Manker Patten general manager and Baylor School director of tennis Ned Caswell is one of three selections for the 2017 induction class of the Southern Tennis Hall of Fame. The others are Pat Devoto of Decatur, Ga., and Jeff Gray of Mobile, Ala. Their ceremony is set for Jan. 21 in Atlanta. Caswell, 52, was a two-time All-American and the Southern Conference most valuable player at Furman, and he reached the NCAA singles quarterfinals in 1987. He was on a USTA Junior Davis Cup team with Jim Courier, Pete Sampras, Malivai Washington, Jeff Tarango and David Wheaton, and his professional touring career included wins over Sampras, Patrick McEnroe and Tim Wilkison. Before coming to Chattanooga and Manker Patten 20 years ago, he was a two-time national coach of the year for Anderson College. Continuing to play in USTA age-group divisions, he has won 16 national titles and was ranked No. 1 in the world in men’s 35s singles and doubles in 1999-2000 and was a world champion in singles in 1999 and in doubles that year and 2001.
– University of Tennessee at Chattanooga sophomore McKenzie Barco defeated Austin Peay’s Ana Albertson 7-6 (4), 5-7, 6-3 in the B singles flight of the ITA Ohio Valley Regional women’s tournament Thursday at Murfreesboro. Barco, coming back from offseason surgery, had to retire from her second match, while UTC’s Sydney Patton lost 7-6 (3), 7-6 (10) to a UT-Martin player. The Mocs’ Delaney Edwards and Caroline Hall will play today in the singles main draw, and Edwards will play with Patton in doubles.
– In the men’s ITA Ohio Valley Regional at Knoxville, UTC got first-day doubles wins from Nic Wilson and Simon Bustamante (8-5 over an Eastern Kentucky duo) and Michael Birnbaum and Max Grobbelaar (8-7 over an Austin Peay pair). The Mocs lost six singles matches.
– The funeral arrangements for former UTC and Florida basketball coach and UTC tennis coach and Manker Patten manager Tommy Bartlett were posted Thursday by Chattanooga Funeral Home North. Bartlett, a member of 11 sports halls of fame who died Wednesday at age 88, will be buried Monday at the National Cemetery following a noon service at First Baptist Church of Chattanooga. The family will receive friends there beginning at 10:30 a.m.
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