Dan Luna, Class of 2003

Dan played tennis at Pueblo Central High School, and in 1950 became the first Hispanic to capture the Colorado High School Boys’ State Championship Singles title. And as one of just nine Hispanics enrolled at the University of Colorado at Boulder, Dan led team to a Big Seven Tennis Conference Championship.

After graduating in 1954, Dan returned to Pueblo to coach high school tennis; he later became Head Tennis Professional at Pueblo Country Club. Dan went undefeated in southern Colorado for three years in the late 1950s, but his focus turned toward his professional career and to raising his six children.

In 1993, Dan and his family founded Luna Tennis, Inc., the first Latino non-profit tennis agency in Colorado offering tennis instruction at no cost to Denver’s low-income communities.

Four years later, Dan was inducted into the Greater Pueblo Sports Hall of Fame.