By Cooper Chadwick
Finishing seventh at state last year in doubles, senior Kam Stubbs is looking to place higher this year with a new partner.
Stubbs last year also finished with a 19-3 record, placing third in GWAL and 1st at regionals with her now
graduated partner, Cayanna Sparks.
Being one of the few returning players with experience at state, Stubbs who is a naturally shy person had to step out of her comfort zone and into the role of a leader.
“I was most excited for get to build new relationships…and to be a mentor for the first year girls,” Stubbs said.
To improve on her seventh place finish last year Stubbs knew she had to put in the work in the offseason.
“In the off season I would go once every two weeks with friends to play tennis at a park. I would also work on agility,” Stubbs said. “At the beginning of the season I wanted to work mainly on directing where my shots land and on different spins on the ball. I worked on it a lot by changing the grip on my racket and angling my body to where it was to hit the same shot over and over.”
Stubbs worked hard in the offseason to meet many individual goals and help her team meet their goals as well.
“An individual goal I had for the season was to continue to progress as a player and not just stay monotonous the whole season,” Stubbs said. “For my team was to show effort and that they wanted to be there. Another goal I held for our varsity team is to try and qualify for state.”
