Nancy Hoekstra

An educator and advocate for people with special needs, Nancy Hoekstra has been active with the USTA and Special Olympics since 1988. She works tirelessly creating adaptive programming, coaching from the local to the international level, serving as Special Olympics Tennis Technical Delegate at both the National Games and World...

Jack Sharpe

Jack, a Head Master Professional and nationally-recognized tennis coach, has been teaching tennis for the past 40+ years, the last 12 years at the Hinsdale Racquet Club. He has served on a number of U.S.T.A. Midwest Section Boards. During the 2014 ASICS Easter Bowl National Tournament in Indian Wells, California,...

Wally Piekarski

Wally was born in Chicago on March 22, 1929 and grew up in the Back-of-the-Yards neighborhood where he was always involved in some type of sport. He attended Tilden Technical H.S. where he scored a record 91 points in one basketball game. Wally attended the University of Mississippi on a...