USTA FOUNDATION AWARDS $10,000 ROSALIND WALTER SCHOLARSHIP TO KIERRA ROBINSON OF GAFFNEY, S.C.

WHITE PLAINS, N.Y.- USTA Foundation, the national charitable foundation of the United States Tennis Association (USTA), has announced that Kierra Robinson of Gaffney, S.C. who recently graduated from Gaffney High School, has been named a recipient of a $10,000 Rosalind Walter Scholarship. This past spring, USTA Foundation granted 53 high school students a variety of college scholarships, totaling $373,000.

The USTA Foundation strives to encourage students to pursue their goals and highest dreams by succeeding in school and becoming responsible citizens.

“The USTA Foundation is once again excited to award these hard-working, well-deserving seniors,” said Dan Faber, USTA Foundation Executive Director. “We are proud to contribute to their academic achievements, and look forward to their continued success.”

Robinson, 18, was a member of the Gaffney High School Varsity Tennis and Track and Field teams for four years. At school, Robinson held various leadership roles, including student body vice president and secretary during her freshman and senior year, respectively. Outside of school, she was a volunteer for Meals on Wheels and her local Boys & Girls Club.

This fall, Robinson will attend the University of South Carolina Upstate, with plans to study computer engineering.

The scholarship is named in honor of Rosalind Palmer Walter, an active member of the USTA Foundation Board since its inception. Walter was responsible for funding the first USTA Foundation scholarship in 1994. During World War II, Walter worked as a riveter, building the F4U marine gull-winged fighter airplane, becoming the inspiration for the 1942 song “Rosie the Riveter.” Walter took tremendous pride knowing that the hard work, dedication and precision she put into her job helped save lives. The Rosalind P. Walter Scholarship is awarded to a student of good character and who shares Walter’s belief in always putting forth one’s best effort and in giving back to one’s community to make it a better place.

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USTA Foundation, the national charitable organization of the USTA, helps serve up dreams for under-resourced youth; individuals with disabilities; and wounded, ill and injured service members, veterans and their families. The foundation supports programs nationwide that leverage tennis and education to help those in need, primarily through the National Junior Tennis & Learning (NJTL) network, and other efforts to assist military personnel, veterans and individuals with disabilities. To date, it has awarded more than $19 million in grants and scholarships to hundreds of programs, benefitting thousands of children and adults through a tennis, education and health curricula. For more information on USTA Foundation, visit www.ustafoundation.com. Or stay connected through Facebook at www.facebook.com/USTAFoundation, and on Twitter at @USTA_Foundation.