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Dec 10 2015

Kay McDaniel, Louisiana, 2007

Kay McDaniel, Louisiana, inducted in 2007

Purchased her first tennis racquet at age 11in Shreveport with 50 Green Stamp books and soon became a top junior player earning the number 1 ranking in the USTA Southern 14U, 16U and 18U girls divisions
Played number 1 singles at Louisiana State University, earned 3 time All-American honors and reached the singles semifinals of the National Collegiate Tournament
Joined the professional tour and competed in 6 Wimbledon Championships, 6 U. S. Opens and 3 French Opens and earned a world ranking of number 30 in singles and number 20 in doubles
Won a Virginia Slims singles title in Atlanta and doubles titles in Houston and Las Vegas
Won the award for the “Fastest Serve in Women’s Tennis”
Coached the Lee University tennis team and was named the Tennessee-Virginia Athletic Conference Coach of the Year
Honored by the Louisiana governor and Council on Physical Fitness and Sport with an Outstanding Achievement Award

Dec 10 2015

Paul E. Scarpa, South Carolina, inducted in 2006

Top junior player in the 1950’s, ranked number 1 in South Carolina and number 3 in the South and won the Southern Boy’s 18U Sportsmanship Award
Played number 1 singles and doubles at Florida State University and won the NCAA Eastern Intercollegiate Championships
Became head tennis coach at Florida State and the United States Naval Academy before being named the head tennis professional at Greenville Country Club and head men’s coach at Furman University in 1966, a college coaching position he held for over 45 years
Coached at Furman for 45 years winning over 800 matches and a winning percentage of over .625 and the school proclaimed April 10, 1999 as Paul Scarpa Day before his 1,000th Furman match
First college coach in South Carolina to develop a tennis camp on a college campus in 1970, which became one of the highest regarded camps in the South drawing the best young talent in the region and nation
Awards include 1990 and 2000 South Carolina Coach of the Year, numerous Southern Conference Coach of the Year and Furman named their championship court and have endowed a scholarship in his honor
Inducted into the South Carolina Tennis Hall of Fame, the Furman University Athletic Hall of Fame, the South Carolina Athletic Hall of Fame and the Intercollegiate Tennis Association Hall of Fame

Dec 10 2015

John Peddycord, North Carolina, inducted in 2006

Spent 45 years volunteering to improve tennis in his community, state, section and nation and served as a board member for the Winston-Salem Tennis Association for 40 years and as President in 1974
Co-chairman of the North Carolina Junior Qualifying Tournament twice, Chairman of the USTA Boy’s 12U Clay Court Championships 4 times and Chairman of the Zanne Meads Awards Banquet for 10 years
USTA North Carolina Board member for over 35 years, including President in 1979 and 1980 and helped establish the North Carolina Tennis Foundation and North Carolina Tennis Hall of Fame
Elected to the Southern Tennis Association Management Committee and spent 2 years as USTA Delegate, 3 years as Vice-President, 5 years as chairman of the Junior Tennis Council and 8 years as chairman of the Investment and Finance Committee.
Served on numerous USTA committees and chaired the Junior Competition Committee and the Nominating Committee
Received the North Carolina Family of the Year and the USTA Southern Jacobs Bowl and the Charles Morris Volunteer Service Award
Inducted into the North Carolina Tennis Hall of Fame in 1990

Dec 10 2015

Sharon Gault, Mississippi, inducted in 2006

Involved in tennis as a recreational player, volunteer, tournament director and administrator since the early 1970’s
Named to the Mississippi Tennis Association Board in 1978 and elected President in 1983
Chaired several Southern Tennis Association committees, including Adult Leagues, Adult/Senior Competition, Senior Cup and Strategic Planning and was elected to the Management Committee as Vice-President in 1989
Appointed to numerous USTA committees, chaired the USTA League Committee for 4 years, served as the USTA Division Council Chair for the Competitive Play Council and chaired the Committee on Committees for 4 years
Received the 1985 state (Mississippi), section (Southern) and national (USTA) Family of the Year awards
Other recognition includes the USTA Southern Gerrie Rothwell Award, the Southern Volunteer Service Award, the USTA Jacobs Bowl and the Charles Morris Volunteer Service Award and the USTA Barbara William Leadership Award
Inducted into the Mississippi Tennis Hall of Fame in 1996

Dec 10 2015

Lester M. Sack JR, Mississippi & Louisiana, inducted in 2005 Lester M Sack Jr

Played number 3 singles and number 1 doubles for Tulane University from 1956 to 1958 when the Green Wave won 3 Southeastern Conference Championships and he and was ranked number 1 in doubles in the conference with partner Ron Holmberg
Joined the professional tour and won singles titles in England and Germany, won the 1965 Canadian Open Doubles Championships and reached the 3rd round of the 1966 French Open
Mississippi resident until 1977 and one of the most dominant players of his generation, winning the Mississippi Open or Mississippi Closed every year and ranked number 1 in Mississippi Men’s Open Singles and top 10 in the South every year from 1959 to 1975
Won numerous state and section age group tournaments and ranked 2nd in the nation in Men’s 45 singles in 1984, won the 1984 Men’s 45 Singles National Championship and ranked 7th and was a finalist at the Men’s 55 National Clay Court Singles Championship in 1987
Represented the United States on the Dubler Cup, Gordon Cup and Stevens Cup teams
Served as the head coach of the USTA New Orleans Area Training Center and was an assistant pro for the Racquet Club of Memphis and the New Orleans Lawn Tennis Club
Inducted into the Mississippi Tennis Hall of Fame in 1994 and the Louisiana Tennis Hall of Fame in 2009