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Courtside With
Katrina
Adams
From Park and Rec Kid to professional tennis
player to youth sports trailblazer
By Vitisia Paynich
"
G
rowing up in the local park programs, the Chicago District Tennis Association,
the National Junior Tennis and Learning Network, and the United States Tennis
Association (USTA) communities allowed me to have physical activity on the
courts and develop lifelong friendships off the courts, " Katrina Adams revealed
to a large audience of park and recreation professionals. On October 11, Adams, a former
Women's Tennis Association (WTA) player, the first African American to lead the USTA
and the first to serve as its two-term chairman and president, presented the keynote for
the Day 2 General Session of the 2023 NRPA Annual Conference in Dallas.
Prior to the conference, Parks & Recreation sat down with this leading tennis executive,
sports advocate and author of Own the Arena, to discuss her early experiences
as a Park and Rec Kid living in Chicago's West Side, how tennis opened
up many doors to new career opportunities, and what park and recreation
agencies can do to promote equity in youth sports.
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