Zina Garrison
Former USTA Professional #4, US Olympic Champion
- Learned the sport of tennis at McGregor Park beside her friend Lori McNeil while being taught be tennis champion John Wilkerson
- Became the Number 1 ranked junior player in the world
- Turned professional in 1982 where she reached a career high of Number 4 and became the first African-American woman since Althea Gibson to reach a Grand Slam final in 1990
- Beat Monica Seles and Steffi Graf at Wimbledon in back-to-back matches before losing the final to Martina Navratilova.
- Won the mixed doubles with Sherwood Stewart and finished runner-up in the women’s doubles with Lori McNeil at the Australian Open in 1987
- Captured the mixed doubles title at Wimbledon with Stewart a year later
- Earned the 1988 Olympic Gold Medal in doubles with Pam Shriver in Seoul and a Bronze Medal in singles
- Retired in 1996 from professional tennis
- One of the finest doubles players in the game’s recent history where she captured 20 major championship titles
John Wilkerson
Senior Director of Tennis | Professional Tennis Player and USPTA Certified Tennis Professional
- Senior Director of Tennis, Professional Tennis Player and USPTA Certified Tennis Professional
- Born in San Antonio
- Was a senior in high school before picking up his first tennis racquet
- John tried out for his high school tennis team and beat everyone on it
- Won district and state singles and doubles title that same year
- Enrolled at Prairie View A & M and got a tennis scholarship where he left for the Airborne 8th Brigade
- After two and a half years in Germany he planned his future making education first and tennis second
- Graduated from TSU John became the Tennis Director at MacGregor Park and there he found his real passion, teaching young people on and off the court
