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Jack made a major impact on St. Louis tennis as a promoter, organizer, tournament director and co-founder of the St. Louis Aces of World TeamTennis. Previously a professional baseball player, he worked in the NBA and founded the Mizzou-Illinois basketball series in St. Louis before turning his attention to tennis in the 1970s, when he brought a WTT event to the Checkerdome, followed by men’s and women’s pro tournaments in the ’80s. Jack ran the Aces from 1994 to 2005, a period that included a WTT championship in 1996.
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Kelly was a three-time state singles champion at St. Joseph’s Academy and No. 1 in the Missouri Valley 14s, 16s and 18s, as well as No. 10 nationally in the 16s. At Indiana, she was all-conference all four years, a two-time Big Ten player of the year and two-time doubles All-American, and member of the IU Athletics Hall of Fame. As women’s coach at Washington U., she led the Bears to 11 consecutive berths in the NCAA Division III tournament, including three times in the Elite Eight. In 2015 she was the NCAA Div. III Coach of the Year.
