Full Text of HR0320 99th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives wish to congratulate Katrina Adams on becoming | 4 | | the first African-American to be named CEO of the United States | 5 | | Tennis Association (USTA) on January 1, 2015; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Katrina Adams is only the fourth woman to hold the | 7 | | position and the first
professional athlete; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, Katrina Adams was born in Chicago and developed a | 9 | | love of tennis at the Martin Luther King, Jr.
Boys Club on the | 10 | | West Side of Chicago; she played throughout the City of | 11 | | Chicago, including at the Prairie Tennis Club, the Hyde Park | 12 | | Tennis
Club, and the Midtown Athletic Club; she attended | 13 | | Whitney Young High School and went on to attend Northwestern | 14 | | University,
where she majored in communications; while at | 15 | | Northwestern, she helped lead the Wildcats to a Big Ten | 16 | | Championship in Tennis in
1986; she was an NCAA All-American in | 17 | | 1986 and 1987 and she was the first African-American to
become | 18 | | NCAA doubles champion in 1987; and
| 19 | | WHEREAS, Katrina Adams played for 12 years on the Women's | 20 | | Tennis Association tour, where she was ranked as
high as No. 67 | 21 | | in singles and No. 8 in doubles; she captured 20 career doubles | 22 | | titles; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, After retirement, Katrina Adams served as a | 2 | | national coach for the United States Tennis Association Player
| 3 | | Development division; and
| 4 | | WHEREAS, Katrina Adams has been inducted into the | 5 | | Northwestern Hall of Fame, the USTA Midwest Section Hall of
| 6 | | Fame, the Chicago District Tennis Hall of Fame, and the Black | 7 | | Tennis Hall of Fame; and | 8 | | WHEREAS, While CEO of the USTA, Katrina Adams will focus on | 9 | | growing the development of young players in
African-American | 10 | | and Hispanic communities; she will also continue to run the | 11 | | Harlem Junior
Tennis and Education Program; therefore, be it
| 12 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 13 | | NINETY-NINTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 14 | | congratulate Katrina Adams on becoming the first | 15 | | African-American to be named CEO of the United States Tennis | 16 | | Association; and be it further | 17 | | RESOLVED, That we recognize Katrina Adams on all of her | 18 | | accomplishments and wish her well in all her future endeavors; | 19 | | and be it further
| 20 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be |
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| 1 | | presented to Katrina Adams as an expression of our esteem and | 2 | | respect.
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