Atkins High Tennis Courts Named for Atkins Graduate

In the Thursday Nov. 8 issue of The Chronicle, reporter Todd Luck writes about the tennis courts at Atkins Academic & Technology High School being named in honor of James Ewers, a graduate of the original Atkins High who was a noted tennis player.

“To see this now resulting in tennis courts being named in my honor is just unreal,” Ewers told Luck.

Ewers was a tennis champion at Atkins. Johnson C. Smith University gave him a four-year tennis scholarship, and, there, he holds the school record of 34 consecutive singles victories.

Over the course of three-decade tennis career, he won local, state and national titles and rubbed shoulders with such celebrities as Bill Cosby, Earl “The Pearl” Monroe and Muhammed Ali.

Luck also took the photos. For the full story go to Winston-Salem Chronicle.