From blog.chron.com
Posted on November 19, 2013 | By Dana Guthrie
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Photo by Dave Rossman
Houston tennis star, Olympic gold medalist and Wimbledon finalist Zina Garrison got her big break thanks to a kids’ program in southeast Houston when she was 11 years old.
After playing tennis professionally until 1996, Garrison founded her own program to give the gift of tennis to children whose parents may not have the money or resources to enroll their kids in lessons.
On Saturday, track legends Jackie Joyner-Kersee and Carl Lewis were on hand to help Garrison celebrate two big anniversaries – the 20th birthday of the Zina Garrison Tennis Academy, and Garrison’s own 50th birthday.
