FedUni WestVic Academy of Sport tennis athletes, James O’Sullivan and Ruby Rothman, were acknowledged at a gala awards ceremony at the Kooyong Lawn Tennis Club’s 2018 Champions’ Dinner in Melbourne last Friday evening.

O’Sullivan, 14, a Ballarat Grammar student, defeated Qwyn Quittner in the final in straight sets winning, 7-6, 6-1 to be crowned Kooyong Lawn Tennis Club’s 2018 Under 16 Boys’ Singles champion.

FedUni WestVic Academy of Sport athlete Ruby Rothman has been awarded a John Fitzgerald Scholarship by the prestigious Kooyong Lawn Tennis Club in Melbourne.

Thirteen-year-old, Rothman, from Maryborough, is the first FedUni WestVic Academy of Sport tennis athlete to receive a John Fitzgerald Scholarship, since the Academy’s inception.

The duration of the scholarship is for five years. As a scholarship holder, Rothman will receive additional specialist coaching, conditioning, mentoring, career and education advice and sport science and sports medicine services, from key personnel at the exclusive club.