GSIS 10 Year Anniversary Yearbook: Memories | Page 186

Ace that
Tennis Match

Scoreboard

H o m e G u e s t

0 OA HS
0 HHS
0 D HS
0 HHS
3 CI
0 OA HS
0 D HS
2 CI

Samu

el Lee (
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Varsity Boys Tennis

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5
5
5
2
5
5
3

Championship: 1st Place
Jun Kwon, backhand swings against
his opponent at the OAHS game. Jun
Kwon has a reputation for leading
GSIS tennis to victory with his flawless games and consistent wins.

Tournament: 2nd Place
All Conference Awards

Jun Kwon, Samuel Lee. Ryan Moon David Kim

All Tournament Awards
Jun Kwon, Samuel Lee

Jun Kwon receives a serve from an OHS player.

All Tournament MVP

Jeff Jin (

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The
boy’s tennis
team enjoyed a huge victory, placing second in the tournament
and clinching top in the conference.
Their progress since the official conception of the team in 2009 has seen
the Boy’s team become a familiar face
amidst the top of the conference.
The tennis team started off a
little rough on the edges. However,
this did not deter the team’s strong
mentality to win. Boys’ tennis team
members often stayed after practice
to further increase their skills. Each
year, they set goals for themselves and
worked hard to achieve them.
For the first two years, the boy’s
tennis team was focused on making
sure that they did not double-fault
[A tennis player is normally given
two chances to serve; when they
miss these serves, it results in a turnover and a point for the other team],
regardless of whether they won that
match or not. The boys had difficulty
grabbing the win in matches but continued to push forward.
The boys continued to have

difficulty
pulling off many
wins until the 2012-2013 tennis
season when they ended the year with
four season match wins. Jung Hwan
[JH] Hyun, a junior at the time, placed
third at conference in singles 1 [Tennis
can be played as singles or doubles. In
these individual categories, there are
different divisions. For singles there
is singles 1, 2, and 3 and for doubles
there is doubles 1 and 2]. This was a
huge leap forward for the tennis team
as they were finally able to get some
results from their hard work.

However, there was still a lot of
room for improvement. Even though
they had won some seasonal matches,
they had yet to emerge from a tournament victorious, meaning that only certain individual players were winning. To
win a tournament they needed all their
team members to win their matches.

The next year was quiet for the
boys as there were no outstanding
matches or performances. However,
during the 2014-2015 year, the boys
shot to the top, winning all their
seasonal matches, and achieving first
at the KAIAC conference. Ultimately,
the boys were undefeated; the boy’s

Jun Kwon

tennis team didn’t drop a single game
throughout the season.

Their spike in sudden victories
occurred due to a good combination of
many factors. The tennis team acquired
a great addition to the team. Jun Kwon,
a new sophomore at the time, joined
the tennis team and quickly became
the most valuable player (MVP). His
skills were uncontested all throughout
the season, even against ace players
in other schools. But as mentioned
before, a one man powerhouse is not
enough to win a tournament.

Another change in the tennis
team that year was having a team
focus that wasn’t directly looking at the
number of victories. With new member from varying grade levels, and a
new coach, Mr. Rains, the boy’s tennis
team focused on their compatibility.

After such great achievements, it
would seem that the boys had hit the
peak of success. However, this was not
the case. This year the boys showcased their skills once again, by placing
second in the season and first at the
KAIAC tournament, dropping only a
single game in a tough competition
against Chadwick.

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