Two Colorado legends to join Hall of Fame in 2018

Two Colorado legends will join the Colorado Tennis Hall of Fame next year. Two-time Colorado state high school champion Jeff Cathrall, who was a part of three NCAA championships at Stanford, will be officially inducted to the Colorado Tennis Hall of Fame Gala in early February alongside Randy Crawford, former tennis coach for Martina Navratilova and Gigi Fernandez. Purchase tickets here.

Colorado Tennis Hall of  Fame Class of 2018

Jeff Cathrall
Few Coloradans have dominated play in their junior divisions like Jeff Cathrall (Woodland Park) in the 1980s. Raised in Colorado, Jeff developed his game here at high altitude and yet some would say his game was better-suited for low altitude play, where he reached incredible heights in both the junior and collegiate ranks. Consistently ranked tops in the state and section in every age division, Jeff also excelled at the National level. He reached new heights in national rankings as he aged up — top 50 (12s), top 35 (14s), top 20 (16s) and flirted with the top 10 his final year of 18s – finishing 11th in the country! After Jeff added a state high school No. 1 singles title to his resumé in 1984, he turned his sights to college — for the academics and tennis — at Stanford University. Playing on the same team with Patrick McEnroe, Jeff and his Cardinal teammates won National NCAA titles three years in a row (1988, 1989, 1990).

Randy Crawford
Many know Randy Crawford (Aspen) as the consummate tennis professional, wonderfully talented yet also incredibly humble. Randy grew up in Texas, won the state high school championship his senior year and went on to play No. 1 at Texas Christian University for four years. Randy became TCU’s first All-American tennis player, reached the quarterfinals of the NCAA tournament and was named Co-Athlete of the Decade (’70s) for the Horned Frogs. He played on the pro circuit for two years and reached a high of No. 69 in the world before a stomach injury prompted his tour retirement. Randy was brought on to coach Martina Navratilova in 1987 and 1988 as she retained her No. 1 world ranking. He went on to coach Gigi Fernandez who also reached No. 1 in the world in doubles. The Aspen connection proved to be very powerful as he’s been the Director of Tennis at the Maroon Creek Club in Aspen since 1990.