Unbeknownst to most people on campus, the USF's Women's Varsity Tennis team has a formally nationally ranked junior in Marna "Cici" Louie. A junior Business major, she has remained undefeated. The second seeded player on the team just happens to be her sister, Marisa. Marisa, only a freshman, also is undefeated. She teams up with her sister Cici for doubles and the duo are also undefeated, losing only one set in three matches (USFFoghorn).
The Louie sisters—Marisa, Marcie, Marna, and Maureen (“Peanut”)—emerged as formidable figures in the world of tennis. Other Chinese American athletes soon would gain honors in their particular sports. Writing of these accomplishments, the Chinese Historical Society of America recently declared: “Today’s athletes like Michael Chang, Tiffany Chin, and Michelle Kwan” are achieving their own triumphs and, in so doing, “elevating]Chinese American communities.” A Celebration of Roots: Chinese Americans in Sports, published in 1996 by the Chinese Historical Society of America, also honored the many contributions of those individuals who had preceded them. Such achievement in the face of adversity should be a lesson to us all.
"Sport and Recreation Among Chinese American Communities of the Pacific Coast From Time of Arrival to the “Quiet Decade” of the 1950s" by Roberta J. Park DEPARTMENT OF INTEGRATIVE BIOLOGY, UCBerkekey.
