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Steve's
tennis career
Born in Ft. Worth, Texas, Steve's
family moved to California when he was only 6 months old and
then on to Alaska, where he played baseball and started to play
tennis at age 14. Within 3 months he became the no.1 player at
his high school. Upon his return to California Steve dove head
first into tennis and played up to 6 hours per day. The family
was in the habit of housing high ranked tennis players from Sweden
and Mexico - the ideal trainings partners for him.
Steve played for Fullerton Junior
College and then for CalState Fullerton, before joining the USTA
Pro Circuit at age 20. He traveled on the tour for a while and
had some wins but at age 21 he was offered the job of Director
of Tennis at Canyon Crest Country Club in Riverside, west of
Los Angeles.
Steve worked at Canyon Crest
for 7 years, from 1981 to 1988, and then began traveling with
Mexoco's no.1 junior player before moving to Kobe, Japan, where
he taught tennis for 4.5 years.
Upon returning to Southern California,
Steve ran Canyon Lake Tennis Club in Orange County for about
10 years. It was 15 years ago when Canyon Crest Country Club
in Riverside offered Steve his old position agin and he accepted. |
