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Tennis - Girls' Varsity
Overview
Overview
The Taft girls' varsity tennis team has established itself as a perennial power in New England. This is a program that prides itself on developing excellent tennis players who love their sport. Playing in the Founder’s League, Taft has consistently fielded strong teams, which compete for the league title year in and year out. Taft has had many fine tennis players over the years who have gone on to compete at the nation’s finest schools. The success of Taft tennis rests on the principles of hard work, good sportsmanship and fun. The team has access to twelve beautiful outdoor courts and four indoor courts, allowing for play in all types of weather.
Schedule
Schedule
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Northfield Mount Hermon School
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Westminster School
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Choate Rosemary Hall
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New Englands
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Roster
Roster
| # | Name | Position | Class | Hometown |
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| Channing Abbott | 2026 | Locust Valley, NY | ||
| Payton Carroll | 2029 | West Palm Beach, FL | ||
| Callie Curtis | 2027 | New York, NY | ||
| Ashton Gibbins | 2028 | New York, NY | ||
| Wilhelmina Houck | 2026 | New York, NY | ||
| Koni Kucz | 2026 | Mikolow | ||
| Letitia Liu | 2028 | Hong Kong | ||
| Kingsley Rose | 2027 | New York, NY | ||
| Charlotte Van Ert | 2028 | Sag Harbor, NY | ||
| Karen Wang | 2028 | Pudong |
Coaches
Coaches
About Head Coach Rob Howard
Rob Howard is in his second year as the girls’ varsity tennis coach here at Taft. He is the 2016 Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) Women's Tennis Coach of the Year, and is in his 16th season as the head men’s and women’s tennis coach at Post University in 2024-25.
Since 2016, the Post women's team under Howard has reached the CACC Tournament in all but one season while manufacturing seven CACC All-Conference recipients, including Annunciata De-Souza in three consecutive years on the First Team from 2021-2023. In the classroom, Howard's team won the CACC Team GPA Award in back-to-back years from 2022-2024 while having 19 CACC All-Academic Team and four CSC Academic All-District recipients.
Howard played collegiately at Texas, and he went on to a professional career in the sport, where he played out of the Nick Bollettieri Tennis Academy.
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