Georgia men’s tennis redshirt sophomore Filipe Costa has been named to the 2024 Southeastern Conference Community Service Team, the league office announced on Thursday afternoon.
The SEC Community Service Team is meant to highlight student-athletes whose accomplishments exceed the results on the courts or grades in the classrooms. The SEC sponsors Community Service Teams in all 21 of its varsity sports to recognize those who use their free time to improve the lives of others.
Costa has been a shining example of a student-athlete who tries to inspire the next generation by giving back and making a difference in the lives of others. He started his own social media brand, @CostaTennisAcademy, to create an online platform to help educate the next generation on tennis basics and foundations. The account currently has over 22,600 followers on Instagram and 16,300 followers on TikTok.
Costa started this because he saw a gap in how athletes thought about tennis training, doing things mindlessly without much reasoning behind their why. Knowing that private coaching can be expensive, he aimed to provide a platform behind the physics of why things work from a trustworthy source, being a Division-I athlete in the SEC, without having the financial barrier.
His family has also been involved in BarkVille Dog Rescue, taking in foster dogs that were in tough conditions and helping to nurse them back to full health until they find their forever homes.
Costa held a 4.0 grade point average during the spring 2022 semester. Before transferring to Georgia, He was named to the Dean’s List for both semesters his of true freshman year at Arizona State and was a Presidential Scholarship recipient.
This season, Costa is 4-1 in dual match action in singles and holds two wins on court two in doubles. The São Paulo, Brazil native earned his first match-clinching win in the team’s most recent match against No. 59 Ole Miss on April 5, confirming a 4-0 sweep.
