Topic: Athletics

Jacopo Tezza understands the challenges and opportunities in devoting one’s life to tennis. He started playing the sport as a child in Verona, Italy, eventually becoming a top five singles competitor in the Italian junior ranks. His talents earned him a place on the tennis team at TCU. After graduation, Tezza spent some time on

Evert Tennis Academy director Jacopo Tezza ’06 teaching on-court fundamentals, overcoming life challenges.

  Former Horned Frog swimmer and Olympian Walter Soza ’96 (second from left) is still in the water these days, raising money to fight cancer through Swim Across America. Soza organizes and leads Team TCU in his spare time along with fellow Frog swimmer Layton Shaffner ’97 (far right). This summer, Team TCU raised nearly

First-team All-America cornerback Jason Verrett is a standout for the Horned Frogs again this season. Lessons from a nightmare sophomore debut are in the past but still drive him.

A dangerous, new game imported from back East eventually helped a tiny university grow. But it almost never caught on.

Niki Newton ’05