Li picks Yale

Posted Aug 31, 2010 by Katherine Smith

Updated Aug 31, 2010 at 11:05 AM

It didn’t take long for Plant’s Amber Li to choose Yale as her next tennis destination. All they had to do was offer.

Li verbally committed to the Ivy League school during a home visit with the tennis team’s coach Monday night.

“I think the name first drew me in, but when I visited the campus, I knew I wanted to be there and I didn’t want to leave,” Li said. “It felt comfortable. And the coach is a lot like me. She is really nice and dedicated and wants the team to get better.”

Li, the Tampa Tribune Girls Tennis Player of the Year, is coming off a great summer where she performed well in several tournaments. In the past three years at Plant, she’s helped lead the Panthers to a state championship and two runner-up finishes.