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Jessica Aney made her way down the red carpet at the 2010 Sports Illustrated Sportsman of the Year celebration held at the IAC Building in New York City. The 12 year-old was named the 2010 SI SportsKid of the Year by the magazine.

Aney is a nationally ranked tennis player and plays ice hockey in Rochester, Minnesota. As a tennis player she plays on her high school varsity team, helped her elite hockey team to victory and is a top notch student who makes an effort to help out her community as often as she can.

“Jessica is everything we look for in a SportsKid of the Year,” said SI KIDS Managing Editor Bob Der. “She is a hard working, well-rounded student athlete and we are so excited to be able to call her our 2010 SPORTSKID OF THE YEAR.”

Wow! Impressive!

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The Jonas Brothers and Demi Lovato gave a great performance of their Camp Rock 2 hit ‘Wouldn’t Change A Thing’ at the 2010 Arthur Ashe Kids Day event in Queens, NY kicking off the start of the US Open tennis tournament.

The 15th annual event is a great day for families and kids who can participate in tennis sessions or just hang at the concerts. Joe, Nick, Kevin and Demi were highlights for teens at this year’s afternoon festival. More photos and the video for Change below.

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David Archuleta was in Queens, NY for the 2010 Arthur Ashe Kids Day festival Saturday August 28th. The annual event starts off the last of the major tennis events for the year: The US Open.

Music, tennis and fun in the sun are the themes for the day long summer party and Archuleta performed for the crowd as well. Check out pics below and David’s ‘Something ‘Bout Love’ video.

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The sports world has a new rising star in 15 year old Laura Robson. Wimbledon, the great British tennis tournament, will see Robson (who was last year juniors champion) head into the professional ladies arena and give the older gals a run for their prize money. Robson is England’s best shot at taking the title back in a long time and while the teen will unlikely place any higher than round 2 or 3 this yeart, everyone is watching the talented teenager with anticipation.

“This is a match in which she has absolutely nothing to lose. She can go out there and play. She’s a wonderful shot-maker and I think the exciting thing about this match is that she’s playing someone who is also an exciting shot maker. I’m sure Laura will give a good account of herself.”

It will be fun to watch Robson as she grows into her tennis career. Go Laura!!