Tennis (Intercollegiate Athletics) records

Record Group

Identifier: UA-4.3.6

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

The Intercollegiate Athletics Tennis collection consists of a program from the 80th Annual NCAA Tennis Championships held at Michigan State University June 15-20, 1963.

Dates

Creation: 1963 - 1963

Creator

Michigan State University. Department of Intercollegiate Athletics (Organization)

Conditions Governing Access

Collection is open for research.

Conditions Governing Use

Permission to publish material from this collection must be obtained from University Archives & Historical Collections, Michigan State University.

Historical Note

Tennis at Michigan State University began during the intercollegiate field days of the1880’s. In 1900, the first permanent courts were constructed on campus north of where Morrill Hall stood. MSU won its only Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association title in 1908. During the 1920’s and 1930’s, the tennis team participated in the State Intercollegiate and State Invitational tournaments. In 1951, the MSU Tennis team won the Big Ten Championship, becoming the first MSU sport to win a Big Ten championship.