USTA St. Louis Adult Leagues New Staff Member and Player Party!

“It is a great way to celebrate the season. It is a great way to celebrate each other,” Woods said. “In this type of environment, it’s more fun and a lot easier to visit and mix with people.  This includes players at other levels, too, so even higher or lower levels can play together.  We’ll also have a bunch of our player captains attending too – so you can inquire about new teams to join!”

Woods started competing in USTA about eight years ago and has played indoors and outdoors in 18 & Over, 40 & Over and 55 & Over leagues. Woods was interested in the behind-the-scenes work it takes to schedule courts and operate leagues, so she felt the 40/50/65 -plus league coordinator position was a great match.

In addition to her USTA St. Louis role, Woods has worked the front desk at Vetta Sports West the past four years. Woods spent the 14 years before that in the IT industry working for Saepio.

Woods was working remotely for Saepio when the business was bought out by another company, who then proceeded to lay off all Saepio employees. She landed at Vetta Sports West and has loved the chance to interact with plenty of tennis players.

“It was a way for me to get to know more people and be on more teams,” Woods said. “It’s now a great way for me to talk about USTA to a lot of the players. It is a big segue. I’ve been surprised at how many times I can talk to players and get them more interested in USTA. Beginner players are the ones I’m typically able to convince to start playing USTA, which is fun.”