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University Of Miami Online High School Student To Play In US Open
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WESTON, Fla./EWORLDWIRE/Aug. 31, 2004
University of Miami On-Line High School student Scoville Jenkins will play defending champion Andy Roddick Tuesday evening in the first round of the 2004 US Open. Jenkins earned a wild-card spot in the US Open when he won the USTA Boys' 18s National Championship earlier this month. He is the first African-American to win that event since its inception in 1916.
"I'm very excited, at 17 years old, to be playing the US Open," Jenkins said. "I am going to cherish every moment." A 6-1 right-hander, Jenkins is "one of the most promising junior players in the country," according to US Open officials.
Technically a high school junior, Jenkins has taken off the past few months to compete at Wimbledon, the French Open, the USTA National Championships in Kalamazoo, and now the US Open. The Atlanta native currently is enrolled at the Weston-based University of Miami Online High School. UMOHS is a fully accredited high school with teachers available to work with students 15 hours a day, six days a week. Students like Scoville can call or e-mail their teachers from any where in the world at any time of day. The flexibility of online education has enabled this remarkable teen to take his tennis career to a new level.
"With UMOHS, I can travel and train and still get a great education," Jenkins says.
In addition to his recent Boys' 18s National Championship win, Jenkins reached the Wimbledon semifinals earlier this summer. In the last year, he won two ITF Grade One junior titles, the Eddie Herr Championships and the Astrid Bowl.
Jenkins' academic and athletic careers have converged at the US Open. The online high school student and rising tennis star is one of only three US Open competitors keeping an online diary for the tournament's official website.
In one of his first entries, dated August 25, Jenkins wrote that he is prepared for the attention that a main-draw match against number-two-seeded Roddick is sure to bring. "It's hard to believe that at 17-years-old, I'll be playing in Ashe Stadium, in front of thousands of people and on national television, too," he wrote. "There will be a lot of people watching, so afterwards, people will know who I am, and that'll be great."
The US Open began August 30, and it will continue through September 12 at the USTA National Tennis Center in Flushing, N.Y. The highest-attended annual sporting event in the world, the US Open is watched by more than 620,000 fans. Last year, more than 77 million people watched the event on CBS Sports and USA Network, and the tennis action was broadcast to 165 countries.
Access to Jenkins' online diary may be found at www.USOPEN.org.
The UMOHS is the first private, online high school to offer students a fully accredited diploma without the physical boundaries of a traditional high school, while still providing the learning community each student needs in order to thrive. In a time when flexibility is key, the faculty and staff are dedicated to providing individualized learning programs to suit even the most unique education and lifestyle needs.
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© 2004 EWORLDWIRE
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