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The featured presenter at the 10th Annual event was longtime Stanford Coach Dick Gould, part of an elite group of speakers that included ESPN Analyst and Syracuse Coach Luke Jensen, Notre Dame Coaches Bobby Bayliss & Ryan Sachire, Northwestern Coaches Claire Pollard & David Mullins, Dennison Coach Peter Burling, Illinois Coach Kent Kinnear and Junior Developers Craig O'Shaunnesy, Jorge Capestany and Bill Clark. Recent NCAA Champion Alexis Prousis, Easter Bowl & National Winter titlest Evan King (both CARE Academy students) and No. 1 nationally ranked junior Brennan Boyajian and were among the players participating. One of the highlights of the weekend was a panel discussion beteween parents and experts on junior tennis, led by Jon Vegosen, Chairman of the USTA Collegiate Committee. There was also a High Performance training camp that included 48 players. In the decade the Conference has taken place there have been over 1,700 participants, including Coaches Wayne Bryan, Nick Saviano and Chuck Kriese, as s well as players Paul Goldstein and Scoville Jenkins. It is the only annual event of its kind that allows players, parents and coaches to interact about junior and college tennis.
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