Take UTD Table Tennis Team to NCTTA National Collegiate Championships 2025 in Rockford, IL.

Project: Take UTD Table Tennis Team to NCTTA National Collegiate Championships 2025 in Rockford, IL. The team consists of eight players and two coaches.

Goal: Raise money to cover the cost of registration, flights, transport, hotel etc. If we reach the goal, we will be able to attend the tournament. Our University qualified and attended the National Championships for the previous three years as well.

Use of funds: Flights (primary goal), registration fees, transport (car rentals), hotel, uniforms, food, etc. Our goal is to raise $7,000, which will completely cover all of our costs. However, our primary goal is to raise enough money to cover the cost of flights. This can be achieved by raising approximately $4,000 ($400 per person). Registration will cost about $1,500 and uniforms will cost about $600. Our hotel accommodations may cost another $1,000. Finally, we may need to rent cars, buy food and may have other miscellaneous costs which may bring our total cost up to $7,000.

Impact: Last year, our club was able to achieve 9th place of the NCTTA Nationals. A huge reason was because of the funds from ImpactUTD, which provided the necessary costs for traveling to Eau Claire, WI. This year, we still have a competitive squad and we are confident on our way to the nationals in Rockford, IL this year. Our performances last year have already been a record in UTD history. If all our players are able to attend the tournament, we have a solid chance of making it to at least the quarterfinals at NCTTA Nationals, which would be a UTD record performance by a long shot. This will greatly improve UTD’s reputation in the Table Tennis community. As a school with an emphasis on academics over athletics, performing this well on the collegiate national stage will bring a great sense of pride and unity to the UT Dallas student body and the greater UTD community.

Our Team ranked 2nd in the Texas Division and 9th nationally last year. With the rating of our players, we will easily be in the top ten of the nation. This is a “golden generation”of table tennis players at UTD.

Group: Our group is the UT Dallas Table Tennis Club. The club consists of all paying members. The UTD Table Tennis Team is made up of the top eight players in the club. This is the team that represents UTD in NCTTA collegiate tournaments. Our group’s mission is to create an accessible and friendly environment for all UTD students to take part in table tennis and help them achieve their goals in the sport. A big part of our club is also to support the members and give them the resources to represent the University in the highest level of collegiate table tennis.

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