WATERTOWN – Watertown High School senior tennis star Ellie Zink has signed to play collegiately at the University of Sioux Falls.
Zink, the daughter of WHS tennis coach Ryan and Erika Zink, was a varsity performer for six years for the Arrows.
She broke into the lineup at No. 3 doubles as a seventh grader in 2019. Zink played No. 1 singles for Watertown in 2020, 2021, 2023 and 2024 and No. 2 singles in 2022. She has also played No. 1 in doubles each of her last five years.
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Last fall, Zink helped the Arrows finish in fourth place at the Class AA state tournament by placing fourth at No. 1 in singles and third at No. 1 in doubles with Leyla Meester. She also finished fifth at No. 1 singles in 2023 and fourth at No. 2 singles in 2022.
Watertown finished fourth twice, fifth twice and sixth twice in the AA state tournaments during his career.
Zink played on Watertown’s 2022 Eastern South Dakota Conference championship team, finishing fourth at No. 2 in singles and No. 1 in doubles. She finished second in No. 1 singles and doubles in 2024 and third in No. 1 singles and second in No. 1 doubles in 2023.
Ryan Zink has been a part of the Arrow girls and boys tennis program since he began volunteering as an assistant coach in 2005. He took over as head coach of both Watertown teams over the of the 2018-19 season.
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