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Tennis Fan Favorite, Ball Kids, Returns for 2024 Season
Jan 3, 2024 | Men's Tennis, Women's Tennis
The Omaha Mavericks men's and women's tennis programs have announced the return of the fan favorite Maverick Ball Kid Program.
The program's mission is to create a rewarding and active learning opportunity for kids to foster a lively and engaging experience during home matches. The benefits include: exclusive access to Division I tennis competition, learn about the game of tennis, countable community service hours and free Maverick Ballers t-shirts.
"We are entering our third year for our ball kid program, and we have seen steady growth. We increased participation from 16 the first year to 23 in our second year. Our goal is to keep increasing that number to allow as many kids as possible the opportunity to be a ball kid. We have learned a few things over the years, and we feel the ball kid program is in a good spot with some of our adjustments," Omaha women's tennis head coach Adam Summitt said. "The biggest being, we only will do ball kids for the singles portion of dual matches. The kids create an impact, and they may not realize it. When they are there our matches move at a much quicker pace. The players, both Omaha and visiting, love having them on their court. We look forward to another exciting year of Omaha Tennis and having the Maverick Ballers be a part of it."
Children ages 9-14 (cannot be in high school per NCAA rules) are eligible and tennis experience is recommended but not required. Every participant must attend at least one training session before working any of the home matches.
The program will only be ran for select men's and women's home matches. You can see the full list of training dates and matches for each team below with dates of those matches.
Ball Kid Sign up Form
Training Dates and Times – All at Miracle Hills
1/5 – 530-6 PM
1/6 – 1-2 PM
1/19 – 5-6 PM
Women's Matches
2/10 – Central Arkansas @ Miracle Hills
3/9 – Denver @ Miracle Hills
3/29 – Oral Roberts @ Miracle Hills
4/6 – St. Thomas – Location is TBD at a later time.
Men's Matches
1/19 – Air Force @ Miracle Hills
2/11 – Montana State @ Miracle Hills
2/24 – Creighton @ Miracle Hills
4/13 – Drake – Location is TBD at a later time.
The program's mission is to create a rewarding and active learning opportunity for kids to foster a lively and engaging experience during home matches. The benefits include: exclusive access to Division I tennis competition, learn about the game of tennis, countable community service hours and free Maverick Ballers t-shirts.
"We are entering our third year for our ball kid program, and we have seen steady growth. We increased participation from 16 the first year to 23 in our second year. Our goal is to keep increasing that number to allow as many kids as possible the opportunity to be a ball kid. We have learned a few things over the years, and we feel the ball kid program is in a good spot with some of our adjustments," Omaha women's tennis head coach Adam Summitt said. "The biggest being, we only will do ball kids for the singles portion of dual matches. The kids create an impact, and they may not realize it. When they are there our matches move at a much quicker pace. The players, both Omaha and visiting, love having them on their court. We look forward to another exciting year of Omaha Tennis and having the Maverick Ballers be a part of it."
Children ages 9-14 (cannot be in high school per NCAA rules) are eligible and tennis experience is recommended but not required. Every participant must attend at least one training session before working any of the home matches.
The program will only be ran for select men's and women's home matches. You can see the full list of training dates and matches for each team below with dates of those matches.
Ball Kid Sign up Form
Training Dates and Times – All at Miracle Hills
1/5 – 530-6 PM
1/6 – 1-2 PM
1/19 – 5-6 PM
Women's Matches
2/10 – Central Arkansas @ Miracle Hills
3/9 – Denver @ Miracle Hills
3/29 – Oral Roberts @ Miracle Hills
4/6 – St. Thomas – Location is TBD at a later time.
Men's Matches
1/19 – Air Force @ Miracle Hills
2/11 – Montana State @ Miracle Hills
2/24 – Creighton @ Miracle Hills
4/13 – Drake – Location is TBD at a later time.
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