Founders
Bill Brown
Claude Cargill
Executive Director
Katrina Adams, President
Executive Director
Director of Tennis and Programming
Dante Brown
Teaching Professionals
Daniel Davis
Esu Maat
Charles Solorzano
Simone Spigner
National Spokesman
James Blake
Thomas Blake
Executive Board
James Kelly III, Chairman
Robert Holland, Vice Chairman
Andre Benjamin
Treasurer
Reid Arstark, Secretary
Board of Directors
Geoffery Allard,
Kevin Dowdell
Deborah Goins
Roberta Graves
Marie Johnson
Cinta del Monaco Kemp
Brian Maillian
Steve Mills
Patricia Hayling Price
Michelle Blake Wilson
Stanley Vickers
Advisory Committee
Karin Buchholz
Harry Carson
George Martin
Earl "The Pearl" Monroe |
- The program has been in existence since 1972.
- Over 5000 kids have been reached.
- 90% graduation rate for high school level participants.
- Approximately 60% of program graduates have attended college (over 1,000 children), with 25% receiving tennis scholarships and 65% receiving some form of financial support.
- Tennis provided six days a week during the school year.
- Educational enrichment programming provided two days a week during the school year.
- Average GPA of participants is 3.1. Minimum 2.0 GPA needed to maintain enrollment
- Tennis provided five days a week during the summer.
- Approximately 100-250 kids participate in the summers.
- Approximately 180 kids participate during the school year.
- James and Thomas Blake were participants of the program. They currently are spokespersons for the program.
- Year round junior tennis program in Harlem.
- USTA Sanctioned junior tournament hosted every Spring and every August.
- Major fundraiser includes James Blake annually.
- Luncheon Fundraiser with Billie Jean King, August 2007.
- Graduates have attended top universities across the country including: Columbia, Dartmouth, Hampton, Harvard, Howard, Morehouse, New York University, Rutgers University, Syracuse University, Temple University and Tulane University.
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