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PongNow: Derek May

PongNow: Derek May

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(by Steve Hopkins)

The PongNow interview series discusses table tennis with some of the best players and personalities in the sport.

In this edition we have, former US National Team Member, Derek May.

 

Derek May was a strong junior player in his home State of Georgia.  He attended Anderson College and Augusta College as a scholarship table tennis athlete, one of the first players to do so in the US.  He shares stories of growing up in the sport, competing in college, traveling to Sweden, and representing the US on the Pan Am team.

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