Nehemiah Atkinson, Louisiana, inducted in 1997
- Avid tennis player since the 1940’s who specialized in singles competition
- Director of Tennis for the City of New Orleans for 22 years
- Won over 15 Southern Singles Championships and several Silver Balls as a finalist at USTA National Championships
- Represented Louisiana at Senior Cup competition, captain of the Southern 75’s team at the USTA Intersectional Team competition, 1993 USPTR Player of the Year and winner of the 1996 USPTR Men’s 70 singles title
- Recipient of the inaugural Kennedy Ripple of Hope Award and the T. N. Touchstone Memorial Trophy presented annually to a Southern senior player who displays outstanding sportsmanship and support of tennis in the South
- Played on the 1999, 2000 and 2001 United States Gardner Mulloy Cup Team which won the competition in 2001 to become world champions in the Men’s 80’s
- Inducted into the Louisiana Tennis Hall of Fame in 1986