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Zayla Ware (WTN: 25.5) needed to find something to keep her active between basketball season and soccer season when she was younger. Her dad had a half-price coupon for a tennis lesson at Burns Park in North Little Rock, Arkansas.

“I went and I hit the ball over the net for the first time and the coach was like, ‘You need to play tennis.’ I'm like, ‘okay,’” Ware said. “I didn’t know what tennis was before I went to that lesson that day, but I guess it was love at first sight. I started and didn’t stop.”

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Ware is preparing for at least another four years of competitive tennis. The three-star recent graduate has signed to play at Arkansas Tech, a Division II school in Russellville, Arkansas.

“I never really thought about playing college sports before I started doing tennis,” Ware said. “I kept playing well and once I got to be 16-17, I said this is my sport and I guess I want to actually try to go to college for it. I can't see myself not playing a sport.”