Roland Ingram

Mr. Ingram was born in Austin, Texas, on November 13, 1939.  He began playing tennis at Ingleside High School in Harlingen, Texas.  He went on to play at Schreiner Institute where he won singles, doubles and team NJCAA championships as a player.  As a coach at Midland College, he led the teams to NJCAA singles, doubles and team championships, as well.  He also attended North Texas State University, where he earned a B.S. degree and a Masters in Education.

Also, as a coach, Mr. Ingram took his TCU team to the SWC Conference championship in 1991.  As an unranked team, they beat UT which was the #6 ranked team at that time. Mr. Ingram said some of the greatest memories he has had in his career was seeing the joy on the TCU women’s team members faces as they received their championship rings, and watching them come together as a team.  He currently enjoys reading and golf, in addition to tennis.

Mr. Ingram has a wife, Joanna, and two children.  He has a daughter Katrina Ingram and a son Roland Ingram and wife Debbie.  They have 2 grandchildren, Cara Lynne and Christian Ingram.

Rhoss “Buddy” Lomax

Rhoss C. Lomax was born in Laurel, Mississippi and has been involved in tennis since the early age of 13. After high school, he attended Tulane University on a tennis scholarship(1952-56) and was ranked in the Southern Section as a junior. While at Tulane he won three singles and doubles championships. Upon graduation from Tulane, he chose the Army as a career where he served for 33 years reaching the rank of Brigadier General. He continued to compete during his his years of service at the local and state level, and retired from the Army in 1989.

Buddy began competing at a national level in 1994, reaching #4 nationally and winning the National Men’s 60 Indoor Doubles Championship.  He also won the National Men’s 60 Hardcourt Championship in 1997 and has competed in the Von Cramm Cup  and USA Brittannia Cup.  He has been ranked #1 in singles in each of the age groups; Open, 35, 45, 50, 55, 60, 65 and was a finalist in 2004 for the National Men’s Indoor Championship. He has been selected five times to represent the United States in the ITF Cup Championship, and was ranked #1 in the National Men’s category in 2004.

Rick Meyers

Mr. Meyers was born in Abilene, Texas, on May 14, 1958 as the son of Bitsy Meyers and the late Frank Meyers He began playing tennis as a family activity with brothers CHip, MIke, Scott &David and sister Merlaine. While At Cooper High School in Abilene, he was inspired to teach tennis by his Coach and Mentor, Ike Groce. Coach Groce had asked a few of the good players to teach teammates due to a shortage of tennis courts.  Later, Rick  won the 5A State singles in 1976 63-0, which is still a UIL record.

Mr. Meyers attended Texas Christian Univeristy, where he earned a B.A. degree in Marketing with a minor in Speech Communications.  While at TCU, he was All-Southwest Conference for 4 years. Atfter turning pro, he played in all 4 grand slam tournaments. Previously he had  formed a  pro tennis tournament event, in Abilene, that brought such players as Andre Agassi and Jim Courier to their commujity  As a volunteer in the Texas Tennis Association and USTA, he went on to help form the current Texas Junior tournament format and ranking system.

For the past 12 years, he has written a weekly tennis column for the Abilene Reporter News.   .  He enjoys teaching young children about tennis and seeing mature into good players and good citizens.

 He also enjoys fly-fishing, bird hunting and backpacking in the Rocky Mountains