Roberta Alison Baumgardner, Alabama, inducted in 1989
- Accumulated numerous junior titles including the Southern Open, Southern Closed, Orange Bowl, Sugar Bowl, Kentucky State, Florida Yacht Club and Tampa Bay
- Held the #1 ranking as a junior in both Alabama and the South, and was nationally ranked in the top 20 four times
- Played on two National Junior Wightman Cup Teams and was a member of the Southern Intersectional Team five years
- Received the first varsity letter and athletic scholarship awarded by the University of Alabama where she played #4 singles and #2 doubles on the men’s team
- During her college years she won the Women’s College Championships and the USLTA National College Girls’ Tennis Championships in both singles and doubles
- Served several years as a volunteer high school tennis coach
- Inducted into the Alabama Tennis Hall of Fame and the National College Women’s Tennis Hall of Fame in 1987 and the University of Alabama Tennis Hall of Fame in 1988
Colette Lewis of ZooTennis wrote this story about Baumgardner for TennisRecruiting.net.