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Rally for the Future featured in in Racquet Sports Industry magazine

May 24, 2021 08:00 AM

Tennis Industry reaches over 18,000 tennis specialty shops, sport specialty shops, department store buyers, sporting goods stores, tennis clubs, country clubs, multisport clubs, hotels, resorts, real estate developments, municipalities, schools, colleges, importers & exporters, and members of the U.S. Racquet Stringers Association, the Tennis Industry Association, the American Sports Builders Association, and the U.S. Tennis Writers Association. Read More

Kathleen Wu speaks to TENNIS magazine

May 21, 2021 10:00 AM

The new president of the USTA Foundation's Board of Directors, Wu sat down with tennis.com's Matt Fitzgerald to discuss the "Rally for the Future" fundraising campaign. Read More

USTA Foundation launches Rally for the Future fundraising campaign

May 20, 2021 10:00 AM

The Rally for the Future campaign is designed to raise $20 million over the next three years to support the more than 250 National Junior Tennis & Learning (NJTL) chapters across the country. Read More

USTA Foundation proud to partner in National Day of Learning

The National Day of Learning is set for May 14.

May 10, 2021 11:00 AM

The free virtual event on May 14, featuring panels and speaker spotlights, aims to enrich the learning experience for the many kids across the country who have faced many challenges this academic year due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Read More

Hailey Baptiste wins first WTA title in Charleston

Apr 19, 2021 12:40 PM

The 19-year-old Baptiste is a product of the Junior Tennis Champions Center in College Park, Md. and the USTA Foundation NJTL and Excellence Team programs there. Read More

Women's History Month: All about the kids for Bert Cole in Texas

Mar 25, 2021 10:00 AM

For the better part of five decades, Bert Cole has been making a difference in the lives of countless young people across the state of Texas, and her work has taken her to the Dallas Tennis & Education Academy NJTL. Read More

USTA Foundation announces new scholarship

First established by Billie Jean King in 1998 and associated with the USTA Foundation for the first time in 2021, the Novo Nordisk Donnelly Scholarship is named after two collegiate tennis champions, Diane Donnelly Stone and Tracey Donnelly Maltby, sister

Mar 22, 2021 03:00 PM

The USTA Foundation is proud to announce a new scholarship opportunity in support of young tennis players: the Novo Nordisk Donnelly Scholarship. Read More

Women's History Month: Judy Levering, a champion for the USTA Foundation from the start

Judy Levering at the 2019 USTA annual meeting.

Mar 18, 2021 04:00 PM

Two decades on, Judy Levering can still remember every detail of the moment she learned she was primed for a history-making appointment as the first woman president of the USTA. Learn more about the woman behind the USTA Foundation from the very beginning. Read More

Black History Month spotlight: Toni Wiley putting her heart into the job

Feb 16, 2021 10:30 AM

Toni Wiley, the CEO of the award-winning Sportsmen’s Tennis & Enrichment Center, has a keen grasp of the role and influence her USTA Foundation NJTL chapter continues to play in the life of the youngsters who walk through the doors at the Dorchester, Mass., facility. Read More

Black History Month spotlight: Rochester NJTL chapter keeping Arthur Ashe's legacy alive

Feb 10, 2021 04:00 PM

Theresa Bowick began Conkey Cruisers as a cycling program aimed at promoting health and wellness in Rochester, N.Y. - but after finding tennis, the sport proved to be a perfect match. Now, it's a thriving NJTL USTA Foundation chapter in the community. Read More