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| 1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| 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
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| 6 | WHEREAS, Katrina Adams is only the fourth woman to hold the | ||||||
| 7 | position and the first
professional athlete; and
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| 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
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| 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
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| 3 | Development division; and
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| 4 | WHEREAS, Katrina Adams has been inducted into the | ||||||
| 5 | Northwestern Hall of Fame, the USTA Midwest Section Hall of
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| 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
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| 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
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| 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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