2006 Men’s Tennis National Honors Rodney Harmon Mike DePalmer Peter Handoyo Sr. & Andy Crews w1980 NCAA doubles champion w1990 ITCA Coach of w2000 NCAA all-tour- the Year nament team (No. 3 doubles) w1995 Men’s Collegiate Tennis Hall of Fame Mel Purcell Chris Woodruff Adam Carey & Mark Parsons w1980 NCAA doubles w1992 Volvo Tennis champion Rookie of the Year w2001 NCAA all-tournament team w1980 Rolex National w1993 USTA (No. 2 doubles) Intercollegiate singles Sportsmanship Award champion w1999 Men’s w1993 NCAA singles Collegiate Tennis Hall champion of Fame Paul Annacone Chris Mahony Michael Fancutt & Pablo Montana w1984 Rolex National w2001 Professional Indoor singles champi- w1996 Rolex National Tennis Registry coach on Indoor doubles cham- of the year w1984 ITCA Player of pions the Year w2002 Men’s Collegiate Tennis Hall of Fame Intercollegiate Tennis Association Shelby Cannon Peter Handoyo Men’s Collegiate Tennis Hall of Fame The ITA Men’s Collegiate Tennis Hall of Fame is housed w1986 Volvo Tennis w1999 ITA rookie of at the University of Georgia’s Henry Feild Stadium in Collegiate doubles the year Athens, Ga. Former Georgia head coach Dan Magill serves champion as curator and chairman of the hall. w2002 John Van Players are eligible for election to the Hall of Fame 15 w1987 ITCA Player to Nostrand Award years after their last collegiate match, and coaches are eligi- Watch ble one year following retirement. The main criteria for elec- tion are college accomplishments as well as honors earned after college. Contributors to the college game are also con- sidered for induction. Listed below are Tennessee’s inductees: Year Inductee (Classification) 1993 Thomas G. Bartlett (Player) 1995 Michael DePalmer Sr. (Coach) Byron Talbot Mark Fitzpatrick 1999 Mel R. Purcell (Player) 2002 Paul Annacone (Player) w1986 Volvo Tennis w2000 NCAA all-tour- Collegiate doubles nament team Tennessee’s first inductee champion (No. 6 singles) into the ITA Hall of Fame, Thomas G. Bartlett, was inducted as a player in 1993. w 1987 Rafeal Osuna Bartlett lettered for the Vols Sportsmanship Award from 1950-52 and is believed to have never lost a match during that span (official records are incomplete). 37 2006 Volunteers Tennis All-Americas University of Tennessee Lenny Schloss - 1967 Shelby Cannon - 1986-88 Mark Parsons - 1999 Tennessee’s first tennis All-America, Cannon won three SEC doubles titles Parsons was ranked as high as No. 23 Schloss teamed with different part- and an SEC team title in 1986. He and in the nation in 1999. His 31 singles ners to win the SEC doubles crown in partner Byron Talbot comprise wins earned him a spot in the NCAA 1966 and 1967. He also helped guide Tennessee’s all-time winningest dou- men’s singles championships, where the Vols to an SEC team title in 1966. bles tandem. he reached the round of 16 Tommy Mozur - 1968, 70 Byron Talbot - 1986-88 Peter Handoyo - 1999, 2001-02 Mozur attained a national singles Talbot teamed with Shelby Cannon to Handoyo was simply dominant during ranking of No. 15 in 1968, the highest capture the 1986 Volvo Tennis his time on Rocky Top. He had a hand ranking ever held by a Volunteer to Collegiate doubles championship and in four SEC titles (one singles, two that point. As a senior in 1970, Mozur two SEC No. 1 doubles crowns in doubles and one team) and racked up captained the Vols to an SEC crown. 1986 and 1987. 145 career singles wins. Michael Fancutt - 1979 Doug Flach - 1990 .Mario Toledo - 2002 A fab-freshman in 1979, Fancutt com- Flach garnered All-SEC honors in Toledo ended the 2002 season ranked piled a 12-7 dual-match record at No. both singles and doubles while leading No. 20 in the ITA singles poll. He was 4 and won conference titles in both the Vol netters to an SEC regular-sea- runner-up at the Region III singles singles and doubles. He also reached son championship in 1990. championships, garnered All-SEC hon- the NCAA doubles final. ors and led the Vols with 33 singles wins. Andy Kohlberg - 1979 Tim Jessup - 1990-91 Simon Rea - 2004 Kohlberg stood atop the collegiate sin- Jessup became Tennessee’s first SEC At the conclusion of the 2004 gles poll in 1979. He defeated the indoor singles champion when he won season, Rea was listed at No. 37 and eventual NCAA singles champion the title in 1991. He also garnered All- No. 10 in the ITA’s national singles and twice during the season and led the SEC honors for his outstanding dou- doubles polls, respectively. The senior Vols with a 15-4 singles record. bles play in 1990. also earned All-SEC first-team honors. Rodney Harmon - 1980 Brice Karsh - 1990-91 Damien Spizzo - 2004 In 1980, Harmon captured the SEC A two-time All-America, Karsh Spizzo led the Vols with a .792 (19-5) No. 2 singles crown, teamed with Mel advanced to the round of 16 in the 1990 doubles winning percentage in 2004. Purcell to win the NCAA doubles title NCAA men’s singles championships. He teamed with partner Simon Rea to and reached the semifinals of the In 1991, he was ranked as high as No. go 12-5 in the spring, including an 8-2 NCAA singles championships. 6 in the collegiate singles poll. mark vs. ranked opponents. Mel Purcell - 1980 Chris Woodruff - 1992-93 Ockie Oosthuizen - 2005 The top player on the Vols’ 1980 SEC In 1993, Woodruff became the first Vol Oosthuizen led the Vols with a .707 title team, Purcell won the SEC No. 1 to win the NCAA singles champi- (29-12) doubes winning percentage in singles crown and also won the NCAA onship. He was the 1993 SEC indoor 2005. He played all his doubles doubles championship with partner singles champion and was named the matches with Ben Rogers. The tandem Rodney Harmon. 1992 Volvo Tennis rookie of the year. went 14-8 against ranked opponents. Mike DePalmer Jr. - 1981-82 Chris Haggard - 1993 Ben Rogers - 2005 DePalmer Jr. excelled for Tennessee in Haggard was named All-America and Rogers went 29-15 in doubles in 2005. the early 1980s, reaching the NCAA All-SEC after teaming with Chris He and Oosthuizen achieved a ranking singles quarterfinals in 1981 and reel- Woodruff to reach the quarterfinals of as high as No. 5 in doubles. The UT ing off 27 consecutive No. 1 singles the 1993 NCAA doubles champi- tandme won the Southern victories in 1982. onships. Intercollegiate Doubles Title. Paul Annacone - 1982-84 Chris Mahony - 1994, 96 The Vols’first three-time All-America, Mahony teamed with Pablo Montana Annacone was a two-time SEC cham- to win the 1996 Rolex National Indoor pion, the 1984 Rolex National Indoor doubles championship. He also gar- singles champion and the 1984 ITCA nered All-SEC honors in both singles Player of the Year. and doubles in 1994 and 1996. Chris Green - 1984 Pablo Montana - 1994-96 Green teamed with Paul Annacone in Montana and partner Chris Mahony 1984 and the pair compiled an outstand- captured the 1996 Rolex National ing doubles record of 20-5. Green also Indoor doubles championship. As a sen- went undefeated at the No. 4 singles ior, Montana held down the No. 1 position that year. Singles position for the Vols. Ben Rogers and Ockie Oosthuizen congratulate each other on another point won. 38 2006 Volunteers Tennis 2006 Men’s Tennis Vols on Tour Chris Haggard Attended UT: 1992-93 Chris Woodruff Attended UT: 1992-93 VOL FACT At Tennessee: Was an All-America At Tennessee: 1992 Volvo Tennis Tennessee has had numerous players graduate to the ATP selection in 1993 l Selected to the All- Rookie of the Year l Back-to-back All- tour and achieve success while on the tour. The following SEC doubles team in 1993 l 1993 SEC SEC and All-America selection in 1992 players have been ranked in the top-100 on the ATP tour: doubles finalist l 1993 NCAA doubles and 1993 l 1993 SEC Indoor singles Singles Doubles quarterfinalist. champion l 1993 NCAA doubles quar- Paul Annacone Paul Annacone terfinalist l 1993 NCAA singles cham- Mike DePalmer Jr. Shelby Cannon Professionally: Turned pro in 1993 and pion. Mel Purcell Mike DePalmer Jr. has recently blossomed into a top-20 Chris Woodruff Chris Haggard l doubles player on the ATP Tour; ranked No. 19 on 9/8/03 Professionally: Turned pro in 1993 and attained a career- Mel Purcell l Won doubles titles at Kitzbuhel in 1999, Tokyo and best world singles ranking of No. 9 in January 2000 Byron Talbot Amersfoort in 2002 and Adelaide in 2003 and Washington in Captured singles titles at the 1997 Montreal Super 9 2004 l Ended 2002 ranked No. 43 in the world in doubles l Canadian Open and the 1999 Miller Lite Hall of Fame Tennis Shelby Cannon Attended UT: 1985-88 Reached four other doubles finals, including Amersfoort and Championships l Reached the singles finals in Coral Springs Barcelona in 2003 l Was a doubles semifinalist at the 2003 and Philadelphia in 1996 l Defeated No. 3 seed Andre Australian Open l Member of the South African Davis Cup Agassi at the 1996 French Open l Was a singles quarterfi- Pro Doubles Titles: 1989 U.S. Open (mixed Team in 2003 and 2004 l Reached the final at San Marina nalist at the 2000 Australian Open l Was a three-time dou- doubles); 1993 at Barcelona; 1990 at Sao and six semi-finals bles finalist l Represented the United States in Davis Cup Paulo; 1992 at Genova competition in 2000.