Coach Terry Bocian AQ Athletic Hall of Fame
Pat Williams of Grand Rapids has a lifetime of success in tennis as a player and as a coach. A city champion at the age of 16, she went on to captain and star on the College's first women's teams. Williams practiced with the 1968 College's men's team which finished second nationally. She has coached Grand Rapids Catholic Central's boys' and girls' tennis teams for over two decades with outstanding success and continues to hold these positions. In 1987, she became the first female coach of a boys' team in the history of Grand Rapids Catholic Central; since then she has recorded over 430 wins with the team. In 2000, Williams was inducted into the Michigan High School Tennis Coaches' Association Hall of Fame and the Catholic Central High School Hall of Fame. Williams has coached all of her eight children. Pat and her husband, G. Thomas Williams Jr. '65, reside in Grand Rapids.
