Our 2011-2012 MVP goes to Chanele DaRosa. Chanele DaRosa has been the number 1 female player on the NYU Badminton Club-Team for the past two years. In singles and with her doubles partner, Irene Yang, she has brought numerous wins for the team. This past year Chanele has taken an even more pro-active role in the team, encouraging the team to condition together outside of practice, as well as solidifying team unity by reaching out to them off the courts in the form of team dinners and social events. In the 2012-2013 school year, she will take on the role of NYU Badminton Club-team captain. Chanele is a sophomore on the pre-med track majoring in health sciences.
Kun-ta joined the NYU Badminton Club in Fall 2007 and was immediately a team favorite. On his second day of practice he was already helping the women's team work on basic footwork. Throughout the semester one could find Kun-ta teaching others on the court and giving coaching advice to general club members when he wasn't training himself. It was clear that Kun-ta is not only an athlete but also a true team player. Throughout the season Kun-ta has approached badminton with enthusiasm and dedication. He holds one of the best attendance records to both games and practice and is always ready and eager to play even after a tough game, when most would need a breather or two. A versatile player, Kun-ta joined the team starting out as a singles and mixed player but soon added doubles to his repertoire when needed, marking many crucial wins that led to the success of this year's nascent team. Kun-ta is a first year graduate student studying Physics.
Nguyen Tran joined the NYU Badminton team in Fall 2006. He has been ranked first in Men's Single since then. He has also teamed with Sy Nitti and was instrumental in helping NYU Badminton to win against one of the most competitive Men's Doubles in the NYU-MIT tournament in December 2006 in Boston. In February 2007, in the NYU-Columbia Tournament, he again helped the team to secure the Men's Single and Men's Double titles. In the most recent NYU-Princeton Intercollegiate, Nguyen once again proved himself as the winner of Men's Single and Men's Double. Nguyen moved to NYC after receiving his computer science degree in Singapore. He is now a Ph.D student in computer science here at NYU. Nguyen said he started playing and practicing badminton because he is attracted by the speed of the sport and amazed by how players can make such smooth movements on the badminton court.
