SPUT Yearly Statistics:

From 125 kids our first year, to over 3,000!

From its humble beginnings in 1991, when a total of just 125 Saint Paul kids went through the program, to over 3,000 participants in 2011, the Saint Paul Urban Tennis Program has become one of the largest programs of it's kind in the United States.

Here we will break down the programs statistics per year beginning in 1991 until 2010.

1991

First year of program
Sites 3
Kids 125
Staff 7
Budget $10,000
Minorities participation 75
Participated on scholarship 100%

1992

City of St Paul and Ramsey county becomes involved
Sites 12
Kids 490
Staff 27
Budget $31,000
Minorities participation 285
Participated on scholarship 75%

1993

SPUT grows to 16 sites and services 800 kids
Sites 16
Kids 794
Staff 34
Budget $50,000
Minorities participation 448
Participated on scholarship 48%

1994

SPUT grows to 18 sites and services 1100 kids
Life Skills added to the curriculum.
Sites 18
Kids 1113
Staff 40
Budget $69,000
Minorities participation 491
Participated on scholarship 45%

1995

SPUT grows to 20 sites and services 1200 kids
Sites 20
Kids 1229
Staff 40
Budget $69,000
Minorities participation 605
Participated on scholarship 45%

1996

SPUT grows to 21 sites and services 1500 kids
Sites 21
Kids 1507
Staff 54
Budget $110,100
Minorities participation 637
Participated on scholarship 45%

1997

SPUT grow to 22 sites and services 1800 kids
Ernie Greene Scholarship Fund created
Sites 22
Kids 1835
Staff 64
Budget $130,700
Minorities participation 705
Participated on scholarship 43%

1998

SPUT grows to 24 sites and services 2150 kids
Sites 24
Kids 2150
Staff 75
Budget $151,300
Minorities participation 781
Participated on scholarship 42%

1999

SPUT grows to 26 sites and services 2300 kids
Sites 26
Kids 2314
Staff 81
Budget $171,800
Minorities participation 895
Participated on scholarship 44%

2000

SPUT grows to 28 sites and services 2,500 kids
Sites 28
Kids 2599
Staff 75
Budget $192,400
Minorities participation 1067
Participated on scholarship 43%

2001

SPUT grows to 30 sites and services 2,700 kids
Sites 30
Kids 2736
Staff 74
Budget $213,000
Minorities participation 1236
Participated on scholarship 48%

2002

SPUT grows to 24 sites and services 2,300 kids
Sites 24
Kids 2392
Staff 75
Budget $199,000
Minorities participation 989
Participated on scholarship 47%

2003

SPUT grows to 25 sites and services 2450 kids
Sites 25
Kids 2450
Staff 75
Budget $185,000
Minorities participation 1107
Participated on scholarship 49%

2004

SPUT grows to 27 sites and services 2800 kids
Over 300 Hmong adults and kids participated for the first time
Sites 27
Kids 2859
Staff 75
Budget $196,400
Minorities participation 1254
Participated on scholarship 47%

2005

SPUT grows to 27 sites and services 2900 kids
Sites 27
Kids 2951
Staff 75
Budget $205,100
Minorities participation 1297
Participated on scholarship 46%

2006

SPUT grows to 27 sites and services 3,000 kids
Sites 27
Kids 3,000
Staff 75
Budget $216,900
Minorities participation 1322
Participated on scholarship 48%

2007

SPUT grows to 30 sites and services 3,000 kids
Sites 30
Kids 3,000
Staff 70
Budget $222,313
Minorities participation 841
Participated on scholarship 47%

2008

SPUT grows to 30 sites and services 3,100 kids
Sites 30
Kids 3,100
Staff 83
Budget $239,412
Minorities participation 1,391
Participated on scholarship 56%

2009

SPUT grows to 33 sites and services 3,300 kids
Sites 33
Kids 3,300
Staff 72
Budget $247, 989
Minorities participation 867
Participated on scholarship 48%

2010

SPUT grows to 52 sites and services 5,000 kids
22 new sites introduced through outreach program
1,300 youth participated in new winter program
New reading program rolled out
National Junior Tennis & Learning Organization of the Year
Sites 33
Outreach sites 22
Kids 5,200
Staff 85
Budget $275,756
Minorities participation 972
Participated on scholarship 56%