By RICK PETERSON
TopSports.news
The Topeka Tennis Association will add Greg Lutz, Kurt Reid, John Waltz and Corey Wilson into its Hall of Fame on Saturday at the Bettis Family Sports Complex.
Doors will open at 6 p.m., followed by the induction ceremony at 6:45 p.m.
Hall of Fame inductees capsules:
Greg LutzGreg Lutz
Lutz was a four-year letterman at Seaman High School, a two-time Centennial League champion and two-year runnerup.
Played college tennis and basketball at Bethel in Indiana and played and coached college tennis at Washburn University.
Coached boys and girls tennis at Seaman for 10 years, earning three regional coach of the year awards and a Class 5A coach of the year award.
Was the tennis professional at Topeka Country Club, Wood Valley Racquet Club and director of tennis at Olympia Spa and Prairie Oaks Country Club.
Worked with Billie Jean King as general manager of the Atlanta Thunder World Team Tennis, winning the world championship in 1991.
A past president and vice-president of the Topeka Tennis Association.
Kurt Reid Kurt Reid
Reid was a three-time top-four state finisher for Topeka West and was inducted into the Topeka West High School Sports Hall of Fame in 2015.
Competed collegiately at Tulsa, Washburn, and Kansas State (1978 1980).
Continued to compete in regional tournaments and leagues after college.
A former board member and president of the Topeka Tennis Association.
Mentored multiple junior players preparing them for collegiate competition and is currently assistant coach at Washburn University.
Recipient of multiple regional coach of the year awards. while coaching multiple All-Americans and contributed to coaching the 2025 national runnerup team.
John WaltzJohn Waltz
Waltz was a 2002 inductee into the Topeka West Athletic Hall of Fame and a 2010 inductee into the Washburn University Athletic Hall of Fame.
Waltz was a collegiate All-American and three-sport starter at Washburn University.
He was a finalist for national coach of the year in 2021-2022 for Perry High School and the AIA Coach of the Year in 2021-2022.
Waltz was the Chandler District, All-Region and Premier Coach of the Year in 2022-2023 and Chandler USD Coach of the Year in 2024-2025.
Waltz is a National and Sectional USTA Boys Team Coach, started OPRC and has been a junior developer 40 years.
Corey Wilson Corey Wilson
Coached the Class 6A boys state singles champion in 1986 and boys 6A state doubles champions in 1984, 1987-1990.
Wilson coached boys city team champions in 1980-1984 and 1988-1989, boys I-70 League champions in 1979-1981, 1983-1984, 1988-1989.
Coached Class 6A singles champions in 1980-1981, 1983-1984 and girls 6A doubles champions in 1985-1988 and girls 6A state team champions in 1985, 1987 and 1994.
