Dane Elkins

Dane Elkins
Dane Elkins with gold medals from National High School championship, 2017.
Personal information
National teamUnited States USA
Born1999 (age 24–25)
Sport
SportRacquetball
Coached byCliff Swain
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Dane Elkins (born 1999) is a professional racquetball player. He holds 23 major national junior racquetball championships (12 world outdoor racquetball championships, 8 USA National Junior Indoor Championships (including 6 titles at Jr. Olympics), and 3 USA National High School Championships). He is also the 2017 National Paddleball Association-(NPA) Junior's 18-and-under National Champion.[1] Elkins holds a black belt in taekwondo.

Elkins is the second person in USA Racquetball history, male or female, to win all three number one gold divisions (singles, doubles, and mixed) at the USA Racquetball National High School Championships, and was featured in the Los Angeles Times for his accomplishments.[2] Also, more recently (for the same distinction) in the May 28, 2017, issue of Sports Illustrated.[3] His singles title earned him a spot on the 2017/18 USA Jr. National Racquetball Team.

Elkins is an eight-time member of the USA National Junior Racquetball Team (indoor and outdoor),[4] a six-time USA Racquetball "All American," a three-time USA Jr. Olympic "All American," a three-time USA Racquetball High School "All American," and a two-time USA National Singles Champion (Boys' Division, 14 and 18).[5] He is currently ranked 33rd on the International Racquetball Tour (IRT))[6] — the largest and best known professional racquetball tour.

Although still seeking his 1st Tier 1 win on the IRT - Elkins holds an exceptional USAR National Singles Ranking of 385.[7]

  1. ^ 2017 National Paddleball Association National Doubles: http://www.r2sports.com/tourney/viewResults.asp?TID=20235.
  2. ^ "Palisades' Dane Elkins is one of the nation's top junior racquetball players," http://www.latimes.com/sports/highschool/varsity-times/la-sp-vi-dane-elkins-20170306-story.html
  3. ^ Sports Illustrated, May 28, 2017, "Faces in the Crowd."
  4. ^ Official event record for boys 18 2015 WOR championship: http://www.r2sports.com/website/event-results.asp?TID=13737
  5. ^ "Rising Jrs player Dane Elkins displays 'unlimited potential' to be an IRT star". September 21, 2017.
  6. ^ Current Rankings & IRT Ranking System, http://www.irt-tour.com/current-rankingspost/ Archived 2015-12-08 at the Wayback Machine
  7. ^ "View Rankings". www.r2sports.com.