Cedarville University is renovating its tennis facilities. Dr. Delyte “Dee” Morris spent 42 years on campus as a professor, physician assistant and tennis leader. Cedarville won 11 conference championships over 40 seasons. The $800,000 to $1 million renovation will add courts to the facility.
The project is planned to include at least nine courts, with expansion to 12 possible, along with lighting and pickleball use. Cedarville's $800,000 to $1 million project is supported by donor gifts and ongoing fundraising.
A Coach Who Built the Program From the Ground Up
Morris stepped into the head coaching chair in 2007 after 30 years as an assistant alongside Dr. Pamela Diehl Johnson, dating back to 1977, according to Cedarville University Athletics. Cedarville won more than 65 percent of its tennis matches for 40 seasons. She coached the Yellow Jackets to the program's first two Great Midwest Athletic Conference women's tennis titles, in 2013 and 2015, earning G-MAC Coach of the Year honors both seasons.
Her path to Cedarville ran through an unusually varied athletic career. A 1959 graduate of Geneva College, Morris competed in basketball, tennis, and rifle, and the Xenia Gazette reported she missed a spot on the 1968 U.S. Olympic rifle team by just two points before going on to compete at the Pan-American Games. She later coached Geneva's varsity rifle team for three years and, in November 2016, was inducted as a charter member of the Geneva College Athletic Hall of Fame, per the Xenia Gazette.
A Facility for Competition and Campus Use
The planned facility is designed to serve both Division II competition and campus recreation.
Part of a Larger Capital Push
The tennis investment lands just a year after Cedarville's 2025 fundraising campaign, which had passed its $175 million goal. The campaign supported a range of campus needs, underscoring how the tennis complex fits into a broader modernization effort rather than standing alone.
Cedarville's tennis programs compete in NCAA Division II.
