Sports analyst Mary Carillo and former U.S. Tennis Association CEO Katrina Adams discussed their rise to professional success as women in the sports industry and former pro tennis players at a Thursday...
When former softball coach Sharon Drysdale arrived at Northwestern in 1979, the team had no field. The Wildcats played at a park on Lincoln Street that featured just benches — no dugouts or fences.
Eventually,...
Katrina Adams is no stranger to breaking barriers.
One of the first Northwestern women’s tennis players to earn All-American and All-Big Ten honors, she was also the first Black leader of the U.S....
For Katrina Adams, discovering tennis at all was unexpected.
"I had a middle-class background (growing up) because my parents were both teachers," Adams said. "But I lived in a community where tennis...
