Bend Magazine: If You Build It: Explosion of interest in pickleball is testing players allegiance to tennis

A former touring tennis pro, Whitwell has been teaching tennis for two decades and spends most of her workday organizing league play or teaching juniors at the Athletic Club of Bend, where she is the director of tennis operations at the seven-court facility. Tennis players like Whitwell’s no-bullshit style. It’s what she does in her spare time that has some of them wondering just where her allegiance lies.