Abbeville has a Louisiana top rated junior tennis player

Benjamin Koch of Abbeville is on a roll in the junior tennis circuit.
The 14-year-old, who is home schooled, has now won two back-to-back tennis tournaments.
This past weekend he won the USTA Closed Regional Tournament. He came in as the No. 2 seed and beat the No. 1 seed, Welsh Hotard, 7-6, 6-3.
Hotard and Koch teamed up to win the doubles match in the same tournament.
The week before, Koch won the USDA Southern Level I Regional Championship in Mississippi.
As of this week, Koch is the No. 1 ranked 14 year-old in the state of Louisiana and the third ranked in South, which includes eight states.
Koch was recently offered a full scholarship to John Newcombes Tennis Academy in New Braunfels, Texas.
. His parents are Robert and Emily Koch and his grandparents are Abbeville natives Allen and Clara Schriefer.