By Blake Chadwick
For seven years Andover Central senior Jaxon Post has dedicated his life to the sport of tennis. Through his journey, he has won a lot of matches, but more importantly, the senior has impacted twice as many people.
“As a teacher and coach for over 25 years, I have worked with thousands of students,” head coach Mark Fleske said. “Jaxon Post stands alone as the best leader I’ve encountered in our tennis program. High school tennis in Kansas often feels like an individual sport that we force into a team concept. Many of our players are content to play and do the best they can do simply.”
After being named the 2023 Kansas Rising Player of the Year, Post had his sights set on a state championship before he graduated.
“My personal goals would be playing in the state championship and competing at the highest level in the state,” Post said. “As far as team goals we were one point away my junior year from winning the state championship as a team and we would love to finish in first not second this year.”
The Jaguars would fall just short as a team, placing third place this year at state, and Post and his doubles partner Elias Kachelmeier also finished third, not the finish he wanted but the senior knows that his work helped get him exactly where he wanted to be.
“I’ve been training with friends and teammates at Genesis in Wichita for three years now. The past two summers have been straight everyday grinds, from the conditioning, match play, drills, and mental training.”
