Hawai'i's Steven Chen and Ashley Ishimura earned the Sportsmanship Awards at the recent 12 Zonal Team tennis national championships, while Zandix Acob won all his matches.

The last of the team championships was last week, when Girls 18s played in Novato, Calif. The Hawai'i team lost all four matches. State high school champion Kristin Lim had the best record, winning three matches in straight sets. Jackie Owens won twice.

At the national finals of the U.S. Junior Olympic Skills Competition, last month in Chicago, three Hawai'i tennis players from La'ie earned medals. Savanna Christensen won gold in girls 8-9 and Rachel Christensen, also from La'ie, won the 12-13 division. Zachary Frampton took bronze in boys 12-13.

Kamaile Aluli, from Hau'ula, earned the gold medal in girls 8-9 soccer and Savanna Christensen took silver in girls 8-9 basketball.

Also, Honolulu's Andrew Yip won the Arthur Ashe Essay Contest, in the boys 10 division. His prize is a trip to the U.S. Open in New York.

Yip also was picked by Ann Pankhurst, USTA player development administrator of coaching education, to attend a USTA National Player Development Camp at the USTA Training Center in Carson, Calif., this month. Hawai'i's Michael Chen and Austin Hamamoto also were chosen.