SPORTS SPOTLIGHT
P H OTO B Y S T E V E WO LT M A N N
2018
EYE ON A NEW BALL A former Elmhurst tennis champ turns pickleball pro.
Rachel Rettger ’19, MBA ’21, is no stranger to racket sports. Growing up, she spent much of her time playing tennis, building the skills to qualify for the state tournament in high school. She even enrolled at Elmhurst to join the women’s tennis team, coached by her longtime mentor Anthony McPherson. But ask her about tennis now, and she admits that she’s retired. That’s because in less than two years she has gone from newbie to pro in one of the country’s fastest growing sports: pickleball. “Everyone thinks it’s an old-person sport,” she says. “But you’d be shocked at how much skill it takes at the highest
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