ACEing Autism

“When I reflected on my own experience through tennis, I know tennis helped me make friends. I thought it would be a great thing to be able to spread this through tennis to the autistic community in St. Louis,” Riki shared.

Inspired by the impact tennis had on his own life, Saint Louis University tennis player Riki Koshimizu launched a new ACEing Autism program in St. Louis, helping create opportunities for autistic youth to build friendship, confidence, and connection through tennis.

Read the full story: https://www.usta.com/en/home/stay-current/missourivalley/stlouis/riki-koshimizu-aceing-autism-saint-louis-university-washu.html =tournaments

A few sunny snapshots from College Station 💛🎞️🎾

Let's hear it for our Mason, Ohio program!! 👏

This is what tennis looks like when it's all joy, no pressure 🎾💙

A big THANK YOU to our amazing ACEing Autism Livingston volunteers from Newark Academy! 👏

A huge thank you to the Stonebriar Country Club Member Tennis Association for their generation donation to our local scholarship fund. Thanks to their generosity, we can making a meaningful difference in the lives of more individuals with autism and other developmental delays. In addition to our programs in Dallas at UTD, Dallas at LB Houston, Fort Worth at TCU, McKinney, Rockwall, and Southlake, we are thrilled to be expanding this summer to Frisco-Prosper and Melissa in the fall.

Our Syracuse program was recently featured for the impact happening both on and off the court.

Stories like this are what ACEing Autism is all about. Building confidence, connection, and belonging through tennis, while creating meaningful experiences for volunteers, too.

Read the full story at https://spectrumlocalnews.com/nys/central-ny/sports/2026/04/24/aceing-autism-affordable-tennis-nationwide