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                              Member of USA Women’s Team

                      

Jun Gao

Full Name:  Jun Gao

Height: 5’ 6”, Weight: 165 lbs.

Date of Birth: 01/25/1969

City, State of Birth: Baoding, Hebei, China

Current Residence: El Monte, CA

Competition Records

2009 – US Nationals-Women’s Singles and Doubles Champion

2008 – Member of the United States Olympic Team for Beijing, China

2007 – Pan American Games – gold medal (women’s singles and team)

2004 – Olympic Games – 30th place (women’s singles)

2003 – Pan American Games – gold medal (women’s singles and doubles)

2003 – World Championships – quarter-finalist (women’s singles)

1999 – Pan American Games – gold medal (women’s singles and doubles)

1996 – 2001 US Women’s Singles and Doubles Champion

1994–95  Highest world ranking: #3

1994 – US Open Women’s Singles Champion

1993 – World Championships – 3rd place (women’s singles)

1992 – Barcelona Olympic Games (competed for China with Chen Zihe) – silver medal

1991 – World Champion (women’s doubles with Chen Zihe)

Member of USA Women’s , Junior and Cadet Girls Teams

Ariel Hsing

Full Name:  Ariel Hsing

Date of Birth: 11/29/1995

City, State of Birth: Fremont, California

Height: 5’ 4.5”, Weight: 107 lbs.

Style of Play: Two Wings Attack

Rubbers: Inverted (Butterfly Tenergy 05)

Handed: Right         

City, State: San Jose, CA 

Club: ICC, Palo Alto                                         

Coach: Rajul Sheth, Dennis Davis, Stefan Feth, Xibo Liu

Competition Records

2010 ITTF Italian Junior Circuit Cadet Girls Double Champion

2010 ITTF Italian Junior Circuit Cadet Girls Singles Champion

2010 US National Team Trial – Women 1st place

2010 Safir International – Girls Under 16 Champion

2010 PanAm Youth Olympic Games Trial – Girls 1st place

2009 US National Championship – Women Open Singles, 2nd place

2009 US National Championship – Cadet Girls Singles Champion

2009 Pan American Junior Open - Junior Girls Champion

2009 North America Championships – Cadet Girls Champion and Junior Girls Champion

2009 Canadian Junior Open - Cadet Girls Champion

2008 Pan American Junior open - Junior Girls Champion

2008 North American Championships – Cadet Girls Champion and Junior Girls Champion

2008 US National Championship – Women Open Singles, 2nd place

Member of USA Women’s, Junior and Cadet Girls Teams

Natalie Sun

Full Name:  Natalie Wei-Tze Sun

Date of Birth:  12/24/1995

City, State of Birth: Mountain View, CA

Height:  5’4”, Weight: 115 lbs.

Style of Play: All around attacker

Rubbers: Butterfly Tenergy 05/Challenger Attack

Handed: Right

Club: The World Champions Table Tennis Academy

Coach: Li Zhen Shi, Zhang Li, Stefan Feth and Nan Li

Competition Records

2010 US National Women’s Team Trial  2nd

2010 US National Junior Girls Team Champion

2010 US National Cadet Girls Team Semi-finalist

2010 ITTF Italian Junior Circuit Cadet Girls Double Champion

2010 ITTF Italian Junior Circuit Cadet Girls Singles Silver

2009 US National U21 Women Singles Champion

2009 US Open Junior Girl Singles Champion

2008 US National Girls U13 Singles Champion

2008 Wasserman Scholarship Junior Girls Champion

2008 Wasserman Scholarship Cadet Girls Champion

Member of USA Women’s, Junior and Cadet Girls Teams

Lily Zhang

Full Name:  Lily Zhang

Date of Birth:  06/16/1996

City, State of Birth: Redwood City, California

Height:  5’2”, Weight:  95 lbs.

Style of Play: All around attacker

Rubbers: Express One and Express Explode

Handed: Right        

City, State: Palo Alto, CA  

Occupation: Student

Club: ICC Table Tennis Club

Coach: Maggie Tian, Steven Wang and Kashyap Anal

Competition Records

2010 National Team Trials in Texas, 3rd place, National Team Member

2010 Swedish Junior & Cadet Open, 2nd place, Under 16 Girls

2009 National Team Trials in Las Vegas, National Team Member

2009 Table Tennis World Championships in Japan

2009 ITTF Global Junior Circuit Final - Japan

2009 Canadian Junior Open - Final

2009 Chile Junior and cadet Open - Girls Doubles - Final

Member of USA Women’s and Cadet Girls Teams

Erica Wu

Full Name:  Erica Shen-Ning Wu

Date of Birth: 05/15/1996

City, State of Birth: Arcadia, California

Nickname: Erica

Height: 5’4”, Weight: 102 lbs.

Style of Play: Close to the table backhand block, forehand loop

Handed: Right       

City, State: Arcadia, CA

Club: Los Angeles Table Tennis

Coach: Cherry Zhao and Jun Gao

Competition Records

2009 World Junior Championships (top 32) Columbia

2009 World Team Cup (Inter-Continental Cup Champion) Austria

2009 US National Championships (2nd place in Cadet Team)

2008 US National Championships (3rd place in Junior Team)

Member of USA Junior Girls Team

Anne Deng

Full Name:  Anne Deng

Date of Birth:  11/24/1994

City, State of Birth:  Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

Nickname: Anne

Height: 5’4.5”, Weight: 117 lbs.

Style of Play: Hit/Loop

Rubbers: Tenergy 64

Handed: Right      

City, State:  Katy, TX

Club:  HTTA

Coach: Sumi Lee

Competition Records

2009 US Nationals, Women’s Singles-Bronze medal 2009 US  Open, Cadet Girls Singles Champion

2009 US Nationals, Junior Girls Team Trial-Bronze medal

2009 Canadian Junior and Cadet Open, Cadet Girls-Bronze medal

2009 Canadian Junior and Cadet Open, Cadet Team-Gold medal

2008 US Nationals Cadet Girls team trial-Silver medal

2008 US Open, Junior Girls Singles -Silver medal

2008 US Open, Cadet Girls Singles -Silver medal

2008 North American Team Trial-Bronze medal 

2008 US Nationals, Cadet Team Trials-Second place

Member of USA Men’s Team

Mark Hazinski

Full Name:  Mark Hazinski

Date of Birth:  04/20/1985

City, State of Birth:  South Bend, Indiana 

Nickname:  Haz

Height:  6’4, Weight:  210 lbs.>

Style of Play: Offensive attacker

Rubbers: Killerspin Fortissimo

Handed: Right         

City, State: Fort Worth, Texas 

Occupation: Student

College (Name, City, State): Texas Wesleyan University, Fort Worth, TX

Club: Texas Wesleyan University

Coach:  Keith Evans

Competition Records

US Nationals Men’s Singles Finalist-3 times

US Nationals Men’s Doubles 1st - 4 times

US Nationals Men’s Under 21 1st - 5 times

US Collegiate Men’s Singles 1st - 2 times

2007 Pan American Games Men’s Team 3rd   

2006 US Nationals Mixed Doubles 1st                                        

Member of USA Men’s Team

Yu Shao

Full Name:  Yu Shao

Date of Birth:  08/04/1972

City, State of Birth: Shanghai, China

Height:  5’9”, Weight: 140 lbs.

Style of Play: Attacking close to the table

Rubbers: Forehand, DHS Hurricane

Backhand: Stiga Clippa (Short Pips)

Handed: Right        

City, State:  White Plains, NY 

Club:  New York Athletic Club, New York Table Tennis Club

Competition Records

2010 Texas Wesleyan Open (Fort Worth, TX)  Open Singles Champion

2004, 2006, 2009 US National Over 30 Men's Champion

2008 US National Men's Doubles Champion and Men’s Singles 3rd Place

2005 SoCal Open (San Diego, CA)  Open Singles Champion

2002 New York State Closed Men's Single Champion

Member of USA Men’s and Junior Teams

Peter Li

Full Name:  Peter Li

Date of Birth:  01/19/1993

City, State of Birth:  Silver Spring, Maryland

Height:  5’11’’, Weight: 125 lbs.

Style of Play: Two Wing Looper

Rubbers: Express 1 and Express 2

Handed: Right        

City, State:  Laurel, MD 

High School:  Reservoir High School

Club: Club Joola Rockville

Coach: Ming Li

Competition Records

2010 US Men’s Singles National Team Trials 3rd

2009 US National Junior Boys Singles Team Trials 1st

2009 US National Under 22 Men’s Singles 2nd

2009 Pan American Junior Singles Championships 5th               

2009 North American Championships Men’s Singles Semifinalist

2009 North American Championships Junior Boy’s Singles     Semifinalist     

2008 US National Junior Boys Singles Team Trials 3rd

2008 North American Championships Cadets Boys Singles Semifinalist

Member of USA Men’s and Junior Teams

Michael Landers

Full Name:  Michael Jonathan Landers

Date of Birth:  08/16/1994

City, State of Birth:  Old Westbury, New York

Nickname: The Kid

Height:  5’8”, Weight: 125 lbs.

Style of Play: Two Wing Looper      

Rubbers: Tenergy 05 (FH) Bryce Speed (BH)

Handed: Right        

City, State: Old Westbury, NY 

Coach:  Ernesto Ebuen

Competition Records

2009 Men’s Singles US Nationals – Champion

2009 North American Championships – Champion

2009 Canadian World Junior Circuit-Cadet team - 1st Place

Member of USA Men’s Team

Niraj Oak

Full Name:  Niraj Oak

Date of Birth: 11/25/1966

City, State of Birth:  India

Height: 5’9”, Weight: 150 lbs.                           

Style of Play: Right hand, Shake Hand              

Rubbers: F – Bryce Speed, B – Bryce FX

Handed: Right         

City, State:  Sugar Land, TX 

Club: Houston Table Tennis Association

Competition Records

2008 Finished 6th, National Team Trials USA

1982-1983 Ranked India Junior #1 India 

Member of USA Junior and Cadet Boys Teams

Alexander Yao

Full Name:  Alexander Yao

Date of Birth:  10/02/1995

City, State of Birth:  St. Louis, MO                   

Nickname:  Alex

Height: 5' 6", Weight: 138 lbs.

Style of Play: Two Wing Looper

Rubbers: Bryce Speed FX

Handed: Right         

City, State: Chesterfield, MO

Club: St. Louis                                                 

Coach: Sheri Xu

Competition Records

2010 Feb. ITTF Cadet Boys World Rank #41

2009 US National Cadet Trail Champion

2009 US National Junior Trail 3rd 

2009 World Cadet Challenge Cup – Tokyo - Single 13th 

2009 World Junior Championship - team member

2009 Canada Junior Open - Team event Champion  

2009 Canada Junior Open - Cadet Double Champion 

2009 Wasserman Scholarship U-15 Champion 

2009 Wasserman Scholarship U-13 Champion 

2009 Berkeley Open Boys U-18 Champion

2009 US Open Boys U-13 Champion

Member of Junior Boys Team

Yahao Zhang

Full Name:  Yahao Zhang

Date of Birth:  06/13/1992

City, State of Birth:  Nanning, Guangxi, China

Height: 5’6, Weight: 135 lbs.

Style of Play: Middle Distance

Rubbers: Tenergy 05, Sriver G3

Handed: Right        

City, State:  Highlands Ranch, CO

Club: Top Spin Table Tennis Center

Coach: Francisco Mendez

Competition Records

2009 Pan American Games 8th 

2009 North American Championship (junior singles) 1st

2009 North American Championship (Double) 1st

2009 North American Championship (teams)  1st

2009 World Junior Championship  64th

2008 National Championships (junior singles)   2nd

2008 National Championships (singles) 13th

2008 National Championships (junior singles)  4th

Member of USA Cadet Boys Team

Andrew Chen

Full Name:  Andrew He Chen

Date of Birth:  08/12/1996

City, State of Birth:  Hartford, Connecticut

Nickname:  Ninjanator

Height: 5”4, Weight: 108 lbs.

Style of Play: All around attacker     

Rubbers: Tenergy / Flarestorm

Handed: Right

City, State: Frisco, TX

Coach: Yin Wang

Competition Records

2009 US Nationals Cadet Boys singles finalist

2009 US OPEN Cadet Boys singles finalist

2009 US OPEN Boys 13 & under finalist

2009 US NationalsBoys 13 & under finalist

2009 US Nationals Boys 13 & under semifinalist

2009 US OPEN Boys 11 & under champion

2009 US OPEN  Under 3200 double champion

2009 US Nationals 10 & under semifinalist 

Member of USA Cadet Boys Team

Charles Deng

Full Name:  Charles Deng

Date of Birth:  08/29/1997

City, State of Birth:  Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

Nickname:  Charles

Height: 4’7”, Weight: 76 lbs.

Style of Play: Loop/Hit

Rubbers: Tenergy 05/Tenergy 64

Handed: Left        

City, State:  Katy, TX

Club: HTTA

Coach:  Huijing Wang, Victor Subonj, Sumi Lee

Competition Records

2009 US Nationals  13 & Under 1 

2009 Euro Mini Champs 1997 Boys  2 

2009 NA Championship Cadet Boys 2 

2009 US Nationals  15 & Under  4 

2009 US Nationals  10 & Under  1                       

Member of USA Cadet Boys Team

Anand Engineer

Full Name:  Anand Engineer

Date of Birth:  02/17/1995

City, State of Birth:  Placentia, California 

Height: 5’ 2”, Weight: 80lbs

Style of Play: Attack                                             

Rubbers: JOOLA X-plode

Handed: Right        

City, State:  Placentia, CA 

Club: Grace Lin Table Tennis Club

Coach: Grace Lin                                             

Competition Records

2009 US Nationals, Cadet  4th                                                                    

2009 ITTF Challenge Cup Tryout  2nd

2008 US Open, 3700 Doubles 1st                                                                    

2008 US Nationals, Cadet  5th                                                                    

2008 US Nationals, U2100  2nd

2007 US Open, U13   3rd

2007 US Nationals, Cadet  Top 12

2006 US National Championships, U13   3rd