{"id":8396,"date":"2018-09-26T14:06:10","date_gmt":"2018-09-26T04:06:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/tas\/?p=8396"},"modified":"2018-09-26T17:06:41","modified_gmt":"2018-09-26T07:06:41","slug":"jessica-fowler-named-female-junior-athlete-of-the-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/tas\/news\/2018\/09\/26\/jessica-fowler-named-female-junior-athlete-of-the-year","title":{"rendered":"Jessica Fowler named Female Junior Athlete of the Year"},"content":{"rendered":"

After being crowned Tasmania\u2019s 2018 Female Junior Athlete of the Year, Jessica Fowler is more determined than ever to chase her tennis dreams.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is an honour,\u201d Fowler said, dedicating her award to her family for their ongoing support.<\/p>\n

It is the second time the 18-year-old from the Lindisfarne Memorial Tennis Club has won the award, also receiving the accolade in 2016.<\/p>\n

> Lindisfarne Memorial Tennis Club named Most Outstanding Club<\/a><\/p>\n

Fowler\u2019s national ranking is currently No.65 \u2013 making her the state\u2019s highest-ranked female player. A top 100-breakthrough followed impressive results at Australian Money Tournaments (AMTs) in the past 12 months, winning titles in both singles and doubles.<\/p>\n

Her focus is now replicating this form at higher-level Australian Pro Tour events, where she aims to continue to improve her ranking and compete against the world\u2019s best this summer.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m looking forward to giving those a good crack and see how I go,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m not at school anymore, so this next year is my time to really go after my dreams.\u201d<\/p>\n

Fowler is also a trainee coach at the Hobart Tennis Academy and Lindisfarne Memorial Tennis Club, where her positive attitude makes her a great mentor for her fellow junior athletes.<\/p>\n

Eliane Fader and Charlotte Ingram were finalists for the Female Junior Athlete of the Year award.<\/p>\n

> Tasmanian Tennis Awards winners revealed<\/a><\/p>\n

Ben Cawston, a National Academy athlete at the Domain Tennis Centre, won the Male Junior Athlete of the Year award.<\/p>\n

The 18-year-old Cawston, who was unable to attend the award’s presentation at the Burnie Tennis Club, won the prestigious Pardey Shield in 2018 and recently received a tennis scholarship to attend the College of Charleston in South Carolina next year.<\/p>\n

Ruben McCormack, Sam Edgar and Sam Whitehead were finalists in the Male Junior Athlete of the Year category.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Jessica Fowler from the Lindisfarne Memorial Tennis Club won the 2018 Female Junior Athlete of the Year award.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6028,"featured_media":8402,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[134,133,135,73,116],"class_list":["post-8396","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-ben-cawston","tag-jessica-fowler","tag-junior-athlete-of-the-year","tag-news","tag-tasmanian-tennis-awards"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/tas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8396","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/tas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/tas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/tas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6028"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/tas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8396"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/tas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8396\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/tas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8402"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/tas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8396"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/tas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8396"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/tas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8396"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}