Bill Rompf Junior Tennis Foundation, Oklahoma City, OK (2026)

05/05/2024

JOHN PAUL WINS SINGLES AND DOUBLES IN TOPEKA L5

J.P. Huston won both the singles and doubles titles at the Kossover Tennis Center Level 5 event in Topeka, KS this last weekend, April 19-20. He was seeded fifth in singles and beat the #4 seed T.J. Shanahan in the semi's and then won 2,4 in the finals over his doubles partner Samarth Sajeesh. They won the doubles 8-5. Great victories for J.P.! Glad we have him on our team!!!!
Please visit our website at https://www.billrompftennis.com/ for more information about scholarships, to donate to our cause, and to see more student success stories and pictures!

05/05/2024

PENELOPE SMITH IS ROLLING IN 2024

One of our new 2024 scholarship recipients, Penelope Smith, has put up some great results so far this year in her first year of 14 play. February 17-19 at the Level 4 Open in Lincoln, NE she finished 5th in singles; March 1-3 at the Level 5 Open in Kansas City, KS playing up in Girl's 16's, she won the consolations; March 16-18 at the Level 3 Open in Rome, GA she was a single consolation quarter finalist; April 13-15 in her hometown of Tulsa at the Level 3 Open she got the the semi's of the singles consolation and was a semifinalist in the doubles main draw; and last week (April 20-22) in Little Rock, AR at the Level 4 Open she finished third in doubles. Not bad for a first year 14 coming out of the 12's.
KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK, PENELOPE!!
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05/05/2024

J.P. HUSTON ROLLING IN 2024

J.P. Huston, a new 2024 BRJTF scholarship recipient, is making incredible headway in competitive play so far this year. J.P. is a first year Boy’s 16. After winning the Level 5 Boy’s 14 in both singles and doubles at Southlake, TX November 11-12, 2023, he was out for almost 6 months with injuries.

Beginning the new year, March 16-17, he played the Level 5 Bush Tennis Center Open in Midland, TX and was a singles finalist in Boy’s 16’s. In High School play for Edmond North and playing #2 Varsity singles, he is undefeated so far this season finishing in1st place at Jenks (3/1), Ponca City (3/9 and 3/12), Crossings (3/14), Enid (3/25), Ada (4/6) and Bixby (4/9).

Sometimes injuries have a funny way of reassessing a player and re-energizing them. This definitely seems to be the case with J.P. KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK!!!!!
Please visit our website at https://www.billrompftennis.com/ for more information about scholarships, to donate to our cause, and to see more student success stories and pictures!

05/05/2024

TAYTUM FINDS A WAY TO WIN

Taytum Jones competed at the SouthLake Boy's 16 Level tournament, in SouthLake, Texas on April 4 - 7. In spite of wind gusts up to 40 MPH and a new "Trinity" tennis ball, Taytum battled winning his first match 2,3; his second match 2,6 (7-0) (after being down 5-2 in the second set and saving 4 match points); in his semi-finals he won 6-0 in the first, lost the second 6-0 and then won the tiebreak 10-3. He won in the final 2,3.

He is now ranked his first year in Boy's 16's, 10 in OK, 21 in the MVTA, and 418 nationally with a WTN of 20.17 in singles and 25.62 in doubles.

In every sport and every life endeavor, champions always find a way to win. Way to go Taytum!!!!!
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05/05/2024

USTA/MVTA BOY'S 14 SPORTSMANSHIP AWARD 2023

John Paul Huston of OKC, a 2024 Bill Rompf Junior Tennis Foundation scholarship recipient, was named the Boy's 14 Sportsmanship Award winner by USTA/MVTA (Missouri Valley Tennis Association) for 2023. J.P. is a sophomore at Edmond North HS and was ranked #106 nationally, #5 in the MVTA, and #3 in Oklahoma in Boy's 14's in 2023. Watch for this young man to make some major headway in 2024!
Please visit our website at https://www.billrompftennis.com/ for more information about scholarships, to donate to our cause, and to see more student success stories and pictures!

05/05/2024

BRJTF ANNOUNCES AWARDING FIVE $2,500 SCHOLARSHIPS FOR 2024

The Bill Rompf Junior Tennis Foundation announced today the awarding of $12,500 in scholarships to four junior tennis players in Oklahoma for 2024 season. The scholarships are awarded annually to junior tennis players in the OKC area and in Oklahoma who are competing at the sectional and national level and need financial assistance with tournament travel and play to help in achieving their dreams.

The BRJTF Board unanimously recommended continuing our scholarship support from 2023 for both Taytum Jones and Ian Wu and additionally awarding three new scholarships. The 2024 BRJTF scholarships recipients are:

The Board of Directors of the Bill Rompf Junior Tennis Foundation announced the first five $2,500 scholarships for 2024 to be awarded to the following Oklahoma Junior Tennis players:

Taytum Jones (from OKC): Taytum was a 2023 scholarship recipient who achieved incredible success on the national level in Boy's 14's moving from a USTA ranking of over #600 to #99. He finished the year #3 in OK singles/doubles and #4 in singles in the MVTA. He was chosen as the Junior Male High Performance Player of the Year by USTA/MVTA. He is an Honors student at Edmond North HS. He is currently ranked in his first year in Boy's 16's, #10 in OK, #21 in the MVTA, and #418 nationally with a WTN of 20.17 in singles and 25.62 in doubles.

Ian Wu (From OKC): Ian is a second year Boy's 16 player who was also on a BRJTF scholarship in 2023. His performance on court was exceptional in 2023 and continues into the new year. He holds a 4.0 GPA at Classen HS.

Penelope Smith (from Tulsa): Penelope is a first year Girl's 14 with enormous potential, currently ranked #3 in OK, #11 in the MVTA and #271 nationally. Penelope is an honors, straight A students at Jenks Public Schools and trains at the Tucker Tennis Academy at Genesis Racquet Club in Tulsa.

John Paul Huston (From OKC): J.P. is a first year Boy's 16, who is ranked #106 nationally, #5 in the MVTA, and #3 in Oklahoma in Boy's 14's in 2023. Having qualified for the 2023 Boy’s 14 Clay Courts and not being able to attend because of financial concerns, he is a perfect candidate for BRJTF scholarship help. He was awarded the USTA/MVTA Boy's 14 Sportsmanship Award in 2023, is Taytum Jones doubles partner, and an honors student at Edmond North HS.

Ty Taylor (from Jenks): Ty is a first year Boy's 16 playing out of the Genesis Racquet club and the Tucker Tennis Academy. A several times sportsmanship award winner, Ty is currently ranked #18 in singles and #27 in doubles in OK; #27 in singles and #70 in doubles in the MVTA; and #724 in singles nationally. His goal is to play D-1 tennis in college and continue with his volunteer work with p*e wee and beginner students at his club.

The Bill Rompf Junior Tennis Foundation is a 501-(C3) organization honoring and continuing the efforts of Bill Rompf, considered by many to be the most successful junior tennis coach in Oklahoma tennis history. It is dedicated to helping OKC and Oklahoma junior tennis players who are challenged financially in achieving their tennis dreams by way of tournament and travel expenses support.

Please be sure to keep up with us on social media and share our story to help us support more Junior Tennis players in the future.
Please visit our website at https://www.billrompftennis.com/ for more information about scholarships, to donate to our cause, and to see more student success stories and pictures!

05/05/2024

IAN WU EXCELS ON COURT IN 2024

Ian Wu continues his successful 2024 on court play. He finished 4th in singles at the Level 5 Open: USTA MV B16 in Topeka, KS on March 1-3.

This month, Ian, playing for Classen HS, has twice won HS tournaments held in OKC on 4/5 and then again in Elk City on 4/9.

In addition to these victories, Ian made his best performance ever at a Level 5 event - the Radiance Technologies Independence Bowl held in Shreveport LA April 6-7 where he finished 3rd beating the 3rd seed (ranked #398 nationally; Ian's highest national win) in the quarter finals and barely losing in a tiebreak (10-5) in the semi-finals. He went on to win the 3rd-4th playoff 4, 4 over the #542 nationally ranked opponent.
Keep up the good work Ian. You are really doing it!!!!!
Please visit our website at https://www.billrompftennis.com/ for more information about scholarships, to donate to our cause, and to see more student success stories and pictures!

05/05/2024

BRJTF 2024 SCHOLARSHIP KIDS VISIT OK TENNIS CLUBS

All Five of the Bill Rompf Junior Tennis Foundation 2024 scholarship recipients will be visiting area clubs in OKC and Tulsa to meet with the Directors, Head Pros and Junior Program professionals to introduce themselves and inform each club of the foundation's efforts to help talented junior tennis players in Oklahoma who need need financial help to make their tennis dreams come true.

Taytum Jones, Ian Wu, and JP Huston will distribute flyers and information in OKC and Penelope Smith and Ty Taylor will do so in Tulsa. The intent of this exercise is to let the kids who are benefiting from our scholarship help to get the word out to tennis people in their respective communities "what BRJTF is" and "what we do". Thank you all for your efforts and best of luck going into the spring tournament season!!!
Please visit our website at https://www.billrompftennis.com/ for more information about scholarships, to donate to our cause, and to see more student success stories and pictures!

03/11/2024

ROMPF MAKES DONATION IN HIS BELOVED DOG'S NAME

Bill Rompf made a substantial donation to the Bill Rompf Junior Tennis Foundation this week in the name of his "best friend", Coco, who had to be put to sleep this past week. Rompf was not really ever a dog lover, but somehow that drastically changed when he inherited both MaryAnn's dog, Coco, as she went off to college and then, Boomer, Mary's dog, after their divorce. Both the dogs are Yorkies. Over the last 12 years (Coco was 16 and Boomer is 10), they have been his "closest and best friends" and constant traveling companions on his many road trips throughout the United States and Canada, visiting family and friends and forever exploring America. He believes they have been to at least 40 of the 50 states. Bill said their favorite part of each day on the road was "eating at fast food joints and staying in hotels." He believes that making Coco a part of his foundation is her way of staying in his heart and their continuing to give back by helping kids in tennis reach their goals and dreams.

03/11/2024

AUTRY WINS THE TENNIS HOME RUN DERBY

Rob Autry's Swing Racquet + Paddle has just been awarded a $10 million dollar grant from the City of Raleigh bringing the venture to a $125 million finished project. Slated to break ground early this summer and be completed in 2025, Swing Racquet + Paddle will be the largest and most sophisticated racquet sports undertaking ever encompassing all racquet sports on 45 acres. Find the latest update in the article below:

https://www.cbs17.com/news/local-news/wake-county-news/city-of-raleigh-investing-millions-into-new-pickleball-facility/amp/

02/06/2024

TAYTUM JONES ACHIEVES ANOTHER LIFE MILESTONE - A FEATURE IN USTA OKLAHOMA BASELINER NEWSLETTER

Just off Taytum Jones being awarded the High Performance Junior Player of the Year Award by USTA Tennis Oklahoma, he will now be featured in USTA Oklahoma BASELINER magazine for Black History Month.

In his interview Taytum expressed the following:

2023 was an incredible year for me. I set a goal to be ranked in the top 100 in the nation in Boy’s 14’s and I went from 550 to 99 competing in my first two national events. My next goal is to play D1 tennis and one day win the US Open in Arthur Ashe Stadium. Ashe has always been a hero and inspiration for me. To be given the distinction and celebrated in BASELINER for Black History month makes my achievements even more meaningful and special. I am proud of where I come from, my culture, my people and to be a young black male. Black history IS American History. Black History is yesterday, today, and most assuredly tomorrow. I am honored to be a part of that rich history. My favorite tennis player is Arthur Ashe who said “We must reach out our hand in friendship and dignity both to those who would befriend us and those who would be our enemy.”

Taytum, we are honored to have you as part of the Bill Rompf Junior Tennis Foundation’s work and so proud of who you are and all you’ve achieved.

As Bill would say, “You’ve just started. Do not think to be satisfied. Too many goals are out there for you yet to be achieved. Keep up the good work.”
Please visit our webstite at https://www.billrompftennis.com/ for more information about scholarships, to donate to our cause, and to see more student success stories and pictures!

02/06/2024

USTA OKLAHOMA SELECTS TAYTUM JONES AS THE HIGH PERFORMANCE JUNIOR PLAYER OF THE YEAR 2023

The Bill Rompf Junior Tennis Foundation's first scholarship recipient, Taytum Jones, has been selected as the Male High Performance Junior Player of the Year by USTA Oklahoma. He was honored and presented with this award along with the current Oklahoma Hall of Fame 2023 inductees, at the USTA Oklahoma's Awards Banquet on February 3rd at Gaillardia Country Club.

Taytum's Cinderella story began in December of 2022 when he was chosen as the first BRJTF scholarship player. At that time he was ranked 520th nationally, 20th in the Missouri Valley and 8th in the state of Oklahoma. After receiving the distinguished invite and scholarship to the USTA Training Camp in Florida, Taytum secured himself a wild card into the Boy's 14u Clay Court Nationals Tournament where he earned his way into the Boys 14u Hard Court National Tournament (both located in Alabama). Between both national tournaments, Taytum beat several seeded players and won eight matches. His goal of being nationally ranked inside the top 100 boys 14’s came to fruition as he completed the year as 99th in USTA, 4th in Missouri Valley, and 3rd in the state of Oklahoma.

After a 3 month halt due to injury at the end of 2023 and aging up into the Boy's 16's, Taytum played his first event post injury at an L5 USTA tournament in Overland Park, Kansas. Here he beat the third and fifth seeded players while coming up just short in a super tiebreaker in the finals. Taytum’s boys 16’s national ranking is 584th, 24th in the Missouri Valley and 11th in the state of Oklahoma. His world tennis number is now a 20.84. His UTR is a 9.26 in singles and a 9.06 in doubles. If his 2024 performance is anything like 2023, he is expected to quickly climb up in the rankings his first year in the 16‘s age division. As Taytum’s mother says, "This young man just doesn't stop! I am so proud to be his mom! And if it were not for you (BRJTF), your generosity and your heart for kiddos in this sport… Taytum wouldn't be where he is. It's been such a magical year!"

And we too are so proud to be helping Taytum reach his tennis dreams and will continue to do so in 2024.

Please visit our webstite at https://www.billrompftennis.com/ for more information about scholarships, to donate to our cause, and to see more student success stories and pictures!

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