Grande Wins Tennis State Championship
On the heels of winning the 3A Tennis State Championship last year senior Charlie Grande won once again! Grande won the Singles Individual State Championship by scoring 6-1 and 6-0 in two sets.
“We are so proud of Charlie Grande,” said Jose E Roca, principal. “He has been a great example of a Belen Jesuit athlete. We wish him well as he continues his tennis career at Georgetown University.”
“I am very proud to have been a runner-up in the doubles individual state tournament with my partner Sebastian Velez,” said Grande. Grande will have a chance to win the Florida Overall Singles Title on May 2.
“The boys played great in their matches,” said Coach JD Barbosa. “They came up a bit short in the doubles final but they left it all on the court. I am very proud of them and I’m looking forward to watching Charlie compete for the overall singles title.”
BELEN JESUIT PREPARATORY SCHOOL
500 SW 127th Avenue, Miami, FL 33184
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500 SW 127th Avenue, Miami, FL 33184
phone: 305.223.8600 | fax: 305.227.2565 | email: webmaster@belenjesuit.org
Belen Jesuit Preparatory School was founded in 1854 in Havana, Cuba by Queen Isabel II of Spain. The task of educating students was assigned to the priests and brothers of the Society of Jesus (the Jesuits), whose teaching tradition is synonymous with academic excellence and spiritual discipline. In 1961, the new political regime of Cuba confiscated the School property and expelled the Jesuit faculty. The School was re-established in Miami the same year, and over the next decade, continued to grow. Today, Belen Jesuit sits on a 30-acre site in western Dade County, only minutes away from downtown Miami.