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We recap our 2021 Talking Tennis Southern Style episodes, including our initial show from May 2020. Here are the quotes from individuals who provided their own perspective on tennis: USTA First Vice President and NCAA Chief Medical Officer Dr. Brian Hainline, USTA Southern President & CEO Randy Jackson, wheelchair tennis player & advocate Kelly Flouhouse, USTA Secretary-Treasurer and openly gay player Brian Vahaly, Southern Tennis Foundation Chairman Derek White, Baseball Hall of Famer Chipper Jones, former star North Carolina State tennis player – and UGA football coach – Jim Donnan, ESPN reporter Kris Budden and Tennessee State University’s Dr. Harriet Kimbro-Hamilton.

USTA Southern has a charitable arm called the Southern Tennis Foundation that supports hundreds of thousand of dollars in college scholarships, financial aid, NJTL support and other areas. Chairman Derek White and volunteer leaders Paul Pittman and Rex Maynard talk about new college scholarship funds, notably more than $60,000 raised in honor of retiring USTA Southern Executive Director & COO John Callen. The foundation also maintains the Southern Tennis Hall of Fame. Our spotlights feature junior Robert Bauer, of Suwanee, GA, and John Paoletti, the coach of Teurlings Catholic High School in Lafayette, LA.