Alumni Spotlight

I was twenty-one. I have never dealt with this before, it came out of nowhere. For me, I always lived in this happy-go-lucky life, where everything is going to be okay. I was going in for an MRI on my...

“If it were not for a great team of doctors and what I’m sure had to be a lot of prayers by friends and family, I would not be alive today. In January, I will be reminded that three...

By Binghamton Athletics At his lab at the Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University (Ga.), noted professor and researcher Adam Marcus '98, PhD, is working vigorously to understand the biology behind cancer - what's happening at the molecular level – in...

Williamsburg, VA. - The ITA Women’s Hall of Fame aspires to preserve the history and further the development of women’s intercollegiate tennis through the collection of printed materials, trophies, photographs, equipment and other significant items. Each year, the Hall of...

I grew up in Germany. My mom’s German. My dad’s from Ghana, West Africa and he put a racquet in my hand when I was three. My parents split up when I was five and it became like a source...

HERNDON, VA. - During the Centennial Gala presented by Trustar Bank, eight prestigious individuals were inducted into the USTA Mid-Atlantic Hall of Fame, including Virginia Tech Men’s Tennis Head Coach Jim Thompson.  Thompson, who began his tenure as head coach...

While Billie Jean King was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 1987, she makes a resurgence as she enters the inductee class of 2021 as a member of the first group to be inducted by the...

Courtesy of ATP Staff and the ATP Tour Alafia Ayeni may not be a household name on the ATP Tour, but that is not stopping him from making an impact by giving back to the sport. The 23-year-old, who is competing at...

While the Grand Slams, ATP Tour, and WTA Tour tend to take all of the focus when it comes to professional tennis, a vast majority of the professional players typically kick off their careers on the ITF Men's and...

The Maccabiah Games is Israel's largest sporting event and brings together over 10,000 Jewish athletes from over 60 countries around the world. In 2022, two rising stars in the women’s college tennis scene took part in the Games, sweeping...