Lisa Spain Short
American female tennis player
Why Is Lisa Spain Short Influential?
(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, Lisa Spain Short is a retired tennis player. She was the first female tennis player to receive a full scholarship at the University of Georgia. Early years Spain grew up in Moultrie, Georgia, where she attended Moultrie High School. She played on the school tennis team and had 56 wins with only a single loss in her high school career, winning the state singles championship four times. When she was a junior, she received a scholarship offer from Clemson to play as the number 2 singles player on its team. Her reaction was " I wanted to be the number one singles player. I thanked the coach for the offer but said no thanks." This experience was followed by an offer for a full scholarship from Georgia, which she accepted.
