Parker Jone's Journey at TCSP
Parker Jones began playing tennis at TCSP in 2015, at the age of four! His first coach was Mark Ball. Since then, Parker has continued to take tennis classes, including summer camps, and enjoys participating in the Junior Championship Tournament held at the club.
A couple of times a week, Parker is also involved in foil fencing at the Rain City Fencing Club in Redmond. He’s been working on his fencing skills for a few years now and has won a handful of medals in local and regional competitions. He loves fencing and the competition, but if you asked him today, he would tell you tennis is still his favorite sport!
If you meet Parker, you might not notice that he has a limb differential, with only two fingers on his left hand. Because of this, his parents encouraged him to pursue sports where he could succeed despite this disability. When he was younger, he struggled with a single-handed backhand and tossing the ball for serves. Now that he has gotten a little bigger, he has better control and more consistency. Thanks to all his TCSP coaches through the years!
Parker is currently an eighth grader at Jane Addams Middle School. In addition to tennis and fencing, he plays the violin in his school orchestra and enjoys shaping dough and baking using the Ooni pizza oven.
We thank amazing Juniors like Parker for being part of our strong TCSP community. We hope to try one of his baking goods one day!
