WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH: The Women of Black Tennis Hall of Fame

INAUGURAL CLASS OF 2008

• Althea Gibson, Pioneer/Player
  

• Lucy Diggs Slowe, Pioneer/Player
  

CLASS OF 2009 

• Ora Washington, Pioneer/Player
  

• Bonnie Logan, Player
  

• Zina Lynn Garrison, Player
  

CLASS OF 2010

• Ann Koger, Player
  

• Leslie Allen, Player
  

CLASS OF 2011

• Isadore Channels (Izzy), Pioneer/Player
  

• Flora Lomax Bray, Pioneer/Player
  

• Lulu Ballard, Pioneer/Player
  

• Lori McNeil, Player
  

CLASS 2012

• Katrina Adams, Player
  

• Margaret "Pete" Peters and   

     Matilda Roumania "Repeat" Peters,

     Player/Pioneers

WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH: EXCLUSIVE! Conversation With Ann Koger - The Life Experience Of An African-American Woman Who Would Not Be Denied - Part I

 Ann Koger is one of the most inspirational women that I have had the opportunity to become acquainted with in my lifetime. She is one of those invincible human beings that fulfilled her dreams and life pursuits at a time when segregation and racism were wholly systemic and acceptable. The accomplishments achieved by Ann practically appear as if doors for African-Americans and women were wide open and inviting, when in actuality they were closed and unwelcoming. Ann has earned a societal place among the greatest, yet she is not the least bit interested in the shine that inherently comes with it. She sees her journey as experiences that were either “not an option,” to “I just kept going.” From growing up in segregated Baltimore, Maryland to retiring in 2016 after 35 years as the Head Coach of Women’s Tennis at Haverford University. Here are some of Ann’s accomplishments and accolades:

WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH - Black Tennis Hall of Fame Inductees