PRESS RELEASE
November 5, 2003
For Immediate Release
CAROL WEYMAN NAMED EXECUTIVE VICE-PRESIDENT
OF THE
MAUREEN CONNOLLY BRINKER TENNIS FOUNDATIONDallas…Nancy Jeffett, president and trustee of the Maureen Connolly Brinker Tennis Foundation, announced today Carol Weyman, executive director of the Maureen Connolly Brinker Tennis Foundation, has been promoted to Executive Vice-President.
Jeffett and fellow trustees, Norman Brinker, Bob Taylor, Brenda Brinker Bottum, Cindy Brinker Simmons, and Elizabeth Jeffett Norman recently met and named Weyman to the Executive Vice-President position.
Weyman joined the Maureen Connolly Brinker Tennis Foundation as Tournament Director of the Virginia Slims of Dallas in July, 1989. She was previously with World Championship Tennis (1981-1989) in Sales & Marketing and Tournament Operations. Prior to WCT, Weyman was the Marketing Representative for Strokemaster Tennis Corporation (1979-1981).
Weyman is originally from Shreveport, Louisiana and graduated from LSU- Baton Rouge in 1978. She was the Louisiana State High School Mixed Doubles State Champion for three years (1971-1974) and Director of Tennis at Camp Waldemar.
In 1990, the Virginia Slims of Dallas was sold and Weyman was named Executive Director of the Maureen Connolly Brinker Tennis Foundation. Weyman is in charge of organizing and promoting the many programs of the foundation.
Some of the programs are:
· Maureen Connolly Challenge Trophy (U.S. vs. Great Britain) international team
competition for Girls 18 & under
· Maureen Connolly Brinker Cup (U.S. vs. Australia) international team competition for Girls 14 & under
· MCB Girls’ 14 Nationals
· “Little Mo” Sectionals/Regionals/Nationals for boys & girls 7 – 11.
· “Little Mo”/Smrikva Bowl (U.S. vs. Europe) international team competition for Boys and Girls 10 & under
· Tennis Competitors of Dallas (TCD)
· Metro Tennis League
The “Little Mo” program began in 1977 for Texas youngsters and in 1998, Weyman expanded the program to a national level by creating the “Road to the Little Mo Nationals”. The “Road to the Little Mo Nationals” is a nationwide circuit for youngsters who are 11 & under and begins in the spring with 17 Sectional tournaments around the country, four Regionals in the summer and the “Little Mo” Nationals in the fall. It is the only tournament in the country that offers the opportunity for players to play others who are the same age and the opportunity to become a National Champion in 8, 9, 10, and11 & under. Over 1,500 youngsters participated in the program this year. (Andy Roddick, who won this year’s U.S. Open, was a former “Little Mo” Champion when he was 10 years old in 1992.)
Weyman also created the “Little Mo”/Smrikva Bowl last year. The Bowl is the first international team competition between the U.S. and Europe for boys and girls 10 & under.
Jeffett said, “Carol has been an outstanding associate and we are very pleased and proud to have her as leader of our programs and activities. Carol has been instrumental in bringing Maureen’s name to a new generation of players through the highly successful “Little Mo” program and continuing the growth of the foundation.”
It is a very special year for the foundation in that it is the 50th anniversary of Maureen “Little Mo” Connolly’s Grand Slam win in 1953. Maureen won the Australian, French, Wimbledon, and U.S. Championships in one calendar year when she was only 18 years old. She is still the youngest and only American woman to have accomplished this magnificent feat.
The Maureen Connolly Brinker Tennis Foundation was founded in 1968 by Maureen Connolly and her dear friend, Nancy Jeffett. In its 35th year, the foundation continues to be dedicated to furthering junior tennis development worldwide.
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