Table Tennis Team takes wins in Minnesota, Texas, and Wisconsin

Another great performance by the GSU Table Tennis Team! In a three-day intense competition April 13, 14 and 15, in Plano, Texas, 158 schools battled to win in the 2012 College Table Tennis National Championships.
GSU’s coed team placed sixth in the lineup of 158 schools. The women’s team placed 12th. In addition to their placement in the NCTTA Championship bracket, the team won a new table tennis robot.
The GSU co-ed team took fourth place in 2011 at the National Collegiate Table Tennis Association tournament in Rochester, Minnesota. In 2010, the women’s team took 11th Place at the NCTTA national championship competition in Waukesha, Wisconsin.
The men’s team players are: Captain Wenjie “Neo” Nie in the MBA Program/Finance, Yuefan “Penn” Lin, MBA Program, Lishun “Leeson” Lu, in Business Administration, Yuanfei “Vergil” Cai in the MBA Program, and Larry Webster, Psychology Major.
The women’s team players are: Captain Jie “Jassie” Wang, in the MBA Program, Jing “Jackie” He in the MS Accounting Program, Anne Meyers in the Community Health Program, Xue Hong “Carmen” Chen in the MS Accounting Program, Ting “Lynette” Li in the MBA Program, and Ruiyi “Yvonne” Fong in the MS Accounting Program.
A year of practicing and competing goes into making it to the National Championship playoffs. It’s hard to acknowledge all the effort and dedication that creates success. Congratulations to our team and Coach TJ Wang.