Hailey Stelse Joins Air Force Women’s Tennis Class of 2024
6/27/2020 10:30:00 AM | Women's Tennis
USAF ACADEMY, Colo. - Hailey Stelse joins Air Force women's tennis as part of the class of 2024, announced today by head coach Kim Gidley. Stelse joins fellow freshman Isabella Flodin as the two members of the freshman class for Falcon women's tennis.
The freshman duo began their journey as cadets on Thursday, June 25, and will be participating in Basic Cadet Training (BCT).
"Hailey is a competitor and has a quiet tenaciousness about her," Gidley said. "Being a top-ranked singles and doubles player from the Southwest Section and nationally in singles, Hailey fights to win every point and uses her fitness to hit as many balls as it takes to find a way to win. We have had a lot of gritty number one players in our program that have competed with this style of play with huge amounts of success, so we can't wait to get Hailey on the court to represent the Air Force Academy. Hailey has had success as an individual (winning state), with her team (winning state), and academically as a four time academic all-state player, so look for her to adjust well to all that the Air Force Academy has to offer."
Hailey Stelse File:
Height: 5-10
Hometown: Scottsdale, Ariz.
High School: Desert Mountain
Notable: Tennis recruiting national ranking of #86 in 2020 … lettered four years in tennis … two-time Div. 1 team state champion in 2017 and 2018 … Div. 1 individual state champion in 2018 … Div. 1 individual doubles state runner-up in 2019 … 2019 High School All-America team … high school coach was Kim Dever … club coach was Lou Belken … Southwest Jr. Closed 18's runner-up, ranked top 5 in every age group (12's-18's) in the Southwest section … top ranking of #64 amongst class of 2020 … graduated in top 10 percent of graduating class and was academic all-state all four years ... daughter of Christopher and Julie Stelse … has a younger brother, Cole.
The freshman duo began their journey as cadets on Thursday, June 25, and will be participating in Basic Cadet Training (BCT).
"Hailey is a competitor and has a quiet tenaciousness about her," Gidley said. "Being a top-ranked singles and doubles player from the Southwest Section and nationally in singles, Hailey fights to win every point and uses her fitness to hit as many balls as it takes to find a way to win. We have had a lot of gritty number one players in our program that have competed with this style of play with huge amounts of success, so we can't wait to get Hailey on the court to represent the Air Force Academy. Hailey has had success as an individual (winning state), with her team (winning state), and academically as a four time academic all-state player, so look for her to adjust well to all that the Air Force Academy has to offer."
Hailey Stelse File:
Height: 5-10
Hometown: Scottsdale, Ariz.
High School: Desert Mountain
Notable: Tennis recruiting national ranking of #86 in 2020 … lettered four years in tennis … two-time Div. 1 team state champion in 2017 and 2018 … Div. 1 individual state champion in 2018 … Div. 1 individual doubles state runner-up in 2019 … 2019 High School All-America team … high school coach was Kim Dever … club coach was Lou Belken … Southwest Jr. Closed 18's runner-up, ranked top 5 in every age group (12's-18's) in the Southwest section … top ranking of #64 amongst class of 2020 … graduated in top 10 percent of graduating class and was academic all-state all four years ... daughter of Christopher and Julie Stelse … has a younger brother, Cole.
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