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Mt Maunganui tennis player Austen Childs will play for University of Louisville in the first round of America's National Collegiate Athletics Association's CAA singles championship.
Childs, in his first year at the university, has had an impressive season, becoming the first rookie at the university to be selected for the NCAA singles competition.
During the season he compiled a 25-13 (win-loss) record and is the top-seeded player in the University's Cardinals team.
He has appeared as high as No 36 in the USA Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) and now stands at No 43.
He was the ITA's midwest region "rookie of the year".