Congratulations to this year's high school graduates! They all have worked so hard to get to this point. We are so proud of their successes and are excited to see where their path takes them.

Each has received scholarships from the Denise McCoy Memorial Scholarship Award Fund to help them offset some of their college expenses. You can read below what their future plans are.

Sending everyone the best of luck! Enjoy your summer!

Name: Hasan Serville

High school or specific program attending: Schenectady High School, Smart Scholars Program @ SCCC.

The college you plan to attend after high school: HVCC Hudson Valley Community College.

Intended college major or goals after high school: Computer Science / Computer Information Systems.

Future career goals: Website Design and Development for successful and impactful technology organizations.

How long have you been a part of

15-LOVE: Just over 5 years.

Favorite 15-LOVE memory: Being a part of my first Jamboree.

Name: EJ Cabahug

High School: Albany High School

College Committed: Siena College

Intended College Major: Undecided/Business

Future Career Goals: Run a clothing business of my own or get into some sort of business.

How long have you been a part of

15-LOVE: I have been part of the 15-LOVE program for 13 years.

A short-term goal: Finding an internship to further enhance my knowledge of how to run a business.

Favorite 15-LOVE memory: Participating in the Leadership weekend at Camp Fowler in 2019.

Name: Damien Ceniza

High school: Albany High School

The college you plan to attend after high school: HVCC- Hudson Valley Community College

Intended college major or goals after high school: Business/Computer science

Future career goals or long-term goals:

Possibly become a videogame developer or an entrepreneur.

How long have you been a part of

15-LOVE: I have been with the 15-LOVE program for at least 13 years.

Favorite 15-LOVE memory: Leadership weekend with the college-prep program in February of 2019.

Name: Rondacia McPherson, SHS Salutatorian

Current high school or specific program attending: Schenectady High School / SUNY Schenectady Early College High School

The college you plan to attend high school: University of Pennsylvania

Intended college major or goals after high school: Biochemistry

Future career goals or long-term goals: Surgeon

How long have you been a part of

15-LOVE: 6 years

Favorite 15-LOVE memory: During the pandemic when we were given the opportunity to design a tennis court. Everyone had their own portion of the court they could do what they see fit. When playing tennis during the winter months, we are told to change our shoes so as to not ruin the courts. This project allowed us to temporarily "ruin " the courts in the best way possible.

Name: Josiah Spivey

High School: Schenectady High School

Future College: HVCC - Hudson Valley

Community College

Future Career: Construction Technology-Building Construction - Building Contractor

How long have you been a part of

15-LOVE: 13 years

Favorite 15-LOVE memory: As a young kid taking lessons from teachers I looked up to in the summer.

Name: Mohamed Shahabuddeen

Current Program: Schenectady High School/ SUNY Schenectady Early College High School

Future College: Siena -> Rensselaer (RPI) 3/2 Engineering Program Siena participates with Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI), in a cooperative science engineering program leading to a Bachelor’s Degree

Future Career: Aerospace Engineering - Master's in Aerospace

How long have you been a part of

15-LOVE: 7 years

Favorite 15-LOVE memory: Participating in the Jamboree when I was younger.

On June 5th we celebrated our Annual 31st Fore Love & Money Golf and Tennis outing at Schuyler Meadows Club. It was a beautiful day for the attendees to play some golf and tennis. A reception followed with 15-LOVE Excellence Participant and Schenectady High School Senior and Salutatorian Rondacia McPherson speaking about 15-LOVE's impact on her future.

"We are incredibly lucky to have such great love from our community," said 15-LOVE Executive Director Amber Marino. "The support we have received made this year’s event one for the record books! Thank you, everyone, including our amazing sponsors, supporters and staff. Without your help, we would not be able to give our all to serve our community the way we do."

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Summer programming began June 26th. Classes are filling up!



View the Summer Program Schedule and please register online.

We added two new classes to the schedule in each County: High School Fundamentals (for middle and high school students wanting to make an HS team) and an Adaptive Class (for students who would benefit from adaptations to help them be successful). We will continue with the online registration, as we found it's the best way to keep everything organized, but tennis class sizes will not be limited.

Please note: due to limited spacing in our Education Programming, our cancellation policy remains in effect (please contact us if you will miss a class so students from the wait list can attend). As for Tennis Programming, canceling is encouraged if you won't be returning for the remainder of the summer (missing a class is fine).

KeyBank Volunteers Help Us

Get Ready for Summer Programming

KeyBank volunteers spent the afternoon with us on June 13th to help us tackle some projects in our garden and in the office that will help us get ready for summer programming. They are no strangers to our office. Last year they volunteered their time doing almost the same exact tasks: weeding, sorting books, and assembling activity kits for our participants.

They split into three groups - one group worked in our garden doing some weeding and sanding our new fence. The second group sorted books for distribution this summer, and the third group assembled 4th of July-themed solar bead bracelet kits to be given to our participants. Our goal was to have 1,000 kits prepared for the first week of programming and they made it happen.

“We so appreciate KeyBank's help," said 15-LOVE Executive Director Amber Marino. "Every time they show up to help, they go above and beyond with some big projects on our to-do list. This time of year requires a lot of hands and a lot of coordination – and Key Bank’s volunteers always lighten our load. Thank you, again!"

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Community Partner's

Learn about all the amazing things

USTA Eastern is doing.

Learn about all the incredible things the

USTA Foundation is up to.

Thank you for considering a gift to 15-LOVE! 15-LOVE (Capital Region Youth Tennis Foundation, Inc) is a 501(c)3 not-for-profit organization. All purchases made from this list for the organization are tax deductible to the extent permissible by law.