Annual Fred Johnson ALL Stars Event

Fred Johnson ALL Stars is a competitive and fun tennis event for all levels of athletes (16 and older) with intellectual/cognitive differences. The 2026 event takes place June 13-14 at Kossover Tennis Center in Topeka, Kan. It will include multiple rounds of tennis along with fun off-court festivities and an awards ceremony.

The USTA Missouri Valley has hosted Fred Johnson ALL Stars since 2011. Nearly 100 adaptive athletes typically participate in the summer event. Teams in the past have hailed from Omaha, Lincoln, Kansas City, Wichita, Cedar Rapids and Tulsa.

Participants from Omaha, Lincoln and Fremont come from the local Tennis Buddies programs, which is a partnership of athletes with disabilities and tennis enthusiasts within the community. A few participants in the ALL Stars event have had the opportunity to compete in the Special Olympics World Games.

The ALL Stars event was launched in 2011 by its namesake, Fred Johnson, who was the USTA Missouri Valley diversity manager. He formed a steering committee of staff and volunteers to create an annual event that brings together USTA Missouri Valley’s top adaptive tennis athletes for a friendly round-robin competition.

To read a story recapping the 2025 Adaptive Tennis National Qualifier and Fred Johnson ALL Stars, click here, and to check out photos from those events, click here.