Released: November 6 2001
Release #: 0121
Contact: David Eadie,
COA Sports Information Director
COA and Wilson Renew Tennis Partnership
Sacramento, CA. . . The California Community College
Commission on Athletics (COA) today announced a partnership renewal
with Wilson Sporting Goods Racquet Division. The agreement identifies
Wilson as the official ball sponsor of both the women's and men's regional
championships and the Hyundai California Community College championships
through the 2004 season.
"Wilson racquet division is a vital partner of the COA mens and
womens tennis championships," said state commissioner Joanne A. Fortunato,
Ph.D. They continue to be an integral part of the planning of the event
and have always been a tremendous asset to the tennis coaches association.
They are to be commended for their level of service and commitment to
the COA tennis championship and to the respective coaches association."
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The partnership provides Wilson with signage rights, public address announcements
and print advertising at the regional and state championships. Wilson will
provide the "Wilson Extra Duty Tennis Ball" as the official ball of the
tournaments.
"Wilson Tennis Balls have been the Official Tennis Ball of the California
Community College State Tennis Championships since 1982 and we are very
proud of our twenty-year association with the COA," said Robert Shafer,
Western Region Sales Manager of Wilson Sporting Goods Company Racquet Sports
Division.
The 2002 Hyundai California Community College Tennis Championships will
be hosted by the Pacific Coast Conference, May 9-11. The dual team championship
will be held on May 9, with the singles and doubles championships spanning
May 10-11.
To learn more about Wilson and its wide-range of sporting goods, visit
www.wilsonsports.com
For more information regarding the Hyundai California Community College
Tennis Championships, and for news and updates of all 23 COA sanctioned
sports, visit www.coasports.org.
COA
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