Awards & Achievements, January 2022

Piper Charney, of Mt. Pleasant, S.C, won the National Winter Championships in Girls' 18s singles and doubles. Seeded No. 26, Charney defeated Californian Katie Codd 6-4, 3-6, 6.-4 in the singles final. Charney teamed up with Floridan Natalie Block to win 6-1, 6-1 over Ava Bruno and Erin Ha.

Southerners had other successes. Mia Yamakita, of Alpharetta, Ga., was a doubles finalists in the Girls' 16s and also won the Sportsmanship Award.

Xander Barber, of Asheville, N.C., and Virginia's Stiles Brockett, were winners of the gold ball in Boys' 16s doubles. Jackson Kirby, who lives in Buckhead, Ga., placed third in Boys' 16s doubles. 

Anderson, S.C.'s Noah Johnston and Gray Kelley, of California, were third-place finishers in Boys' 14s.

Second-seeded Lincoln Battle, of Raleigh, N.C., and Jelani Sarr of Pooler, Ga., won a bronze ball for finishing third in the Boys' 18s doubles.

Elery Mendell, of Watkinsville, Ga., took fourth place in the Girls' 12s. Raleigh, N.C.'s Griffin Goode and Suwanee, Ga.'s Aryan Ponugoti finished fourth in the Boys' 12s.