Callie Creath: Reconnecting with the Game

CJ Halloran / Texas State Athletics

Callie Creath thought she would never play tennis again.

The graduate transfer fell out of love for the sport and was burned out. After finishing her collegiate career at the University of Tennessee, Creath was considering what she wanted to do for graduate school to fulfill her goal of becoming a counselor.

In August, Texas State women’s tennis head coach Kendall Brooks reached out to Creath, but this wouldn’t be the first interaction between the two.

Before Brooks began her head coaching career, she was the Director of Junior Development at the Austin Tennis Academy (ATA). The mission of ATA is to help junior tennis student-athletes maximize their potential…