Kay McDaniel
American tennis player
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Biography
Originally from Shreveport, Louisiana, McDaniel was a three-time All-American tennis player at Louisiana State University in the late 1970s.
McDaniel had her best run in a grand slam tournament at the 1979 Wimbledon Championships, with wins over Katja Ebbinghaus and Marie Pinterová, before losing in the third round to 15th seed Betty Stöve in three sets.[3]
In 1980, she achieved a rare feat when she won an Avon Futures title in Atlanta as a lucky loser.
She achieved her highest year end ranking in 1979, where she finished at 53.
McDaniel was a professor at Lee University, where she taught health science. She annually ran a free summer camp for kids on the university grounds.[4]
