Janet Hopps
Alias: Mrs W.C.D.Adkisson
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| Bio | A superb athlete who played baseball and football as a girl, Janet Hopps Adkisson took up a tennis raacket at age 12 and three years later claimed theh California state singles and doubles titles. When her family moved to Seattle in 1953, Adkisson became a top student at Seattle University while playing No.1 on the men’s tennis team. She also pioneered national intercollegiate play for women, sweeping the All-College Girls’ Championships three years in a row. Dominating Northweest tennis, Adkisson broke into the national Top 10 in 1956 and enjoyed great success on the international circuit. In 1962 she married university administrator William Adkisson, with whom she raised seven children. Described as ‘unselfishly devoted to the sport 100 percent,’ Adkisson has worked tirelessly as a professional, including a 10-year term as coach of the Seattle University tennis teams. In 1998, marking a half-century of service to tennis, she was inducted into the Washington State Sports Hall of Fame. source:ita hall of fame |
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