Gopalan, Rishikumar, CA 65 U-1500 Hard Bat RR Maloof, Unan, CA Villacarlos, Paul, CA 66 U-1400 RR Fu, Adrian, CA Fong, Shawn, CA 67 U-1300 RR Singhal, Saarthak, CA Fu, Ava, CA 68 U-1200 RR Innamuri, Pruthvi, CA Yuan, Joe, CA 69 U-1100 RR Fu, Adrian, CA Fu, Ava, CA 70 U-1000 RR Fu, Ava, CA Talluri, Karthik, CA 72 U-1600 Senior RR 40+ Lindo, Howard George, CA Naqvi, Syed Amjad, CA 73 U-4200 Doubles David, Paul & Rockwell, Sam Gao, Brian & Cui, David, MA 74 U-3700 Doubles Naqvi, Syed Amjad & Malek, Scott Yu, Nelson & Athalye, Rohan, CA 75 U-3200 Doubles Ochsner, John P. & Ochsner Jr., Johnny Wu, Nathan & Yang, Len, NY 76 U-2700 Doubles Yuan, Joe & Sribhashyam, Sashrik Tan, Angie & Fu, Ava, CA 80 Cadet Boys Tiebreak Liu, Victor, CA Alguetti, Gal, NJ *Events Concluding in Round Robin or Placement Matches30 Women’s 70+ RR Kaminsky, Barbara, VA 3-0 Kendall, Gail, NY 2-132 Women’s 75+ RR Kronlage, Yvonne M. MD 2-0 Quon, Harriet, CA 1-171 Unrated RR Kandadi, Sohan, CA 2-0 Ly, Jaden, CO 1-177 Wheelchair Open RR Caplin, Stuart Ronald, FL 4-0 Cejudo, Jesse, AZ 3-16 Cadet Boys’ Singles J ha, Kanak , CA Chodri, Kunal, CA 6,8,57 Cadet Girls’ Singles Yang, Grace, CA Wang, Crystal, MD 3,-9,11,58 Junior Boys’ Singles Jha, Kanak, CA Avvari, Krishnateja, CA 6,8,79 Junior Girls’ Singles Jha, Prachi, CA Wu, Erica S., CA 8,5,-6,7

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by Carl Danner

Passive Blocking is Passe (Tip of The MonTh: february)

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Choose Your Errors (Tip of The MonTh: January)

Blocking is a necessary skill, and can be fun. There’s great enjoyment in running your opponent around the court while making almost no effort with your strokes.

However, modern equipment and strokes have made blocking less effective than in the old days. Players can more easily rip topspin loops against blocks, including reaching over the table to do so. Simple blocks that don’t vary are of limited effectiveness, and virtually useless at higher levels no matter how quick your hands are.

To cope, resolve to change your block a little whenever you get a chance; I call it “adding value.”

When I play golf, there is one error that I hate above all others. It is catching the ball perfectly to hit a beautiful, long shot right into a hazard. That result bothers me so much that I deliberately club down a little to avoid it. In fact, I’d probably do better by taking the longer club and getting better distance on average from the less-than-perfect swings I make most of the time.

But I have my reasons for this approach, beyond just avoiding frustration. A good golf shot requires a free-flowing swing taken without fear of the results. If I know that good contact will get me into trouble, I may tend to hold back a little and fail to hit any truly good shots -- and limit my ability to improve further, since high-level golfers do swing freely. In this way I choose my errors, at least to a degree, by accepting more weak shorter shots in return for avoiding poor long shots.

Table tennis works much the same way. All of us are going to miss shots, lose winnable matches, and occasionally feel really frustrated out on the table. Everyone reading this is going to make errors. However, just as in golf you have some choices about which kinds of errors you will make, and the resulting implications for your enjoyment of the sport and progression as a player.

For example, the modern game is played with aggression, even for defensive players. If you play passively, you are likely to lose -- especially as you progress to higher levels where opponents won’t just hand you matches with mistakes. To me, this suggests a preference for taking those shots at deuce without regard for the consequences, because a match lost by pushing is worse than one lost by good attacking chances missed. Footwork is another issue, where one error might involve just standing there versus its opposite of sometimes moving too much. Service returns can be lost through pushing too passively, versus attacking and perhaps missing in other ways.

By all means don’t go crazy, because wild swings never are much good. But if you can err on the side of erring offensively, you will do yourself a dual favor of having fewer regrets along with the courage to take the winning shots when it really counts.

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You can throw in some sidespin, occasionally chop block, and especially come over the ball somewhat to create topspin. A topspin block is a great tactic because it forces your opponent back on his heels to a degree, and therefore cuts down the angle he can use on the next ball. If you get used to executing a topspin block, you’ve also started on the path to relooping (by just lengthening the topspin block into a little stroke).

Block simple and straight when you have to. But when there’s time or you see the opportunity, add some value to your block and watch your percentages rise.


True or False Question: One must play against better players in order to improve?

Answer: FALSE

Maximizing Your Game Under Poor Circumstances By Samson Dubina

It is possible to improve your table tennis game even if you don’t have ideal training partners, ideal coaching, and an ideal facility. In this article, I’m going to suggest eight ways that you can maximize your game under poor training circumstances. Use the training partners that you have to the best of their ability. Even if the club members in your area are 500-1000 points lower than you, you can still use them to improve. One player at our club is 600 points under me but has an excellent lob. Each time that I go to the club, I ask him to lob to me for twenty minutes prior to our match. This really helps improve my loop, smash, and overall racket speed. Another player who is 700 points under me has a very good anti-block. I loop to his backhand while he mixes up inverted blocks with anti-blocks. This is beneficial for adjusting to off-speed balls. Instead of complaining about the level of training partners that your currently have, I suggest that you use what skills they have to maximize your game. Serving practice is a skill that doesn’t require an opponent. If you have a table at your home, I suggest doing thirty minutes of serving per day. In tournaments, you will see a big difference by merely winning two or three more points each game. At the club, be willing to use your serves that you have practiced. Remember, club players are not your enemies; they are your training partners to help you improve. At least once a month, you should record your practice/match play. Take the time to watch each stroke in detail. Compare your strokes to the pros and see the difference. Take time to make necessary changes. If a coach is available in your area, review the clip with him and ask for his advice. Visualizing your strengths and weaknesses is the fastest way to improve. Physical conditioning and nutrition is an area that nearly everyone can improve. If your table tennis club only meets three times/week, make a habit of working out an additional three times per week focusing on lower body strength, core muscles, flexibility, and cardio. Don’t starve yourself, but instead make smart meal plans; this applies to training days, resting days, and tournament days. Purchase a table tennis robot. Although a robot cannot replace a human, it does add some benefits in that it is always ready to

practice, never misses, can simulate human speed, and gives you a great one-hour workout. Try to select drills that are similar to a game, usually drills that start with a serve and have variation in the rally. Remember, you are practicing to improveyour game, not just your strokes. So imagine that there is an opponent across the table and you are actually trying to beat him with shot selection, ball placement, spin variation, and depth variation. Watching better players is one of the keys to forming the right strokes in your mind and visualizing your game at the next level. If you don’t have any top players in your area, watch table tennis pros for free on youtube. When watching these players, be specific on what you are looking for. Spend the first ten minutes giving attention to their footwork. Watch their positioning while returning serve, stepping-in for the short ball, moving side-to-side, etc… Next concentrate on their serve return techniques. Each ten minutes, focus your attention on something different. Focus on learning and envision yourself being able to imitate their strokes.Play more tournaments because it will improve your ability to play against many different opponents, it help you get used to handling pressure, it will give you a chance to discuss your game with others, it will improve your stamina, and it will also give you the opportunity to see better players. I personally play more than twenty tournaments per year. Playing tournaments is the best way to transition your practice to results. The more competitions you play, the less pressure you will begin to feel. If you don’t have any tournaments in your area, consider hosting one per month with the help of your club. Also, if you don’t have any tournaments in your area, consider taking a few days and traveling to a distant tournament. Arrive a couple days early to practice with the locals, get some lessons, and get used to the tournament facility. It is great to combine both tournaments and practice during the same week. Even if you live in a state where table tennis is not booming, you can still maximize your game using the eight methods listed above. I live in Ohio, which is about five hour drive from any players near my level. I have personally applied all of the above techniques and this is how I continue to progress my game.

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Change-UpBy Rich Burnside

What makes the change-up such an effective pitch in baseball? Trevor Hoffman made a career out of this very pitch. A good change-up is deceptive in nature. The batter expects a faster pitch and a different ball trajectory. This adds unpredictability to the pitch. The batter consequently must now anticipate both the change-up and fastball, thus making the fastball better as well. In our sport changing speeds can have a powerful effect when used properly to keep our opponents off balance. Here are a few specific ways we can accomplish this in our shot selection.

1) Timing of impact. This is when we catch the ball after the bounce. We can catch it quickly or later. Pushes can be very difficult to handle if they are caught very shortly after the bounce. This reduces the reaction time of our opponent. We can also wait on the ball especially if it is long. Changing this aspect of our shots can really bother a player who is used to drills at a consistent speed. In a match how many times have you seen a player fluff a ball up only to be missed because it was not expected. Catching the ball later takes some practice and patience. Concentrate when you actually strike the ball in relation to its flight (especially height).

2) Varying Spin. How solidly we contact the ball changes the pace as well, generally spin is inversely proportional to speed. Grazing the ball more will slow it down a bit and the differing spin will be difficult to deal with as well. Our racket angle is especially important here. The throw angle will change depending on how open we have our bat. Adopting a side-spin approach will also slow down our shot to a certain extent. No-spin or slow-spin loops are like carrying the ball over the net and can be very deceptive. Experiment with how solid you contact the ball. Try wrist flicks and very slight grazes of the ball.

3) Junk. Twiddling with different rubber types, mostly slower ones can produce a drastic confusion effect for your friends. One of our club coaches Mark Fryberger was experimenting with shakehands; flipping the racket on each shot with multi-ball. It was awkward at first but he gradually learned to flip and adjust before every ball. Exercises like this can be very effective for changing the whole way the table tennis world sees junk rubber. The junk rubber player these days must think outside the box.

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4) Service Speed. This seems so obvious but sometimes it is overlooked. If you are a player who loves fast counters why would you serve a short ball. Serving fast and long can be good for solid counter-ralliers, but if you do it every time eventually you will get burned. Changing up your service speed is very effective in keeping your opponent off-balance. Remember to serve with your junk once a match to see how she reacts to it. Sometimes the simplest serves are game changers.

Changing speeds can even up the scales when playing someone who is seemingly trying to overpower you. Experiment when drilling with these four principles and it will add depth to your game. Focus on when you are contacting the ball and how hard you are hitting it. Try a few change-ups to spice your game up. Trevor Hoffman will make the Hall of Fame because of it, maybe it can add a few hundred rating points to your game!


By Larry Hodges, TableTennisCoaching.com

One of the biggest differences between players at any level and players a little below them are their blocking skills. When watching two attackers of about the same level play, often the quickest way to judge who is the stronger player is by whoever handles the other’s attack better, i.e. who blocks better. Or watch the best players in the world, especially the Chinese, and when they aren’t counterlooping, watch how proficient and consistent they are blocking. Spectators often see the flashy attack shots, but often the biggest difference between these top players and those a level weaker are their blocking games. Here are twelve tips on improving your blocking game. (These are primarily for inverted and short pips players.)

Blocking Tips

1. Be quick and decisive when blocking. Blocking is not for the weak of heart, and is not a passive shot. Even soft blocks should be aggressively soft, i.e. a change of pace, not just a weak block. 2. Block aggressively against loops that land short and against slow loops. If you block these passively, you’ll face the consequences. Loops that land short are easy to attack (with aggressive block, smashes, or counterloops), while if you return a spinny loop passively the spin takes on your racket more, making you less consistent. 3. Keep your blocks deep unless you are dead blocking. Deep blocks force the opponent off the table, cut off their angles, and give yourself more time to react to their next shot. Shorter blocks are usually easy putaways for opponents who are in position. 4. Block to all three spots - wide corners and opponent’s middle, where they have to decide whether to use forehand or backhand. Avoid blocking anywhere else. Why would you? 5. Often change directions at the last second. This is especially easy and effective on the backhand, in particular by aiming wide to the backhand, then blocking aggressively to the wide forehand at the last second. 6. Against faster loops use the opponent’s own speed to redirect the ball back aggressively. Think of it as a video or pinball game.

7. Blocking at the higher levels requires just as much footwork as attacking. Be light on your feet, and step to the ball; don’t reach except as a last result. 8. Master the forehand down-the-line block. Many players are handicapped by only being able to block forehands crosscourt. This turns them into punching bags for opponents who know where your next shot is each time. 9. Learn to change the pace with dead blocks, and perhaps chop and sidespin blocks. But if you are going to use these shots, practice them both in drills and practice matches. 10. Consider learning to topspin your blocks, essentially mini-loops. Many players don’t realize that many or most top players block with topspin off the bounce, almost mini-loops. 11. Study opponents to see how soon you can pick up where they are placing their attacks. If you do this, your subconscious will pick up on it, it’ll become second nature, and you’ll begin to react sooner. You don’t need fast reflexes to have fast reactions; fast reactions come from proper training over a period of time. 12. When you force a weak ball with your blocks, change from a blocking mentality to attack mode. Far too many players force an opponent into making a weak return - and then continue blocking. Your blocking has done its job; now’s the time to attack!!!

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With the team contest at 2-1 Shandong Wen Guo faced Fujian’s Xi Chen. While predominantly the two teams comprised of inverted players that attack on both wings Xi Chen’s variation on the backhand with short pips was by far the most entertaining in the Semi finals. He showed his ability to change up the ball time and time again with both the pips and inverted. Typically Xi Chen would hit with the pips and then spin heavy with the inverted, but he wasn’t afraid to chop the ball close and even far away from the table before coming back into the point with a heavy forehand topspin. Xi Chen took the 4th match 3-1 to tie the team contest at 2-2.For the final match Shandong’s Chuang Wei Fan faced Lei Yang of Fujian. Both lefties play an inverted two wing looping style with Fan playing a little more aggressive than Yang. While Yang was able to win the match 3-1 his games were all won in deuce -6, 11,11,10. Yang was clearly more mentally prepared for the match compared to Fan. While Fan may have been the better technical player Yang was able to control the more important points to win the match. Shandong going into the match seemed to be the favorite to face Tianjin in the finals, but Fujian was able to step up on the more critical matches and pull out the win. Onto the finals with Tianjin University of Science & Technology vs Fujian Provincial Team. This team contest also went the full distance of five matches; Shuai Hao leading his team fairly comfortably to the finals while Xi Chen led his team through a hard fought semi final. The stands were full of spectators oohing and ahing on each rally. Even the lucky nets or edges were met by awws from the crowd. It was certainly exciting to watch each match. Tianjin’s Ran Xu faced Fujian’s Xi Chen. It was clear that with Xi Chen’s variation with the short pips on the backhand Xu had a hard time adjusting. Chen won 3-0 with a comfortable 8, 8, 2 score. Shuai Hao answered with a quick 3-0 win of his own 5, 6, 4 against Fujian’s Chuxi Chen. Hao’s ability to control the service and service return prevented Chen from making the first topspin. When Chen was able to get to the rally we saw that he has the ability to compete in the topspin game, but this match was predominantly controlled by Hao’s short game. Next up the lefty Lei Yang from Fujian faces Xiao-Meng Sun another lefty on the Tianjin team. This match up was up and down with both players dominating their service. However Yang was the more consistent player showing confidence in the forehand exchanges as well as serve return. Sun was making a few too many errors on the return and this allowed Yang to go on many four and five point streaks ending with a 3-1 win at 6, -8, 8, 5. Shuai Hao faced Xi Chen from Fujian and again controlled the service and service return. However Xi Chen was still able to take a game, the only one Hao let go all tournament 3, 6, -9, 4. With the team contest tied at 2-2 the deciding match would be between

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by Rich Heo and Tom Nguyen A new year, a new venue, and renewed spirits brought 213 teams and 858 players to the nation’s capital to compete at the 2013 North American Teams Championships, powered by JOOLA. This event was hosted at the beautiful Gaylord National Resort, located in National Harbor, MD. Participants were happy to find the hotel and playing venue were all under one roof. The area also offered players, family, and friends many close by options for food, shopping and fun in the National Harbor and Washington DC. There were 12 divisions that got the chance for 3 days of non stop playing. A surprise for players this year, was the additional flooring that was added for the top 2 divisions. For spectators, it was a great view to see the top matches as they walked right into the venue. The top 3 seeded teams had no trouble advancing 4-0 across the board in their group phase to the Quarterfinals. Seven of the top eight seeded teams advanced from their groups. The only upset was #9 ranked Lily Yip TTC 1, comprised of Adam Hugh, Cory Eider, and Sameh Awadallah, overtaking the #8 Maryland Table Tennis Center, represented by Qing Liang Wang, Bo Wen Chen, and Nathan Hsu, 5-3. The matches were all spectacular drawing in a large crowd.

Chen took the first game for MDTTC 3-1 over Awadallah. Hugh ties it with a win over Hsu 3-0. Wang takes the lead for MDTTC again over Eider 3-0. Hugh takes match 4 with a 3-0 win over Chen. Wang pulls another win 3-2 for MDTTC. Eider takes the sixth over Hsu 3-1 to tie the team contest at 3-3. Hugh takes the seventh 3-0 over Wang.

The final match had Eider vs Chen, a very tight matchup going to the 5th. Both players could be heard from all over pumping themselves up with each point won. A hard fought win over Chen, Eider was able to take the 8th match 9,-8,8,-8,9.

The Quarterfinals had the higher seeded teams winning at 5-0. Tianjin University of Science & Technology led by Shuai Hao ranked #13 in the world at the time have come up as the strong favorite to win the tournament, having not dropped a single match.Likewise coming in at #2 is the Fujian Provincial Team, they too have not dropped a single match up to the Semi finals. Atlanta TTA 1 fell to Shuai Hao’s Tianjin 3-1 to advance to the finals. The Shandong Province Men’s Team vs Fujian Provincial Team was the match to watch for the Semi’s as it went to the deciding 5th to see who would face Tianjin in the Finals for a $10,000 prize. Shandong’s Wen Guo takes the first 3-0 over Fujian’s Lei Yang.Fujian’s Xi Chen faces Shandong’s Chuang Wei Fan and after a smart timeout at 9-8 in the third finishes cleanly with a 3-1 win -10, 4, 8, 1. Shandong’s Bochao Li defeats Fujian’s Chuxi Chen 3-0 comfortably.

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Tianjin’s Ran Xu and Fujian’s Chuxi Chen. Both players faced tough opponents and had something to prove with $10,000 on the line. Ran Xu’s style is predominantly a control game with very good forehand shots while Chuxi Chen prefers to overpower with the forehand topspin. Both players started out a bit nervous but Chen’s service and forehand topspin were able to take the first two games. Xu was clearly having trouble returning Chen’s serve, but managed to take the third game. In the fourth Chen again took control with his service and forehand

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topspin forcing Xu back from the table and out of his comfort zone. The final score was 6, 6, -9, 6 for Chen and the Fujian Provincial Team took the final for an amazing upset against Shuai Hao’s Tianjin University of Science & Technology. The North American Teams first year at the National Harbor was a great success. We’d like to thank all the players and participants for their continued support to celebrate Thanksgiving weekend as one big table tennis family. The NATT and JOOLA staff are dedicated on making next year even better, and we can’t wait to see you there!

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by Brad Balmer “Nervously, I asked, “Hey Jason, why are you taking the back panel off your computer?” He responds, “We need more RAM, if we are to process the number of players coming.” Slightly shocked (and not knowing exactly what ram was) I reply, “So, with 3 days to go before the re-boot of the St. Joe Valley you decide to re-build the life blood of this event?” Oh, and by the way, have you ever done this before? Jason says, “well not really, but I’m sure I can get this to work!” This conversation took place at Jason’s home in March of 1993, on Country Knolls Dr, which we had designated as control central for our attempt to re-ignite the SJVO. This tournament originally ran from 1936-1963. The resulting event was enthusiastically covered by Larry Hodges in the 1993 USA TT Magazine:

“A quick note about the running of the tournament itself before we get to the main events. I’ve been to many large tournaments, and seen many an experienced director fall apart and run a sloppy tournament. When I first arrived at the tournament site, I discovered that there really wasn’t an experienced tournament director at the desk, at least not experienced in running big tournaments. I was worried… It was fantastic to see that, on their first try, they ran it nearly flawlessly.”

Jason relates that, “Upon walking into the Joyce ACC, I was in awe of what Phil and his crew had done to turn it into one of the finest TT Arenas I had ever seen. A sea of blue tables and barriers fresh out of their boxes and assembled. At that moment I knew that all the planning and organizational things that Brad had handled to this point had paid off and if my program did what it was supposed to do - the players were in for a treat.” Jason was right, his old, upgraded, HP 286 rang true. With the venue of the famous Notre Dame Athletic and Convocation Center (ACC), the fully time-scheduled St. Joe Valley Open was back. The South Bend TTC provided all 227 players with a tournament packet that included complete draw sheets, including times, table numbers and a complete set of instructions. Tradition also dictated we provide a tournament program, and an artistic poster, created by long time club member and artist, Paul George. This tournament had its origin as a South Bend Tribune sponsored event in 1936 at the old S.B. YMCA located at the corner of Main and Wayne Streets. Weldon B. Hester, the Y’s Boy’s Director, created the S.B. Club and this event. The next year help would be provided by legendary South Bend coach, and USTTA Hall of Fame member John Varga. There was no tardiness for a match, nor complaints, or controversy. Varga directed and often was heard shouting orders. The players responded,” yes sir and how high!” Needless to say the tournament always ran on time. In Weldon’s own words,“we sent players to Toledo and Chicago tournaments. I was determined to start a South Bend tourney, and called it the St. Joseph Valley Open. I arranged for an excellent set of trophies. Then I drove up to the Illinois State Open, in Chicago, to show them off, and arouse interest in our SJVO. I had made no arrangements, and just walked in the door, said I had the trophies and set them up on a table. Somehow they didn’t throw me out. That was my first Table Tennis tournament. (it wasn’t so hot!) I met Jimmy McClure, National Men’s Champion, from Indianapolis there. Our trophies were much larger than those of the Illinois Open and Jimmy was interested. He helped bring in many of those first year top players. We ended up with players from 7 states. Toledo sent their top players and after that attended all our affairs.” The SJVO continued from that first year until 1963. Winners included table tennis legends and U.S. Hall of Fame members Lhea Thall, William Holzrichter, Bernie Bukiet, Harry Hirshkowitz, Norbert Van de Walle, Mildred Shahian, Peggy Ishkoff and South Bend’s own, Betty Henry and Sherri Krizman. Early January dictated the SJVO was always the first major event of the season, with the weather sometimes making attendance an adventure. Tournament write-up in the 1953 Topics, “A total of 115 entries in all events, from Colorado, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin, assembled here for the annual St. Joseph Valley Open on Jan 3-4. Old man winter again chose this time to make one of his vicious attacks, which are a trademark of the SJVO, strongly suggesting that the name of this tournament be changed to the annual, “Ice Bowl Open.”

St. Joseph Valley Open Turns 50 Club tournaments, such as this one, thrived due to conducting an event that was organized, competitive and timely. South Bend dialed in this formula from the very beginning. Varga was the driving force behind this success, however he needed a lot of help from club volunteers. These local tournament staff members were dedicated to this sport they called “Ping Pong.” Many were local players and attentive parents of the many South Bend junior members, who simply loved this game and the club. Many of the juniors also participated in hosting this very popular and legendary event. Enthusiasm, dedication, competency, and consistency are some of the needed ingredients to produce a successful tournament. You could also add a bit of intimidation, Varga style, in the mix to keep things running smoothly. 1994’s edition of the SJVO was coming up fast and tournament preparation was initiated long before the May start date. We had finally wised up to Northern Indiana blizzard potential in January. A crew that included Phil Schmucker, Jerry Goeller and Jim Lynch, had a year earlier, ventured to Escalade Sports manufacturing plant in Evansville Indiana for table assembly instruction. They spear headed the annual construction project, of the 50 Stiga, blue topped pro tables. Jerry’s Makita screw gun was glued to his right hand for virtually 3 days straight. The hundreds of parts were taken out of the box, with the knowledge that all must be returned back to their original place, after disassembly. Many helpers were wore out before the tourney even began. Jason’s paperwork was shooting rapid fire out of his printer continually for three days. I swear I witnessed smoke drifting from that well-worn machine. All events had round robin and single elimination draw sheets. A player who entered three events could expect at least 20 sheets that he/she would need to keep track of progress. Masters were posted on the wall and consistently updated. The packet paperwork assembly process acquired a legendary status at the club. Thirty two events included at least 100 stacks of individual sheets that were arranged on two large tables and a pool table, in a configuration as to allow a person to grab an envelope, with contestants event numbers labeled on the front. Then in a circle you would stroll, plucking the needed sheets for each player’s event, and stuffing them in. This year’s process became the beginning of “THE STORY.” The entire packet stuffing process normally took several volunteers and at least three hours to complete. Phil decided this was the perfect time to enlighten us on his cross country adventure with four college buddies in his 62’ Chevy (6-banger). The

SBTTC has always been about innovation and out of the box thinking to fund our club and juniors program. Poster artwork in 1993 which later became part of our T-Shirt designs, playing arena which illustrates the scope of the SJVO with television arena as well as a view of Paul’s figures. We were a computerized tournament in 1993 that was fully time scheduled with each player getting a player packet and in 1994 filmed a commercial to go along with the televised matches. Even more important is the teamwork that was displayed throughout the years. From an organizational standpoint through the massive group of volunteers that setup / tore down tables, assembled the barriers, checked in our players, posted the results and all the little things that make a tournament what it is. We were fortunate enough to have a group of diversely talented folks who had the drive to make SBTTC what it is. - Jason Denman


1) 1993 Poster by Paul George2) 1994 Club Commercial 3) and 4) 1940’s St. Joseph’s Valley Open 5) Junior Team Photo including Dan Seemiller, Mark Hazinski, Joe Cochranm & others6) 1995 Playing Arena with TV arena

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original destination was Mexico City, but due to an uncountable number of mechanical calamities they ended up in California and did take a short jaunt into Tijuana. Phil entertained us with the adventure for the entire three hours and barely scratched the surface. Though we never really heard many details of that short jaunt. Like clockwork, each proceeding year someone always asked the same question. “Hey Phil, ever had a cross country adventure?” Off we went. The tournament itself went well, with Sweden’s Kayode Kadiri taking home the Gold and the club once again getting the front cover of the Topics. Larry Hodges reports, “the SJVO tournament crew once again showed that it doesn’t take decades of experience to run a great tournament, just hard work, efficiency, and determination, 263 entries and 50 tables highlighted what is fast becoming one of the most popular tournaments. He continues, “Also in this tournament I witnessed what may well be the shot of the century, and I don’t even know who the player was who made the shot! This player smashed a ball so that it hit the net post against the knob that tightens the Stiga net. The ball bounced all the way across the table, and hit the top of the other net post! It bounced back about 3/4 of the way across the table, rolled along the top of the net a foot or so, then dropped over the other side. It hit the net clamp on the far side, and rolled it onto the table for a winner! “That guys tricky,” said USATT Vice President Jimmy McClure upon hearing of the shot. To top things off that year, we hired the local independent T.V. station to film and broadcast the semis and finals of the tournament. Local announcer Bob Nagle, (who meandered in 5 minutes before air time), and table tennis legend David Sakai did the announcing. They were tied into ESPN, so the entire broadcast was nationally shown at least 4 times, along with many of the commercials that we solicited from local sponsors. We also hired Grassroots Production, to create two South Bend club commercials. With the help and guidance of Hollywood actor Chad Everett, (cousin to club members David and Sherri Krizman) club coach Victor Tolkachev wrote most of the script and played the butler. As Victor always said, “UNBELIEVABLE.” We did have a lot of energy that year. We had a blast... The next year we combined the North American Championships with the St. Joe Valley Open. Club artist Paul George, spent no less than 150 hours constructing 16 foot images of Uncle Sam vs. a Canadian Mounty, along with player figures and huge tournament letters. All were strung high above Notre Dame’s ACC playing arena. You’d be hard pressed to find a guy more dedicated to table tennis and the South Bend Club. Paul is still an active board member, club artist and player for over 60 years. Mike and Kay Edgerton, once again, did the recording of matches using Mike’s patented color coding system. These markers were gold to Mike and no one was allowed to even breathe on them. A ruler to the back of the hand was not out of the question. Match slip clip boards were acquired from

South Bend’s Bill Hornyak, which were originally used at his nationally famous Duneland tournaments from the 1970’s, (After 40 years of use they are still going strong.) Conflict became the lowlight of this edition of the 1995 SJVO. I received a 3:00 am call Saturday, from a high ranking U.S. player complaining about the rating system to be used in the North American portion of the event. The next day with the American team on one side and the Canadians on the other,our tourney referee and former 4 time World Champion, Jimmy McClure anchored himself, between the opposing foes. Then, all heck broke loose, with aggressive words flying around the arena in no less than four languages. A lot of head scratching was going on and frustration was rising. Finally our friends from the North took the high road and said,“Do what you want, we don’t care.” So the Americans got their way. Motivation is a funny thing. Yep, U.S. went down in defeat. Jimmy was just glad no leather was thrown, although with his “World Class” reflexes, no one would have stood a chance. Larry Hodges writes,’With 279 entries, the SJVO (in only its 3rd year) (note: actually the 31st counting it’s hiatus) is now the fourth largest tournament in the U.S., with only the “Big Three” (U.S. Nationals, Open, Open Teams) getting more participants.” At this point the club experienced a big change, that would influence the SJVO from here on out. Popular South Bend coach Victor Tolkachev was forced to return to his native Latvia. Fortunately a replacement was quickly found. Welcome--- Dan Seemiller! The tournament went through a transition in 96’ and 97’ with it being held at the South Bend club facility on Sample Street. Dan soon had the South Bend TTC moving forward and 1998 saw the SJVO return to our familiar Notre Dame home. Control central remained in Jason’s basement with one memorable moment. Little South Bend JR. team member, Nicole Balmer took on Danny in a pinball machine competition. I remember Dan’s face resembling the table tennis match face I had witnessed so often. He was focused on victory. I am not sure how it happened but Nicole’s triumph is still brought up at holiday family gatherings. A new sponsor was acquired and our relationship with Newmar RV and particularly, Virgil Miller was started. For the next five years attendance held steady at 240 and prize money rose to a high of 20K. The average matches played per entrant was close to 10, which is high for this type of event. Open champions included Chen Yinghua, David Zhuang (twice), Fan Yi Yong and Alexander Karakasevic. The event ran on time with very little controversy. With the exception of the participant, who accidentally dropped his car keys into a self-flushing commode. The tournament motel got an extra night from him until a new set of keys were located and sent. Larry writes in 2000’ “What makes a 4-star tournament good? Good playing conditions - floors, lighting and spacious courts; timeliness; lots of events; and a friendly staff. The St. Joseph Valley Open had all of this - plus $20,000 in prize money, probably the most ever for a 4-star tournament.” 2003 saw yet another tournament move to Indiana University at South Bend. The real story for the next 10 years was the play of South Bend’s own Mark Hazinski. He dominated this time frame by winning the Open 7 times along with 6 doubles championships and dozens of other event wins. Mark’s exemplary sportsmanship follows in the footsteps of the clubs philosophy and mimics club mentor Virgil Miller and coach Dan Seemiller. An award in Virgil’s name is given out each year to the individual who donates time, effort and attitude, to the highest degree in support of club efforts. His legacy will live on as long as there is a South Bend TTC and St Joseph Valley Open. This tournament is the result of numerous volunteers. A new group has emerged and along with long-timers, including Jason Denman, Phil Schmucker, Dan Rush, Kagin Lee, Val Seemiller, Barry and Stella Chan, Paul George, Bob Tolen, Jim Willets, Arnold Smith, Matt & Pam Hazinski, and tournament director Dan Seemiller, we will provide the best event possible. On March 8-9, of 2014, we will conduct the 50th SJVO. Prize money is back up, 38 tables, and a great venue will once again be available to you. Please mark your calendar to attend! We need entrants to continue and solidify our efforts. If you haven’t been to our tournament recently, come on back. Please check out the Club’s web-site to see an expanded version of this article along with the stats and information we have accumulated over the clubs 78 year history. www.sbttc.org. Hope to see you in March.... oh, just in case, you might want to bring along an extra set of keys. You never know what can happen at a Table Tennis Tournament.

“If this sport is to grow it will be spearheaded by club managers/coordinators, tournament organizers, sponsors, and fund raisers.With all due respect, TT has had top players for 80 years and yet we still have only 7k registered players. This won’t change until motivated, committed club organizers are found, to move the sport forward. Events such as the SJVO, are the tools we use to promote the sport and also help fund our programs. To have one club run a top notch event for 50 years is a great accomplishment. “Sustained Energy” is the key ingredient for a club to thrive and expand. How to create and stoke that “Energy Fire” is the hard part. We use the SJVO as our annual energy boost to continue our efforts. - Brad Balmer

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by Dr. Costel Constantin Though it is the political center of Germany, Berlin is also the cultural hub of the county--and arguably of the European Union. Berlin needs to be experienced not visited! It is also the only city in the world that offers eccentric entertaining such as Base Flying off of its tallest building, the Park Inn Hotel in Alecanderplatz. This city was also the host of German Open 2013. A record field of 384 players, of which an astonishing 44 of them have previously won an ITTF World Tour event. All of them are fighting for the top 16 men’s and 16 women’s singles positions to participate for the 1-million-dollar GAC Group World Tour Grand Finals that will be held in 9-12 January 2014 in the city of Dubai of United Arab Emirates.

Women’s singles semifinals In the first semifinal, Fukuhara Ai (JPN) beat Han Ying (GER) in six games (13-11, 11-5, 10-12, 8-11, 11-8, 4-11). Fukuhara Ai (26 yrs. old) of Japan is ranked 9 and she was an Olympic singles silver medalist at the 2012 Summer Olympics. Han Ying of Germany is ranked at 17 and she was a two-time team European Champion. Fukuhara had to use a lot of smashes taken very soon off the bounce so Han could not get a lot of time to reach Fukuhara’s attacks. Fukuhara also declared after the match that she had a lot of practice playing against similar style players, which gave her experience that paid off during this match. In second singles semifinal, Lee Ho Ching (HKG) lost against Wen Jia (CHN) in five games (10-12, 11-7, 10-12, 11-9, 7-11). Lee Ho Ching (21 yrs. old) who is ranked at 25 and was the semifinalist in Korean and Japan Open in 2013. Lee is already destined to become Hong Kong’s number one player in the near future, as indicated by her victory over the present HKG number one Jiang Huajun. Very soon she will restore HKG’s role as the main competitor against China. From China there is Wen Jia (24 yrs. old) who is world ranked 37. She won the China Open in 2012 and was a quarter finalist in Russia Open 2013. Although the match was won by Wen Jia (4-2), Lee was able to give Wen hard time especially in the 2nd and 4th game. In these games, Lee was able to apply her very strong middle-to-long-distance backhand attacks against Wen. Wen also missed about 70% of Lee’s half-long serves.

Women’s singles final Wen Jia (CHN) won against Fukuhara Ai (JPN) in four straight games (11-5, 11-6, 11-7, 11-6). This was a very fast game in which Fukuhara missed a lot of counter topspin shots due to a lack of timing, while Wen did a great job in solidly attacking the ball all over the table.

Men’s singles semifinals In the first semifinal Fan Zhendong (CHN) defeated Vladimir Samsonov (BLR) in six games (3-11, 11-2, 4-11, 11-8, 11-9, 11-8). The 16-year-old, Fan Zhendong, is the youngest member of the Chinese national team who already made news by winning the Poland Open in 2013. The prodigy of Fan was well known amongst his colleagues in the national team, because he was part of the very few newbies who was not required to carry someone else’s equipment bag as part of team initiation. The 37-year-old Vladimir Samsonov of Belarus is one of the most accomplished european table tennis player of all times winning nine European Champion League titles and he is also famous for being a top-10 player longer than anyone else in the official ranking history. This match could not be more antithetical in nature. While Fan was relying on his youth, power, and speed, Vladimir Samsonov was relying in his experience and game control. The first four games were played more on a serve-and-serve-return pattern in which each player won two games a piece. The heat really started in the fifth game when Fan generated relentless forehand attacks at Vladi that were impossible to stop. One of the most crucial point to this match was played in the sixth game at 8-8 in which Fan generated a fearless two-wing attack into Vladi’s backhand. The second semifinal Dimitrij Ovtcharov (GER) won against Timo Boll (GER) in six games (11-13, 11-7, 4-11, 11-9, 11-5, 11-9). As we can see this was an all-german match, even more, it was a match between two close friends… Dima (25 yrs. old) is world ranked at 5. He was the bronze

medallist at the summer 2012 Olympics and also was freshly crowned the new 2013 european champion. Timo Boll is a 33-year-old sportsman who barely needs any introduction… He is world ranked at number 6 and he was fourteen times the european champion. The first game of the match resulted in a serve-and-receive-return game which was won by Timo. The first spectacular rally to watch it happened in the second game at 4-6 in which Dima won (also winning the game). In the third game, Timo used his third ball attacks easily to win with a 7-point gap. The fourth game was a very close one all the way towards the end, but at 7-7 Dima secured two consecutive points to 9-7. This 2-point gap was maintained all the way to the end to finish with 11-9. In the fifth game, Dima calibrated his powerful backhand attacks from the middle of the table which created a big gap in score (10-5) ultimately winning with 11-5. In the sixth game, it is worth watching 9-7 point to see what table tennis is all about! Crazy topspin-to-topspin counterattacks spiced with even crazier side spins… At 10-9 Dima wins with a half-long serve that Timo missed.

Men’s singles final Fan Zhendong (CHN) won against Dimitrij Ovtcharov (GER) in five games (13-11, 11-7, 6-11, 11-1, 11-9). The final came down to China vs Germany! In the first game, we saw a lot of short rallies mostly and it was clear that Fan’s footwork paid off at the end of the match when he won with 13-11. It is worth noticing that in these top level games, the first player to attack with topspin is the one (most likely!) to score the point. The start of the second game was a slow one for Dima, because Fan created a three-point lead (5-2) by using his fast backhand attacks. Dima could not make up for the three-point gap until the end of the game. It was in the third game that Dima was able to establish a much needed two-point lead (6-8) which helped him win this game. The fourth game was a pretty much a one-men show, because Fan started really strong with a lead of 6-0 and it continued all the way to 11-1. The last chance for Dima to win this tournament was for the fifth game and indeed he managed to create a four-point lead (4-8), but Fan was able to close the gap to 6-8. This was the moment when Dima had to step up the gas so he can keep the two-point lead, but it did not happen. Fan equalized to 9-9 and won the last two points to victory.

Concluding remarks Each year the German Open is viewed as a mini-world championship, because there are a lot of good players that show up. At the beginning of the tournament, people turned their attention to the grand slam champion Zhang Jike (CHN) who was making his return to international table tennis. The 25-year-old has not played internationally since he pulled out in the quarterfinals of the China Open (2013) due to injury. Unfortunately his performance at German Open was not stellar. He was defeated in the 1/4 finals by Fan Zhendong in six games (2:4). On the European side, English player Liam Pitchford was the revelation, because he beat three world top ranked players: Oh Sange Eun, Gao Ning, and Kenta Matsudaira. He lost 3:2 in the 1/4 finals against Timo Boll (GER). After this event, he will likely become the top ranked player in England.

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USA Tournament ResultsSOUTHWEST OHIO OPENBy John Dichiaro The Second annual two star Southwest Ohio Open was held on November 2nd in Montgomery Ohio, and was hosted jointly by the Dayton and Cincinnati Table Tennis Clubs. The venue was the gymnasium of a modern, recently built Montessori School, with great lighting and polished maple wood floors. Prizes consisted of $100 bills for the winner of each group with the ex-ception of the top group where the winner received $200. 2nd place finishers received $50 to $100 while 3rd place finishers re-ceived tournament shirts. The giant round- robin format was divided into morning and afternoon sessions based on rating. Entries with ratings below 1600 were split into three groups of 9, 8, and 8 players and played in the morning session. Although the rating spread from top to bot-tom was fairly high at nearly 600 points, the variety of playing styles made the matches very enjoyable. Nick Snider, top- ranked at 2244, prevailed without losing a match. His aggressive close to the table, looping and smashing with consistency, and his very good service and receives propelled him to first and $200. A crowd pleasing match with James Ham-ilton in the preliminary RR went deuce in the fifth. Hamilton covering the court with his long range two sided- bat defense and pick bullet-loops was exciting and ex-hausting to watch. At 10 all in the fifth, with his serve coming up, Hamilton called time for a breather and some counseling from his brother Don. Nick remained com-posed and in winning the next two points stayed aggressive and not cautious. Thanks to Butterflyonline for their sup-port. And for some like myself it was a social occasion as well as an athletic one. I was fortunate to get reunited with two old friends and warriors from 30+ years ago, John Pletakapich of Cincinnati OH and Jay Nelson of Huntington WV. It was great to see you again.

Results:A: Nick Snider, 2nd Tom Yost, 3rd James Hamilton, 4th Aleks ItuninD: 1st Bob Burkart; 2nd Yi Yan Xue; 3rd Hisham Baalbaki; 4th Michael WilkeE: 1st Pete Ventura; 2nd Leroy Davis; 3rd John DeCristofaro; 4th Sam LawtonF: 1st Bill Hanlin; 2nd Jon Lamp; 3rd Kyle Newton; 4th Nick McCoy

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(-4, 6, -4, 5, 5), Semifinalists Larry Bavly and Steve HopkinsU-2100: Larry Bavly def Steve HopkinsU-1900: Laszlo Nagy def. Tangirala Srivat-savU-1700: Robert Treitel def. Charles Cavic-chioU-1500: Dan Vogt def. Rodman F. BackusU-1300: Peter Gaidarev def. Howard Lasnik U-1000: Peter Gaidarev def. Bruno ZiolekUnrated: Dan Shricker over Dana Saint

Roanoke Open Sun Tennis Center January 24-26, 2014Giant Round Robin: 1st Steven Dong; 2nd Mike Inger; 3rd Dean Kapsalakis; 4th Quan HoGroup A: 1st Steven Dong; 2nd Roy Ke; 3rd A.J. Carney; 4th Lucas CharpentierGroup B: 1st Van Vu ; 2nd Elias Gomez; 3rd Stephen A. Emmons; 4th Charlie BermanGroup C: 1st Dean Kapsalakis; 2nd Seyed Saadat; 3rd Talal Malek El Oukaili; 4th Jona-than Van NameGroup D: 1st Hal Barnes; 2nd Lewis Andrew Bragg; 3rd Robert Evan Hart; 4th Femi Og-undipeGroup E: 1st Scott Kasson; 2nd Jia Guo; 3rd Bob Szuba; 4th Allison Szuba

14th Annual Winter OpenPensacola Table Tennis Club Pensacola, FloridaJanuary 11, 2014 Open Division: 1st John Beaumont, 2nd Martin Del Vecchio, 3rd Willy Leparulo, 4th Sung Ho Kang Division A: 1st Ping Huang, 2nd Ivan Skripnik Division B: 1st Adam Maamoun, 2nd Danny Feldman Division C: 1st Joshua Lilly, 2nd Ken-zhemir Mombekov Division D: 1st Kevin Huynh, 2nd Cha-ozong ZhongDivision E: 1st Vern Palmisano, 2nd Keith Veizer Doubles: 1st John Beaumont & Glenn Mar-tinez, 2nd Willy Leparulo & Dmitry RyvkinHard Bat: 1st L.A. Johnston , 2nd Andrew Davis Adult Novice: 1st Samuel Chin , 2nd Julie Council

Rhode Island Winter OpenRI Table Tennis ClubManville, Rhode IslandJanuary 25-26, 2014Open: Richard Dewitt def. Chase Bockoven,


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Chinese New Year Open Schaumburg,IL, February 1, 2014 On Saturday February 1st, 2014 Schaumburg Table Tennis Club celebrates Chinese New Year with a USATT sanctioned table tennis tournament; the tournament featured 8 groups giant round robin. Despite the extremely cold weather and winter storm warning, some players came from out of state spent hours of driving, nothing can stop these table tennis enthusiasts from coming to the tournament, and completing in the sport they love. There are many upset and some great performance in the round robin groups: twelve year old Michael Wolski seeded last in the Class A group, but finished in third place. Krzysztof Puchalski; Mathew Morris seeded last in Class B and D respectively, both finished in second place. Class F Jeff Schiff and Class C Slawomir Lorenc seeded on the bottom, and finished in second and third in their group. It was a great starts for our first tournament of the year of 2014, and we cannot do it without the sponsorship of Schaumburg Park District- providing great facility, JoolaUSA with great quality 3 star table tennis balls, and all the players’ participated in the Chinese New Year open, thanks you all and look forward to see you again in our next tournament in March 22, 2014.

Class A: 1st . Wojciech Wolski, 2nd. Artur Kurek, 3rd. Michael Wolski.Class B: 1st. Bodan Plugowski , 2nd. Arcot Naresh, 3rd. Krzysztof Puchalski.Class C: 1st. David Perrine, 2nd. Jun Galban, 3rd. Slawomir Lorenc.Class D: 1st. Wataru Hashimoto, 2nd. Mathew Morris, 3rd. Grzegorz Kasperski.Class E: 1st. Sid Naresh, 2nd. Pavlo Kravchenko, 3rd. Dennis Palys.Class F. 1st. James Nam, 2nd. Jeff Schiff, 3rd. Quinn Baker. Class G. 1st. Samuel Kim, 2nd. Philip Johnson, 3rd. Vladimir Rosonbaum.Class H. 1st. ZeXin Jiang, 2nd. Andrzej Anklewicz, 3rd. Manikandan Nagarathnam.

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The January Westchester OpenBy Bill McGimpsey The 4-star January Westchester Open was held during an extremely cold period in New York this winter. A storm came in on Saturday, adding about an inch of fresh snow to the frozen landscape. I expected a small turnout. Still, 118 players braved the weather to compete. Kai Zhang (USATT-rated 2670), 16, of the Westchester TTC, was the top seed. Ranked #5 in the country at the time of the tournament, he was the one with a bull’s-eye on his chest. The number two seed was Jishan Liang (2644), ranked #7, so we all were anticipating great competition. Both Kai and Jishan were to experience difficulty in the single-elimination portion of the event. In Kai’s case he received a bye into the second round, where he met XinYang Yang (2510). Yang is recently from China and told me he is 15 years old, although he looks mature enough to pass for 17. He’s a very nice young man, but unfortunately speaks very little English. Kai began the match by using a strong power attack, which could have made a clear statement, except that Yang responded with a fierce counterattack. Yang continued to hold a lead that allowed him to take the first game. In the second game it was more of the same as Yang soared ahead again. With Yang up 8-4, things did not look good for Kai. It was at this point that Kai changed his strategy. Going into the match, knowing that he was rated 160 points above Yang, he’d played conservatively. But that wasn’t working. So instead of repeatedly pushing the ball back, he started to attack, closing the match to 8-8. Then Kai misplayed a shot, and Yang hit a big forehand drive, for Yang to take a 10-8 lead. Kai fought back with some very brave offensive play to make it 10-9. Yang strategically called a timeout. Kai won the next point anyway. Yang would have three more game points, but Kai hung tough and finally won 16-14. He would go on win the next two games with less difficulty. I asked Kai afterward what he was thinking when he was down 8-4 in the second game. He told me he knew he was in trouble, so he changed his strategy, and it worked. He introduced a serve with a right-hand sidespin, which Yang had trouble with. He also became more aggressive and worked on staying mentally focused. What might have happened, I asked Kai, if he had lost that second game? I was quite surprised by his answer: “If I lose that game, I lose the match.” “Why couldn’t you have come back from two down?”Kai said, “Because his confidence level would have been very high, and mine would have slipped.” On the other side of the draw, Jishan ran into a red-hot XinXu Zhao (2535). Every game was close, except for the second, which was a blowout for Zhao. To the surprise of all, Zhao was to prevail at 9 in the fifth. I asked Zhao afterwards, “How did you pull off the upset?” “Lucky” he replied, with a big laugh. Hardly the case. He played very well. Also, Jishan told me that due to circumstances in his life he has not played much lately. He recently moved from Seattle to New York and had not got started at a new club yet. With that being the case, his game should pop right back when he starts playing again.

In the final of the open event, Zhao continued to play well, but Kai showed why he is rated so much higher. It never looked like Kai would lose this match. In the final of the U-2500, Yu Shao (2490) beat a tenacious 12-year-old Jack Wang (2317) in four games. One of the most exciting matches of the tournament was in the semifinal of the U-2200, in which the WTTC’s Matthew Needle (2044) met the always colorful Philippe Dassonval (2192). It included loud applause and spirited exchanges between the players and their supporters. Philippe was to prevail and go on to win the event. Meanwhile, Matthew would win the 14 & Under. I chided Philippe afterwards about his exchange with Matthew’s uncle during the game. Philippe said, “Hey, I just flew in this morning from China to New York, and I came directly from the airport to play. I am now so out of it, I have no clue what I am saying or doing.” Everyone laughed. For detailed results, winners’ photos, and video from the tournament, see www.westchestertabletennis.com.

RESULTS

Open Final: Kai Zhang def. XinXu Zhao (-13, 5, 7, 9) Semifinal: Kai Zhang def. XinYang Yang (-8, 14, 4, 6)XinXu Zhao def. Jishan Liang (-11, 1, -8, 8, 9)Under 2500 Final: Yu Shao def. Jack Wang; Semifinal: Yu Shao def. Yu Xiang Li; Jack Wang def. Tinglei Wu Under 2350: Wilson Wei def. Tinglei Wu Under 2200: Philippe Dassonval def. Edmund Suen Under 2050: Wesley Maness def. Andrew Lu Under 1900: Samuel Modina def. Normen Yu Under 1750: Trevor Salmon def. Rohan AcharyaUnder 1600: Rafi Hosein def. Daniel Rosenfeld Under 1450: Vaughan Banfield def. Dmitriy Zhitomirskiy Under 1300: Anthony Capasso def. Gordon Ho Under 1150: Eli Block def. Igor Kirman Under 1000: Alistair Hay def. Christopher Tan Under 850: Arthur Dunn def. Christopher Tan 14 & Under: Matthew Needle def. Amel Medunjanin 50 & Over: David Maisel Unrated: Harold Hill


Harlingen Winter OpenBy Kenneth Beauchamp, Certified Referee On Friday November 15th I drove the 700 miles round trip from my home to Harlingen, Texas and back..... it’s called loving this sport. If you don’t know where Harlingen is located, look on a Texas map to the most southern tip and you will find it. Harlingen is the center of a hotbed of table tennis in the Rio Grande Valley in South Texas. Lots of retires live there and play table tennis at the Harlingen Community Center. They have players from all over the United States playing in their club. Players came from the surrounding cities to play, from Brownsville, Lyford, Weslaco, McAllen and other communities in the Valley. In past years the Harlingen tournaments have drawn players from Rockport, Corpus Christi, Houston, San Antonio, Austin and from the State of Louisana and outside the U.S. from Monterrey, Mexico. The first thing you notice is how nice everyone is and goes out of their way to make sure you have a good time. The tournament is well run and all events were on time. They have a very nice facility with Butterfly Centrefold 25 Sky tables. There were 10 tables set-up, but they could easily have setup 14 tables. The courts were full sized with good lighting. The atmosphere is laid back and friendly, a nice change from other venues. It was nice to see old friends and meet new ones. The tournament was very competitive in each round with 3 tie breakers in 3 different divisions. The surprise player of the tournament was Bartek Macieja (also a 2700 level chess player) from Brownsville who at first glance didn’t look as good as he was. Bartek had very good ball control and placement and he used it to beat all his opposition in the “A” division. There was a 3 way tie for second in “A”s and Richard Stanley from Rockport, Texas came out on top of the tie breaker to finish 2nd and Anil Singh finishing 3rd from Brownsville.

The doubles was a single E with winner take all format. My partner, Miguelito Molinas and I lost in the first round to the second place team deuce in the 4th game. It was fun as we werethe almost lowest seeded team in the event and gave the second seeded team a scare. As it is most of the time with double”s, all had a good time.

RESULTS DIVISION “A”: 1st BARTEK MACIEJA 2nd RICHARD STANLEY 3rd ANIL SINGH DIVISION “B”: 1st LIAM BARCLAY 2nd VAN SAVELL 3nd OSCAR BARRENECHEA DIVISION “C”: 1st BOB MION 2nd DOUG WADE DIVISION “D”: 1st Dr. CHING WANG 2nd SAMUEL BLANCO DIVISION “E”: 1st ERIC WARTENBACH; 2nd DR. MIGUEL A. MOLINAS DOUBLES TEAM SINGLE ELIMINATION 1st Pl. $60.00 BARTEK MACIEJA > Brownsville1st Pl. $60.00 Zachary McNutt @17 > Harlingen

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South Shore Sports/Butterfly OpenOctober 26-27, 2013

by Dan Seemiller The 10th annual South Shore Sports/Butterfly Open was a success in many ways. There were 213 players who competed on 36 Butterfly tables. The Highland Parks & Recreation Fieldhouse was an absolutely perfect place to play now that their million dollar renovation has been completed. Excellent lighting, rubber flooring, round robins in most events and the location of Highland, Indiana, which is only 30 miles from Chicago, made for a first class tournament. There was one problem with the new building. The Fieldhouse had no windows prior to the renovation. We all know that big windows create massive amounts of glare on the tables. The fix-up placed four huge windows about 25 feet in the air that were going to be a problem. At first we tried to turn the tables a different way…..no escaping the glare. Coming to the rescue was Joe Brzycki who figured out we could use Butterfly table boxes to block the light. But who could go up the ladder with the boxes and tape them so they would be secure? A dangerous job, as I held the ladder and Joe saved the tournament after reaching/dangling 30 feet above the floor. Thanks Joe! The highlight of the tournament and what has made this tournament so successful for the South Bend TTC is the Nate Wasserman Junior and Cadet events. There were 29 boys in the 15 &Under singles! Si Wasserman, from Oceanside, California, is sponsoring this tournament every year in memory of his brother, Nate. For several years Nate ran Si’s table tennis club in LA when Si was not available because of his work schedule. Si has told me that his club would never have survived without his brother’s support.

On to the tournament and the Wasserman events... In the girls 13&U, 15 U, and 18&U events it was a clean sweep by upcoming star Crystal Wang from Maryland. Finishing 2nd in all 3 events was Anushka Oak from Houston, Texas. Crystal took home $1,700 and Anushka, $800. Other girls who did well were Sonjay Henry, Angela Zhang, Emilie Lin and Brittany Baer.

In the Nate Wasserman boys events … The 15 &Under was on Saturday. The 13 &Under and 18 & Under were played on Sunday. Jonathan Ou, the #1 seed at 2474, was beaten in his group by Gal Alguetti in 5 games. Gal is a great blocker and he moved Jonathan around. In the semifinals it was Jack Wang in the match of the tournament outlasting Gal Alguetti 18-16 in game 5. Jack was looping everything….sometimes 7-8 balls in a row. All play on the 36 tables stopped to watch the dramatic ending. Adar Alguetti, in the other semifinal lost to Brian Gao, 14-12 in game 5. Brian also defeated #2 seed Sharon Alguetti. Both brothers lost 5th game deuce matches, almost simultaneously, on tables 1 and 2. In the final it was Jack Wang who won the title and $500 with runner-up Brian Gao receiving $200. Would the Alguetti brothers be able to bounce back? Yes they could. In the 13 & Under Sharon and Gal made the final. Sharon defeated Jack Wang and Gal took out the much improved Ali Khatami. Ali defeated the #2 seed, DerekNie (2297) in the quarter finals. Gal won the title when Sharon defaulted to him. In the big money….. $1,000 for 1st…… #1 seed, Jonathon Ou won the title defeating Nathan Hsu in the semifinal and Sharon Alguetti in the final. Sharon upset #2 seed Micaiah Skolnick in the semifinals. The winnings from this tournament in the Nate Wasserman events is to help these young players to continue their training. The scorecard:Crystal Wang - $1,700, Jonathon Ou - $1000, Anushka Oak - $800, Sharon Alguetti - $600, Jack Wang - $500, Gal Alguetti - $200, Brian Gao - $200, Nathan Hsu - $100, Micaiah Skolnick - $100, Sonjay Henry - $100, Angela Zhang - $100. Congratulations to the 2013 Nate Wasserman boys and girls grant winners.

The South Bend Table Tennis board of directors sends a BIG thank you to our sponsors: Butterfly, South Shore Sports and Si Wasserman.

See you at the 50th St. Joseph Valley Open in South Bend on March 8-9, 2014

RESULTS

Open Singles: Zhao XinXu, 2nd Fernando YamazatoOpen – Doubles: Zhao XinXu/Jack Wang, 2nd Dan Seemiller Sr./Dan SeemillerJrHardbat Open RR: YuvraajDookram, 2nd Dan Seemiller Jr.40 & Over RR: Spencer Lam, 2nd LadislavSranko50 & Over RR: LadislavSranko, 2nd Dell SweerisU - 2450 RR: WojciechWolski, 2nd Austin PreissU - 2300 RR: Adar Alguetti, 2nd Gal AlguettiU - 2200 RR: SeyedHamrahian, 2nd Brian GaoU - 2100 RR: Brian Brzycki, 2nd AkashPardeshiU - 2000 RR: Tom Nelson, 2nd Andre KhailoU - 1950 RR: Tom Nelson, 2nd Fernando ItzkovichU - 1875 RR: Fred Knapp, 2nd Ronald JosephU - 1750 RR: Koichi Okumura, 2nd Lucas DefabryU - 1625 RR: Patrick Ezeadikwa, 2nd Ganesan ManiU - 1500 RR: XinyeJi, 2nd Dixon LawerU - 1350 RR: Aaron Heller, 2nd Jasy MendozaU - 1200 RR: Ken Kicinski, 2nd Johnnie BeckU - 1000 RR: Sam Kim, 2nd Larry BrownU - 800 RR: Zach Spies, 2nd Stefan LikicU - 2700 Doubles: Aaron Heller/Neil Mendoza, 2nd Paul Everts/Jake EvertsU - 3400 Doubles: Ed Hogshead/Igor Botkin, 2nd Zach Moy/Andrew Moy

Nate Wasserman Junior Championships

18 & Under Boys: Jonathan Ou, 2nd Sharon Alguetti18 & Under Girls: Crystal Wang, 2nd Anushka Oak15 & Under Boys: Jack Wang, 2nd Brian Gao15 & Under Girls: Crystal Wang, 2nd Anushka Oak13 & Under Boys: Gal Alguetti, 2nd Sharon Alguetti13 & Under Girls Crystal Wang, 2nd Anushka Oak

Photos by Jason Denman: (top) Zhao XinXu (right top row) Anushka Oak, Crystal Wang, Angela Zhang, Sonjay Henry -and- Brian Gao, Jack Wang, Gal Alguetti, Adar Alguetti(right bottom row) Sharon Alguetti, Jonathan Ou, Nathan Hsu, Micaiah Skolnick - and - the Highland Parks & Recreation Fieldhouse

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2013 World Junior Championships in MorroccoBy Lily Yip The U.S. Junior Girl’s team comprised of Ariel Hsing, Erica Wu, Prachi Jha and Tina Lin met up with coach Lily Yip in Paris on their way to Rabat, Morocco for the World Junior Championships which was staged from the December 1 to 8, 2013. Happy to see each other again, everyone was in high spirits as they flew together to Morocco. Having landed in a different continent, Morocco turned out to be better than expected. After two days of practice, the team was well prepared for the three days of team competition and five days of individual competition ahead. Faced with the best players from around the globe the US team was able to finish in the top 8 after battling for a hard fought victory against Puerto Rico in the round robin to book their spot in the quarterfinal. In a tight battle with a very strong team from Romania, the US girls fought down to the wire but lost in the final match with Erica Wu giving top European Junior player Bernadette Szocs a scare with her push to 5 games along the way. The team also lost a close 3-2 to Germany and 3-1 to Chinese Taipei. USA Girls showed a strong team spirit and came close to achieving much greater results, a promising sign for the future of the team. In the singles event all three players in the round robin stages advanced with Erica rising from 2nd position in her group to win against her group’s top seed from France. Ariel’s high world ranking awarded her a direct entry into the main draw where her teammates joined her. Tina Lin and Prachi Jha were the first to exit in the round of 64. Tina was eliminated by Romanian junior Irina Ciobanu in five games who proved to be too strong on attack for her younger, less experienced opponent. Prachi went out to a top level player from Hong Kong in 6 games, showing she was not intimidated by her highly skilled opponent but not quite able to convert enough points in crucial moments to claim the win. Erica managed to go one round further by defeating Dana Chernova from Russia by the scores of 12-10,11-6,11-7,5-11,10-12,11-9 and lost to Sakura Mori from Japan is four straight games. Ariel played quite well and defeated Bruna Alexandre from Brazil 11-5,11-2,11-5,11-8 in the first round. In the second round defeated Marie Migot from France 11-

6,11-7,11-5,11-9, but lost in the third round to Manyu Wang from China 11-3,7-11,11-8,12-10,7-11,11-4. All in all a very good showing by taking two games from one of China’s elite players. In the doubles event Tina and Ariel defeated a strong Japanese team and made it to the quarter finals losing to a strong Chinese Team. USA Girls had a very fine showing at the 2013 World Junior Championships reaching the quarter finals of the Team and the Doubles events. Our level is improving and so our results because of the hard work of all the girls, USA Table Tennis Girls Teams has a very bright future.

1st Annual Savona Garden State School ChampionshipsBy Dean Johnson The 1st Annual Savona Garden State School Championships was held at the Lily Yip Table Tennis Center in Dunellen, New Jersey on January 5.The event attracted 60 players ages 7 to 16 from Elementary, Middle and High Schools in the area. 30% of those entered were introduced to tournament table tennis for the first time. “This is the first tournament of its kind in New Jersey and we’re excited that it brought out so many first-time players,” said Lily Yip. “We plan to run tournaments like this on a regular basis and we’re hoping that it catches on in other states as well. The future of our sport is in the hands of our young players and we need to encourage them to participate and to make training available to them in order for the sport to grow,” she added.A total of six events were held: Elementary School events were for children in grades 1 to 5; Middle School events were for students in grades 6, 7 and 8; Open School Singles were for any student enrolled in grades 1 to 12; High School Team events were for students in grades 9, 10, 11 or 12; The Team events were made up of 2 or 3 players enrolled in the same school. Event fees were held to a minimum ($10) to encourage maximum participation.Winner of the High School Singles event was: Tina Lin; runner-up was Mendy Wang.Winner of the High School Teams was West Windsor - Plainsboro South High School –

Kaelan Yao, Billy Joe and Mendy Wang; Runner-up was High Technology High School – Zachary Weingarten and Annie Shi.Winner of the Middle School Singles event was: Joseph Baptista, runner-up was Alan Chen.Winner of the Middle School Teams event was Green Brook Middle High School – Michael Jiang and Andrew Song; runner-up was Woodrow Wilson Middle School; William Lu and Ray Huang.Winner of the Elementary School Singles event was: Jayden Zhou; runner-up was Shiangtian Li.Winner of the Elementary School Teams event

was: Hartshorn Elementary School – Shiangtian Li and Jayden Zhou; runner-up was Oak Knoll Elementary School – Brandon Chen and Ethan Chen.The Lily Yip Table Tennis Center is a state-of-the-art, 15,000 square ft., full time, dedicated table tennis facility with 24 tables on two floors. It has been operating for just 3 years and has already been designated by the International Table Tennis Federation as one of only 22 “Hot Spot” training facilities in the world and is the only one on the east coast of the U.S.

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Building a High School Team from the Ground Up By Paul Kotz

I will never forget my wife saying to me that we should try playing ping pong together. In the Twin Cities, there was a location in Burnsville that served as my reintroduction to Table Tennis. My wife remarked that she had fun, but these guys are serious. It had been about 15 years or so since I held a racket. Life somehow had got in the way. But, as I met a few new individuals, including Paralympic champion Mitch Seidenfeld and a myriad cast of characters, I grew to love the sport, and realized that I truly never had a forehand. Fond memories of the old Disney’s Table Tennis Center (formerly on Lake Street, in Minneapolis) came back. I used to play and eventually help out with the high school league, and my longtime friend Ray Wallin and I would head down via the bus to play at Disney’s, sometimes into the wee hours of the night. As a 14 year old, taking the bus home was always an experience. I remember a time in the evening being alone waiting for the bus, while my buddy left in the afternoon session, and having a guy ask me “What do you do with that paddle?” I explained that “I play ping pong or some people call it table tennis.” “Sure you do” replied the guy as we boarded. I moved to the other side of the bus. In writing up a weekly summary for the high school league, I learned the nuances of the game, and found that the interest in this sport was immense, yet it was still a culture that never fully took off as a true sport among the general population. After working with this organization as a volunteer, Charlie gave me a Stellan Bengsston paddle. Stellan (the Swedish phenom) won the world championships at age 18. I loved that paddle, yet now it seems as heavy as a brick to me. Times have changed. There are so many

additional options for paddle choice and rubber. In my high school days, the memorable Chuck Turchick worked with our team to build up skills and help us as freshmen and sophomores learn about the game and hone our technique. We had this one senior, named John Fries who was our best player. He was as tall as Paul Bunyan and as thin as a rail, but could rally like no one I had seen in our age group. We all wondered… Maybe I could do this too?! Flashback to your youth is always filled with mixed emotions, but with some coaching and encouragement from Table Tennis Minnesota players, in 2007, I decided to start a team at the school where I worked as a high school teacher. Inspired by Greg Miller, a former volunteer coach of the year, we started with one table, put out a few fliers to the students, and held an interest meeting, with 4or 5 kids showing up. I started keeping stats on the kids and posted the results outside my room. We eventually used the wonderful USATT League Rating System, and kids became curious to see if they could rise in the ranks.Meanwhile, State Team Tournaments were becoming a hot item in Minnesota. Usually there would be 12 to 16 teams which would compete in this all-day event each year, run by Hall of Fame inductee Mitch Seidenfeld, dedicated coordinators Joe Sabas, Ross Reynolds, and Seemant Teotia and Sandy Joshi. Since this time, it has grown immensely, with both coed and girls groups, which have competed for the past 4 years simultaneously. It is at the point where 16-20 teams come fully prepared to bring a State Championship back to their school each year. At Holy Angels, our program grew over time. I eventually was able to get our AD to approve and support our program. In many schools, Table Tennis is still considered an activity and not high school


Building a High School Team from the Ground Up By Paul Kotz

sanctioned. We had booster club events, where parents donated tables or equipment to make the program better. In a private school, we rely on donations and begging at times. We now have 12 tables, and try to maintain that enthusiasm for this incredible sport. We decided to charge $50 per kid for a season that runs from late October to Mid February. This truly helped us with table maintenance, purchasing tables and balls, and recently I was even able to pay for an assistant to help us in this endeavor. As of last year, in 2013, we had 75+ kids in three times/week in our small gym, run as both a club and varsity team. The kids helped us with table set up and putting away tables at the end of the time which we run for about an hour and a half each session. Utilizing sign-up sheets, relying on statistics posting of win/loss record and rating levels, we could categorize players into their respective skill levels and keep the motivation alive for beginner, intermediate and advanced level players. We even have some young people who do not want to play, but want to be the managers. Everyone has something to offer. It also takes a village to run these operations, so I learned quickly to take any help that is offered! It is very gratifying to see young people enjoy this sport as much as I did as a kid, and as I do today! There also seems to be a trend emerging where our sport is being recognized at the high school level. Inspiring fun of the game, as well as teaching technique and sportsmanship has had an indelible impact on me throughout the years.Dr. Paul Kotz played in the U.S. Nationals this past December and won the Under 1800 Hardbat tourney. He is an avid sponge player, and hopes to continue coaching young people in the future. In 2011 and 2013, the Academy of Holy Angels won two state titles. After 15 years

as a high school teacher, he took a job as Assistant Professor in an Education Leadership program in the Twin Cities.

For anyone interested in how to get a program going from the ground up, please feel free to contact the author at: [email protected]

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By Adam “Adrenaline” Bobrow

The Fight

Now I have a theory... if you do as many push ups as you possibly can... eventually, your arms will lock up... EVEN if you want to do another push up and feel that you have the energy... sometimes your arms just won’t let you do any more. I’ve had this happen. But I have a funny feeling that if someone put a gun to my head in that moment... my body would allow me to do another push up. I would like to thank adrenaline for what you’re about to read.

I had watched my opponent warm up and thought he is CLEARLY very strong... much stronger than me... and has no trouble with lobs. He DID however have 3 thumbs... and used two of them on his paddle (just an interesting detail). The crowd in Vietnam saw that I was about to play and surrounded my court. I would guess about 75 people or so were around and cheering. I went from having virtually no voice and no flexibility to fighting and SCREAMING for every point that I won, jump kicking in celebration getting my foot well above my head to playing better than I had the whole tournament! I was VERY confrontational when the opposing team’s coach told me not to complain after asking my opponent to serve legally and play by the rules. Shortly after I won a point and ran right up to the coach and yelled “YO-LE!!!!!!!!!!!!” about a foot from his face and the crowd LOVED it! Very mature, Adam! Whatever! He started it!!!!

I was pumped from beginning to end and at 10-9 in game three I had match point... served the ball off my finger.... and luckily... it went over the net and was very confusing and I won the match for our team! Where all of this energy came from...???? Adrenaline. My team went on the win the next match sending us to the finals.

Later during the finals, my teammates won the first two matches and I was in the 3rd spot to take it home. There must’ve been about 300 people or so watching in the stadium seats and after being up 2-0 in games but down 0-6 in points... then coming back to 8-10... I fought SO hard and won 13-11 in the third game to seal the deal for my team! We took the gold medal and won 10,000,000 VND! This all happened in the same day that I did an exhibition with Tim Wang and had a point that got more cheering than I’ve ever had for one point in any of my matches (video and more photos will come soon... and more stories). Now.... I am going to sleep HARD! My body needs it and I earned it 8>)

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BOBROW

I often have eventful days... but this day at the Hanoi Open 2013 in Vietnam was one of the most EPIC sports days I’ve had in my LIFE!!!!! My team had a match at 8AM and I woke up bruised and sore all over. During warm ups... I could barely lift my arm to get the ball over the net on my forehands and my legs were a lost cause. I could barely lift my knee up to a 90 degree angle and I groaned in pain every time I sat down. That’s always promising when I have a big match coming up. Not to mention my voice was pretty much gone (people kept asking what was wrong) from yelling and playing hard the day before and I don’t think it helped that the stadium was dry and filled with cigarette smoke. My team was 1-1 and I was the 3rd spot so my match was pretty clutch.


Robert Roberts (manager), Will Shortz (owner), Westchester Table Tennis Center

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TOP MEN TOP WOMENCA 2711 Zhou, XinGA 2711 Li, KeweiCA 2687 Zhang, XiangCA 2674 Liang, YonghuiNJ 2670 Zhang, KaiNY 2647 Provost, DamienWA 2644 Liang, JishanVA 2641 Kim, Jang HoCA 2639 Yuan, Xiao JiePA 2638 Li, BochaoNJ 2629 Zhuang, David TX 2627 Wang, TimothyCA 2626 Jha, KanakGA 2607 Shi, DiweiMS 2598 Li, ChengCA 2589 Liu, DanMD 2587 Zhang, JakeMS 2584 Zhang, Yi ChiCA 2582 Zhang, WeijianGA 2582 Li, HangyuCA 2581 Han, ZhengNJ 2579 Hugh, AdamCA 2577 Kashyap, AnalGA 2576 Feng, YijunNJ 2565 Eider, CoryMD 2565 Wang, Qing LiangCA 2559 Guo, HaoMA 2554 Pino, JonathanCA 2547 Nguyen, KhoaCA 2546 Wang, RuiCA 2545 Wang, Siliang TX 2542 Butler, JimMA 2540 Li, GrantCA 2535 Chodri, KunalNJ 2535 Zhong, ZongqiNJ 2535 Zhao, XinXuCA 2533 Huang, JeffCA 2529 Chen, Yu-hengGA 2528 Chen, ZihaoTX 2527 Zhang, YahaoCA 2524 Tan, PengMD 2523 Xiao, HanNY 2523 Ebuen, JonMD 2522 Chen, Bo WenNY 2520 Wang, Can KevinOH 2516 Dubina, SamsonUT 2513 Najem, AlfredNY 2512 Landers, MichaelMD 2511 Li, PeterMO 2509 Yamazato, Fernando

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NC 1953 Diwakar, MadhuSC 1705 Danner, FredMD 1648 Greenberg, MortonMO 1605 Sokol, StanleyTN 1598 Kitchel, DwainFL 1590 Palumbo, AlfredNJ 1549 Sheng, Tan TsuOH 1531 Myers, NeilTN 1506 Neely, BillFL 1490 Cincotta, JosephHI 1486 Lum, BillNY 1479 Sprague, Ray ArthurUT 1462 Mathis, JohnCA 1453 Hartmann, RudyCA 1444 Miller, Al

CA 2071 Tay, ChongNY 2058 Braithwaite, GeorgeIN 2055 Hicks, H.WA 1989 Grossman, HowardNC 1953 Diwakar, MadhuWA 1821 Wolfe, WesAL 1801 Peters, RonaldNY 1777 Nazarbechian, TomasCA 1756 Guillory, RalphCA 1747 Fahlstrom, RagnarFL 1733 Holck, BruceCA 1730 Lu, Yueh YunCA 1716 Kuluva, NeilSC 1705 Danner, FredGA 1700 Karp, John

NV 2175 Resek, ErrolFL 2075 Concepcion, ElmanCA 2071 Tay, ChongNV 2063 Von Schimmelmann, RonCA 2061 Leung, Che-HimNY 2058 Braithwaite, GeorgeIN 2055 Hicks, H.CA 2013 Ukapatayasakul, BillCA 2007 Chau, Y.C.WA 1989 Grossman, HowardNC 1953 Diwakar, MadhuIL 1942 Inui, Tadao (Tom)MD 1910 Lonergan, TerryWA 1893 Lee, JosephNY 1876 Gudzenko, Gary

NJ 1929 Alvarez, AnnCA 1778 Sung, MonicaVA 1697 Kaminsky, BarbaraMD 1480 Kronlage, YvonneCA 1464 Hellwig, IrinaNV 1381 Arpon, JoyceTN 1333 Gove, RuthCO 1327 Longee, JinnyFL 1320 Williams, NahedCA 1316 Do, LindaMO 1291 Davis, RosemaryFL 1237 Cline, JanVA 1232 Samirad, LilasCA 1229 Quon, HarrietCA 1222 Ho, Laura

GA 2364 Xin, PengCA 2279 Malek, AttilaKS 2259 Mojaverian, ParvizTX 2259 Hou, RandyTX 2258 Chan, HenryFL 2248 Chu, Bin HaiOH 2246 Tannehill, JohnNV 2175 Resek, ErrolNJ 2175 Shtofmakher, SimonCA 2163 Kim, Jin UpMA 2158 Hlava, JiriCO 2148 McAfee, RichardWI 2146 Sranko, LadislavMD 2137 Sakai, DavidTX 2137 Tran, Minh

MD 1993 Liu, CharleneTX 1949 Roufeh, Tahereh (Mahin)NJ 1929 Alvarez, AnnCA 1918 Livshin, BellaNC 1916 Fan, LingCA 1902 Cheung, TingNingCA 1898 Xianyu, HuiCA 1856 Suzuki, ChiyakoMD 1799 Sakai, DonnaCA 1778 Sung, MonicaCT 1774 Choi, Eun SunCA 1736 Martinez-Simons, PattyVA 1697 Kaminsky, BarbaraCA 1695 Chan, YudeCA 1683 Tsung, Julian

NJ 2629 Zhuang, David Yong-XiangIN 2447 Seemiller, DanielNY 2432 Boggan, EricNY 2421 Li, Yu XiangTX 2416 Schwartzberg, PerryNY 2375 Tran, DeGA 2364 Xin, PengNJ 2348 Osmanov, RomanMA 2326 Shapiro, VladimirNY 2318 Henry, MichaelVA 2310 Doverman, RichardCA 2306 Baddar, Mohamed A.FL 2305 Fleisher, DickieMI 2301 Xu, Xuan SteveNV 2300 Baldonado, Johnard

NJ 2385 Yip, LilyIL 2261 Kretschmer, MariaCA 2130 Dole, GinaCA 2010 Nguyen, ThuyMD 1993 Liu, CharleneTX 1949 Roufeh, Tahereh (Mahin)NJ 1929 Alvarez, AnnCA 1918 Livshin, BellaNC 1916 Fan, LingCA 1902 Cheung, TingNingCA 1898 Xianyu, HuiFL 1867 Hu, YanjuCA 1856 Suzuki, ChiyakoMD 1799 Sakai, DonnaOH 1794 Li, Fang

NJ 2629 Zhuang, David Yong-XiangCA 2547 Nguyen, KhoaTX 2542 Butler, JimNY 2490 Shao, YuIN 2447 Seemiller, DanielNY 2432 Boggan, EricNY 2421 Li, Yu XiangTX 2416 Schwartzberg, PerryTX 2415 Oak, NirajTX 2414 Subonj, ViktorianMA 2389 Chui, Chi-SunGA 2383 Ko, CarlosCA 2376 Jafar, ShujaNY 2375 Tran, DeFL 2368 Ciz, Richard

CA 2660 Gao, JunCA 2392 Tong, Fei-MingNJ 2385 Yip, LilyTX 2345 Lee, SumiCA 2330 Chen, DianeNJ 2293 Peng, YingIL 2261 Kretschmer, MariaCA 2130 Dole, GinaMI 2099 Murakami, TamakiCA 2057 Leitman, MarinaCA 2010 Li, Tzu-YingCA 2010 Nguyen, ThuyMD 1993 Liu, CharleneTX 1949 Roufeh, Tahereh (Mahin)NM 1938 Gresham, Toni

GA 2711 Li, KeweiNJ 2629 Zhuang, David CA 2577 Kashyap, AnalNJ 2565 Eider, CoryCA 2547 Nguyen, KhoaTX 2542 Butler, JimNY 2523 Ebuen, JonOH 2516 Dubina, SamsonUT 2513 Najem, AlfredNY 2504 Gao, YanJunWI 2501 Barsoum, EmadNY 2490 Shao, YuTN 2489 Awadallah, SamehMD 2473 Baring, HaroldCA 2470 Molla, Zaman

CA 2660 Gao, JunNY 2512 Ooka, HirokaCA 2392 Tong, Fei-MingNJ 2385 Yip, LilyTX 2345 Lee, SumiTX 2332 Li, YaweiCA 2330 Chen, DianeNJ 2293 Peng, YingIL 2261 Kretschmer, MariaGA 2235 Zhang, YiMD 2202 Wang, HeatherNC 2200 Jia, ZhenCA 2130 Dole, GinaMI 2099 Murakami, TamakiCA 2057 Leitman, Marina

CA 2687 Zhang, XiangNJ 2670 Zhang, KaiCA 2639 Yuan, Xiao JiePA 2638 Li, BochaoCA 2626 Jha, KanakGA 2607 Shi, DiweiMS 2598 Li, ChengCA 2589 Liu, DanMD 2587 Zhang, JakeMS 2584 Zhang, Yi ChiGA 2582 Li, HangyuGA 2576 Feng, YijunMD 2565 Wang, Qing LiangCA 2559 Guo, HaoCA 2546 Wang, Rui

CA 2579 Yi, FangxianCA 2520 Zhang, LilyVA 2515 Shi, ChenxiCA 2495 Hsing, ArielCA 2492 Li, RuiNiNJ 2472 Zhao, Jing YiWA 2400 Zhang, BijiaCA 2382 Jha, PrachiCA 2380 Wu, EricaGA 2375 Liu, Yitong(Wantong)CA 2317 Guan, AngelaMD 2304 Wang, CrystalCA 2251 Yang, GraceNJ 2237 Lin, TinaFL 2232 Charoenmit, Chanya

NJ 2670 Zhang, KaiCA 2626 Jha, KanakGA 2607 Shi, DiweiGA 2582 Li, HangyuGA 2576 Feng, YijunCA 2559 Guo, HaoCA 2546 Wang, RuiCA 2535 Chodri, KunalMD 2522 Chen, Bo WenNY 2520 Wang, Can KevinNJ 2468 Wang, AllenCA 2465 Lin, BryantCA 2460 Ren, RuqinCA 2451 Avvari, KrishnatejaCA 2425 Tran, Theodore

CA 2520 Zhang, LilyCA 2382 Jha, PrachiCA 2380 Wu, EricaCA 2317 Guan, AngelaMD 2304 Wang, CrystalCA 2251 Yang, GraceNJ 2237 Lin, TinaFL 2232 Charoenmit, ChanyaWA 2225 Ma, LucyNJ 2224 Wang, AmyTX 2210 Huang, LauraMA 2200 Liu, ShuhanNJ 2196 Wang, Mendy (Ke)PA 2179 Xiao, ClaireCA 2178 Chu, Isabel

CA 2626 Jha, KanakGA 2582 Li, HangyuCA 2535 Chodri, KunalMD 2522 Chen, Bo WenNJ 2468 Wang, AllenCA 2451 Avvari, KrishnatejaNC 2399 Mo, Qiyuan (Caleb)CA 2381 Cheng, NewmanFL 2376 Ou, JonathanNJ 2362 Alguetti, GalCA 2356 Shah, AarshNY 2350 Wu, TingleiCA 2343 Liu, VictorTX 2337 Zhai, HaoCA 2329 Kumar, Shivansh

CA 2317 Guan, AngelaMD 2304 Wang, CrystalCA 2251 Yang, GraceNJ 2237 Lin, TinaWA 2225 Ma, LucyNJ 2224 Wang, AmyTX 2210 Huang, LauraNJ 2196 Wang, Mendy (Ke)PA 2179 Xiao, ClaireTX 2157 Li, JoyCA 2134 Jiang, DianeCA 2126 Huo, LuvenaNJ 2125 Hu, XiyueCA 2116 Deb, IshanaMD 2023 Lu, Amy

CA 2626 Jha, KanakNJ 2362 Alguetti, GalCA 2343 Liu, VictorNJ 2326 Alguetti, SharonCA 2324 Gao, FelixNJ 2317 Wang, JackCA 2304 Tio, NicholasMD 2294 Nie, DerekCA 2294 Gong, RennyTX 2262 Li, JonathanOH 2238 Hamrahian, SeyedCA 2229 Tong, HowardCA 2200 Chang, MatthewCA 2188 Kumar, ShivamCA 2184 Wong, Jordan

MD 2304 Wang, CrystalCA 2251 Yang, GraceNJ 2224 Wang, AmyCA 2126 Huo, LuvenaCA 2116 Deb, IshanaMD 2023 Lu, AmyCA 1933 Wu, YouruoCA 1930 Sung, RachelTX 1928 Hsieh, TiaNY 1927 Ackerman, EsteeGA 1876 Lin, EmilieCA 1817 Patel, AnjaleeCA 1815 Yang, RachelTX 1811 Gao, KatieVA 1790 Lu, Jie

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OH 2174 Bu, AlexanderMN 2131 Tran, MichaelCA 2092 Kumar, NikhilCA 2083 Chen, Pin-ChungIL 2069 Pardeshi, AkashCA 2067 Gong, StevenIL 2046 Wolski, MichaelPA 2046 Parthsarthy, PrasiddhaIN 2026 Luo, HenryCA 2024 Bai, WilliamMA 2008 Cui, DavidNJ 1994 Chen, AlanCA 1956 Yung, TimothyNJ 1943 Lu, MatthewIL 1942 Sun, David

MD 2304 Wang, CrystalNJ 2224 Wang, AmyCA 1933 Wu, YouruoCA 1930 Sung, RachelTX 1928 Hsieh, TiaCA 1815 Yang, RachelTX 1811 Gao, KatieVA 1790 Lu, JieFL 1789 Barvie-Perez, SherlynKS 1782 Maruthapandian, LavanyaMA 1714 Zhang, AngelaTX 1702 Zhao, KellyCA 1670 Tan, AngieCA 1596 Sung, JoannaMD 1590 Ke, Tiffany

NY 1857 Yang, LenGA 1609 Ng, DanielCA 1587 Li, TedCA 1487 Gao, PatrickWA 1456 Du, EthanIL 1438 Naresh, SidMD 1354 Chen, RonaldNJ 1292 Zhou, JaydenVA 1271 Zhang, BowenWI 1270 Bedi, KabirCA 1246 He, WilliamCA 1220 Mannem, KeshavTX 1155 Mu, KevinMI 1152 Hammond, JacobWA 1140 Kakade, Aniket

CA 1933 Wu, YouruoCA 1930 Sung, RachelCA 1670 Tan, AngieCA 1596 Sung, JoannaMD 1590 Ke, TiffanyMD 1574 Lin, LisaCA 1229 Yin, EmilieCA 1115 Chen, TinaCA 922 Giri, SwathiNJ 829 Fong, MollyNJ 802 Chen, KatieTX 780 Chen, MaggieTX 779 Lan, EllenCA 753 Srivastava, SaanviTX 683 Fang, Katherine

OVER 75 OVER 50 MEN OVER 30 WOMEN UNDER 16 BOYS UNDER 12 BOYS

OVER 60 MEN OVER 40 WOMEN UNDER 18 BOYS UNDER 14 GIRLS UNDER 10 GIRLS

OVER 70 WOMEN OVER 40 MEN UNDER 22 WOMEN UNDER 14 BOYS UNDER 10 BOYS

OVER 70 MEN OVER 50 WOMEN UNDER 22 MEN UNDER 16 GIRLS UNDER 12 GIRLS

TABLE TENNIS64

(In Alphabetical Order by Last Name)LA 1900 Abadie, SpencerMD 2344 Abass, LarryNY 330 Abbe, BennettMI 1944 Abdelrazzaq, AliIL 1728 Abdulrasool, Mansoor AliVA 2251 Abraham, GelawdiwosMD 692 Abraham, KimVA 1667 Abraham, MorrisFN 1956 Acevedo, JuanNY 2076 Acharya, RahulNY 1425 Acharya, RohanNY 2109 Ackerman, AkivaNY 1927 Ackerman, EsteeNY 1172 Ackerman, GlennNY 2025 Ackerman, GreggNV 1559 Acopiado, RodilCA 1682 Adachi, RyousukeNY 749 Adams, ChadNJ 1883 Adams, IrvingCA 1722 Adams, SteveTX 1009 Adeyinka, OluwatobiNY 2115 Adini, EyalCA 2152 Aebersold, CharlesCA 1069 Afrah, NavidCA 1972 Afshar, SherwinTX 2125 Agboke, SundayIN 683 Aguilera, FrankNY 349 Agus, ElanVA 1217 Ahmad, ImtiazCA 887 Ahmed, RaeedOR 2211 Aikey, TimNJ 1371 Aiyer, AdityaNJ 1588 Aiyer, AnuragOH 1852 Akers, Richard W.NJ 1977 Akselrod, VyacheslavOH 1576 Alam, Zahidul (Jewel)TX 1713 Alamina, LouisCA 375 Alamuthu, AkashFL 909 Alarcon, MiguelIL 1669 Alberski, TadeuszMD 1959 Albo, KesterOH 1378 Albrecht, TonyLA 1186 Alfaro, ManuelNY 189 Alger,GriffinNJ 2302 Alguetti, AdarNJ 1782 Alguetti, EyalNJ 2362 Alguetti, GalNJ 2326 Alguetti, SharonIL 160 Ali, AshmalIL 372 Ali, FarazWA 1981 Ali, RedaNJ 578 Allan, AhmadNY 1260 Allen, GregoryNY 2159 Allison, MarcusTX 2193 Almirol, CarlitoTX 1435 Almogela, AlanFL 1381 Alter, RonCT 1024 Altieri, AnthonyKS 2096 Altman, VladimirCA 2426 Alto, EarlNY 542 Alvarado, JoseNJ 1929 Alvarez, AnnTX 2006 Alvarez, NicolasFN 1118 Alvarez, PaolaTX 2003 Alves, MarcosTX 1394 Aly, AdamCA 1386 Amayo, RicardoIL 1502 Ameen, MichaelFL 1550 Ameris, PaulNC 2023 Amidi, AmirNY 1542 Amin, AsheshCA 1735 Amirkhany, AmirWI 1816 An, HaiQiCA 1505 Anand, GautamOH 1698 Anantharaman, ManikantanPA 1807 Andrade, JohnWA 1651 Andrew, JacobCO 1958 Angeles, KyleIL 985 Anklewicz, AndrzejMD 1468 Anne, ChanakyaIL 855 Anoling, CorneliusWA 1194 Ansari, IrfanFL 1343 Anumulapally, PranavCA 1851 Apostol, Von ErickAL 1782 Arabov, IliyanCA 2063 Araki, SuguruTX 1358 Arashev, BegenchTX 875 Arbogast, Earl

NV 1359 Arceo, EddieNV 1916 Archambo, SteveCT 938 Arciero, ChrisCT 1337 Arciero, MatthewMI 1678 Arciniega, JakeCA 1186 Ardisson, DaveCA 557 Arellano, AngelicaCA 409 Arellano, KeylaFL 809 Arfanis, JohnWI 583 Argote, ClaudioFL 2019 Arias, FrankFL 1568 Aristizabal, JorgeCA 1510 Armentano, PaulFL 1519 Armstrong, ErnestCT 1364 Arnold, AndrewCA 1659 Arratia, AriIL 733 Arun, GauthamCA 2289 Arun, SagarFL 1044 Arzola, FabioNJ 1803 Aschenbach, BrianMD 2320 Asgarali, KhaleelMD 2257 Asgarali, NazruddinCA 1289 Athalye, RohanCA 2066 Atienza, DonellCA 1102 Au, JohnieCA 2338 Au, KevinCA 1438 Au, SamanthaAK 1911 Augestad, KarlNC 1117 Augustine, PatrickOH 2036 Averin, AlexCA 2451 Avvari, KrishnatejaTN 2489 Awadallah, SamehCA 2089 Awale, SandeshGA 1312 Awe, OlanrewajuPA 1655 Axmacher, AndrewIN 2168 Ayangade, OluwoleNC 2394 Azarsky, AsafCA 1719 Azimzadeh, KamranVA 2179 Aziz, KhurramCA 1869 Aziz, SultanAL 1493 Baalbaki, HishamTX 1981 Babalola, WoleNC 1674 Babuin, MikeCA 2306 Baddar, Mohamed A.MI 1495 Badillo, ScottNV 1562 Badrena, JosefFL 1353 Badway, AnthonyIN 328 Baer, AlexisIN 1017 Baer, BrittanyMO 1851 Baez, AlfredoOH 1906 Bafna, ShreyansVA 1800 Bagchi, AyanCA 1331 Baggott, MichaelFL 1816 Baguinon, GilbertOR 932 Bai, AndrewCA 766 Bai, EdwinCA 2024 Bai, WilliamTX 2468 Bai, ZhediTX 1441 Baig, SaqibNY 1574 Baik, Yeu JinMD 1563 Bailey, CraigMD 1428 Bailiff, EdgarMA 1580 Baird, JimCA 1633 Baird, WillCA 327 Bajpai, AarushiCT 1457 Baker, ChuckWA 1347 Baker, DarrylIL 1263 Baker, QuinnWA 1344 Bakke, DouglasCA 1944 Balakrishnan, RishiIN 824 Balaraman, VelmuruganCA 450 Balasubramanian, BalakumaranCA 1728 Balderama, JasonCA 1764 Baldonado, EugeneCA 1191 Baldonado, ThomasIL 1456 Baldwin, MikeNC 1011 Bales, NathanCA 1996 Baltaxe, MichaelOR 423 Bambang-Sunaryo, EidyIL 1665 Banach, JacekFN 1556 Banda, CesarNY 1430 Banfield,VaughanCA 1663 Banh, DaltonNY 1349 Banik, RajeshMA 778 Bannister, RamonCA 1682 Banoian, SaroGA 1234 Banot, Supakan(Jeed)GA 790 Bao, JonathanNJ 2217 Bao, LarryNY 1927 Baptista, JosephIL 1777 Baran, KarolDC 1788 Barandao, MossaIL 1366 Barba, GeorgeAZ 588 Barber, WallySC 1864 Barbour, LeeIL 1821 Bardan, GabrielIL 1234 Bardoczi, Bill 1930 Barey-Caron, SidoniaMD 2473 Baring, HaroldOR 1753 Barnes, MatthewFL 1384 Barrau, CarmelTX 1357 Barrenechea, OscarVA 1847 Barrett, DanTX 1016 Bartholomew, DonaldIN 2058 Bartley, BrianNJ 1727 Barton, HughTX 960 Barton, JerryFL 1789 Barvie-Perez, SherlynCA 1435 Basiao, JamesMA 2091 Bavly, Larry

IL 837 Bayr, ZitaNJ 1132 Beauchamp, TimothyLA 2271 Beaumont, JohnOR 1485 Bednarz, BenGA 2198 Beebe, T. J.OH 1151 Beer, RichardCT 1705 Behera, SudhirFN 1683 Bekker, FransFL 1981 Bekurti, ElidonNJ 764 Belinkis, NathanielCA 2125 Benedicto, VoltaireFL 2120 Benincasa, GiacomoPA 1725 Benson, ThomasIN 1120 Berdichevsky, FelixNY 1812 Berg, MarkIL 598 Berger, JenniferNY 1186 Bergman, JimCA 1374 Bergman, NealTX 1221 Bergmann, GrantNY 2224 Bergunker, NickNC 1943 Berman, CharlieGA 1571 Bernard, BradCA 1467 Bernstein, DavidNY 246 Bernstein, DevinNY 483 Bernstein, JordanNY 343 Bernstein, ZacharyFL 2473 Berrios, HectorNJ 1528 Berry, DavonVA 1727 Berry, SamIN 1673 Betts, SteveNJ 1808 Bey, MikaGA 1591 Beyatli, TufanCA 1285 Bhachawat, YashTX 1729 Bhandari, AnupNJ 1642 Bhar, SounakCA 1163 Bharadwaj, SudhanvaTX 1223 Bhardwaj, NishantCA 1815 Bhartia, SaurabhMD 482 Bhatia, JaspreetNJ 1316 Bhatia, PravirNJ 1072 Bhatia, VirenAZ 866 Bhimani, RashidMA 1452 Bhobe, RahulCA 1281 Bhutkar, AishwaryaWA 1809 Bi, AlanMD 1715 Bi, LeonAL 1547 Billy, JohnnyNJ 1024 Birenbaum, AndrewAL 1361 Bishop, DonaldSC 1507 Blanchard, AlbertFL 754 Blass, JuliAZ 1895 Block, AdamPA 1053 Block, EliCA 1410 Blyth, WilliamCA 2118 Bobrow, AdamFN 2114 Bocachica, CarlosFL 1485 Bocanegra, JoseMA 2226 Bockoven, ChaseMA 2235 Bockoven, ConnorMA 2021 Bockoven, RalphFL 2007 Bogavac, SvetislavIL 2031 Bogdan, JanNY 2432 Boggan, EricCT 1361 Bogie, MarvinWI 1668 Boldon, KyleCA 1553 Bookey, JustinMD 1091 Borek, MichaelFL 1748 Borges, JoseCT 1398 Bosco, PeterTX 1859 Botez, CristianIL 1580 Botkin, IgorMA 1822 Boulard, ClaudeCA 831 Bourgeois, TimCA 265 Boustiha, CyprienGA 1576 Bowlander, BobNY 2419 Boyarskiy, VladislavNY 752 Boyer, RandyIN 1882 Bradley, CarlIN 1892 Bradley, JonVA 1711 Bragg, LewisMN 1366 Braianov, TodorNC 1839 Brain, SimonNY 2058 Braithwaite, GeorgeIL 1812 Brandt, JohnTX 1250 Bravo, JonathanNJ 480 Brea, CourtneyFL 1174 Brenner, BardNY 475 Brenner, JasperCA 1559 Brigitt, AndrewCA 1581 Brigitt, EugeneCA 981 Brigitt, VictoriaCA 1143 Brin, HarrietNJ 1266 Brissett, LuzNJ 1806 Brito, RicardoPA 1745 Brockington, Marc 1612 Brockman, AndrewDC 1641 Brooks, KenMS 868 Brookshire, BruceAL 1311 Brown, ColtonUT 1460 Brown, DanPA 2104 Brown, DennisOR 1713 Brown, GrantIN 955 Brown, LarrySC 1239 Brown, MatthewAL 1803 Brown, SeanCA 1024 Bruckel, JaneFL 1826 Bryan, AndreMD 1779 Bryan, WilsonAZ 1926 Bryant, RobertIN 2101 Brzycki, BrianOH 2174 Bu, Alexander

1921 Bu, JiaweiCA 1839 Budhavarapu, Sasanka(Shanks)TX 1868 Budiman, DanyaIL 1972 Buente, KevinTX 1160 Bui, BrianCA 1622 Bunya, PeterOR 1067 Bunyi, HaroldKY 1587 Burkart, BobOH 1347 Burke, KerryKY 1786 Burnett, RandyOR 594 Burns, PaigeNC 1856 Burris, JoshuaCA 1710 Burris, TheoGA 1476 Bushkanets, IlyaOH 1549 Bussey, DavidTX 2542 Butler, JimAZ 971 Butters, DanielAZ 797 Butters, MattWV 1617 Butts, MikeMA 1365 Bychkov, VladimirOH 1375 Byler, ErwinOH 1303 Byler, JohnMD 2219 Byles, Ernest S.TX 2171 Byles, RobertoTX 2028 Byles, RogerTX 1752 Cadavid, GloriaCA 1077 Cadena, VictorTX 1384 Cadwell, SteveCA 270 Cajigas, AlbertoKY 1702 Calipo, WilliansFN 2014 Calvente, HenryNY 1839 Camas, SteveIL 1775 Campbell, AntonioCA 1115 Campbell, DanMA 1119 Campeau, RobertCA 1492 Campos, ArthurFL 1568 Cao, ThangCT 1019 Capasso, AnthonyNV 1355 Caples, BuddyNY 1450 Caplin, GlennFL 1645 Caplin, StuartFL 2105 Cardona, MarkOH 1508 Carlin, BarryLA 1791 Carlisle, BillyWA 797 Carlson, HaroldMI 1377 Carmean, RickFL 2122 Carra, RobertBC 2041 Carr-Harris, NatashaIN 1644 Carrillo, Jose ArturoNJ 1604 Carroll, GregoryCT 349 Case, CrayMI 1311 Casey, WilliamCO 1589 Casi, TrentIL 1333 Cassidy, RonaldIL 842 Casstevens, RexTX 1589 Castillo, AlannMO 2148 Castillo, MariaTX 1015 Castillo, RichardOR 2051 Castle, RogerFL 759 Castro, EduardoTX 656 Castro, LorenzoPA 858 Catpinar, FatihCT 1727 Cedro, ChrisAZ 932 Cejudo, JesseVA 1531 Cerrato, EzioOH 1994 Cevik, BurakNY 1191 Chafetz, HarryTX 1518 Chai, AndrewTX 1713 Chai, RyanFL 1824 Chaille, ThomasCA 88 Chan, AveryIN 1739 Chan, BarryNV 2105 Chan, Benjamin(Tian)PA 2383 Chan, CalvinFL 2150 Chan, Chi-KinCA 1681 Chan, DannyTX 2258 Chan, HenryCA 1952 Chan, JasonMA 563 Chan, Jessie 1321 Chan, KittyIL 820 Chan, MatthewNV 2137 Chan, MingCA 1136 Chan, MingON 1056 Chan, WallaceMA 1793 Chan, WilliamON 318 Chan, Yin FeiCA 1695 Chan, YudeNC 1949 Chandra, Bharath(Brad)MN 1706 Chandra, VidhanCA 1820 Chandrashekaran, ShreyasNM 888 Chang, Chi-HsinAZ 1407 Chang, Chung-FuIN 1916 Chang, DarrenCA 1920 Chang, DylanCA 105 Chang, EthanCA 2073 Chang, FernandoIN 1865 Chang, Hung-Chih MichaelCA 1212 Chang, JonathanNJ 1379 Chang, KeeVA 1459 Chang, Kyong SikCA 2200 Chang, MatthewCA 1501 Chang, MichaelNY 1906 Chang, Ming-HongCA 1477 Chang, MitchellMD 1971 Chang, Mu-TienVA 1668 Chang, SoonCA 216 Chang, SydonTX 1036 Chang, ToshiIN 1905 Chang, VincentCA 1705 Chang, William

VA 1920 Chao, LoWI 562 Chao, Madison 1786 Chapados, PascaleMN 1687 Charney, MichaelNC 2454 Charpentier, LucasNM 1651 Chartrand, RickNC 1659 Chau, Wing ChuenIL 1752 Chawla, TarunCA 158 Che, TigerNY 907 Checa, LuisNJ 1437 Chee, EthanIL 1268 Chelikani, AdvitheeyNJ 1994 Chen, AlanNY 998 Chen, AlvinCA 1987 Chen, AndyMD 2522 Chen, Bo WenPA 1571 Chen, Bou-YuGA 2039 Chen, BrentCA 977 Chen, ChristopherFN 2642 Chen, ChuxiCA 2330 Chen, DianeMD 1665 Chen, EileenTX 600 Chen, EmmaCA 689 Chen, EthanCA 1013 Chen, EvanCA 2335 Chen, HuaiyuMA 636 Chen, JasonGA 608 Chen, JesseOR 2121 Chen, Jia Feng (Jason)MD 2345 Chen, JieTX 1778 Chen, JustinNJ 802 Chen, KatieMA 400 Chen, KevinTX 1209 Chen, Kuei-MeiVA 1766 Chen, LeTX 780 Chen, MaggieCA 1632 Chen, MichaelFN 1736 Chen, MingMD 1413 Chen, PatrickGA 1265 Chen, PatrickCA 2083 Chen, Pin-ChungNJ 2221 Chen, QimingNY 869 Chen, QuenMD 1354 Chen, RonaldCA 1680 Chen, RyanCA 971 Chen, SeanMD 1423 Chen, SpencerCA 1246 Chen, StephanieNY 1615 Chen, StevenNJ 1602 Chen, TimmyIN 2329 Chen, TimothyCA 1115 Chen, TinaCA 1414 Chen, WendyCA 1629 Chen, WilliamFN 2781 Chen, XiFN 2201 Chen, YifenNY 1797 Cheng, ChenCA 2043 Cheng, EmmyWA 1617 Cheng, GangNY 1743 Cheng, HonfaiCA 2124 Cheng, HoraceCA 1035 Cheng, JeffreyCA 1708 Cheng, JoshuaCA 1684 Cheng, KevinCA 2381 Cheng, NewmanNJ 1177 Cheng, PoleyWA 1484 Cheng, Ting-ChungTX 1032 Cheong, HenryMD 1648 Cheong, SiMD 1893 Cherednik, KonstantineNY 1660 Cheung, Chung TakIL 965 Cheung, DarylCA 1391 Cheung, DikNY 1469 Cheung, GaryMI 1568 Cheung, GeoffMA 2019 Cheung, KevinTX 1705 Cheung, MargueriteTX 1948 Cheung, Michael LatyanCA 1279 Cheung, RobertCA 1902 Cheung, TingNingIN 809 Chhatiawala, HarinOR 2096 Chia, BrianMD 1391 Chia, KenCA 2001 Chiang, PeterCA 1204 Chillara, RishiIL 1253 Chin, RonFL 1389 Chin, SamuelNY 1933 Chin, Wayne MingFL 1739 Chirinos, VeronicaTX 1057 Chirkli, AbdulMD 1914 Chiu, DavidNJ 1696 Chng, Tat LoonCA 2194 Chodha, KimCA 2035 Chodri, AditiCA 2535 Chodri, KunalNJ 554 Choi, ChanghyeonCT 1774 Choi, Eun SunCA 1570 Choi, Han PyoNJ 813 Choi, JacobIL 737 Choi, KevinCA 715 Choi, RubyNJ 1345 Choi, SeunglimCA 1061 Choi, UngsamIL 1656 Cholowicz, AndrewCA 1894 Chon, ElijahTX 1056 Choudhuri, AhsanPA 1590 Chow, ElianaPA 1782 Chow, JeremiahPA 2149 Chow, JosiahTX 1782 Chow, PhilipWA 1146 Chramiec, Pete

CA 2223 Chu, AnthonyFL 2248 Chu, Bin Hai 714 Chu, CarolCA 2024 Chu, DavidCA 2178 Chu, IsabelNJ 2086 Chu, JonathanNY 2045 Chu, JonathanFL 2058 Chu, KhaiCA 75 Chu, NatalieCA 2126 Chu, NathanielCA 1698 Chu, SammyNJ 2042 Chu, StephenNJ 1789 Chu, Tony N.T.TX 2191 Chu, TszTX 2082 Chu, ZhihanIN 1864 Chua, Bun-HiongCA 2292 Chua, EthanMA 2389 Chui, Chi-SunIA 1407 Chung, JedidiahNJ 1471 Chung, JoonIA 1628 Chung, JoshOH 1312 Ciarrochi, JoeIL 1215 Ciofiac,NicolaeCA 836 Cirillo, KathyCA 1059 Cisneros, RogelioFL 2368 Ciz, RichardIL 1975 Claflin,StevenNY 2197 Clang, JohnMA 2106 Clara, LuisCA 1121 Clark, BarbaraAZ 678 Clark, JeffIL 1411 Clark, RobertMD 1919 Clarke, MichaelIN 2261 Clyde, StephenMI 2018 Cobb, DennisMI 2140 Cobb, DennisNY 2306 Cohen, ArthurCA 1576 Cohen, EdFL 1026 Cohen, MauriceNJ 2334 Cohen, RandyFL 1303 Cole, RyanCA 1502 Colter, GeraldTX 1751 Compton, RobertAZ 1944 Cone, DerrickMA 649 Conigliaro, DouglasGA 1406 Conn, ElijahNC 1830 Connelly, TimVA 1978 Constantin, CostelTX 2087 Cook, GraydenGA 1755 Cook, JoshuaNY 1522 Cooke, DanielOH 1104 Coombe, IanIL 664 Coons, BrianGA 1930 Cooper, GeorgeFL 1648 Copeland, DanielCA 930 Copeland, MarkNC 1361 Corbett, TildenNY 1976 Corlette, StefanNY 2159 Corona, OmarCA 2033 Corpuz, PaulOK 1422 Correa, DavidHI 1579 Correa, FrankCT 1241 Cortesi, TonyCA 1029 Cortez, NelsonFN 1682 Cotto, MichaelOH 1720 Cottrell, BlakePA 2226 Coulter, ChipNY 1014 Cramer, GregoryCA 1409 Crescitelli, LuisNY 2358 Croitoroo, MarkFN 1736 Cruz, John BenedictOR 1941 Crystal, JayMA 2008 Cui, DavidIL 1342 Cumby, ChadFN 2067 Curioso, VincentMN 2220 Curran, NathanielIL 1705 Currey, RobertOR 1308 Da, LeezanMD 1780 Dabbs, RyanIN 939 Dagher, CharlesTX 1370 Dallman, ErichTX 1548 Damon, DamonMD 1094 Dancis, BarryMD 511 Dancis, ElaineNJ 350 Dang, AlyssaNJ 594 Dang, SarahAZ 396 Dani, SamihanWI 1438 Dargiewicz, SawyerMI 1667 Darling, SamuelAK 1293 Darnall, DiannCT 666 Darsh, KumarCA 2061 Darukhanawalla, MalcolmCA 2024 Darukhanawalla, NashNY 2192 Dassonval, PhilippeNJ 2254 Dattel, BarryMI 966 Dault, JoeNY 2440 David, PaulNY 1719 Davila, MarioCA 1559 Davila, RubenAL 1851 Davis, AndrewUT 1641 Davis, ByronUT 1362 Davis, CarolAZ 1344 Davis, DavidWI 1757 Davis, DrewOH 1231 Davis, LeRoyCA 1864 Dawalbhakta, SamihaTX 1547 De Coatpont, BertrandTX 626 de Coatpont, LucieWI 1853 De Fabry, LucasAK 1650 De May, DavidFL 1651 Deacon, Richard

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USATT Rating Chart Higher rated Lower rated player wins: player wins: Higher Lower Lower HigherRating player player player playerDifference gains: loses: gains: loses:

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IL 1380 DeAsis, FrancisCA 2116 Deb, IshanaOH 1257 Decristofaro, JohnCA 1727 Dehdashti, MassoudDC 967 Deinoff, PelleLA 2057 Del Vecchio, MartinFL 1916 Delgado, MathewTX 1901 Dellandrea, MattOR 829 Deluta, MarlonCA 929 Demartini, CliffIN 1086 Denger, WayneFL 1704 Desai, PhilFL 2322 Desai, VinayMD 1765 Dewan, RohitIA 1735 Dewey, JustinCA 1302 Dewhirst, KenCT 2167 DeWitt, RichardMI 2163 Dey, TapabrataIL 528 Dhatwani, ZainCA 1496 Diaz, DannyPA 1249 Dicker, ShimshonTN 1708 Dickson, RogerVA 1432 DiCostanzo, MarkFL 1477 Dieker, EricNV 1353 Difuntorum, ReynaldoIL 783 Dilley, MackenzieOR 971 Dimitrova, AlexandraNY 1692 Dinesh, HarryWA 2407 Ding, BillyCA 1728 Ding, FengTX 1420 Ding, SamDC 1574 Ding, YiCA 2218 Dinh, TriIL 1416 Dixon, LawerCA 1316 Do, LindaWA 1535 Doan, AntoineMD 1283 Doctolero, JordanMI 1241 Doerr, TimothyAZ 1866 Dok, DaphneAZ 2030 Dok, PannoMD 1706 Dong, ChunMD 2505 Dong, Steven 1549 Dong, XiwuCT 1222 Donkor, SamMO 2228 Dookram, YuvraajTX 736 Dorfman, I JoshuaWI 1071 Dorman, TomTX 1570 Dorrell, JimmyCA 1572 D’Ortenzio, MarioFN 1954 Doughty, KristianPA 2120 Douglas, LennoxCT 1132 Douglas, ScottIL 1746 Douglass, RobertIL 1999 Dousmanis, ChristosIL 1114 Downing, CharlieNJ 1393 Doytchev, DoytchoNY 1962 Drabkina, OlgaTX 1998 Drake, KyleWI 1446 Draper, EvanIL 1910 Driskill, RyanIL 1517 Drissen, JohnCA 665 Du, CharlieWA 1456 Du, EthanCA 1585 Du, Yufeng(Kevin)VA 2106 Duan, ChangliMD 2033 Duan, ChangpingVA 1977 Duan, WesleyOH 2516 Dubina, SamsonNY 1852 Dublin, PercivalIL 886 Dudas, AttilaFL 1327 Duffy, William 2042 Dufresne, FrederikNV 1796 Duhaylungsod, MarkTX 1062 Duich, JanNC 1011 Dunn, AndrewNY 813 Dunn, ArthurFN 1765 Durham, JaymoCA 102 Dutta, SohomCA 130 Dutta, SrinjoyIN 1125 Duvanenko, VictorIL 1391 Dyer, DonIL 923 Dyer, JonathanMI 935 Earnsmuth, BrandonVA 1886 Eballar, BernardCA 1361 Echeverria, Henriett 2150 Edwards, BruceOR 1504 Edwards, DavidFN 2049 Edwards, GillianNC 909 Ehlert, KurtNJ 492 Ehrenreich, MartinNJ 2565 Eider, CoryOR 1509 Eiles, MarkOR 1804 Eiles, TravisAZ 1440 Ekbundit, PatrickVA 1604 El Oukaili, TalalCA 1565 Elia, ChristopherAK 1704 Elliott, PaulOR 1248 Ellis, ChrisAL 1199 Ellis, ColenNY 1551 Ellman, FredIL 1495 Emilianowicz, ErykIN 805 Emmons, ToddTX 2202 Enebish, MunkhbilegNC 1289 Englebreth, BillMI 1593 Engstrom, JimIL 1404 Erdenebileg, MyagmarsurenNY 1776 Erdogan, EnginOH 942 Escape, Glenn S.FL 1932 Espenship, ScottNY 1364 Estill, AlanFL 2090 Estrada, CarlosNV 1432 Estrella, AlfredNJ 1815 Eugene, LyonnelWA 1323 Evans, AdamAZ 1181 Evans, DavidIL 1751 Evans, J.TX 883 Evans, MarkFN 813 Evans, Rebecca

MI 823 Everts, JakeMI 1800 Everts, PaulIN 1783 Ezeadikwa, PatrickCA 1316 Ezzo, SteveCA 1747 Fahlstrom, RagnarNE 2059 Fairbanks, ChristianKY 1853 Fakharpour, BabakKY 1701 Fakharpour, PeytonIL 1654 Falcis, PeterIL 192 Falcis, PierreFN 2648 Fan, Chuang WeiNC 1916 Fan, LingOR 1551 Fan, YunNJ 800 Fang, BryanNJ 1880 Fang, HongTX 683 Fang, KatherineVA 1413 Fanous, MedhatNJ 1669 Farkas, Brian 2063 Faulkner, MattFN 1992 Febles, Jean CarlosFN 1779 Febles, KarelysFL 1849 Federico, SteveIL 1744 Feerst, DavidTX 1110 Feher, SamCO 1326 Feinstein, Marilyn SommerAL 1779 Feldman, DannyFN 1430 Feliciano, ChristianCT 1722 Feltenberger, DonaldPA 1989 Feng, JackieNJ 124 Feng, XinYiGA 2576 Feng, YijunIL 1534 Feng, YingNY 2388 Fernandez, DavidOH 1136 Fernandez, OscarNY 1455 Fields, TobiasNJ 2069 Files, JustinCA 1615 Finney, EmmaNY 485 Fischer, VictorOK 914 Fitzgerald, KathleenFL 2305 Fleisher, DickieTX 1890 Fleshman, TomCA 1533 Flexer, DominiqueCA 2103 Flores, DavidNJ 1136 Flores, JakeTX 2006 Flores, Mark AndrewAZ 1477 Flores, SalvadorMA 1884 Fomin, DmitriNY 1709 Fomina, AlexandraNJ 1983 Fong, FrankieNJ 829 Fong, MollyCA 1674 Fong, ShawnNJ 228 Foo, AlyshaTX 1626 Ford, JoshuaNJ 542 Forman, GaryOR 1697 Fountain, EricMI 1755 Fowler, BrianNM 1163 Foy, CarneyWA 1556 Frahler, JeffIL 2151 Franeczek, JanuszCT 1339 Frankowski, MichaelFN 1467 Fraticelli, CarlosMA 2153 Frayberg, AlexWA 1651 Fredrickson, JohnON 1657 French, DaveCA 1828 Friedman, OliverMA 650 Friedman, ThomasTX 917 Friedmann, NadavCA 1571 Frisbee, StanleyWA 795 Frost, AndreaWA 837 Frost, BryanCA 1515 Fu, AdrianCA 153 Fu, AliceCA 1419 Fu, AvaNV 1841 Fu, BillyGA 1094 Fu, MichaelCA 1563 Fu, ZhengIL 1576 Fudala, ChristopherOH 1504 Fullen, DaveCA 1648 Fung, KaiNY 1376 Fung-a-fat, JillNM 1323 Funkhouser, BobFL 1083 Fusa, FernandoMD 1565 Gabbidon, IanWI 1568 Gableman, JimCA 2363 Gabriel, FreddieFL 732 Gade, LiselotteMA 748 Gaidarev, PeterIL 1784 Galban, JunRI 1399 Gallagher, KevinNY 875 Gallett, SandyTX 981 Gandara, OmarMA 1212 Gangi, NicholasDE 1024 Ganti, KrishnaOR 280 Gao, AaronCA 1078 Gao, AnnieMA 2229 Gao, BrianCA 2324 Gao, FelixFN 2447 Gao, Hua YangAK 1444 Gao, JimmyNY 1907 Gao, JunjieTX 1811 Gao, KatieCA 1487 Gao, PatrickMD 2047 Gao, PaulNJ 1993 Gao, Sean(Zhongyi)FN 1778 Gao, TianWA 846 Gao, XuetianNY 2504 Gao, YanJunOR 1681 Gao, ZhongweiTX 1727 Garces, PedroFL 988 Garcia, GustavoTX 1380 Garcia, JuanOR 2030 Garcia, LudovicTX 2201 Gardner, BrandonNY 542 Garell, CharlesNY 552 Garell, PaulOH 1179 Garnier, SueCA 1500 Garretson, SteveCA 1196 Gasca, Fernando

FL 1058 Gascoigne, Ian 1844 Gauthier, SophieIL 1373 Gaysin, ArsenNJ 657 Ge, NicholasTX 993 Geer, ElijahTX 885 Geer, EzraTX 1028 Geer, MichaelTX 754 Geer, NathanTX 855 Geer, SilasTX 687 Geer, WesleyAZ 1832 Geete, JayantTX 1331 Geeze, ChristopherNM 1845 Geeze, DonaldLA 995 Gehrkin, JonathanNY 1666 Gennuso, GregNY 2103 Ger, FeliksCA 635 Gharpure, ChinmayMD 1540 Gholston, ZackeryTX 1171 Ghosh, JyotiPA 1502 Gibson, StevenNJ 1442 Gifford, DavidCA 1154 Gillman, ArtGA 1146 Giltman, PhillipFL 2029 Gingold, GregTX 1404 Ginther, DeanNY 508 Giovannini, MatteoNY 1826 Giraldo, NestorTN 1814 Girdner, DavidCA 922 Giri, SwathiCA 1437 Girton, KenNY 2149 Glace, AdrianFL 1536 Glass, RayTN 1177 Glasscock, MichaelVA 1280 Gleeson, AndrewFL 1402 Gmach, BenFL 1475 Gmach, DavidFL 1995 Gmach, GalFL 1185 Gmach, MailiTX 602 Godfrey, MichaelCA 1873 Godhwani, AdityaNC 1782 Godin, YuriMD 1943 Goedde, MichaelNY 500 Gold, AbeMD 1763 Goldberg, StuartOR 1648 Goldsmith, PhilMD 1509 Goldstein, IrvingNC 1022 Goldstein, LevNC 1910 Gomez, EliasFN 2248 Gomez, Jose MariaFN 2321 Gomez, ManuelVA 1197 Gong, DanielFN 1939 Gong, JieVA 604 Gong, JoshuaCA 2294 Gong, RennyCA 2067 Gong, StevenFN 2115 Gonzales, MiguelMI 1822 Gonzales, SteveFN 2032 Gonzalez Perez, ErickTX 2032 Gonzalez, EduardoFN 2379 Gonzalez, GustavoTX 1297 Gonzalez, JorgeTX 875 Gonzalez, JoshuaMI 1372 Goode, MichaelFL 1228 Gooden, HerrickIL 1329 Goodfellow, WilliamCA 4 Goodwin, BellaCA 49 Goodwin, KaylaCA 1624 Gopalan, RishikumarTX 1630 Gopin, MichaelNY 1568 Gordon, AndrewNY 325 Gordon, CooperNJ 1806 Gordon, WilliamCA 605 Gorel, MortonNM 1463 Goring, KaliNY 2225 Gorsira, AndrewMO 905 Gorzko, JakubCA 1425 Gotliffe, HarveyTX 1517 Gove, TaevinTX 1338 Gradinarv, DavidCA 1838 Graff, WilliamOK 636 Graham, SeanFL 1374 Grana, JamieMO 1386 Gray, AdamTX 516 Green, BraedenNY 2025 Green, DanielIN 1191 Green, RickNC 1633 Green, VincentWA 1109 Greenbaum, MichaelMD 1648 Greenberg, MortonOH 1353 Greene, DanCT 1257 Greenfield,AustinAZ 1559 Greenspan, ReidNY 194 Gregor, BeckyNY 309 Gregor, DankoNY 1322 Gregor, PaulAZ 913 Gregory, WilliamFL 950 Grey, NeilFL 1905 Greydinger, DimitriIL 1187 Gribinski, NathalieWI 1471 Grider, JonNY 1139 Griesel, ThomasNC 1858 Griffin,ThomasOH 1340 Grimley, JohnNV 1687 Gripentog, RobertNY 1889 Gristede, GeorgeCA 672 Grodsky, GilbertOR 1718 Groom, MichaelFL 1706 Gu, MaxwellCA 2317 Guan, AngelaCA 1978 Guan, WalterCA 1795 Gubbi, VidyadharaAZ 1431 Guerin, BillAZ 1565 Guerin, BillCA 435 Gunda, AbhinavNC 944 Gunn, ZannieUT 1181 Guo, BryanCA 2559 Guo, HaoOR 1603 Guo, Jian Xin

OR 557 Guo, KathyMI 1478 Guo, LirenNJ 1926 Guo, QiCA 529 Guo, TianruiFN 2702 Guo, WenTN 1651 Guo, XiaofengFN 2005 Guo, XiaoyunNY 660 Gupta, SatyaNY 1800 Gurevich, BorisIL 2151 Gurklys, PauliusNY 1619 Gutierrez Campos, CarlosIL 1953 Gutierrez, AntonioNY 1040 Gutierrez, GustavoNJ 1086 Guttman, DanielTX 715 Halff, DanielIN 737 Hall, BobOH 2155 Hamilton, DonOH 2238 Hamrahian, SeyedCA 2581 Han, ZhengTN 2118 Handoko, LiedyFN 1229 Hanke, SarahOH 1012 Hanlin, WilliamVA 1535 Hanson, DanaNC 1690 Hanson, MichaelTX 2051 Hao, Jun JieFN 2847 Hao, ShuaiIL 1476 Hara, EricoTN 1652 Hardin, ChristopherCA 1492 Hardy, ShelleyMD 939 Harley, DouglasOH 968 Harris, AnwenIL 1745 Harris, BruceCO 1900 Harris, JoshuaAL 1677 Harris, MichaelOH 1819 Harris, ScottVA 1686 Hart, RobertCA 1453 Hartmann, RudyCA 1316 Hashimoto, MargaretCA 1972 Hashimoto, MasaruCA 2281 Hashimoto, TakeshiIL 1669 Hashimoto, WataruGA 1563 Hashtroudi, HassanIL 1335 Hashwani, MalikMA 1959 Haugh, DavidMD 1670 Hawkins, JosephNY 999 Hay, AlistairON 2347 Hazin, JeremyTX 2489 Hazinski, MarkTX 2381 Hazinski, Shu Fu (Sara)LA 1477 He, BobNY 1165 He, GeorgePA 1259 He, HuameiNY 2072 He, JinghuaCA 1246 He, WilliamNY 1538 He, YaoFN 1179 Hedley, SteveTX 2177 Heinonen, PetriCA 2009 Hejazi, AlirezaMI 1480 Helfand, JosephWI 1306 Heller, AaronOH 1822 Helton, SteveMD 1114 Hemani, AlnoorCA 2309 Hendawi, AhmedTX 1320 Hendler, Alan R.WA 1274 Hendrickson, KaheaNY 2318 Henry, MichaelMO 1834 Henry, SonjayCA 811 Henry, StephenCA 1810 Heo, Baek HoPA 1603 Heo, RichardFL 1994 Hepburn, JimmyFN 2075 Hernandez Figueroa, EmmanuelFN 593 Hernandez, ValeriaFL 738 Hersey, SebastianFL 1488 Hersey, SteveIL 1185 Hess, KyleFN 2255 Hetherington, MatthewNY 366 Hewitt-Roach, TravisOR 1232 Hibbitts, TomIN 2055 Hicks, H.OR 1014 Hicks, JimNM 1136 Hicks, RandyIN 1975 Hicks, RickGA 1123 Hicks, SamuelIL 624 Higuera, Mauricio ReyesNY 1392 Hill, DavidNH 1103 Hill, DouglasFN 1833 Hill, DwayneTX 962 Hindman, CharlesFN 1456 Hinds, ZariNY 971 Hirani, AlifNY 1862 Hirata, JonathanCA 2284 Hirota, ShinruGA 959 Hirschler, ZacMA 2158 Hlava, JiriCA 969 Ho, CheeNY 1120 Ho, GordonOR 2009 Ho, HungAL 1737 Ho, Hung MikeON 1439 Ho, WingNV 1562 Hoang, Khuong(Kevin)CA 1710 Hoang, MichaelCA 1886 Hoang, ThanhOR 2042 Hoarfrost, RyanMD 1970 Hochman, StephenFL 1627 Hodges, MikeNJ 1916 Hodgson, RobertIL 1491 Hoffman, MarkMD 1650 Hogg, NickIL 1793 Hogshead, EdwardNC 2328 Hohl, AlexFL 1733 Holck, BruceMD 1563 Holland, StephenTX 1533 Holmes, PaulCA 1693 Holton, ChrisPA 1406 Homsher, MichaelCA 2094 Hong, Yusheng (Sam)

CA 413 Horn, MichaelCA 93 Horn, NickCA 100 Horn, RikkiPA 1268 Hornick, DennisIL 1993 Horodenski, KarolIL 1890 Horodyskyi, AnatoliyGA 1230 Horton, WilliamNY 1522 Hosein,RafiCA 1459 Hou, DavidTX 1033 Houser, JohnNV 1681 Howard, JackNY 1777 Hrishin, AndriyCA 146 Hsiao, EricNY 2127 Hsiao, PaulTX 1928 Hsieh, TiaMD 2211 Hsin, JeffreyCA 2495 Hsing, ArielMD 2299 Hsu, NathanOR 2046 Hsu, RyanNY 1838 Htet, SanGA 2096 Hu, BrianAZ 2170 Hu, QingqingNJ 2125 Hu, XiyueMD 1490 Hu, YingyaoIL 2003 Hua, Peter (Liyang)CA 135 Hua, YangTX 1147 Huang, AlecCA 1736 Huang, Chia-Sheng (Jason)NJ 372 Huang, ChuipongNY 765 Huang, EricNY 129 Huang, EthanCA 1914 Huang, Hai JunIL 2079 Huang, HaibinMI 1506 Huang, JackCA 2533 Huang, JeffOR 984 Huang, JeffryCA 292 Huang, JimmyCA 2068 Huang, KerryTX 2210 Huang, LauraCA 398 Huang, MichaelCA 1170 Huang, MirandaMD 1434 Huang, NathanielAL 1889 Huang, PingNJ 1358 Huang, RayTX 1810 Huang, ShellyCA 1881 Huang, VincentMI 294 Huang, WeilingGA 1923 Huang, WeizheVA 1901 Huang, XiaoMD 1942 Huang, Xinsheng MichaelCA 2446 Huang, Zihao (Justin)NJ 2579 Hugh, AdamNJ 2379 Hugh, JudyIL 856 Hughes, JohnIL 949 Hughes, PhyllisOR 2206 Hui, JingwenMN 2003 Hui, JohnMA 545 Hui, KellyNJ 1198 Hui, RyanPA 1665 Hui, TimSC 1030 Hull, PaulNJ 1616 Hunsberger, StephenIA 0 Hunt, MarkCA 2126 Huo, LuvenaLA 767 Hurst, RobertNJ 1911 Hussain, AsifSC 1662 Hussey, CharlesCA 1772 Hutchins-Knowles, BrianNY 1567 Hutchinson, HenryAK 1781 Hutzel, AndrewCA 752 Huynh, BinhAL 1547 Huynh, KevinCA 1166 Huynh, XuanthaiNJ 505 Hwang, ClarissaNJ 489 Hwang, StephanieCA 2329 Hyatt, MichaelFL 2057 Ibanez, ErnestoNY 1325 Ibrahim, EmadNY 1425 Ibrahim, JoshuaCA 888 Ichaso, BillCA 486 Ichimura, EmiTX 2234 Ikeizumi, ClaudiaMD 946 Imran, ZiyanVA 1760 Inger, MikeCA 1309 Innamuri, PruthviPA 2270 Iodkovskiy, VladimirNC 2130 Ip, Spencer 530 Irak, Joseph

IN 1071 Irak, NicholasWA 832 Ishii, ArtOH 2038 Itunin, AleksandrWA 2161 Iturriaga, BernardoIN 1516 Ivaldi, ItaloIL 1950 Jablonski, ZbigniewCA 1868 Jackson, JaceWA 749 Jackson, JadonMD 2001 Jackson, MorrisNY 1191 Jacobson, GaryCA 2376 Jafar, ShujaNY 542 Jaffe, HenryCA 1288 Jain, SahilCA 132 Jain, YashCA 1824 Jamagocyan, VarujanNC 2390 Jamaspi, BehramFL 1290 Jameson, MikeTX 1703 Jampana, SreemanNJ 2003 Jang, Tae GeonNJ 1742 Jariwala, NikhilCA 1385 Javaherian, NasrinFL 911 Javeed, MasiFL 871 Javeed, Zaydi 1834 Jean, CamilleNV 1131 Jecov, DmitriFL 2248 Jeerapaet, KitNY 1601 Jeet, CheddieNC 1535 Jeffrey, R TimNY 2011 Jeong, Tae JongFN 2123 Jeovanie, DelgadoCA 1540 Jha, AshishCA 2626 Jha, KanakCA 2382 Jha, PrachiNC 2200 Jia, ZhenUT 1583 Jiang, AmandaNY 347 Jiang, DaHongCA 2134 Jiang, DianeCA 566 Jiang, MatthewNJ 853 Jiang, MichaelIL 953 Jiang, ZexinCA 61 Jiang, ZhiBoTX 1729 Jimenez, Chae SunCA 136 Jin, JeffreyOR 1494 Jin, JeffreyCA 1595 Jin, JingNY 1596 Jin, RichardCA 219 Jindal, PriyanCA 964 Jinon, NoelNJ 2021 Joe, BillyCA 1100 Joe, LisaCA 1722 Johnson, MarkCT 1217 Johnson, MarkIL 1143 Johnson, PhilipTX 1015 Jones, DavidNY 1402 Jones, GeoffFL 1899 Jordan, BernardoFN 1766 Jorres, JabdielOH 1762 Joseph, RonaldOH 1532 Joy, RonyMD 1085 Juran, DonaldNY 1986 Kaddoura, FadiWI 1912 Kade, FaridNC 2097 Kadija, DamirFL 1739 Kadin, RickNY 2132 Kadzinski, Jean PhilippeIL 59 Kagathi, BhavikaIL 663 Kagathi, Raj

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HI 1691 Kahanu, GeorgeCA 2044 Kahng, AlexTX 1912 Kajihara, CarolineNY 1739 Kam, PeterMD 1854 Kamara, MohamedVA 1697 Kaminsky, BarbaraPA 925 Kaminsky, GabrielFL 1941 Kanani, Jean MarieWA 1911 Kanatsu, NaokiCA 1921 Kandadi, SohanMD 1132 Kandel, AdamNJ 1910 Kandell, ScottVA 1397 Kang, BenjaminNJ 1504 Kang, Kyoung JungNY 1858 Kang, SangmooNY 2105 Kang, ScottNY 1288 Kang, Shi DeLA 1910 Kang, Sung HoCA 640 Kanyavong, SichanIL 2106 Kao, Wei-MinNY 773 Kaplan, ZacharyVA 1812 Kapsalakis, DeanNY 2106 Kapur, AshwinCA 1237 Karno, MarvinGA 1700 Karp, JohnNC 1469 Kartawira, ChrisNC 1720 Kartawira, IwanNC 1017 Kartawira, KarinMA 1812 Kasha, StevenNY 2203 Kashimawo, OlusholaCA 208 Kashlinsky, MaximCA 2577 Kashyap, AnalTX 1467 Kasmani, FarazVA 1413 Kasson, ScottNY 802 Katz, AdamCA 2203 Kawada, KentoIL 1338 Kaye, GordonCA 1718 Kazemi, BehnamMD 2298 Ke, RoyMD 1590 Ke, TiffanyIN 1024 Keep, BillSC 1472 Keklak, JonathanNH 2068 Kelly, TimothyNY 1021 Kendall, GailIL 1813 Kendle, BradleeMA 1229 Kenudson, CrisFL 1922 Kessler, DanielIN 1073 Keszthelyi, ZsoltIN 1957 Khailo, AndreCA 1857 Khairzad, KamranNY 839 Khan, AliNJ 1679 Khan, AmirIL 627 Khan, ArifME 1287 Khan, DennisIL 1919 Khan, Hussain AliIL 1653 Khan, MahmoodNY 2490 Khan, MatthewNJ 2070 Khan, MuhammedOH 1981 Khandelwal, SiddharthOH 2086 Khatami, AliIL 1448 Khoja, FaizAZ 1310 Khoshkhoosani, SeyedeWI 1195 Kicinski, KenMD 1061 Kilpatrick, SteveNJ 467 Kim, BryceNY 1115 Kim, JacobVA 2641 Kim, Jang HoCA 2000 Kim, JihyunNJ 1239 Kim, JonaMD 1261 Kim, KyongsookIL 1107 Kim, SamuelNJ 1197 Kim, SeanIL 1998 Kim, Seon HoWA 2137 Kim, ValeriCA 291 Kim, Young OakOR 850 Kimball, AntonFL 1374 Kimmel, StevenCA 1546 Kimura, HirokoCA 1546 Kimura, HirokoIL 1578 Kindig, WilliamIL 2144 Kini, VivekIL 765 Kir, JanNY 1126 Kirman, IgorNY 256 Kirman, ShayeFL 665 Kisic, MariaIA 1507 Kisler, TomMD 1973 Kissinger, TerryWI 1277 Klase, WilliamFL 2180 Klunthong, AroonMI 1913 Knapp, FredFN 2021 Knight, TyreseTX 1600 Knowles, JuanAZ 1493 Ko, EnochAZ 1470 Ko, MincheolAZ 1223 Ko, SamsonTX 1251 Ko, SeanGA 1669 Koh, C. Brandon

CA 1549 Kolano, JohnIN 1562 Kolb, RonaldUT 1154 Kolli, ShyamNY 1545 Kommel, AzizCA 1584 Kong, AlvinCA 465 Kong, JonathanCA 1219 Kong, KailynTX 1499 Kong, SerenaFL 1623 Kong, ShekNC 1433 Kornegay, JamesTX 1582 Kornegay, StephenNY 1766 Korobeinik, RuslanCA 915 Korol, BeniMN 1806 Kotz, PaulNY 1118 Koven, BrettIL 471 Kowalczyk, MarzenaCA 1337 Koyama, JaelynPA 1813 Kozak, JohnNY 1499 Kozlowska, AnnaIL 755 Kramer, SamuelCA 1525 Kravtsov, AlexeyTX 1827 Kressner, ScottIL 2261 Kretschmer, MariaNY 1306 Krijestorac, HarisFL 1115 Krimshtein, AnnaCA 1985 Krishnamoorthy, SatishCA 2066 Krishnan, AnandaFL 1674 Krishnaswamy, ShivTX 651 Kristanek, MarieMO 1469 Kristo, RobertNY 1518 Krit, ShakerMD 1480 Kronlage, YvonneNY 2118 Krupinski, Witold(Victor)IL 1067 Krynski, PaulGA 926 Kuang, JeffreyNY 682 Kugler, StephenNY 1820 Kumar, AlokTX 1422 Kumar, DivyCA 2092 Kumar, NikhilCA 706 Kumar, RohanNJ 1955 Kumar, SharathCA 2188 Kumar, ShivamCA 2329 Kumar, ShivanshWA 792 Kun, SopheapMD 1874 Kuo, Kuan-TingCA 2026 Kuo, PatrickTX 1432 Kurapati, AllenIL 2027 Kurcz, MarcinIL 2312 Kurek, ArturHI 853 Kuroki, RikoCA 189 Kwan, EliseON 1549 Kwan, KwongCA 971 Kwon, BradleyCA 491 Kwon, BryceCA 1677 Kwong, SunnyVA 862 Labell, MaxOR 928 Lackie, FrankNY 652 LaDuca, JeremiahTX 1253 Lahman, PhillipAZ 1977 Lai, AlexTX 1932 Lai, EvanWY 1594 Lai, JasonCA 1355 Lai, ThienMI 1347 Lake, CharlesOR 1429 Lake, KyleAZ 392 LaLoggia, WandaGA 1801 Lam, CalvinCA 1209 Lam, ConanNJ 1717 Lam, DavidCA 1024 Lam, HarrisonOR 2131 Lam, HauNJ 2098 Lam, JackTN 1961 Lam, JudeCA 1227 Lam, KelleyCA 1632 Lam, MichaelOK 1712 Lam, Si-DungIL 2233 Lam, SpenserOR 1634 Lam, ThangCA 183 Lamba, ShylFN 1464 Lamiero, RodrigoWV 1012 Lamp, JonTX 779 Lan, EllenIL 69 Lande, ArnavNY 2512 Landers, MichaelCA 960 Landis, RaymondNJ 1453 Lane, FlintMD 2160 Lang, LixinWI 1713 Lange, TracyCA 2094 Lardon, MikeNY 656 Large, GregoryMA 1219 Lasnik, HowardMA 1430 Lau, AlanFL 1249 Launonen, MattiNJ 546 Law, MichaelNJ 299 Law, MikeCT 2003 Lawrence, WilbertOH 1232 Lawton, SamOR 1646 Layton, SeanFN 1755 Layuno, JosueMI 1831 Le, DucOR 1777 Le, Ly AnhCA 2299 Le, Tuan DaiIL 1497 Le, Van ThanhCT 1056 Leathe, PeterVA 1689 Lee, AnthonyCA 312 Lee, ArdenNY 2466 Lee, Byeong CheolGA 1168 Lee, ChanMN 1137 Lee, CherNY 1472 Lee, Choon HeeTX 1362 Lee, ChristopherNJ 1338 Lee, Dae HeeMN 2225 Lee, DavidNY 1770 Lee, DerekNY 1514 Lee, GeorgeVA 1587 Lee, GordonMA 2041 Lee, JayNJ 1472 Lee, JinNC 1959 Lee, John

NY 1731 Lee, JohnsonWA 1893 Lee, JosephNY 1925 Lee, JoshuaCA 1143 Lee, KaiNY 888 Lee, KatherineCA 1727 Lee, KennethNY 783 Lee, KennethMI 2311 Lee, LesterNY 1822 Lee, MatthewCA 487 Lee, NathanNJ 1284 Lee, SuminTX 1180 Lee, SungsupTX 2066 Lee, ThanhIN 853 Lee, WendyNJ 1599 Lee, Yoon SeokNY 1986 Lee, Young-WoonNY 2073 Lee-Freithofnig, LudovicNJ 1959 Lehman, ChristopherWI 1200 Lehman, RobertNY 2430 Leibovitz, TahlCA 2057 Leitman, MarinaTX 2122 Lemal, BernardIL 136 Lemke, RobertFL 2049 Leparulo, WillyWI 1068 Lepold, JakubPA 2154 Leshinsky, MichaelOH 1264 Leslie, TomCT 1049 Lesniak, WladyslawOH 1682 Letic, MarijoAZ 1940 Leu, GiaCA 2061 Leung, Che-HimFL 1667 Leung, Gar BoVA 2170 Levene, MichaelGA 1601 Lew, HwaNY 1801 Lewis, AndrewPA 1327 Lewis, AndrewTN 1677 Lewis, CarlIA 1583 Lewis, Paul 2087 Lewis, RohanFN 845 Leyva, MarysolCA 117 Li, AlisonCA 261 Li, AlvinFN 2467 Li, An QiTX 1911 Li, BenjaminPA 2638 Li, BochaoMS 2598 Li, ChengNM 1323 Li, Chia-YehNY 789 Li, ChuqiaoVA 1701 Li, EricOH 1794 Li, FangTN 1880 Li, Fangxing (Fran)MD 1586 Li, GeorgeMA 2540 Li, GrantNY 2216 Li, GuangyueGA 2582 Li, Hangyu 1716 Li, HenryCA 1483 Li, IvyDC 448 Li, JiayuTX 2262 Li, JonathanTX 2157 Li, JoyCA 339 Li, KatiaIL 1407 Li, KevinCA 2105 Li, KevinOK 1660 Li, KevinGA 2711 Li, KeweiOR 524 Li, KurtIL 2098 Li, LeonMD 1197 Li, MichaelNY 1931 Li, MingCA 579 Li, MingboCA 2212 Li, Qi FanCA 2068 Li, Richard (Yin)NY 1097 Li, RoyCA 2492 Li, RuiNiPA 1621 Li, ShengyuNJ 1370 Li, ShiangtianCA 1587 Li, TedVA 1746 Li, TonyCA 2010 Li, Tzu-YingCA 1856 Li, XidanIA 1275 Li, XingchuNY 2421 Li, Yu XiangFN 2289 Li, YuhuaCA 2236 Li, Zhongtang (kevin)CA 1425 Liang, JasonWA 2644 Liang, JishanIL 1762 Liang, SimonFL 1860 Liang, TianCA 2674 Liang, YonghuiCA 1539 Liao, FafaIL 1560 Liao, JeffreyNY 1973 Libin, ZevWA 2031 Lieu, VietGA 1049 Li-Falcetta, MarcoMA 2182 Likerman, AlexMI 1147 Likic, StefanFL 1786 Lillie, JohnLA 1745 Lilly, JoshuaGA 1303 Lim, Alelandro 794 Lim, JeanCA 1871 Lim, JuneNY 1959 Lim, KennethTX 1226 Lim, SunilMI 2235 Lin, AllenCA 2465 Lin, BryantGA 1876 Lin, EmilieWA 1977 Lin, HaoCA 1790 Lin, Hsueh-yen 1516 Lin, HuiMD 1047 Lin, JessicaCA 1691 Lin, KatieMD 1574 Lin, LisaCA 101 Lin, MichelleGA 1710 Lin, PatrickCA 450 Lin, RyanNJ 2237 Lin, TinaFN 2103 Lin, XiangruiCA 1584 Lindo, HowardFL 1020 Lindsay, Margo

MD 1348 Ling, BoFL 1707 Ling, JasonON 1717 Ling, SimonMD 936 Ling, Zihan ChristopherNY 888 Lipsits, AlexanderNY 1149 Lipton, MarshallNJ 337 Liu, AliceTX 901 Liu, AustinMA 1392 Liu, BrianMD 1993 Liu, CharleneCA 1628 Liu, ChristopherCA 2589 Liu, DanCA 1636 Liu, DanielCA 321 Liu, EthanOR 2019 Liu, EthanNJ 913 Liu, FrankNY 2126 Liu, HongxuON 2148 Liu, JiabaoIL 1268 Liu, JohnCA 1162 Liu, JustinNJ 1960 Liu, KaiIL 876 Liu, KaibaiMN 1980 Liu, KairongNJ 1940 Liu, LeslieCA 190 Liu, NicoleCA 2041 Liu, Ping-ChienNY 1838 Liu, QianFN 2359 Liu, Quande DeOH 1949 Liu, RogerCA 176 Liu, RyanVA 752 Liu, ShurenVA 463 Liu, ShuyiMD 1660 Liu, SuCA 2343 Liu, VictorCA 1977 Liu, XuanNY 2308 Liu, YangGA 2375 Liu, Yitong(Wantong)CA 1624 Liu, YongjunDC 1389 Liu, ZhaoyuanCA 780 Liu, ZhihongCA 1918 Livshin, BellaIL 1200 Lkhagvajav, BaasanjavNY 960 Lo, GrahamCA 1571 Loadholt, WendellWA 1869 Lock, RaymondTX 1067 Lockwood, CharlesCA 2115 Loe, KockNC 2017 Logabalan, VigneshCO 1333 Loi, TanCA 535 Lok, Chui-ChuCA 1144 Lomaka, AlexandreTX 1294 Longpre, LucFN 1241 Lopez, JuanNY 1958 Lopez, RaulFL 1853 Lorand, VictorNY 998 Lorca, JuanIL 1694 Lorenc, SlawomirCA 2112 Lou, Yieng 862 Louth, CarolynMO 2156 Louvier, AndrewFN 1788 Lovell, AkeelCA 966 Lovell, CharlesFL 336 Low, JoeNJ 1877 Lu, AndrewCA 2331 Lu, Guo HuiNJ 1510 Lu, Hsu-ChangMD 1827 Lu, JasonIN 1539 Lu, JerryVA 1790 Lu, JieNJ 1943 Lu, MatthewNJ 1231 Lu, WilliamMI 1801 Lu, XiaotianCA 1730 Lu, Yueh YunNH 639 Lubin, JohnWA 1340 Lucero, GlennWA 1121 Lukens, GregOH 982 Lull, WilliamCA 1536 Lungu, AdrianCA 1587 Luo, AngelIN 1768 Luo, CameronCA 1294 Luo, Dongmin (Don)IN 2026 Luo, HenryIN 2199 Luo, RobertCA 1316 Luong, JonPA 2227 Lurty, ScottAL 1157 Luther, GaryCA 119 Luu, KristyWA 1312 Ly, DuCO 617 Ly, JadenCO 1666 Ly, PhongCA 1833 Ly, QuyenFL 1957 Lynum, JamesMD 1540 Ma, DarwinNY 1774 Ma, JanetCA 1917 MA, JiaXinFN 1855 Ma, KaijunWA 2225 Ma, LucyWA 2006 Ma, SteveNY 1893 Ma, WilliamFL 1792 Maadhavan, SarranyanFL 1780 Maamoun, AdamNJ 1711 Mace, OmarVA 1950 Mace, RoyNY 2084 Mack, RaymondCA 940 Madabusi, PreethiFL 2164 Mader, OlivierCO 1521 Madigan, Thomas DarrelIL 1446 Madrid, JamesNY 1100 Magloire, RotchildCA 243 Mahajan, MuditCA 290 Mahajan, PulkitFL 2206 Maharaj, DayanandFL 1527 Maharaj, DylitaFL 1510 Maharaj, ShivaCA 588 Maheshwari, AyushFN 2488 Mai, Hoang My TrangMA 1658 Maisel, DavidNY 943 Majied, SaleemUT 1729 Majors, Bruce

UT 1628 Majors, DaleTX 1793 Mak, JoshuaTX 1812 Mak, KamCA 618 Malcy, VivianTX 1139 Maldonado, OscarIL 1667 Maldre, KatrinCA 1918 Malek, AmandaCA 2279 Malek, AttilaCA 2022 Malek, ScottCA 1269 Malladi, BhargavCA 1561 Malladi, BhavyaCA 1494 Maloof, UnanTX 829 Man, TiffanyNY 1810 Maness, WesleyAZ 2010 Manginelli, AndrewIL 1578 Mani, GanesanCA 1220 Mannem, KeshavCA 1966 Mannem, RohanCA 203 Mannur, GandharCA 1671 Mao, ToonCA 1817 Mao, WinghingIN 1084 Maple, SteveGA 2241 Mar, JohnTX 986 Marchese, RyanIN 1641 Marcum, JerryFL 1031 Marik, VictorNY 1757 Markfeld, YaronPA 1129 Markin, SergeyOK 1798 Marks, DouglasIL 373 Maroon, JimIL 855 Marrone, DavidCO 1235 Martin, DennisPA 1603 Martin, GarySC 1658 Martin, IrvinNC 1836 Martin, MichaelCA 984 Martin, MichaelLA 1633 Martin, RichardNM 1363 Martinescu, TheoLA 1752 Martinez, GlennTX 1927 Martinez, GustavoTX 938 Martinez, MarioCT 1065 Martynow, JacekKS 1782 Maruthapandian, LavanyaOH 1911 Masminster, JosephFL 1529 Mason, JohnSC 1350 Massey, RandyCA 1694 Masterson, SeanCA 181 Mathew, GeorgeFL 1398 Matthews, BjornOR 731 Mayevskiy,SofiyaOR 1001 Mayevskiy, YevgeniyGA 1847 Mayfield,MatthewNY 2093 Mayzlin, AlexWA 1772 Mbow, UmarIA 1548 McCalley, BrandonIL 2014 McCartney, MarlonOK 782 McClanahan, JohnnyIL 1018 McCormack, ThomasVA 1263 McCormick, MichaelTX 1009 McCormick, TheodorePA 1975 McCoullum, HenryWV 961 McCoy, NickFL 1511 McCoy, TysonOH 1935 McEwan, OrlandoNY 1441 McFadden, JohnNH 1310 McFadden, SteveNY 1456 McGimpsey, WilliamFL 1447 McGinnis, DanielOR 1037 McGranaghan, IanOR 463 McGranaghan, MarkFL 1326 McKee, MizellFL 1542 McKinnon, RichardFL 1559 McLeod, MichaelTX 1017 McNally, TimothyAL 1782 McNeil, WarrenIL 1253 McNicholas, BradleyTX 865 McNutt, ZacharyCT 2267 McPherson, EmaniCA 1224 McPherson, RonaldNC 2005 McQueen, JimTX 1355 Mdahaduzzman, MunnaTX 1941 Medcalf, RandallTX 1178 Medina, RoderickCT 1786 Medina, SamuelCT 2135 Medunjanin, AdisCT 2097 Medunjanin, AdnanCT 1891 Medunjanin, AmelTX 1785 Meeks, RonaldCA 2199 Mehta, SubalTX 1329 Mei, ChristopherNY 1902 Mei, JianglinNV 1901 Meimban, JuneNY 1516 Mekhaiel, AlbertIL 1773 Melad, ReaganCA 1758 Melekhov, AlexON 2134 Melnik, AlexanderTN 1586 Memon, KashifNY 510 Mendez, DanielWI 1321 Mendoza, JasyGA 826 Meng, MichelleOR 893 Meng, ToddKS 690 Menon, RohitKS 749 Menon, SurajFN 1799 Mercado-Sanchez, ArmandoCA 1432 Meredith, AidanCA 1369 Meredith, StevenNY 1429 Messmer, MattCA 1936 Mi Sung, LimNJ 2400 Miao, QingTX 1075 Michael-Ogbe, OvieIL 1730 Michalak, StanislawAZ 1833 Migliaccio, ThomasIL 2052 Mihai, SebastianIL 1338 Mihailescu, MihaiCA 2111 Mihet, EmilianNC 1566 Miklowcic, JerredNM 1536 Miller, ChrisTX 1382 Miller, John

IN 1763 Miller, TonyMN 1250 Miller, WilliamIN 1569 Milton, BobNY 2136 Min, AndrewCA 266 Min, JerryMA 1365 Mino-Kenudson, MariWA 1917 Mioduszewski, VinceTX 1429 Mion, RobertCA 2236 Miranda, RudyNJ 1376 Mistry, JayeshIL 1061 Mitchell, AdamMI 1688 Mitroi, StefanGA 1827 Miyake, YasuhikoHI 794 Miyashiro, AngieHI 1167 Miyashiro, StewartNY 1558 Mizrahi, GabiNY 489 Mizrahi, MarcoCA 863 Mo, EmilyNJ 94 Mo, JasonNC 2399 Mo, Qiyuan (Caleb)CA 1884 Moayery, MohammadCA 959 Mody, IshaanTX 1396 Mody, MehernoshNY 1895 Mohammadi, MaziarTX 862 Mohan, ArnavKS 2259 Mojaverian, ParvizTX 1891 Mojtahed, MasoudNY 1277 Mok, Michael 2209 Mokhov, AndreyNV 2050 Mokuolu, AdedayoOH 1458 Moler, DonaldFN 922 Molina, IvanaCA 2470 Molla, ZamanFL 1697 Mombekov, KenshemirFL 1973 Monopoli, JerryNJ 1806 Montealegre, MillerNM 1631 Montoya, MorrisNY 683 Moon, In HakWA 2012 Moore, PatrickCA 2060 Morales, GuillermoFN 665 Moran, AlbertoPA 1527 Moran, DennisFN 382 Moran, InesIN 1306 More, RanjitFN 2305 Morita, FelipeOH 752 Morris, AubreyIL 1484 Morris, MathewMD 1893 Mossberg, JimCA 1641 Movsessian, ClaudeWI 1647 Moy, NoriIL 1753 Moy, ZacharyFL 1526 Moyant, KyleMD 1426 Mozingo, JamesFL 1161 Mozur, MikeMN 1523 Mu, EdwardTX 837 Mu, EmilyTX 1176 Mu, FuchenTX 1155 Mu, KevinCA 267 Mubbappa, AshvinFN 1739 Mucino, JorgeTX 1982 Mueller, RickCA 1871 Mugren, AbdulazizNY 1690 Mugren, IbrahimTX 2033 Muhich, JohnNJ 1536 Muni, NirajCA 482 Muni, PayalNC 1585 Murnahan, TonyCA 324 Murthy, AkhilCA 885 Murthy, SanjanaCO 1853 Musgrove, TimNM 1002 Nabb, JerryIA 1929 Nabity, KevinMD 2370 Nadmichettu, RaghuOR 878 Nagano, AmiIL 741 Nagarathnam, ManikandanCA 2034 Nagvekar, SanamMA 1772 Nagy, LaszloIL 1442 Naik, MaheshHI 1480 Nakamura, TakeoIL 1282 Nam, JamesWA 1065 Nam, ThomasCA 1632 Naqvi, SyedFN 1376 Naranjo, AngelIL 1971 Naresh, ArcotIL 507 Naresh, NandanIL 536 Naresh, SangitaIL 1438 Naresh, SidNC 1372 Nasser, MoustaphaNC 1850 Nasser, SamirMD 1384 Nathan, UlyssesFL 1937 Nathanson, UriNY 1777 Nazarbechian, TomasTX 1727 Nedrow, RandyFL 1745 Needham, WinstonNY 2044 Needle, MatthewTN 1506 Neely, BillFN 2121 Negron, SamuelFL 2029 Neimark, DashielMD 1152 Neis, AdrianoIN 1976 Nelson, ThomasCA 1943 Nestor, BrantonTN 1886 Neuendorf, TimCA 1504 Neumann-Takane, LayanCA 875 Newby, JeanIL 1020 Newman, JulianOH 1014 Newton, KyleGA 1609 Ng, DanielAZ 1526 Ng, HonNY 1484 Ng, KevinNY 1280 Ng, SamanthaCA 1811 Ngo, DungTN 1655 Ngo, HarrisonFL 1551 Ngo, NelsonCA 1606 Nguyen, AndrewCA 1107 Nguyen, CatWA 1523 Nguyen, ChiCA 2296 Nguyen, Ha TrungAL 1692 Nguyen, HungCA 1506 Nguyen, Hung

RATINGS


TX 2014 Nguyen, JeffCA 2336 Nguyen, JustinCA 2547 Nguyen, KhoaCT 1946 Nguyen, KimWA 2003 Nguyen, KyVA 2106 Nguyen, NamFN 2319 Nguyen, Ngoc Yen NhiOR 1687 Nguyen, NhaCA 1691 Nguyen, PaulCA 2234 Nguyen, Quoc BaoCA 102 Nguyen, StacyOR 1973 Nguyen, TaiIN 1618 Nguyen, TayCA 1628 Nguyen, ThanhOR 1948 Nguyen, ThomasCA 1999 Nguyen, ThongCA 2010 Nguyen, ThuyCA 1618 Nguyen, TommyCA 1303 Nguyen, WendyIL 1048 Ni, ChenpingMD 1480 Ni, HelenNY 1992 Nicholas, GeorgeVA 1997 Nicolas, FrederickMD 2294 Nie, DerekMI 1568 Niederreiter, JensIL 2095 Niewiarowski, LukaszMN 840 Nikolskaya, AlenaNY 1348 Ning, GuoHuaNY 945 Nisanov, PinkhasNY 2084 Nisbet, BenCA 1312 Niyati, KarlNV 678 Noble, SteveCA 1223 Noh, Young MinCA 969 Noone, CharlesTX 2115 Nordby, MarkNM 643 Nordell, LeifOH 1389 Norman, DelbertVA 1971 Norman, DennisVA 1631 Notestein, DanielCA 1320 Nuhic, IsakNY 1500 Nunez, PaulCA 232 Nungaray, NathanTX 2020 Oak, AnushkaTX 2415 Oak, NirajIL 669 Obernuefemann, SamNC 1941 OBrian, ChrisMD 729 O’Bryan, EugeneOR 837 Ochs, PhilipWA 1996 Ochsner, JohnIL 1925 Offord, KeithCA 1043 Ogawa, TadNY 1616 Ogilvie, JoeMN 1043 Ogitchida, MukwaNC 1586 Ogundipe, FemiPA 1842 Ogunshola, AbolajiIL 1905 Oh, KenNJ 1951 Oh, Soon SeokCA 1445 Ohanesian, SakoCA 2255 Ohira, KentaMO 1849 Okumura, KoichiIL 1575 Olingou, SergeNY 509 Oliver, DavidCA 1904 Olmos, OlyVA 2013 Olsen, JohnCA 1441 Olson, RichardMA 1248 O’Neil, KevinNY 2512 Ooka, HirokaOR 1231 Opocensky, ChrisCA 1904 Or, BarryCA 630 Orgel, AnnaFL 1892 Orvdia, YarivFL 1551 Ostrowski, TedFL 1771 Ou, JasperFL 2376 Ou, JonathanNY 2076 Oveissi, AliIL 1984 Owsiak, BoguslawNV 1688 Padernilla, GodfredMA 1975 Page, RobertOH 480 Paglin, LauraNC 1692 Pahl, JohnCA 1755 Palgon, RobertCA 1602 Palm, RichardLA 1338 Palmisano, VernCA 1569 Palmore, DavidIL 1357 Palys, DennisCA 1618 Pan, Johnny 1563 Pan, SherwinIL 2095 Pan, ZackOR 1614 Pandana, HermanNJ 1382 Pandya, RohanCA 1300 Pang, ChongVA 1770 Pang, JamesMA 1296 Pang, XianghuiIL 384 Panjwani, ArmaanNJ 1855 Papadimitriou, IoannaNY 1637 Papayanopoulos, ConstantinCA 281 Paranjape, AnoushkaIL 2069 Pardeshi, AkashCA 1898 Parfenov, SashaNJ 233 Park, GeneNJ 1629 Park, JosephNY 1178 Park, JosephNY 2190 Park, JoshuaPA 1085 Park, Kyong (Sara)FL 1732 Park, PaulNY 1158 Park, SusanNV 836 Parker, B.J.CA 620 Parsi, VidulIL 621 Parthasarathy, MaithreyiPA 2046 Parthsarthy, PrasiddhaFN 1643 Partida, EdgarCA 2406 Patel, AashayCA 1817 Patel, AnjaleeNJ 757 Patel, FarhanWA 1399 Pattison, EricWI 1900 Pavelski, AaronTX 1706 Pavlicek, ClaytonFN 1628 Paz, AndresCA 850 Pearson, Fred

NJ 1771 Pei, AndrewNJ 1823 Pei, PatrickNY 1424 Pelshe, AndyNY 2053 Pena, Juan MiguelNY 1661 Pena, MiguelOR 1699 Peng, JohnYengNJ 2293 Peng, YingMI 1863 Peradotto, DaveVA 1530 Peralta, CarlosFL 1277 Perera, NelmaMO 2324 Pereyra, PatricioFN 1212 Perez, GabrielFN 1482 Perez, KermitNY 2186 Perez, ReynaldoNC 1509 Perez, RichardIL 1801 Perrine, DavidMI 438 Perry, JoelCT 1366 Perzan, KazWA 781 Petersen, DanMO 2086 Peterson, AndrewCT 1972 Petroj, VanesaVA 1747 Petrone, VincentNJ 416 Petrushkevich, SergeyTN 1910 Petty, TyroneAZ 856 Pfeister, MichaelIN 2082 Pham, C. T.CA 1718 Pham, KhangCO 2158 Pham, Nhu PhongGA 1773 Pham, TuanMA 1840 Pham, Tuan HongCA 245 Phan, DerrickMA 1398 Phan, HoaCA 1700 Phan, SangCA 2264 Phan, TungFN 2006 Phuong, Truong Pham MinhNY 2140 Picciotto, DanielNM 2056 Pickett, RonaldFN 2417 Pietri Lugo, RichardIN 1313 Pinapati, RichardMA 1513 Ping, JindeCA 2069 Pinili, Keiran MarkCA 2099 Pinili, KennethMD 1216 Pires, MarceloFL 1914 Pisarczyk, TomaszOH 641 Pitrof, JeffIL 1254 Pjesky, ShawnMD 2210 Plaisted, ThomasSC 1988 Plankenhorn, HeikoCT 688 Plassman, CarlIL 2020 Plugowski, BogdanIL 1841 Plunkett, MichaelOH 1352 Pobathi, AshwiniCA 1935 Pohl, AntonyIL 1817 Polecki, HenryPA 1740 Polishuk, LeonidNJ 862 Pollard, TomCA 1365 Portillo, ChristopherAZ 1956 Potaychuk, SimenTX 1331 Potts, KenGA 1574 Pourmehr, DarienGA 1223 Pourmehr, Fred(Faramarz)GA 1182 Pourmehr, KathyWA 1628 Pouv, SophalMO 2224 Preiss, AustinFL 1436 Preston, DaveTX 1388 Prewitt, GaryTX 1391 Prewitt, TimGA 1653 Prieto, AlbertoNJ 595 Primus, CaesarTX 1029 Prindle, CynthiaTX 75 Pritchard, HannahTX 1166 Pritchard, ScottVA 1780 Pritchett, WesleyNY 2647 Provost, DamienIL 1902 Puchalski, KrzysztofCA 2014 Puchulutegui, JorgeMD 1450 Puls, ChrisCA 1917 Puri, SahilUT 1234 Qi, AlexanderAZ 482 Qi, RichardMN 2447 Qi, WeiAZ 559 Qin, JonathanGA 1770 Qin, TinaNJ 1773 Qiu, ClaireMD 2111 Qu, AnthonyCA 1229 Quon, HarrietFN 1689 Qurles, JeanIL 1580 Rabjohn, DustyFL 1537 Rackard, DennisMD 1909 Radom, MarkCA 1175 Raghavan, AnikaWI 1513 Raghavendran, MuralikrishnanTX 1890 Rahdar, BehdadNC 1501 Rajaram, SattanathanIL 1859 Ramakrishnan, Narasimhan NJ 1236 Ramalingam, BalaCA 1222 Raman, SrutiCA 1745 Ramanath, MunagalaCA 1619 Ramaswami, ShreyasCA 829 Ramaswamy, AshwinCA 572 Ramaswany, PudurFL 1917 Rameau, RandolphCA 913 Ramesh, SamarthPA 2037 Ramirez, JohnCT 1492 Randmer, GlenCA 279 Ranii, CynthiaMA 1774 Ranocha, RomanCA 1776 Rao, RajeevFL 1574 Rapp, PeterWI 1233 Rasmussen, ElroyCA 1028 Rastogi, MikeyMD 2237 Ratti, StefanoTX 1888 Rautis, JamesCA 1284 Raymond, JimNY 627 Raytsen, MayaOR 892 Rea, MarkMT 1764 Redekopp, DallasNM 1032 Redman, JonMD 1572 Reed, Reginald

ID 1669 Reff, MichaelMO 1329 Reft, LukeNY 1057 Rehbein, JurgIL 415 Rehmani, ArmaanIL 1386 Rehmani, AsifIN 1612 Reid, RicardoFL 1341 Reilly, RickCA 1085 Ren, EvanCA 295 Ren, JoshuaTX 1461 Ren, LeiCA 2460 Ren, RuqinNV 2175 Resek, ErrolCA 1852 Reyes, LuisMD 2210 Reyes, NapoleonCO 1094 Reynard, KennethTX 1016 Reynolds, DanielWI 1633 Reynolds, JimFL 1479 Reynolds, JohnOR 1184 Reynolds, NancyVA 576 Rhee, LeAnneVA 2000 Rhee, SamuelWA 1183 Rho, ChristopherAL 1850 Richardson, CedricNJ 708 Richardson, GerardIA 1739 Riek, NormanIL 1412 Ritter, BenFN 1546 Rivera, CalebFN 1098 Rivera, FabianFN 999 Rivera, FabiolaFN 1874 Rivera, JohanesFN 1418 Rivera, KevinFN 2050 Rivera, LuisFN 1650 Rivera, MelisaFL 1791 Rivero, CarlosNH 607 Robbins, BradleyNH 527 Robbins, PhilFL 1361 Robbins, William (Bill)NJ 668 Roberge, JohnCA 1594 Roberson, SamuelCA 2242 Roberts, DavidTX 1470 Robertson, BenjaminMI 1583 Robinson, TerryCA 1591 Robles, AntonioNM 1671 Roche, EdNY 1693 Rockwell, SamWI 937 Rode, RyanAZ 1258 Rodich, MileFL 1880 Rodriguez, JoseFL 1542 Roeder, EberhardOR 1395 Roeser, TomFL 1716 Rofoogaran, MassoodFN 1626 Rojas, GenarisCA 290 Rollins, KennyFN 1966 Rosa Collazo, EdwinNJ 1217 Rosales, JustinCA 338 Rose, GregNY 1427 Rosenfeld, DanielOH 1535 Rostankowski, MichaelTX 1949 Roufeh, Tahereh (Mahin)FL 1990 Rowe, DwightFN 1487 Rowland, MattOR 1506 Roy, AnthonyNH 1257 Roy, HankMI 1574 Roychoudhury, RohonIL 1400 Rozanski, AndyOH 714 Rozumalski, RonAZ 485 Ruan, AnthonyNV 1967 Rubin, DavidNV 1525 Rubio, IvanFN 2106 Rudder, DaleCA 1474 Rudenko, AnatolyIL 1189 Runcie, TreyCA 2271 Ryait, DisneyTX 1932 Ryberg, ColeFL 1928 Ryvkin, DmitryVA 1797 Saadat, SeyedIL 1250 Sabau, EmilianOH 1530 Sabella, JosephMI 1038 Sabo, RobertTX 1821 Sacco, RaymondVA 1597 Saha, SudipMD 1478 Sahakian, AraCT 1800 Sahar, AdamCA 1322 Sahgal, AayushCA 135 Saito, AyaneTX 1248 Saiyararyanan, VijayMD 1524 Sajed, MortezaMD 2137 Sakai, DavidMD 1799 Sakai, DonnaWI 779 Salas-Lieves, OmarNJ 1918 Salay, MickeyCA 2107 Salcido, AlexanderTX 1691 Saleem, ShirazAZ 1690 Salek, KamranNY 1632 Salmon, TrevorNJ 1621 Samkoff, RhodaNJ 1579 Sammy, AlexanderWA 905 Sampson, BillCA 2209 Sanchez, MarcoCA 797 Sanchez, MarcoFN 1836 Sandiford, JavadNJ 1664 Sandin, JoelTX 1784 Sangren, LarryCA 1924 Sanidad, Peter JohnCA 3 Sankuratri, AshwinTX 2504 Santos, EmilPA 2037 Saperstein, RobertAZ 1549 Saria, RobertoMD 1717 Satskiy, SergeyGA 858 Sauerman, ScottTX 1754 Savell, VanVA 1921 Sawnery, T.J.AZ 1443 Sbarra, JeremiahMA 904 Scaccia, LeeFL 1394 Scheipner, GeorgeIL 1089 Scherner, TimNY 578 Schiff, MartinMD 1877 Schlager, GaryCA 2297 Schmidt, AvishyCA 1313 Schmidt, Mike

TX 1549 Schmidt, TiloIN 1747 Schmucker, PhilipCT 1620 Schneider, BenjaminMA 712 Schnur, MaxCA 1685 Schrader, LisaNY 2144 Schuback, JoshuaOR 502 Schultz, DeanOH 595 Schultz, JonathanNJ 963 Schwartz, ZaneTX 2416 Schwartzberg, PerryWI 1362 Scobey, PaulWI 465 Scobey-Polacheck, LiamNY 1885 Scott, AlbertFL 472 Scott, DebbieCA 1488 Scott, LarryMI 1336 Scrivano, Daniel(Danny)MI 1312 Scrivano, JoeNV 1124 Seale, Li-RongOH 908 Seeds, MatthewOH 653 Seeds, ToddWA 1379 Seehorn, KarlIN 2447 Seemiller, DanielIL 2215 Seemiller, DanielPA 2270 Seemiller, RandyVA 2212 Seemiller, Richard DavidTX 1226 Segesta, AlexTX 1117 Segrest, JamesTX 971 Segrest, James CharlesIN 1956 Seibold, LeeCA 1555 Seiple, KennethNC 1962 Sekaran, Senthil KumarMA 1540 Seltzer, TynanTX 846 Sengezer, BaranNY 384 Seo, GinaNY 1822 Seo, Young JinFN 2258 Serrano Torres, Luis EduarFN 2261 Serrano Torres, Luis Enriq 1672 Sert, EnesNC 2062 Settle, D.J.ON 1801 Seymour, RichardCA 2356 Shah, AarshAZ 872 Shah, AnujIL 1899 Shah, EjazCA 469 Shah, KathanMD 1672 Shah, MohitGA 1570 Shah, RajeshCA 2192 Shahnazari, RobertMD 1378 Shaikh, SameerFN 1576 Shakalu, MossaMD 880 Shanahan, DanielMD 819 Shanahan, GrantFN 2517 Shang, YuanyuanMD 1672 Shankarakrishnan, SureshKY 2219 Shankaren, Chandramouli MA 1207 Shao, PaulNY 2490 Shao, YuCA 931 Shapero, DavidCA 2012 Shapiro, AharonMA 2326 Shapiro, VladimirCA 1560 Sharg, VladimirMD 2118 Sharifi,HosseinCA 1896 Sharma, ArunIL 1838 Sharma, RajeevCA 159 Sharma, SajanNY 1736 Shaykevich, YuriyIL 1824 Shehadeh, NabilCA 1665 Shehata, AndrewNJ 796 Shelkowitz, PhyllisIL 1169 Shelor, BrysonIL 1485 Shelor, ChristopherIL 1611 Shelor, PaulNY 678 Shen, JimmyCA 2185 Shen, KevinNJ 1549 Sheng, Tan TsuMD 1316 Sheppard, AustinCA 192 Sheth, VedNJ 1976 Shi, AnnieGA 2607 Shi, DiweiCA 1934 Shi, HaoFN 2796 Shi, MingyuNY 1672 Shi, Xin PingCA 1665 Shiau, AlbertCA 580 Shiau, EmilyTX 1918 Shih, JohnathanOR 1486 Shih, PaulNJ 2211 Shih, SantosNJ 2151 Shih, StephanieTX 1277 Shih, Wen-ShiCA 1274 Shiju, TharunWA 2365 Shim, JasonOR 2031 Shim, KernNY 1224 Shirzay, BashirCA 443 Shivakumar, KaushikFL 1518 Shiwa, FelipeOR 975 Shmulevsky, MikeCA 2330 Shodhan, ShashinNY 1864 Shortz, WillNJ 2175 Shtofmakher, SimonAZ 1889 Shtorper, FilexGA 1640 Shu, XiaokuiIN 2194 Shukyurov, VladimirWI 1396 Shuler, GregNY 2336 Shulkin, IgorMN 1780 Shurslep, AlexMD 1785 Siaw, GeorgeCA 1653 Silberman, AllenIL 1923 Silic, MurisFN 732 Silva, JosueCA 94 Simha, AdityaDC 1502 Simkovic, JozefFL 949 Simmons, PhillipIN 1751 Simon, CraigMA 531 Simon, MichaelOH 1434 Simon, MichaelCA 1602 Simon, RichardCA 751 Sims, MonicaCA 1810 Singer, StuffyTX 1883 Singh, AnilIL 1616 Singh, JaspreetTX 1648 Singh, Kiran

CA 1749 Singhal, SaarthakIN 1438 Sinha, DinkarPA 1924 Sinha, ShayMI 530 Sitek, EdwardCA 2267 Siu, GeorgeNJ 1637 Sivabada, SivarajaTX 1555 Sivaraman, NiranjanNY 1041 Skangalis, AnrisCA 1521 Skelton, ParkePA 2310 Skolnick, GabrielPA 2350 Skolnick, MicaiahWA 1133 Skowronek, RonAL 1870 Skripnik, IvanMD 1887 Slapnik, BobTX 754 Slezak, JohnFL 2199 Slocombe, AndrewIL 1006 Slomba, LukeMD 2030 Smart, JeffMD 1529 Smart, YvonneIN 1241 Smedstad, DonVA 1117 Smith, BenjaminOR 1045 Smith, BrynaMI 546 Smith, DialloOH 1848 Smith, GregVA 1206 Smith, JayGA 1662 Smith, KyleIL 1353 Smith, LakeIL 712 Snarr, MikeIN 1670 Sneath, RodTX 440 Snell, MikiTX 1097 Snell, PeterKY 2183 Snider, NicholasIL 1348 Snigurskaya, NataliaPA 1585 Snyder, AndrewCA 1628 Soedjono, EngMI 1515 Sofian,VirgilCT 1345 Sokal, JozefMO 1605 Sokol, StanleyIL 2179 Solis, EngelbertWA 2019 Solomon, ChristianCA 1673 Soltero, AngelIL 1537 Soltwisch, DavidIL 1622 Somarapu, DeepakWA 1369 Sonachalam, SekarNJ 1516 Song, AndrewLA 1583 Song, BryanNY 1841 Song, DavidGA 906 Song, GeorgeNY 1472 Song, JoannaIL 1366 Soni, AmritAZ 1435 Sooc, JohnnyWI 1227 Sorensen, LarryMD 1919 Sotero, ReginaldCA 1763 Soto, PatrickOH 1227 Southard, HoustonNC 1896 Soylu, BilalNY 741 Sparkes, NivIN 1316 Speicher, RandyMI 534 Speshock, DerrickCA 1834 Spesick, TomCA 1363 Spitz, NoahNY 1618 Spitzer, RobertWI 2146 Sranko, LadislavCA 1885 Sribhashyam, SashrikNJ 323 Srinivas, AbhayNJ 197 Srinivas, AnushaCA 1584 Srinivasan, SanthoshkumarCA 753 Srivastava, SaanviTX 1598 Standridge, BryceTX 1834 Stanley, RichardTX 1987 Stasinowsky, KymIL 2004 Stastny, JaroslavVA 1529 Staylor, JohnWA 1244 Steffens, WayneCA 1768 Steinegger, RainerIL 1892 Stender, MatthiasMD 1484 Stepanov, MatveyCA 1189 Stephens, TimCT 2082 Stephenson, DennisCA 1769 Sterling, DarylIL 969 Sternfield,DannyMI 1329 Stewart, SidneyGA 2087 Stirbu, Petrica (Petro)FL 2094 Stollenmeier, WernerIN 2183 Stout, DavidIN 1540 Stout, JamesOH 1607 Stover, LincolnIL 1756 Stoykov, YankoGA 1259 Strachan, GlenCA 1247 Streng, Andrew 1248 Stribling, RandyCT 1801 Studenikin, ArtemCA 1583 Sturtevant, MikeWA 1840 Su, ChadFL 1258 Su, ChristianFL 1983 Su, HugoOR 1614 Su, MengjinAZ 1483 Suarez, JoseTX 1693 Subonj, AnnaTX 1172 Subonj, ChristinaTX 2414 Subonj, ViktorianWI 1745 Subramanian, VijayNY 510 Suen, BrandonNY 2124 Suen, EdmundWA 1713 Suen, EdwardCA 2222 Suenaga, MayumiNJ 1713 Suh, EricCA 864 Suh, NathanoelWI 473 Suino, CameronFL 1778 Sujo, CarlosFL 2025 Sujo, LuisMA 1962 Sukher, LeonidIL 315 Sukthankar, SatejCA 1594 Sukul, BalaOH 1822 Sullivan, CliffordIL 1114 Suman, NavneetCA 363 Sun, BrianGA 909 Sun, CharleyIL 1942 Sun, DavidCA 1740 Sun, Dewei (Frank)

ON 1677 Sun, GaoNY 895 Sun, HeejuTX 2048 Sun, KelvinTX 2243 Sun, KunNJ 699 Sun, RobertVA 2146 Sun, WadeIL 1816 Sun, Weiliang JordanFN 2616 Sun, XiaomengVA 447 Sun, XinYangNY 581 Sun, YunjuFL 1804 Sundel, MartinIL 461 Sundrani, AdamIL 728 Sundrani, SabreenaIL 695 Sundrani, SeanCA 1586 Sung, Jia-YuCA 1596 Sung, JoannaCA 1778 Sung, MonicaCA 1930 Sung, RachelNJ 914 Suraneni, KumarCA 2206 Surmann, OlafIA 1503 Susac, DenisCA 1856 Suzuki, ChiyakoIN 1240 Swan, KevinNY 1143 Swart, DanielMI 0 Swartz, KenMI 2117 Sweeris, DellFL 1494 Swift, BenNH 1303 Swift, WilliamIL 1532 Szacilowski, TomaszNJ 1468 Sze, JeanIL 1967 Szostak, KrzysztofIL 499 Szot, TimIL 1083 Szymanski, MarkCA 512 Tabibian, FarkhondehMA 2075 Tai Du, GuoNY 910 Takamatsu, HajimeMA 1273 Takeda, YujiCA 1489 Talada, VijayFL 200 Talati, ArjunCA 1117 Talluri, KarthikCA 2073 Tam, TonyCA 35 Tam, VincentNY 1481 Tan(Foster), PingCA 1670 Tan, AngieNY 1703 Tan, CarlCA 1072 Tan, EmilyTX 1917 Tan, JacksonMA 520 Tan, JerryMA 723 Tan, StevenUT 1225 Tan, TammieMA 1832 Tan, XiaofengMD 2037 Tanaka, KenichiroCA 229 Tandon, AnushkarCA 1894 Tandon, TarunCA 2076 Tang, AlanNV 1517 Tang, AllanPA 1762 Tang, HaineAZ 1728 Tang, JasonFL 1140 Tang, StanleyMD 2336 Tangyingyong, SutanitTX 1050 Tanner, RalphWA 1135 Tanner, SeanCA 1535 Tantravahi, PranavWA 2008 Tao, WuchengNJ 1742 Tao, XinNJ 723 Tatum, TaiWI 1064 Taxman, RoyalFL 1693 Tedesco, TrentNY 1692 Teitel, GideonOR 1455 Teodorescu, GeorgeGA 1887 Teotia, SeemantMO 1601 Terzic, NikolaCA 1511 Thai, QuyenCA 1192 Thakkar, NeelNY 1975 Thang, BuiPA 1635 Theil, MartinCA 2252 Therriault, JamesIL 516 Thobani, AimanIL 597 Thobani, NamirCA 641 Thomas, NaveenFL 2033 Thompson, DelroyWI 1594 Thor, SithaOH 1121 Thornton, JonCA 2248 Thounaojam, Opendro SinghCA 1404 Thrasher, StevenNJ 1403 Thurston, TravisOK 1450 Tiger, DonaldWA 2235 Timsuwan, SakdaCA 1995 Tio, FredrickCA 2304 Tio, NicholasOH 1957 Tith, KosalFL 1530 Tittel, TimothyNY 1344 Tjahaya, AugieMA 1826 Tkachenko, DmitryOH 1178 Tobias, ZackUT 2047 Todd, WilliamCA 1152 Tokuhara, BurtIN 1350 Tolen, Robert

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NJ 1736 Tom, GeneTX 1504 Tomescu, Nicolae (Nick)CO 1692 Tomoi, SamPA 1461 Ton, WinCA 2392 Tong, Fei-MingCA 2229 Tong, HowardCA 1075 Tong, Kwan EdCA 1545 Tong, TeddyFN 2040 Torres Santiago, AlexTX 2081 Torres Zevallos, RobertoCA 2126 Torres, GermanFN 1751 Torres, PedroNC 1962 Tran, ChiNY 2375 Tran, DeFN 1771 Tran, DominoCA 2019 Tran, EricaVA 2167 Tran, HiepFN 2365 Tran, Hoai NamMN 1687 Tran, HoangMD 2096 Tran, JoshuaCA 1938 Tran, KietIL 778 Tran, LawrenceCA 1455 Tran, LongCA 2212 Tran, MatthewMN 2131 Tran, MichaelTX 2137 Tran, MinhTX 694 Tran, Nam-TuanNC 1562 Tran, SabrinaCA 2425 Tran, TheodoreCA 854 Tran, ThomasCA 1471 Tran, ThuOK 1211 Tran, TiffanyTX 2318 Tran, TuanMN 1788 Tranter, JohnCA 815 Treigherman, DanielCA 1396 Treigherman, PhilipMI 1292 Treisman, EdwardMD 560 Treisman, GlennMD 374 Treisman, IsaacWI 349 Treisman, JonathanCA 282 Treisman, WarrenCT 2064 Triumph, ClydeIL 1708 Trofimov,DenisNJ 1274 Trofimov,DmitriyNJ 1549 Trofimov,MichaelMN 2186 Truelson, ThorTX 1307 Truong, Quoc HuyCT 1621 Trusiewicz, MikeIN 2064 Trykall, DavidNY 853 Tsai, JeffreyTX 1699 Tsai, JoeyTX 1813 Tsai, KevinGA 1183 Tsaur, EthanCA 1800 Tse, AnikaNY 1923 Tsitoghdzyan, TigranCA 1683 Tsung, JulianCA 1964 Tsvor, SergeyCA 278 Tu, CindyCA 1962 Tu, EdmondCA 1025 Tu, JosephWA 1587 Tu, LucyCA 1214 Tu, NormanCA 2440 Tu, Truong ManhNY 525 Tucker, HarrisonCA 220 Tummala, PraneethCA 2059 Tung, EvanCA 525 Tung, FaithAZ 1898 Turberville, JayTX 1000 Turpin, WilliamTX 1433 Tyrell, RyanIL 1430 Tysl, RobertPA 1993 ud-Doula, AsifNY 1056 Ughoc, EdgardoCA 2013 Ukapatayasakul, BillNY 1814 Ulich, ThomasNY 861 Umeda, AyakaCA 2343 Umel, DavidNC 1634 Unanue, RichardTX 1784 Uniyal, AkhilTX 1241 Uniyal, VendagTX 760 Uniyal, ViviktIL 1206 Upshaw, RamarCA 414 Utpat, SharvVA 1680 Vaddadi, NaveenCA 916 Vaden, MichaelTX 783 Vadlamani, SiddharthCA 1862 Valdoria, RodelFN 1519 Valeeva, RenataCA 384 Valenzuela, RobertCA 1029 Vallabhapurapu, MohanFL 1858 Van Brussel, AveryMI 1323 Van Camp, RobertCA 1763 Van De Wiele, PhilipMD 1581 Van Dusen, PhilipWI 1413 Van Emburgh, JensonVA 1685 Van Name, JonathanNC 1350 Van Nynatten, Fred

IL 1920 Vanegas, JorgeOR 1526 VanSlyke, BobWI 1715 Vartani, HenryIL 1704 Vasilev, VeselinNH 2287 Vasquez, JerryPA 1660 Vastine, DonaldCA 1604 Vattuone, RichardVA 1474 Vaturi, SharonAZ 1375 Vays, LevNY 1458 Vega, AlbertoFN 2029 Vega, AxelLA 1129 Veizer, KeithMA 1342 Vekhov, YegorTX 1213 Velazquez, MannyFN 1958 Velez, OmarTX 1246 Venkat, RamamoorthyVA 1607 Ventura, JorgeOH 1330 Ventura, PeteNY 1255 Vera, EddyFN 402 Verdugo, GermanCA 848 Verny, AllenOH 2068 Vesel, RichardWI 1111 Vievesis, ZigmasMD 692 Vilboux, ThierryCA 1362 Villacarlos, PaulIL 1897 Villanueva, MarcFN 247 Villasenor, AngelFN 655 Villasenor, JoseCT 2224 Virgo, ErnestFL 1546 Viriamu, AlexCA 2049 Vo, QuangCT 1376 Vogt, DanCT 1629 Von Kohorn, JeffreyWA 1788 Voronin, AlexNJ 204 Vu, AlexNC 1975 Vu, VanCA 1905 Vuong, Dean 2151 Wada, NaomiFL 1798 Wada, SatokoTX 1451 Wade, DouglasPA 1605 Walk, BillPA 2038 Walk, DanielPA 2220 Walk, MichaelCT 1310 Walker, DennisTN 1506 Walker, John EddTN 940 Walker, MaryMI 1500 Walkowiak, RobertNY 1116 Wallace, KevinNY 440 Wallis, ZacharyVA 1738 Walton, KevinNY 1682 Wan, ClemensNJ 2468 Wang, AllenCA 256 Wang, AltonNJ 2224 Wang, AmyTX 880 Wang, BrandonNY 2520 Wang, Can KevinGA 964 Wang, CaseyTX 1176 Wang, ChingMD 2304 Wang, CrystalGA 1905 Wang, DavidGA 989 Wang, EricCA 542 Wang, EthanWA 1418 Wang, HaohanMD 2202 Wang, HeatherNJ 2317 Wang, JackCA 190 Wang, JacklynGA 2161 Wang, JamesFL 1771 Wang, JamesTX 1578 Wang, JessicaNY 1316 Wang, JiazhouNY 1827 Wang, JinCA 111 Wang, JustinIN 1443 Wang, KanAZ 483 Wang, KerwinOR 1031 Wang, LawrenceNJ 456 Wang, LeoOR 2269 Wang, Maoxi GeorgeNY 2495 Wang, Max QinminNJ 2196 Wang, Mendy (Ke)MA 2321 Wang, MichaelCA 172 Wang, MichaelTX 934 Wang, NeoNV 1539 Wang, OdoNY 2029 Wang, Q SMD 2565 Wang, Qing LiangNJ 1994 Wang, RayTX 1620 Wang, RobertCA 2546 Wang, RuiCA 92 Wang, RyanTX 2475 Wang, ShuaiFN 2352 Wang, SuziTX 2627 Wang, TimothyFN 1617 Wang, XiaoliangNY 2123 Wang, XiaoyongNY 2445 Wang, XinYuePA 1498 Wang, YidiIL 1135 Wang, YunAZ 842 Wang, YuQinFN 2433 Wang, ZhaoTX 2383 Wang, ZheTX 1957 Wang, ZheMD 2243 Wang, ZibingCA 1798 Wang, ZiliNY 1819 Ward, AinsleyDC 1814 Washington, JimCA 1283 Wasserman, SiCA 2007 Watanabe, KanaCA 2496 Watanabe, KengoFL 1285 Watanabe, MakikoMD 1992 Waters, JulianCA 1273 Watkin, RogerVA 1804 Weber, RonaldNJ 2113 Wechsler, MariusMD 2218 Wei, BarbaraMA 1554 Wei, GeorgeVA 817 Wei, JerryCA 1996 Wei, KevinMI 1573 Wei, Tom

GA 2125 Wei, TongMI 360 Wei, TylerCA 1979 Wei, WesleyNY 2346 Wei, WilsonFN 2449 Wei, Yang SongWI 1443 Weiland, BrianWI 858 Weiland, JamesWI 2024 Weiland, JimPA 1334 Weiner, MarkCA 1649 Weinstein, SaulCA 1192 Weiss, RalphNV 1005 Weissman, AlanAZ 1379 Welsh, RobertMA 1366 Wen, AlinaGA 1339 Wen, GeorgeOR 510 Werner, TrentPA 2202 Wetzler, JohnMN 2030 Weyessa, NemeraOR 935 Whisler, CaseyMI 1562 White, ByronNC 2091 Whitmeyer, MichaelGA 1006 Wiggins, JohnGA 780 Wiggins, MarkGA 1190 Wiggins, MikeCO 1333 Wilcox, YokoWA 1144 Wilder, DonnaOH 1396 Wilke, MichaelLA 1634 Wilkins, ChadNY 2039 Williams, CarlosVA 1716 Williams, CharlesVA 1812 Williams, JeraldTX 1127 Williams, LorenNY 1967 Williams, VibertMD 1810 Willis, ReginaldIN 1302 Willitts, JimOR 424 Wilson, AngieFL 941 Wilson, AnnaGA 1568 Wilson, BlairOR 740 Wilson, BobIN 847 Wilson, BudMO 1908 Wilson, EvertonOR 619 Wilson, JackOR 927 Wilson, KaiaAZ 2240 Winkler, MatthewCA 1109 Witkowski, WalterFL 964 Wolf, WilliamIL 2046 Wolski, MichaelIL 2323 Wolski, WojciechOR 538 Woltjer, MarkusCA 646 Wong, Albert 1138 Wong, AndyCA 1527 Wong, BenjaminCA 1035 Wong, DanielCA 1240 Wong, DavidMA 1247 Wong, DavidNJ 2118 Wong, Hing SingCA 360 Wong, JessieNY 1281 Wong, JonCA 2184 Wong, JordanKS 1649 Wong, Kin HoCA 2127 Wong, MichaelNY 1050 Wong, MichaelNY 1533 Wong, Qin Zhi (Darryl)CA 1292 Wong, ReynoldMI 1756 Wong, TimothyCA 2123 Wong, WaiNY 2307 Woo, PhillipMD 1747 Wood, KlausCT 1791 Wright, GraysonWI 1911 Wruck, DouglasCA 274 Wu, AleckCA 1010 Wu, AlexanderTX 2092 Wu, BryanCA 2380 Wu, EricaOH 1560 Wu, FumingCA 1113 Wu, Isaac 1053 Wu, Liang ChunFN 2202 Wu, LongOH 833 Wu, MeileenNY 1816 Wu, NathanNY 1889 Wu, PatrickFN 2147 Wu, QingchenCA 255 Wu, RyanNY 2350 Wu, TingleiNY 1419 Wu, YingCA 1933 Wu, YouruoNJ 2522 Wu, YueVA 1175 Wung, HenryVA 1724 Wung, WilliamCA 823 Xian, AlanCA 424 Xian, JasonCA 1898 Xianyu, HuiNC 1458 Xiao, CharlesNC 1737 Xiao, ChrisPA 2179 Xiao, ClairePA 2155 Xiao, GeoffreyMD 2523 Xiao, HanCA 2126 Xiao, JeffNC 1750 Xiao, JinpengNY 924 Xiao, KelvinNY 1744 Xiao, KunIL 2098 Xiao, YuemingCA 445 Xie, AlexCA 253 Xie, EdmondGA 1699 Xie, EricMD 1753 Xie, Frank YingzeCA 2029 Xie, QiyiCA 1056 Xie, RaymondCA 1801 Xie, TianTX 2162 Xie, TianmingMS 2387 Xie, ZhiqiaoCT 655 Xing, AaronNY 1447 Xiong, CharlesNY 1558 Xiong, LilyPA 1379 Xu, BeiCA 743 Xu, GeoffreyVA 1383 Xu, HuiGA 1558 Xu, Leihan

FN 2533 Xu, NuoFN 2567 Xu, RanMD 1997 Xu, RogerOR 1671 Xu, Zhongkai (John)PA 2356 Xu, ZuoTX 1545 Xue, LianjieOH 1510 Xue, Yi YanVA 1855 Yalung, RickGA 1383 Yamada, KojiNV 1430 Yamate, MichaelMO 2509 Yamazato, FernandoNJ 931 Yan, DanielBC 2041 Yan, JaneAK 1937 Yan, KyleMD 1103 Yan, TelonCA 1585 Yang, AdelaMD 976 Yang, AlexanderCA 759 Yang, BenNY 1546 Yang, ChangVA 1544 Yang, DanielCA 1566 Yang, DavidCA 1820 Yang, DerekTN 1886 Yang, ElyUT 1437 Yang, EmilyCA 174 Yang, EmilyMD 340 Yang, FanWA 1979 Yang, GeorgeCA 2251 Yang, GraceIL 1545 Yang, HaohuaTX 2310 Yang, James EddieGA 867 Yang, JasonCA 1330 Yang, JasonFN 2163 Yang, JunyaoCA 30 Yang, JustinCA 172 Yang, KevinMD 810 Yang, KevinFN 2686 Yang, LeiNY 1857 Yang, LenCA 1074 Yang, MichaelWI 2253 Yang, Peter JieCA 1815 Yang, RachelMD 667 Yang, RaymondNY 1340 Yang, ShuoCA 1933 Yang, XiankunNJ 2510 Yang, XinYangNY 1374 Yanga, DennisVA 1844 Yao, AdamCA 1109 Yao, AnthonyGA 2197 Yao, JerryNJ 2006 Yao, KaelanCA 1135 Yao, MaxwellNY 1636 Yarmak, IgorMD 1913 Yasinov, GrigoriyNY 1041 Yau, RonaldCA 1041 Yee, JeffreyCA 2322 Yee, JordanAZ 1142 Yee, TimCA 751 Yeh, MaxMD 2232 Yeh, StephenOK 960 Yelavich, MarkNY 1126 Yen, JamesNY 642 Yen, WilliamCA 2445 Yeo, Tuan-AikMI 1971 Yeotis, DeanON 2116 Yeung, JustinaOR 1783 Yi, JasonNY 2120 Yim, JustinNJ 1823 Yim, SungCA 1229 Yin, EmilieWA 1712 Yin, SiAL 1608 Yin, XinhuaNY 1832 Ying, YunNJ 2385 Yip, LilyCA 1966 Yip, RaymondOR 1683 Yoder, BrianNY 2340 Yokoyama, KazuyukiIL 2082 Yoon, JosephNC 1458 Yorgason, RonaldOH 2122 Yost, ThomasNJ 1262 You, JamesTX 1325 You, JiaNY 886 You, RanNJ 832 Young, JessicaCO 1779 Young, KevinIL 1479 Young, Vanessa MooFN 1875 Young, ZichariNY 548 Youssef, SamuelFL 1705 Yu, DavidFN 2441 Yu, DiNJ 2036 Yu, FrankNJ 1926 Yu, GengCA 865 Yu, HongON 2117 Yu, JamesUT 1866 Yu, JordanCA 1632 Yu, KevinNJ 2123 Yu, KyleCA 2094 Yu, NelsonPA 1664 Yu, NormenNJ 1660 Yu, SeanCA 1724 Yu, TonyNY 790 Yu, WilliamCA 1298 Yuan, JoeCA 1913 Yuen, KevinNY 1881 Yuen, Roger ChangCA 1956 Yung, TimothyMI 1337 Zachos, RobertCA 1778 Zandpour, FrankMD 1206 Zangwill, MichaelCA 117 Zarehbin, AzizCA 437 Zarehbin, KaiIL 1308 Zarycki, StanislawTX 2078 Zavala, IrvingFN 1502 Zayas, RaymondCA 1776 Zelener, AlexanderFL 1870 Zeller, CarlosUT 1012 Zeng, MeganMD 1085 Zeng, RuohengTX 2337 Zhai, Hao

CA 1420 Zhan, KanghongVA 801 Zhan, RichardCA 1250 Zhang, AlbertCA 1698 Zhang, AlexMA 1714 Zhang, AngelaNY 1860 Zhang, BenjaminVA 1271 Zhang, BowenCA 1861 Zhang, ChaoVA 1690 Zhang, Chunxi 1416 Zhang, GraceGA 1269 Zhang, GregoryCA 1395 Zhang, HenrikMD 2587 Zhang, JakeWI 1643 Zhang, JasonCA 2315 Zhang, JinGeFN 2423 Zhang, Jun Da (James)NJ 2670 Zhang, KaiNJ 1093 Zhang, Michael 2107 Zhang, NanGA 1492 Zhang, TeddyCA 2687 Zhang, XiangMO 2006 Zhang, XiaomingTX 2527 Zhang, YahaoGA 2235 Zhang, YiMS 2584 Zhang, Yi ChiNY 726 Zhang, YingTX 1818 Zhang, YukongFN 1457 Zhang, YuqiFN 2380 Zhang, ZiyangMD 2287 Zhangliang, BojunNJ 124 Zhao, AllisonTX 1619 Zhao, BrianPA 1782 Zhao, EthanIL 1579 Zhao, FengPA 1305 Zhao, JamesNJ 249 Zhao, JasmineNJ 2472 Zhao, Jing YiIL 2066 Zhao, JunduoTX 420 Zhao, KatieTX 1702 Zhao, KellyGA 1007 Zhao, KevinTX 1771 Zhao, MichaelIL 1139 Zhao, MoshiNJ 2535 Zhao, XinXu(Anthony)FN 2663 Zhao, YangWA 1110 Zhao, YingGA 822 Zhaoe, AmyCA 153 Zheng, IvanCA 337 Zheng, LeoMA 1964 Zheng, Liansheng (Eric)MA 2046 Zheng, LongMA 1560 Zheng, LukeFN 1987 Zheng, PengyaoNJ 1649 Zheng, SteveWA 1706 Zheng, XiaoyuNY 2232 Zheng, YaoCA 1559 Zheng, YiNH 1484 Zheng, YifeiNY 1250 Zhitomirskiy, DmitriyLA 1490 Zhong, ChaozongFL 1016 Zhong, DavieFL 928 Zhong, EricCA 78 Zhong, WarrenNJ 2535 Zhong, Zongqi (Henry)NJ 1292 Zhou, JaydenVA 1629 Zhou, KevinIL 1291 Zhou, RachelIL 1565 Zhou, SarahCA 2711 Zhou, XinTX 1372 Zhou, YiNJ 969 Zhu, FranklinNY 1542 Zhu, MichaelGA 1040 Zhu, SabrinaCA 1759 Zhu, Sui NingNJ 2629 Zhuang, David Yong-XiangCA 2157 Zhuang, JianCA 949 Zhui, ZacharyTX 1390 Zhumagaliyev, ArmanGA 1710 Zhuo, EvanMA 756 Ziolek, BrunoCA 1183 Ziyalan, ChristopherIL 1656 Zmijewski, ArielIL 968 Zohayr, KhojaCT 1199 Zoltanski, JaroslawPA 1725 Zombori, PeterWI 1605 Zonoozi, JamshidNV 1671 Zorick, DanielCA 143 Zou, BensonCA 61 Zou, JosephGA 1606 Zou, YingNY 1936 Zubatov, AlexanderTX 1002 Zucker, BenIN 1761 Zuluaga, Christian StevenWV 1535 Zuniga, RoyceMI 1378 Zywicki, KevinIL 2071 Zyworonek, Arkadiusz

RATINGS


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2014 Rochester New York Open, Rochester, NY, 3/7/2014 - 3/9/2014, gg, Raymond Mack, 585-315-2276

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Paddle Palace Presents

NJTTC 2014 March Open, Westfield, NJ, 3/8/2014 - 3/9/2014 gg, Larry Bavly, 617-383-5129

Butterfly Cary Cup Cary, NC, 3/14/2014 - 3/16/2014, gggg, Mike Babuin, 919-462-3931

Butterfly East Gate Open Series, Roanoke, VA, 3/15/2014 Flip Carico, 540-266-8273

20th FIT Open, New York, NY, 3/15/2014 - 3/16/2014, gg, Barry Dattel, 732-200-5820

Orlando’s Annual Winter Open (38 Points), Orlando, FL 3/15/2014, gggg, Hung Tran, Jr., 407-733-1376

8th Annual Bill Mason Memorial Tournament, Beaverton, OR 3/15/2014, g, Bruce Bayley, 503-246-9514

GHTTC March 2014 Open, Hartford, CT, 3/16/2014, gg, Wilbert Lawrence, 860-819-0356

Newgy Akron Open, Akron, OH, 3/21/2014 - 3/22/2014, ggg, Samson Dubina

Golden Western Open, Santa Monica, CA, 3/22/2014 - 3/23/2014 gg, Ichiro Hashimoto, 818-700-0948

Texas Wesleyan Open (31), Fort Worth TX, 3/22/2014, gg, Jasna Rather, 817-715-4062

Westchester 2014 March Open, Pleasantville, NY 3/22/2014 - 3/23/2014, gggg, Will Shortz, 914-769-9128

Roanoke Open at Sun Tennis Center (45), Roanoke, VA 3/29/2014 - 3/30/2014, gg, D.J. Settle, 800-611-7712

Alabama State Teams, Anniston, AL, 3/29/2014, gg, Mike Harris, 256-689-8603

2014 Big Island Open, Waimea, HI, 4/4/2014 - 4/6/2014, g, Len Winkler, 808-889-1099

TMS 2014 College Table Tennis Championships Monroeville PA, 4/4/2014 - 4/6/2014, ggggg

ICC California State Open, Milpitas, CA, 4/4/2014 - 4/6/2014 ggg, Rajul Sheth, 510-299-1253

2014 Butterfly MDTTC Open Gaithersburg, MD, 4/5/2014 - 4/6/2014, gg, Charlene Liu, 202-459-9096

NJTTC 2014 April Open, Westfield, NJ 4/5/2014 - 4/6/2014 2 Larry Bavly, 617-383-5129

LYTTC April Open Dunellen NJ, 4/12/2014 - 4/13/2014, gg, Barry Dattel, 732-200-5820

2014 Austin Spring Classic Round Robin Tournament, Austin TX, 4/12/2014, gg, Marguerite Cheung, 512-491-7664

MCC Spring Open Carmel, IN, 4/12/2014, gg, Matt Leber, 317-573-5248

2014 Millcreek Giant RR, Erie, PA, 4/12/2014 - 4/13/2014, gg Samuel Steiner, 814-833-8704

Robo-Pong April 2014 BTTC Open, Broward, FL , 4/12/2014 - 4/13/2014, ggg, Carlos Zeller, 954-849-5436

LATTA International Open, El Monte, CA, 4/18/2014 - 4/20/2014 gggg, Tawny Banh, 626-927-8670

Manor Spring Giant RR, Lancaster, PA, 4/19/2014, gg, Robert Cogley, 717-898-8668

Space Coast Spring Open, Cocoa Beach, FL, 4/19/2014, g, Dwight Newton, 321-265-1556

2014 HI April Open (22), Palisades Park, NJ, 4/19/2014 - 4/20/2014 Byung Jun An, 718-928-8551

Pennsylvania State Closed, Philadelphia, PA, 4/26/2014 - 4/27/2014 ggg, Ken Weinstein, 267-335-2743

Roanoke Open at Sun Tennis Center (45), Roanoke, VA 4/26/2014 - 4/27/2014, gg, D.J. Settle, 800-611-7712

NJ State Championship, Westfield, NJ, 4/26/2014 - 4/27/2014, gg Larry Bavly, 617-383-5129

Westchester 2014 April Open Pleasantville, NY, 4/26/2014 - 4/27/2014, gggg, Will Shortz, 914-769-9128

Texas Wesleyan Open (31), Fort Worth, TX, 4/26/2014, gg, Jasna Rather, 817-715-4062

Arizona Closed, Phoenix, AZ 4/26/2014 - 4/27/2014, g, Jay Turber-ville, 480-529-2829

Florida Orange Blossom Table Tennis Series Spring Classic 2014, Lakeland, FL, 5/2/2014 - 5/3/2014, gg, Brad Woodington, 863-370-5163

St. Louis Open (53 points), St. Louis, MO, 5/3/2014 - 5/4/2014 gg, Daniel Seemiller, 574-654-7476

HCTT Circuit Tournament, Columbia, MD, 5/3/2014 Fan Yang, 443-538-5034

NW LA Open, Canoga Park, CA, 5/4/2014, g, Allen Verny, 818-330-5756Newgy Cincinnati Open, Cincinnati OH, 5/9/2014 - 5/10/2014, gggg, Samson Dubina,Joseph Bae Open, Santa Ana, CA, 5/10/2014, gg, Ardeshir Afshar, 949-463-8000

NJTTC 2014 May Open, Westfield, NJ, 5/10/2014 - 5/11/2014, gg, Larry Bavly, 617-383-5129

50th St. Joseph Valley Open, South Bend, IN, 3/8/2014 - 3/9/2014 ggg, Dan Seemiller, 574-261-4545

3rd Annual Robert Bluestone Memorial Event, El Paso, TX 5/10/2014, g Mark Nordby, 915-282-8210

Butterfly East Gate Open Series, Roanoke, VA, 4/12/2014 Flip Carico, 540-266-8273

Little Rock Open Little Rock, AR, 4/12/2014, Eugene Atha, 501-835-5291

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Looking back at 2013, it was another busy year for me as I once again spent more than two months on the road conducting ITTF Courses both in the USA and Internationally. I gave my first ITTF International Coaching Course way back in 1998. However the real work began in 2004 when the ITTF unveiled the first worldwide standardized Level 1 Coaching Course. In the following years, the ITTF added a more advanced Level 2 Course and just recently introduced Level 3. Last year was an exciting one for me as I began conducting my first ITTF Level 2 Courses. To prepare for this I went through several weeks of training in 2012 having to take and pass both the ITTF Level 2 and Level 3 Courses and then take additional Course Conductor Courses to learn how to teach the new material properly. Becoming an ITTF Course Conductor is not easy as each candidate must past a theory exam, practical exam, and a written exam. Now armed with my new skills, I started my Course Schedule in June by returning to one of my favorite clubs in the USATT, the Austin Table Tennis Club to conduct an ITTF-PTT Level 1 Course.

Austin, Texas, ITTF-PTT Level 1 Course – June 10-14, 2013 The Austin TTC has everything a professional club should have, a full-time club with great conditions, dedicated and highly trained coaches, and an energetic general manager, Marguerite Cheung. The ATTC had previously hosted a very successful ITTF-PTT Level 1 in. 2012. Once again, Marguerite left no stone unturned in making sure that all 14 participating coaches from four states and two foreign countries experienced true Texas hospitality. The ITTF-PTT Level 1 Course provides coaches a wide variety of basic information and skills focused on working with juniors and on group instruction skills. After the course all coaches needed to complete 30 hours of practice coaching and receive positive grades from their supervisors before receiving ITTF Certification.

Atlanta, Georgia, ITTF Level 2 Course – August 11-16, 2013 My next stop to conduct an ITTF Course would be in Atlanta, GA, a town I lived in from 1995-2004. Atlanta had also held a successful ITTF-PTT Level 1 in 2012. Once again, Jon Gustavson and Jie Chang served as the local organizers for the course and this time our venue was a new full-time club, the Atlanta Table Tennis Academy. This was my first time conducting the much higher ITTF Level 2 Course and fortunately for me, the eleven participating coaches (3 states) were great students and all went well. The Level 2 Course is a six day course with two (3-hour) sessions held each day. In addition, there is a lot of nightly homework and study required. This is a very technical course where coaches learn how to teach every advance stroke technique and all of the variations. Also included are high level footwork and body adjustments along with advance sports education, sports physiology, and sport psychology round out the course materials. To pass the course, coaches must pass both an oral exam and a practical exam.

Coaches passing with high scores become eligible to attempt a future ITTF Level 3 Course. All Coaches must also complete an additional 50 hours of coaching practice (supervised) after the course and receive a positive evaluation before becoming an ITTF Level 2 Coach.

Dunellen, New Jersey, ITTF Level 2 Course – September 2-7, 2013 September saw me traveling to one of the ITTF Hot Spot Training Centers in the USA, The Lily Yip Training Center. Lily Yip and Barry Dattel hosted a Level 1 Course back in 2011 and I knew from experience what a great training atmosphere they would provide for all the participants. This was a small course in numbers (10 participants) but also an extremely high level group of coaches. Included in the group where Lily Yip, Barry Dattel, and Roger Chang Yuen all coaches at the LYTTC who regularly train and coach many of our US Team Members. Also, ITTF Course Conductors, Larry Hodges and Sydney Christophe, took part. Rounding out the field were former US Coaching Chairman, Jeff Smart, USATT National Coach, Mieczyslaw Suchy, long time New York Coach, Doon Wong, Nelson Gore, and Simplice Sourou. This was an exciting high level group to work with as their vast experiences lead to very detailed and interesting discussions during the classes. Personally, I was very inspired to watch the work of Lily Yip during the week. Lily, who’s coaching knowledge and experience rivals any coach anywhere, is a coach who leads by example. Lily not only attended the six hours of class each day with a great (I want to learn) attitude, but also ran her regular training sessions each evening, stayed up late every night studying the day’s lessons, and somehow found time to cook lunches for the whole group each day. Great coaches never think they know everything and are great students of the game. Lily’s attitude and work ethic was an inspiration to all of us involved in the course.

Austin, Texas – ITTF Level 2 Course – September 9-14, 2013 As soon as I finished the course in New Jersey, I caught a flight back to Austin to conduct an ITTF Level 2 Course. Once again, ATTC Director, Marguerite Cheng, had everything well-organized and seventeen coaches from five states and two foreign countries were ready and waiting for the course to start. What followed was a very intensive week of instruction and study for the participants. The ITTF Level 2 is a unique course within the USA as it is the first course to be given in the USATT where coaches are actually graded and can pass or fail. This creates some pressure on the coaches but also gives the coaches who pass a real sense of accomplishment with their achievement. Once again, the ATTC was a great host and now as hosted three ITTF Courses the most for any club in the USA.

Ajmer, India Level 1 October 21-25, 2013 In 2012, I conducted the first three ITTF-PTT Level 1 Courses to be held in India, and in 2013, I returned to conduct two more Courses.

Staying on Course:A Year in the Life of an ITTF Course Conductor!By: Richard McAfee, USATT Hall of Fame Inductee, and ITTF Course Conductor


The host club for both courses was the PSPB Table Tennis Academy in Ajmer, India. Twenty-four coaches from all over the country took part in the course. The ITTF Coaches Education Program in India is the result of a unique collaboration between the Table Tennis Federation of India, the ITTF, and Tenvic. Tenvic, which is an Indian Sports Marketing Company, is handling all the organization of the courses. I have had the pleasure of giving ITTF Courses in many countries and no-where has the ITTF Program been better received than in India. I would guess that next to China, India may have the most professional table tennis coaches of any country in the World. Top-notch training facilities and academies can be found all over the country and most schools not only have table tennis programs but also full-time coaches. The PSPB is a full-time live in table tennis academy with attached hotel and restaurant. Dhanraj Choudhary, the Secretary-General of the TTFI stopped by during the course to say some inspirational words to the coaches and expressed great support for the future of the ITTF Program in India. The local coordinator for the course was well-known, ITTF Blue Bade Umpire, Atul Dubey. Atul did a great job of taking care of all the participants needs.

Ajmer, India Level 2 October 28-November 2, 2013 After a restful weekend, it was back to work as 20 more coaches arrived into the PSPB Table Tennis Academy in Ajmer, India for the first ITTF Level 2 to be held in the country. Competition to attend this first Level 2 Course was high as the limit is 20 participants and more than 35 coaches applied. This was a very high level group of coaches and the week was filled with hard work each day and long hours of study each evening. The end result, was a big success for the coaches as all passed! In addition, a large percentage passed with high enough test scores to be eligible to attend a future ITTF Level 3 Course. In only a little over one year, India has held 4 ITTF Level 1 Courses and now its first ITTF Level 2. Plans are already under way for me to return to India in 2014 to continue to take the ITTF Program to all regions of the country.

Singapore Level 1 November 20-28, 2013 After a couple of weeks back home in Aurora, Colorado, I again traveled to give an International Course, this time in Singapore. This was my second ITTF Course in Singapore and once again conducted in the STTA’s excellent National Training Center and organized locally by Kenneth Khoo, the Sports Development Manager of the Singapore Table Tennis. This year 25 coaches from around the country took part. Singapore is among the most successful nations in the sport of table tennis and to maintain their high level they are taking the improvement of their local coaches very seriously and are planning more ITTF Level 1 and Level 2 Courses in the near future.

Bangladesh Level 2 December 1-8, 2013 My last course of the year was both the most interesting and challenging one. This course was marred by on-going political tensions that created a week-long blockade of travel and some outbreaks of violence within the country. Despite these problems, the Bangladesh Table

Tennis Federation, along with the Bangladesh Olympic Committee, successfully organized this ITTF Level 2 Coaching Course in Dhaka. Fifteen very determined coaches attended the course but unfortunately three were not able to make it into the city due to the political unrest. The course was held at Shaheed Tajuddin Ahmed Indoor stadium which offered both an excellent classroom and training venue. It had been six years since most of the coaches took the ITTF Level 1 Course so the coaches were eager to “catch-up” on the new techniques of the sport. While I conducted the course in English it was also translated as necessary into Bengali.

This was a very hard working group of coaches who were determined to succeed. Every day they spent six hours in a mix of classroom and practical work. In addition their nights were filled with studying of the ITTF Advance Coaching Manual. It was a pleasure to watch the day by day improvement of the coach’s knowledge and skills. The result of their hard work was seen in the high percentage of coaches who passed with flying colors. In addition to conducting the Level 2 Course, I also conducted a two-day training camp for the Bangladesh National Junior Team. Unfortunately the political situation did not allow me to see much of this beautiful country. Travel was very difficult as protesters were blocking the roads in and out of Dhaka. I even had to have an armed escort to take me back to the airport to catch my return flight. Despite the political unrest, this is a country that I would love to visit again in the future.

2013 – A milestone year! Every year the ITTF conducts more than 100 ITTF Courses of various types all over the World. I am only one of a great many course conductors and many are more active than I am. However for me personally, 2013 was a milestone year. At the conclusion of the year, I had given or organized 35 ITTF Courses over four Continents since 1998. In total I have now spent more than 1 year (371 days) actually conducting ITTF Courses. More than 800 coaches have attended these courses and in addition, more than 300 athletes have attended various training camps given in conjunction with the courses. I have been involved in the sport more than 50 years now and to date, serving as an ITTF Course Conductor has been the most rewarding experience that I have had in the sport. I want to thank all the staff at the ITTF Development Office, especially Glenn Tepper, for the training and support they have given me over the years. I am looking forward to 2014 when I will begin to conduct the new ITTF Level 3 Course. As an ITTF Course Conductor, there is always so much to learn and to improve on. This opportunity to keep learning and improving is what makes teaching and coaching so interesting and enjoyable.

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now called, when Donna was 10 years old and I was 20 years old. We were a very unusual team. Jim was the foundation of the DC Club and coached us all. Some of the youngsters he helped were Clark Goldstein, Billy Keim (who was on the first junior team to go to Russia), Tommy Summerville, the children of Helen & Herb Horton, Tibor Hazi, Si Ratner and his son Mark, Carl Kronlage, Kay and Tom Young, Andrew Jawoski, Dick Stakes and many more. It is good to remember the past players of long ago. I met my husband there. Barbara met Bob Kaminsky there. What a great group we were then and all because of one person who truly cared – Jim Verta. It was great visiting him; and he looks just the same, but like ALL of us…a little older.“

THE WAY IT USED TO BE In October last year, Yvonne Kronlage and Barbara Kaminsky visited an old friend; and they wanted to share their visit along with some golden memories of a different time in our table tennis community. They were visiting Blackwater Falls, West Virginia and found out that Jim Verta now lived at Capon Bridge, a small town on their way to Blackwater Falls. Yvonne is hopeful that many of you will remember Jim Verta; although today’s table tennis youngsters will never have the privilege of experiencing his inspirational coaching…There was a time when young players directly benefited from his established DC club; shared his passion for table tennis as the sport developed a following in the early 1950s in the USA; and took USA talent to the world stage…because Jim Verta cared. At the vintage age of 97, Jim no longer shares his passion for table tennis on the courts of any club; however, he follows table tennis news. How wonderful that our table tennis community has residents who still remember table tennis elders and take time to make current memories to keep the history of our sport healthy. Yvonne said that she I had not seen Jim Verta since her husband Carl’s funeral eight years ago, another gentleman who also loved the sport of table tennis. Verta had run the DC Table Tennis Club since 1954. While there he encouraged all players, especially young people. Yvonne stated, “Barbara and Donna Chaimson were two of these young people. Barbara Kaminsky and Donna Sakai went on to win numerous tournaments and national events. Barbara was on two world teams. Jim just lost his wife of 70 years married, so now lives with his daughter in the mountains of West Virginia. He was the director for the 1960 National Championship, which was held at the Sheraton Park Hotel on Connecticut Avenue. No other large tournaments have been held in DC since; but now the Team Championships is scheduled be held there this year. If you have never been to DC, you should go, as it’s a beautiful city. I started playing at Jim’s club in 1956. It was a great place to play. That’s when the Chaimsons and I met. I was more friendly with Leona Chaimson, their mother, but as the months went by, Barbara & Donna and I became great friends. Donna and I played in the US Open, which it is

by Terry Casey, Yvonne Kronlage, and Caron Leff

Thanks Jim from ALL of your friends who remember!

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By USTTA Historian Tim Boggan

Although Shonie Aki continued to love table ten-nis and played it until the day he died (Dec. 2, 2013) some 16 years after entering the U.S. Table Tennis Hall of Fame, he had accomplished by age 60 much on which his fame rests. His entrance into the Hall was not primarily be-cause he was a player—his best ranking, with his unorthodox but very effective wrist-snap stroke, was U.S. #14. But his second-tier play allowed him to win, among other tournaments, the Los Angeles and repeatedly the Arizona Open. And along his early-60’s U.S. Open way, he won the Men’s Con-solation and reached the semi’s of both the Men’s Doubles (with Ragnar “Ray” Fahlstrom) and the Mixed Doubles (with Vallerie Bellini who credited her 1964 U.S. Women’s Championship in part to Shonie’s continued encouragement). Shonie also enjoyed, at his own expense, tak-ing advantage of the fact that in 1959 there were no restrictions prohibiting him from playing in the Dortmund, Germany World Championships. Or that later, with a fellow group of San Franciscans, he had the opportunity to support our U.S. Team at the 1973 Sarajevo World’s, then go on, with former internationalist Allan (earlier Adolph) Herscovic leading the way, to play and sight-see in Europe, the trip highlighted by naturally nervous Shonie’s VERY one-sided though friendly match with one of the world’s top players, Yugoslavia’s Dragutin Surbek. In 1962, Aki then in his mid-20’s, received the prestigious Barna Award, given in Shonie’s case, less for his respected play and more for ‘Help given by the player to Local, State, Sectional, and National Associations.” After serving under Cali-formia TTA Presidents Ben Wollman and Austin Finkenbinder, Shonie himself became CTTA Presi-dent. Then a few years later Vice-President of the USTTA—1964-1966…to be followed two decades later (!) by more VP service. Shonie’s TT activity was prodigious. Ever since 1959 when he was stationed in the Army at Fort Ord and performing in the Band, he’d been com-ing into L.A. to hone his game; now in 1963 he be-came the Founder/Owner of the Los Angeles TTC. Later, at home in the Bay Area, he’d become the Founder/Owner of both the San Francisco Club and still later, for many years, the Founder/Owner of the Berkeley Club. Wanted interruptions among his t.t. productivity occurred after he’d graduated from UCLA with a B.A. in Public Health, became a School District Food Service Director, married (twice—Ria and Louise), had children (Alan and Eric), and indul-gently couldn’t resist becoming both a table tennis stand-in for actor Mel Ferrer in the movie adapta-

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tion of Katherine Anne Porter’s Ship of Fools, and Rich-ard Bergmann’s performance partner in a stint with the Harlem Globetrotters. Table Tennis work, work, work was always Shonie’s preoccupation. From the 1960’s when he was Operations Director for both the U.S. Nationals and the U.S. Open, through seemingly countless years of Staff work at our majors, ever advancing, never retreating, from duty, he became again a quarter-century later (!) Operations Direc-tor for both our Open and Closed. With Shonie it was always a foregone conclusion he’d be inducted into not only the California but USA Hall of Fame. He will continue to live in our collective memory as a model for those who aspire and fully commit to a cause.

In Memoriam

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Vol. I .......... 1928-39 ........ 375 pages .......215 photosVol. II ........ 1940-52 ........ 395 pages .......320 photosVol. III ....... 1953-62 ........ 450 pages .......400 photosVol. IV ....... 1963-70 ........ 460 pages .......700 photosVol. V* ....... 1971-72 ........ 282 pages .......400 photos *Covers the Ping-Pong Diplomacy YearsVol. VI ....... 1970-73 ........ 500 pages .......800 photosVol. VII ...... 1973-75 ........ 530 pages .......820 photosVol. VIII .... 1975-77 ........ 512 pages .......836 photos

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Vol. I .......... 1928-39 ........ 375 pages .......215 photosVol. II ........ 1940-52 ........ 395 pages .......320 photosVol. III ....... 1953-62 ........ 450 pages .......400 photosVol. IV ....... 1963-70 ........ 460 pages .......700 photosVol. V* ....... 1971-72 ........ 282 pages .......400 photos *Covers the Ping-Pong Diplomacy YearsVol. VI ....... 1970-73 ........ 500 pages .......800 photosVol. VII ...... 1973-75 ........ 530 pages .......820 photosVol. VIII .... 1975-77 ........ 512 pages .......836 photos

Vol. IX ....... 1977-79 ........ 503 pages .......810 photosVol. X ......... 1979-81 ........ 535 pages .......820 photosVol. XI ....... 1981-82 ........ 516 pages .......805 photosVol. XII ...... 1983 ............. 460 pages .......837 photosVol. XIII .... 1984 ............. 448 pages .......918 photosVo. XIV ...... 1985-86 ........ 465 pages .......962 photos

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By USTTA Historian Tim Boggan Back in 1936 in California, 17-year-old enthusiast John Hanna talked the Long Beach Commission into sponsoring a table tennis club and was of course sur-prised and delighted when they provided the use of a high school gym and six new tables. Thus was launched the Long Beach TTC with Hanna as its first presi-dent. Under his strong and continuing leadership, the Club thrived for decades, becoming, if not the longest, one of the longest, continuously operating clubs in the country, hosting, with Hanna as Tournament Chair, such major events as the Long Beach and Golden State Opens. In 1947, Hanna led the way in the formation of the California TTA. As its first president he spearheaded affiliation with the USTTA—quite an historic ac-complishment because it gave legitimacy to the Association’s claim that it was a nation-wide body. After affiliation, Hanna and his E.C. implemented at their tour-naments USTTA rules and improved playing conditions. They began a monthly newsletter, and fostered a publicity campaign that brought the occasional Holly-wood movie star (Joan Leslie was one) to present tournament winners with their trophies. With California table tennis on the rise, young Charlie Feldman, a player of note and a building contractor, in 1949 opened the California Table Tennis Cen-ter as a commercial enterprise. With favorable playing conditions and a whole-some atmosphere, this thriving Center initiated California’s Golden Decade of the 1950’s. Remembered today are the champions who played there, many enshrined in the California Hall of Fame, including Sharon Acton, Valleri Bellini, Leonard

John Hanna (1919-2013) In Memoriam

By USTTA Historian Tim Boggan At their April, 1942 Meeting at the Detroit Nationals, the USTTA Execu-tive Committee members were debating whether to allow Negroes to play in sanc-tioned tournaments. Such discrimination drew Dick Miles’s astonishment and his friend and fellow New Yorker Freddie Borges’ outrage, expressed in his public outcry of “Who’s the Fascist bastard that thought that up?” By the 1945 Nationals, again held in Detroit, there was one black man playing and most certainly it was not mere chance that Michigan TTA President Steen-hoven’s opening match was against this man, Lynel Overton. Nothing like setting an inoffensive good example, yes? This Open was Miles’s first win and he beat Defending Champion Johnny Somael in the final. Borges had laid claim to find-ing Somael at a New York playground and had urged him to start playing at Herwald Lawrence’s Broadway Courts. From there in years to come he would be a world quarterfinalist. Johnny, Polish, not Jewish like Miles and Borges, was the crowd’s favorite and they were al-most abusive to Miles. When later Steen-hoven handed Dick his winner’s trophy, he said, “Here. I hope you behave like a Champion.” Miles’s take on this was, “These guys in the Midwest were the real ‘Americans.’ We were the New Yorkers, the wise guys, the jews.” Acidity, humor, pride—50 years later, his voice held all in equilibrium.

Freddie Borges (1921-2013) In Memoriam

This U.S. Open was the one in which Reisman in his The Money Player says that he thought Steenhoven was his bookie and that, after he wanted to place a bet ($500 he says entertainingly), Steenhoven, aghast at this 15-year-old delinquent, kicked him out of the tour-nament. Borges—protector of youthful, pained innocence, as well as New York-ers and Jews—adds to the story by say-ing it was he who rescued Marty, got him reinstated, when (in tears?) he’d come to him for help. Freddie was never a Hall of Famer—his best ranking was U.S. #12 in a war year, his best win when he took the New England Intercollegiate’s from 1944 U.S. Open runner-up Les Lowry (after, unbe-lievably, Les had led Somael in the final 20-13 in the fifth). We first see Borges could play a little when at the 1941 Na-tionals he was beaten, deuce in the fourth, in the semi’s of the Consolation’s by the winner Ben Dattel (Barry’s father). Later, at the ’46 Nationals, he and Reisman reached the semi’s of the Men’s Doubles, and at the 1947 Eastern’s Freddie and Miles lost a valiant 23-21-in-the-fourth final to three-time U.S. Men’s Doubles Champions Eddie Pinner and Cy Suss-man. Freddie, who’d eventually in the new millennium, be playing in back-to-back U.S. Open Over 75 finals, led a some-what nomadic life—as a math teacher he could on occasion be found in New York,

California, Florida, or Ohio where, hav-ing acquired a teaching gig at Otterbein or somewhere, he’d turn up at the Colum-bus Club more to play chess (another pas-sionate interest) with John Spencer than t.t. with John Tannehill. He’ll be remembered to table tennis aficionados primarily as a good friend of Miles and Reisman’s, and as the VERY eccentric “Hugo Batzlinger” whom Dick, after sharing a 1953 Far East tour of mili-tary bases with him, immortalized in a long article in Sports Illustrated.


Zsa Zsa Gabor and John Hanna on “You Asked For It”, April 19, 1959, Channel 7, ABC Television Center, Hollywood, California

By Dean Johnson Carlton Prouty, outstanding singles and doubles player in the 1930s and husband of 5-time Women Singles Champion, Sally Green Prouty, died on January 17th. He was 98. During the mid-1930s Carlton was Nationally ranked in both singles and doubles. Reporting on the 1934 Chicago Intercities, the APPA (American Ping Pong Association) magazine called Prouty “the hard-est hitter in the APPA” and to the doubles team of Prouty and Billy Condy “as one of the best known doubles teams in the Country.” In 1933 the team was ranked #4 Nationally. A brilliant student, Carlton entered Northwestern University at age 16. As a student there, he helped himself financially by playing table tennis exhibitions – at $10.00 per exhibition. In April 1941 Carlton was drafted into the U.S. Army where he served until 1946.His table tennis doubles partner, Billy Condy came out of the service at about the same time. Billy’s father knew the Fred Green family and was instrumental in matching Carlton with Fred Green’s daughter Sally. On July 9, 1947, Carlton and Sally were married – the beginning of one of the most enduring marriages in the world of the table tennis – 67 years. They have 2 sons, Carlton and Warren. In the late 1970s, Carlton and Sally became typical “snowbirds”. Three months in Florida became six months in Florida. The long drive, the dislike of cold weather and the lure of warm, ice-free winters made them decide to leave Chicago and move to Ft. Myers Florida. Once they made the move, their lives became filled with swimming, golf and making new friends. For the past 15 years or more Carlton and Sally have been entertaining residents at senior centers around Ft. Myers. While Sally played the piano and sang, Carlton danced with the ladies in the audience – they called him “Mr. Wonderful” and to all of us who knew him, he truly was – Mr. Wonderful.

Photo by Dean Johnson: Carlton and Sally at their condo in Ft. Myers in 2008.

Carlton Prouty (1913-2014) In Memoriam

Cooperman, Mike Ralston, Bobby Fields, Si Wasserman, Richard Card, Danny Co-hen, Charleen Hanson, Susie Hoshi, Kenny Choi, and Erwin Klein. Over the years Hanna involved himself in more than local creative club and tourna-ment work. For five years he was the Pacific Coast Regional Tournament Director with jurisdiction covering five states. And though he played sparingly, he was on the tournament scene often enough to win about 150 trophies and awards—and of course became a California Hall of Famer himself. Hanna’s early decision to affiliate with the USTTA set the stage for the Inglewood, CA venue for the 1959 U.S. Open, the first one ever to be held west of Kansas City. The bottom line is that without John Hanna there’d likely have been no such pro-liferation of t.t. activity in California that occurred; that without that activity there’d have been no Charlie Feldman; that without Feldman there’d have been no Califor-nia Center and no Golden Decade to provide historic impetus and continuity for the outstanding California play that’s emerged today. Bravo John Hanna. I’m sure we all agree that you greatly deserve this show of homage for your six decades of service to our Sport.

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