2020

2020 – The world shuts down due to the COVID-19 pandemic, but ATANC creatively expands programming to reach our athletes. Each week 30-55 athletes tune in to one or more of ATANC’s 33 online weekly workouts and a Zoom clinic called “Partner Up Power Up.” Local tennis stars and coaches help host the weekly workouts, which incorporate a curriculum created by local coaches and our executive director. ATANC creates a YouTube fitness playlist and initiates a national adaptive social media challenge. ATANC’s annual fundraiser Footprints on the Court becomes a virtual event and wins Charity Tennis Event of the Year by USTA North Carolina. Footprints on the Court: A Virtual Fundraising Event is hosted by WRAL TV anchor/reporter Ken Smith and features ATP tennis champion John Isner. Trevlyn Roberts, a Broughton High School student and founder of the first high school Abilities Tennis Club, is named ATANC Volunteer of the Year award.