Mount Pleasant, SC
Inducted December 2019
CINDY BABB IS KNOWN THROUGHOUT THE STATE, SECTION AND NATION AS A TOP TENNIS PLAYER. HER DROP-VOLLEYS, FLAWLESS SERVICE MOTION AND SLICE BACKHAND ARE WELL KNOWN BY PARTNERS AND OPPONENTS. HOWEVER, HER SKILLS ON THE COURT ARE ONLY A PART OF HER TENNIS RESUME. SHE LOVES THE SPORT AND HAS SERVED AS A VOLUNTEER LEADER DEDICATED TO GROWING TENNIS AND MAKING IT FUN FOR ALL WHO PARTICIPATE.
HER RECORD AS A PLAYER SINCE RETURNING TO THE STATE IN 2004 INCLUDES MANY ACCOMPLISHMENTS:
- RANKED IN THE TOP THREE IN SOUTH CAROLINA TWELVE YEARS AND NUMBER ONE FOR FIVE YEARS. SHE HELD SEVENTEEN NUMBER ONE STATE DOUBLES RANKINGS SINCE 2005.
- RANKED NUMBER ONE IN THE SOUTH IN SINGLES FIVE YEARS AND NUMBER TWO IN DOUBLES THIRTEEN YEARS.
- RANKED IN THE TOP THIRTEEN IN THE NATION THIRTEEN YEARS IN SINGLES AND TOP TEN IN DOUBLES TWELVES YEARS. HER BEST NATIONAL SINGLES RANKING WAS NUMBER FOUR AND BEST DOUBLES RANKING WAS NUMBER ONE, BOTH IN 2016.
- WON A GOLD BALL AT THE 2016 USTA NATIONAL GRASS COURT CHAMPIONSHIPS DEFEATING THE TOP TWO SEEDED PLAYERS IN THE SEMIFINALS AND FINALS..
- WON SIX SILVER AND TEN BRONZE BALLS IN NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS DOUBLES COMPETITION WITH EIGHT DIFFERENT PARTNERS.
- PLAYED ON THE SOUTH CAROLINA SENIOR CUP TEAM EVERY YEAR SINCE 2005 AND THE SOUTHERN INTERSECTIONAL TEAM EVERY YEAR SINCE 2006.
- RECOGNIZED AS THE 2014 USTA SOUTH CAROLINA FEMALE ADULT PLAYER OF THE YEAR.
CINDY’S WORK AS A VOLUNTEER LEADER SHOWS HER LOVE FOR THE SPORT:
- USTA SOUTH CAROLINA SENIOR CUP COMMITTEE AND SENIOR CUP CAPTAIN EVERY YEAR SINCE 2008.
- MEMBER AND VICE-CHAIR OF THE USTA SOUTHERN ADULT COMPETITION COMMITTEE IN 2011 AND 2012 AND THE CAPTAIN OF THE SOUTHERN INTERSECTIONAL TEAM FROM 2011 TO PRESENT.
- VOLUNTEER USTA COMMITTEE MEMBER AT THE NATIONAL LEVEL, INCLUDING SERVICE ON THE SENIOR INTERNATIONAL COMMITTEE FROM 2009 THROUGH 2012, THE ADULT COMPETITION COMMITTEE AS VICE-CHAIR IN 2013 AND 2014 AND THE NATIONAL SEEDER OF 55 AND OVER AGE DIVISIONS FROM 2010 TO THE PRESENT.
- SERVED NUMEROUS YEARS ON THE NATIONAL SENIOR WOMEN’S TENNIS ASSOCIATION BOARD AND WAS PRESIDENT IN 2013 THROUGH 2015 AND CURRENTLY SERVES AS AN AMBASSADOR FOR THE ASSOCIATION.
- MEMBER OF THE BOARD OF THE LOW COUNTRY YOUTH TENNIS ASSOCIATION IN 2018 AND 2019.
BABB’S CHARACTER, ATTITUDE AND PERSONALITY WHILE ACCOMPLISHING THESE FEATS HAS ALWAYS BEEN POSITIVE AND PLEASANT, AND SHE HAS BEEN RECOGNIZED WITH THE FOLLOWING AWARDS AND HONORS:
- 1999 USTA MID-ATLANTIC SPORTSWOMAN OF THE YEAR.
- 2009 MICHAEL E. BAMBAUER DISTINGUISHED COMPETITOR AWARD AT THE ALAN FLEMING TOURNAMENT.
- 2016 BETTY GRAY WASHINGTON SPORTSMANSHIP AWARD.
- 2016 MARGARET RUSSO NSWTA SPORTSMANSHIP AWARD.
CINDY BABB IS ORGANIZED, PREPARED, ENERGETIC, PERSONABLE AND ENCOURAGING, AND SHE IS ALWAYS PROMOTING THE GAME OF TENNIS AND GIVING BACK TO THE SPORT. SHE IS WILLING TO LEAD OR WILLING TO ASSIST WHEN NEEDED. SHE IS FUN TO BE AROUND, AND HER ENTHUSIASM AND SMILE ARE CONTAGIOUS. SHE IS AN OUTSTANDING PLAYER, AND PEOPLE ENJOY PLAYING WITH HER, FOR HER, AND EVEN AGAINST HER. SHE IS A PERFECT ROLE MODEL FOR TENNIS BOTH ON AND OFF THE COURT.
