2021 U.S. Adult National Champions & 2022 Pan Am M&F Cup Team

The 2021 U.S. Adult National Championships were held from December 3, 2021 to December 5, 2021 at Synergy Badminton’s Fremont location. The championships served as the selection event for the 2022 Pan Am M&F Cup team. The Pan Am M&F Cup is the selection event for the Thomas Cup (World Men’s Team Championships) and Uber Cup (World Women’s Team Championships).

The players that will represent the U.S. in the Pan Am M&F Cup are bolded. Stay tuned for the application process to be the coaches for the team.

Special thank you to all the staff, volunteers, and technical officials that made the event a success! Your contributions to badminton are greatly appreciated.

Men’s Singles

  1. Don Henley Averia
  2. Enrico Keoni Asuncion
  3. William Hu
  4. Howard Shu

Women’s Singles

  1. Jennie Gai
  2. Natalie Chi
  3. Esther Shi
  4. Lauren Lam

Men’s Doubles

  1. Vinson Chiu & Joshua Yuan
  2. Enrico Keoni Asuncion & Don Henley Averia
  3. Adrian Mar & Henry Tang
  4. Andre Chim & Brandon Xu

Women’s Doubles

  1. Jennie Gai & Sanchita Pandey
  2. Lauren Lam & Kodi Tang Lee
  3. Francesca Corbett & Allison Lee
  4. Katelin Ngo & Esther Shi

Mixed Doubles

  1. Ryan Zheng & Sanchita Pandey
  2. Andrew Yuan & Andrea Li
  3. Jacob Chuhua Zhang & Katelin Ngo
  4. Henry Tang & Kodi Tang Lee

The Ken Davidson Award, which is awarded annually to a player participating in the U.S. Adult National Championships who is judged to have contributed the most to badminton and whose sportsmanship, attitude and achievement best exemplifies the spirit of badminton held in such high esteem by Ken Davidson himself, was awarded to Don Henley Averia.

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