Edgar A. “Ned” Neely JR, Georgia, inducted in 2003
- Started playing tennis at age 8 and won local, state and section champion-ships in the early 1950’s, culminating with his first national singes and doubles titles at the 1955 National Boy’s 15U Singles Championship followed by a title at the National Junior Clay Court Championships
- Finalist at the 1956 National Interscholastic Championships and ranked 8th in the nation in the Boy’s 18U in 1958
- 2-time All-American at Georgia Tech leading the Yellow Jackets to the 1960 Southeastern Conference team title, winning SEC championships in singles and doubles and finishing with a doubles record of 55-13
- After serving in the Marine Corps, joined the professional world tennis circuit making 3 appearances at Wimbledon, 5 at the U. S. Open and playing in every major tennis stadium in the United States, Europe and Australia and ranked number 11 in United States Men’s Singles in the mid-1960’s
- Gave up the professional circuit to become a lawyer and primarily competed in local and state tournaments since the late 1960’s
- President of the Georgia Tennis Foundation, board member of the International Tennis Hall of Fame and established the Tennis Academic Program to provide academic and tennis instruction for disadvantaged children ages 8 to 12 at community centers throughout Atlanta
- Inducted into the Georgia Tech Hall of Fame in 1969 and the Georgia Tennis Hall of Fame in 1991