from California State University at Fullerton in 1980. Retiring in 1977 because of a severe knee injury, Metcalf earned an M.S. and played internationally against some of the game’s greats, including Margaret Court and Chris Evert, earning a ranking among the top 15 in the U.S. Metcalf turned pro after receiving her B.A. During her remarkable career at Redlands, she captured the women’s national collegiate singles title in both 19, and also helped lead the men’s team to two national championships in 19. Metcalf first took up tennis at age 10, honing her game at public parks and college courts in Claremont, California, and becoming a top junior player in the Southern California region. 1952) holds the distinction of being the first woman to play on the men’s tennis team at the University of Redlands. The winner of eight national titles while in college, Janice Metcalf (b. Pursuing a second career as a businesswoman, Fernandez continues to head the Gigi Fernandez Charitable Foundation, established in 1992, which has donated more than a half-million dollars to charitable causes. Dedicated to developing Puerto Rican tennis, Fernandez worked with the island’s Fed Cup and Olympic teams, and in 1999 was named Puerto Rico’s Female Athlete of the Century. with honors from the University of South Florida in 2003, coaching the USF women’s tennis team as well from 2002-2005. Retiring at the top of her game, Fernandez went on to earn her B.A. Employing her big serve-and-volley game, Fernandez also reached as high as No. From 1983 to 1997, she captured 69 doubles titles, reached 26 Grand Slam finals in doubles and mixed doubles, and was consistently ranked No. Recruited to Clemson University from her native Puerto Rico, Fernandez went pro after reaching the national collegiate singles finals in her freshman year. 1964) ranks among the greatest doubles players of all time. With 17 Grand Slam titles and two Olympic Gold Medals, Beatriz “Gigi” Fernandez (b. Tym returned to UT to take up a distinguished teaching career in the Geography Department, maintaining her involvement in athletics as an active horsewoman and gold medalist in the National Senior Olympics. Appointed director of tennis at Yale in 1978, she coached the nationally ranked women’s team for four years and won the Ivy Championships in 1981. As head coach at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga from 1974 to 1978, Tym started the varsity women’s program and guided her teams to two AIAW Small College National Championships. From 1964 to 1970, she played on the international circuit, winning titles on five continents and securing a world ranking as high as No. from UF in 1966 as a Ford Foundation Fellow. A standout junior player in her native Peoria, Illinois, Tym captained her college team all four years while earning Phi Beta Kappa academic honors. 1942) blazed a trail as founder of the women’s tennis team while a student at the University of Florida in 1960, and continued her myriad contributions to the game as a champion player, collegiate coach and teaching professional. She is an experienced international speaker, presenter, and facilitator.Ī native of the USA, Gigi currently resides in London, England.Alice Luthy Tym (b. Gigi currently serves as the President of the Board for NICU Parent Network (NPN), a PPAB member for European Foundation for the Care of Newborn Infants (EFCNI), and a Chair Committee Member for the Global Alliance for Newborn Care (GLANCE). She has almost 20 years of international clinical, strategic and project management experience within the healthcare sector both in the USA and UK health systems and holds global board appointments in the maternal-infant health sector. Gigi holds a BSc in Occupational Therapy (USA), MSc in Health, Population and Society (UK) and a Diploma in Personal Performance Coaching (UK/USA). She also partners with several consultancy groups to help them deliver on a range of leadership, diversity, and organisational development initiatives and is a vocal advocate for equity in the healthcare and educational realms. Gigi’s clients range from individuals and professional teams to medium to large-size organisations across the healthcare, education, faith-based, government, industry, and corporate sectors. She is passionate about imbedding joy and clarity within leaders in any sector and throughout the workplace culture. Her niche areas are leadership and organisational wellness, NICU leaders/community, diversity, empowerment, and wellbeing. She is both an International Coach Federation (ICF) accredited Professional Coach and a Trauma-Informed Certified Coach, and founder of GKF Coaching and Consulting. Gigi Khonyongwa-Fernandez (BSc, MSc, ACC, TICC, Certified Professional Coach - Distinction), is the mother of four angel babies and a surviving twin born at 24 weeks.
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