Michael Reilly, center, with his mother Mary Reilly and father Tim Reilly (submitted photo).

Michael Reilly, a talented tennis player who grew up in the Raleigh Racquet Club Junior program, signed his letter of intent to play at North Carolina-Wilmington last Wednesday.

Reilly has been part of the RRC Junior program since he was a pre-teen and is still active in the program, helping to coach current RRC Juniors on a regular basis.

Reilly trained on Hilton Head Island at the Stan Smith Tennis Academy.  He joins an elite group of RRC Juniors who have moved on to play in college, including James Coxe and Taylor Meyer, who are both members of the UNC men’s tennis team.

Reilly will join a UNC-Wilmington team that is ranked No. 48 in Division I men’s tennis.

Tennis organizations on national and local levels campaign hard to
increase participation. One of those efforts takes place in the
Triangle starts this weekend.

Triangle "Tennis Night in America"
programs will be held Friday, Saturday and Monday. (A list is below.)
Area clubs and organizations, assisted by the U.S. Tennis Association,
will conduct events to get youths involved in leagues and team tennis,
including USTA Junior Team Tennis.

The events are held in conjunction with Monday's BNP Paribas Showdown for the Billie Jean King Cup
at New York's Madison Square Garden for the second straight year.
Former No. 1 Ana Ivanovic will face Kim Clijsters, and Venus Williams
will play Svetlana Kuznetsova in the semifinals of the one-night
exhibition.