Badminton season has come and some of our coaches shared with us how they see their teams doing this season

*All coaches were contacted multiple times for this exercise. Their responses are below.

School name: Kelly College Prep

Last season’s record: Conference 3-2, Overall 5-2

Social media handle: @KCPBadminton (X)

Returning starters (name, class, position):

Maggie Yang (Sr.) – Played as 1st Single last year, and will challenge herself in Doubles this year

Jasmin Li (Sr.) – Leader and continues to play in 1st Doubles

Jasmin Aviles (Sr.) Captain and skilled player, will sharpen her skills in Singles this year

Jocelyn Vasquez (Jr.) Dedicated all-around player, will switch to Singles from Doubles

Sandy Gonzalez (Sr.) Continue as Singles starter as a major scorer on the team

Joselyn Flores Campuzano (Sr.) Focused player waiting to grow significantly in her final season

Returning non-starters (name, class, position):

Kyal Sin (Jr.) – Working hard to shine in Singles

Herendira Valadez (Jr.) – Emerging strong player in Doubles

Karen Xiao (Jr.) – An emerging strong player looking to proof herself in the conference matches

Top newcomers (name, class, position):

Jacklyn Li (So.) – Promising and dedicated new player 

Pinky Ou (Fr.) – One of the top newcomer scorers in tryouts, rising star in the new season

Trefena Sumoket (Jr.) – motivated new player eager to grow and participate

Coach’s season outlook:

Kelly won 3rd place in conference with an overall 71.4% winning rate last season, following strong schools like Payton and Whitney Young. Looking to rebuild a more vibrant and committed team, and further grow Kelly’s proud traditions in girls badminton.

School: Roosevelt / Von

Last Year’s Conference Record: 5-2

Overall Record: 6-4

Social Media Handle: @roughpanthersbadminton (Instagram)

Starters Returning:

Doubles

Hana Fazlic (Senior)/Alba Oliva (Senior) – played 3rd in city the last two seasons

Singles

Melenie Delgado (Senior)

Key Non-Starters Returning: 

Angela Thomas – Played as a Doubles last year and now #2 Singles 

Newcomers to Watch:

Freshman Myhien Nguyen

Freshman Ramona Johnston

Freshman Jaedyn Nguyen

Coach’s Season Outlook:

Last year, we placed 3rd in conference and 3rd in the city as a team. We are looking to keep that conference run and improve for the city championship to place 1st.