Portrait shot of Jade Otway

Jade Otway

Tennis

  1. Grantee | April 2019

Jade is 15 years old and has been playing many sports most of her life and at 12 years old she decided to concentrate on tennis when she won the U12 NZ Tennis championships. In 2018 she represented NZ at the Junior Federation Cup, was the College Sport Junior Champion, Marsden School Sportsperson of the Year and Marlborough Tennis Player of the Year. She has also been nominated as the Marlborough Junior Sports Person of the year for 3 consecutive years. This year she was the U16 NZ Tennis Championship singles and mixed doubles winner and was runner up in the doubles. She also made the finals in the U18 National Championships. Jade aims to turn professional. First, she aims to earn an American Scholarship after her college years and represent NZ at the Federation Cup.