Capital Area Tennis Association, President and Board Member

This is a brief history of my involvement in tennis in Austin that I sent to Carol Welder for the Capital Area Tennis Association's 50th Anniversary in 2024.

I came to Austin in 1995 fresh out of college and got reconnected to tennis after a couple years by playing in leagues through CATA and ATL. In 2001 I decided that I wanted to give back to my community and that I would do so through tennis. I got involved as a captain of league teams and then started volunteering to help with tournaments. Later I published a map of tennis courts, and was asked to join the ATL committee and the CATA Board where I helped with the Web sites and wrangled volunteers. Two of my most memorable defeats came when I was CATA President when we failed to convince the City to expand South Austin Tennis Center and I failed to keep our Executive Director from getting burned out and leaving. But while those two things didn't go our way, every year we served thousands of players through our huge leagues and junior tournaments and built a relationship with the City that lead to the creation of the Austin Tennis Center. Some of my most cherished memories are the CATA Christmas parties and playing with my friends at Pharr, SATC and Caswell. I started out thinking I would be serving my community through tennis, and it turns out tennis has been serving me the whole time.

Capital Area Tennis Association Web Site