UT-Arlington seniors Maria Martinez-Romero and Mindaugas Celedinas are the Southland Conference Players of the Year. They were among the many fine players who led the UTA women's and men's tennis teams to another good year. Go Mavericks!

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Here's a question for coach Bartzen from George Bryant, a self-described "old-time Fort Worther who used to follow Fort Worth tennis."

Q: "I seem to remember that when Tut was the pro at Colonial Country Club [from 1962-74], he coached several good junior players from Fort Worth that were ranked in Texas and probably went on to play college tennis. Can he reminisce about these juniors, their games and how they differed from today's junior players?

A: “I did coach a lot of strong players. Some of the ones I remember who played in college (some are my children) were K.C. Miller (TCU), Tom Bartzen (Texas), Tut Bartzen Jr. (TCU), Angela Bartzen (TCU), Fred Bartzen (TCU), Don Murray (Texas, North Texas), Stan Morris (Texas Tech), Ned James (TCU), John Fletcher (TCU), Cindy Sampson (Texas) and Peter Rutledge (William & Mary).

“Others I coached who were strong, state-ranked players but did not play in college were Linda Cunningham, Shirley Yates, Sally Horan, Bobby Gardner, Robbie Vickery and Scott Hopkins.

"They were good state-level players, but not at the national level. Other than Tut Jr., Angela and Tom, none of them were playing national junior-level tennis. Generally, they took a lesson a week, but I saw them every day, because they would get home from school at Paschal, then they would come play. They just congregated at the courts; that's how they got good. I could monitor their progress as they practiced with each other.