18 November, 2024

Deree Tennis Academy athlete and Pierce student Yiannis Sakkas, earns an athletic scholarship from Binghamton University!

Deree Tennis Academy athlete and Pierce student Yiannis Sakkas, earns an athletic scholarship from Binghamton University!

Yiannis Sakkas, Deree Tennis Academy athlete and Pierce scholarship student, has been accepted to Binghamton University, USA with a tennis athletic scholarship.
Binghamton University is ranked among the prestigious Public Ivies and competes athletically in Division I of the NCAA (National Collegiate Athletic Association).
Yiannis will have the opportunity to study at one of the top academic universities while continuing to play tennis at a very high level.

Yiannis joined the Deree Tennis Academy in 2019, the same year he began attending Pierce as a 7th-grade student on a tennis scholarship.
It is worth noting that he is the second athlete from the Deree Tennis Academy to secure an athletic scholarship to a U.S. university, following Theodoros Mitsakos.

Congratulations, Yiannis—wishing you success in your studies and all the best in your new competitive challenges!