NC Tennis Hall of Fame to Induct ATA's Jeff Joyce

NC Tennis Hall of Fame Class of 2023

The North Carolina Tennis Hall of Fame to Induct Rebel Good, Jeff Joyce, Sam Paul and Cliff Skakle

“Lots of people have held positions and served on committees in our tennis world. Jeff Joyce of Asheville has been doing that for many years. What distinguishes Jeff from others is how he has been willing to take the toughest situations head on and resolve them forthrightly. When he has done so, very few people, other than NCTA Presidents, Management Committee members and Nominating Committee members, know the sensitivity and difficulty of these “behind the scenes” situations. Jeff is a leader at the national, section, state, and local levels of tennis. To name just a few of the projects Joyce has taken on in the last decade are: Leading NC in the background check world for JTT coaches and officials. USTA North Carolina piloted, along with partner USTA New England the process that would eventually lead to the USTA adopting the policy. Jeff Joyce has played a long-time role on the USTA North Carolina Nominating Committee. He was part of the decision and then the hiring of the first NC Tennis Foundation employee. He has played a leadership role in the further development of our Community Tennis Associations with many new initiatives. And most recently, Jeff has led the volunteers for the Fed Cup (now Billie Jean King Cup) in Asheville. The successful event has been held in 2018, 2019 and again in 2022. He truly has gone above the call of duty many times as he is never one to turn down an opportunity to help tennis! How did the longtime (45+ years) Parks and Recreation guy get into tennis? In the 1990’s he joined fellow Hall of Fame member, Buster Brown working with kids offering free clinics. What a stroke of luck for tennis. This started a relationship with the formerly known WNCTA (now Asheville Tennis Association) and Asheville P&R that has led to many great endeavors for tennis.” - NC Tennis Foundation