Dane Elkins

Dane Elkins (born 1999) is a professional racquetball player and a resident of Brentwood, California. He holds 21 major national junior racquetball championships [12 world outdoor racquetball championships, 6 USA National Junior Indoor Championships (including 4 titles at Jr. Olympics), and 3 USA National High School Championships ]. He is also the 2017 National Paddleball Association-(NPA) Junior's 18 and under National Champion. Dane holds a black belt in Taekwondo.

Dane is the second person in USA Racquetball history, male or female, to win all three number one gold divisions (singles, doubles and mixed) at the USA Racquetball National High School Championships and he was featured in the LA Times for his accomplishments. [Also, more recently (for the same distinction) in the May 28, 2017, issue of Sports Illustrated.] His singles title earned him a spot on the 2017/18 USA Jr. National Racquetball Team.

Elkins is an eight-time member of the USA National Junior Racquetball Team (indoor and outdoor), a six-time USA Racquetball "All American," a three-time USA Jr. Olympic "All American," a three-time USA Racquetball High School "All American," and a two-time USA National Singles Champion (Boys' Division, 14 and 18). He is currently ranked [33rd] on the International Racquetball Tour (IRT)) — the largest and best known professional racquetball tour.

In 2016, Elkins won the Junior Olympic Nationals Championships in the boys' Gold 16 and under doubles, earning him the sport’s top honor again—a coveted spot on the USA Jr. National Racquetball (indoor) Team.

At the 2016 Junior National Championships, Elkins' longtime partner, Ricky Diaz, played on a fractured ankle in their semi and finals doubles championship victories to qualify them for the World Championships in November 2016 in San Luis Portosi, Mexico, and play for the 2016 USA Jr. National Team.

At the 2016 World Jr. Championships, Elkins had his best showing as a two-time quarter-finalist in singles and doubles (his USA team won two bronze medals - in overall and boys). As a National Outdoor USA Team member, Elkins has achieved outdoor racquetball #1 world ranking (in singles and doubles 2011 and 2013) four times.

At the 2014 Wilson Junior Olympics (indoor racquetball) in Denver, Colorado, Elkins won the gold medal in 14-and-under boys doubles with partner Ricardo Diaz; he also won the gold medal for 14-and-under mixed doubles with partner Atossa Rejaei.

Elkins has made the 2014 USA Junior National Team (indoor racquetball) and played at the World Championships in Cali, Columbia, representing Team USA in October 2014. The USA Jr. National Team finished third overall, receiving a Bronze medal. Elkins and partner Ricky Diaz, at the 2014 World Jr. Championships, lost in the quarterfinals in doubles (in a tiebreaker) to the team that silver-medaled.

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