Ken Abrams attended Kaskaskia from 1970-1971 and was a
qualifier for the National Doubles Junior College Tennis Tournament
in Ocala, Florida in 1971. With his teammate, Craig Freels, they
were undefeated at the state and regional levels and remained
unrivaled until they competed in the national
tournament.
Ken taught professionally as the assistant tennis
professional at Longboat Beach and Tennis Club in Florida and
conducted numerous tennis clinics in the Sarasota-Bradenton
area. Ken worked as an independent professional as well and
in the early 1980s, Ken was appointed an associate professional for
the city of Key West, Florida.
Ken returned to Centralia in 1985 and established summer
tennis programs, clinics and began giving private lessons. He
returned to Kaskaskia College as the men’s and women’s
tennis coach from 1989-1991.
