CINTIA TORTORELLA
President and founder
Cintia is a passionate sports fan and a tennis lover. Her performance in this discipline allowed her to obtain, as a first division university player with a full scholarship, her Bachelor of Arts degree in Telecommunications from Pepperdine University and a Master of Science degree in Sports Management from Baylor University, American institutions based in California. Been a first division player in Pepperdine and a well-known and respected coach in the US tennis scene, allowed her to establish an extensive network with coaches of the best American universities. This makes her the ideal person to help athletes find their scholarship.
Is her experience and desire that other athletes have the same opportunities to play, that inspired her to create PlayintheUS. She has over 15 years of experience teaching college tennis and working with high school students for college recruitment. She has first-hand experienced what it means to take the plunge in the adventure of living the dream, and that is why she wants every young athlete to be part of Play in the US.
As a coach , Cintia lead the Pepperdine team to three West Coast Conference titles and helped them advance to the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Championships where they reached a stellar 71-33 winning record. The NCAA is an organization that regulates student athletes from 1,268 North American institutions and conferences and also organizes the athletic programs of many colleges and universities in the United States and Canada.
As a professional player she reached a Women's Tennis Association (WTA) world ranking of 213 in singles and 198 in doubles. As a top junior player from Argentina and South America, and number one in youth, ages 12, 14 and 16. She made team with Paola Suarez, world number one in doubles (2002). Cintia also participated in Roland Garros and won several tournaments all over the world representing Argentina. Her extensive and busy career as a tennis player led her to become one of the top 100 best in the world in the ITF with wins over Catalina Cristea, number one in the world in the ITF during her junior years.
Cintia was also part of the André Agassi Foundation , where she was Director for the Agassi Safe Passage All-Stars, an athletic and study program for underprivileged children in Los Angeles, California.
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