Rafi, do you know the story on Ponwith? Google search says he got kicked off UGA team after getting arrested in Alabama
I'll sum it up:
- UGA has a really strong tennis history, with many championships and star players (like Isner)
- UGA has a legendary coach, Manny Diaz, who is considered an honorable and impressive coach and person
- 2 years ago the assistant coach at UGA, who was thought to be the replacement to Diaz, was arrested for drug distribution (Adderrall)
- At the same time, Diaz's son, who was also on the team, was arrested with the same charges.
- You can read about the arrests here, it's a really interesting article
https://www.si.com/tennis/2017/12/2...gs-college-athletes-university-georgia-tennis
- Ponwith was on the team at that time, and then last year was arrested in Alabama with drug charges and public intoxication
- He disappeared for a while, then showed up on Arizona State's roster, then disappeared off it for a while, and is now back on the team, it appears
- Arizona State's team is interesting as well. In 2008 the men's tennis team was cut secondary to budget concerns. Last year, boosters finally brought the team back. They recruited a bunch of good international players and this spring they are only playing 5 home matches, presumably because their schedule was put together last minute