Dane Elkins

Dane Elkins is a Brentwood, California resident who holds 11 world outdoor racquetball championships and is a five-time USA Racquetball National Champion in junior divisions: three-time USA Jr. Olympic National Racquetball Champion and two-time USA National Singles Champion (Boys' Division, 14 and 18). He is a member of both the USA indoor and outdoor teams.[1]

Racquetball

He is a four-time National outdoor team member and has four times achieved outdoor racquetball #1 world ranking (in singles and doubles 2011 and 2013).[2][3] Dane also has won the Jr Olympic indoor nationals 16s in the red division as a 14-year-old.[4] In 2014, at the 47th annual USA Racquetball National Singles Championship (indoor), he won the gold medal in the boy's 14 and under and boys 18 and under (as a 14-year-old).[5]

Dane won a full scholarship to the International Racquetball Tour (IRT) pro racquetball/USA Racquetball (USAR) team at the United States Olympic Committee (USOC) Olympic Training Seminar in 2011 and is a member of Ektelon's pro junior development team.[6]

At the 2014 Wilson Junior Olympics (indoor racquetball), Dane won the gold medal in 14-and-under boys doubles with partner Ricardo Diaz; he also won the gold medal for 14-and-under mixed doubles with partner Atossa Rejaei.[7] Dane has made the USA Junior National Team (indoor racquetball) and played at the World Championships in Cali, Columbia, representing Team USA in October 2014.[8] In July 2014, Dane attended the USOC Olympic Training Camp as part of the USA National Racquetball Team. He participated at the 2015 World Junior Outdoor Championships in Cali, Columbia and lost in the quarterfinals in doubles. Dane also won his first pro match in 2014 in Fresno, California, at age 15. Dane is currently ranked #165 on the Pro IRT (2015).[9]

Education and training

Dane was an honor student at Paul Revere middle school, was in the highly gifted program and was awarded Presidential award scholar student for his 3.97 GPA. He now attends Palisades Charter High School.

He is coached by Hall of Fame coach Debbie Tisinger Moore.[10] His father, Brett Elkins, is a world outdoor skills three-wall champion (2012) and head of the World Outdoor Racquetball Hall of Fame.[11] His younger brother, Cody Elkins, is currently ranked 2nd nationally in racquetball for boys 10 and under,[12] and finished 3rd in boys 10 and under at the 2014 Junior Olympics and finished 2d in boys mixed and boys 10 doubles in 2015.[13]

Photo note: The picture of Dane Elkins was taken in July 2013 at the 45th annual WOR Championships.[14] It is the second time that he has made the national team in singles and doubles.[15][16]

Articles and Videos

ARTICLE: Dane is featured, along with several other acclaimed athletes from the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles, in a December 24, 2015, article in the Palisadian-Post, "Top Athletes of the Year in 2015."[17]

ARTICLE: In the Spring 2014 edition of USA Racquetball, Dane contributed an article on the January 2014 California-Nevada junior racquetball championships.[18]

ARTICLE: Dane authored the article "2015 California-Nevada State Junior Racquetball Championships (Southern California)" published on the California-Nevada Racquetball Website.[19] He also cowrote the article, "California Divides with Awesome Results," in the Spring 2012 issue of USA Racquetball Magazine.[20]

VIDEO: U.S. Junior National Racquetball Team member Dane Elkins is interviewed by the Palisadian Post following the recent Junior World Championships held in Cali, Colombia. Dane and his teammates brought home the Bronze Medal for Team USA. Video listed on USA Racquetball home page, interview conducted by Post sports editor, Steve Galluzzo.[21]

VIDEO: 2015 Jr Olympics, boys 16 gold division, featured match. Dane Elkins defeats Lucas Shoemaker.[22]

References

  1. ↑ Official event record for boys 18 2015 WOR championship: http://www.r2sports.com/website/event-results.asp?TID=13737
  2. ↑ World Outdoor Racquetball (WOR) 2011 rankings (page 97 singles, page 105 doubles) http://worldoutdoorracquetball.net/rankings
  3. ↑ WOR 2013 rankings (page 89 singles, page 102 doubles) http://worldoutdoorracquetball.net/rankings
  4. ↑ WOR Rankings, 2011-2013. http://worldoutdoorracquetball.net/rankings
  5. ↑ Racquetball Tournament (5/21/2014 - 5/25/2014), 2014 National Singles Championships presented by Penn and Ektelon, location: The Meridian Sports Club, Fullerton, CA, USA. Racquetball Event News. http://www.r2sports.com/tourney/viewResults.asp?TID=11901.
  6. ↑ "California Junior Wins Scholarship," California Nevada Racquetball Association, June 20, 2011. http://www.californiaracquetball.org/news.htm
  7. ↑ 2014 Wilson Junior Olympics, 6/25/2014-6/29/2014, Highlands Ranch, Colorado, USA. http://www.r2sports.com/tourney/viewResults.asp?TID=11902
  8. ↑ Article, "Congratulations to the U.S. Junior National Team Members," June 30, 2014. http://www.californiaracquetball.org/
  9. ↑ Current rankings: http://www.irt-tour.com/current-rankingspost/
  10. ↑ Racquetball Hall of Fame coach, Debbie Tisinger Moore, profile on the US Racquetball Assn Website. http://www.usaracquetballevents.com/profile-player.asp?UID=43797.
  11. ↑ WOR Hall of Fame.http://www.worldoutdoorracquetball.net/worhof.
  12. ↑ U.S. Racquetball Association Men's National Rankings (http://www.usaracquetballevents.com/rankings.asp?sortOptions=YES)
  13. ↑ 2014 Wilson Junior Olympic Championships (http://www.r2sports.com/tourney/viewResults.asp?TID=11902)
  14. ↑ "Dane Elkins, Pali High Freshman, wins 3 national/world racquetball titles over the summer," Brentwood Patch, August 08, 2013. http://brentwood.patch.com/groups/announcements/p/dane-elkins-pali-high-freshman-wins-3-nationalworld-racquetball-tittles-over-the-summer
  15. ↑ WOR 2011 National Team http://worldoutdoorracquetball.net/downloads/2010-2011%20WOR-national-team-seasonal-champions.pdf
  16. ↑ WOR 2013 National Team http://www.worldoutdoorracquetball.net/files/download/605
  17. ↑ Palisadian-Post article, "Top Athletes of the Year in 2015" http://www.palipost.com/athletes-of-the-year-in-2015/
  18. ↑ USA Racquetball Online, Spring 2014, page 8 (p. 10 in electronic count), "California State Junior Championships." http://online.publicationprinters.com/launch.aspx?eid=eaef202b-6431-4c3b-b2f0-96f4228f6d20.
  19. ↑ "2015 California-Nevada State Junior Racquetball Championships (Southern California)," California-Nevada Racquetball Website: http://www.californiaracquetball.org/.
  20. ↑ "California Divides with Awesome Results," Spring 2012, USA Racquetball Magazine.
  21. ↑ Dane Elkins interview in Palisadian Post re: Junior World Championships, Cali, Colombia. http://www.teamusa.org/USA-Racquetball/Features/2014/November/11/Dane-Elkins
  22. ↑ 2015 Jr Olympics, boys 16 gold division, featured match. http://livestream.com/usaracquetball/events/3981054/videos/91232267
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