Paducahan Jane Gamble Joins KY Tennis Hall of Fame

The United States Tennis Association (USTA) Kentucky announced the induction of Chuck Cooper, Louisville, Jane Gamble, Paducah, and Eric Quigley, Louisville into the Kentucky Tennis Hall of Fame on Saturday, Jan. 28 at the Brown Hotel in Louisville.

A committee of 11 from all areas of the state, chaired by John English, 2008 member of the Hall of Fame goes through an extensive process to select each year’s Hall of Fame inductees. Chuck Cooper is currently a teaching professional at Blairwood Tennis Club in Louisville. Chuck was named the Kentucky Tennis Professional of the Year in 2011. He also served as USTA Kentucky President in 1982 and 1983. Chuck played tennis for Murray State University 1968 – 1971 and has coached several players who earned college scholarships as well as many USTA Adult League Programs.

Jane Gamble of Paducah currently serves on the National Community Tennis Association Committee and USTA Southern Nominating Committee. She is a previous USTA Southern Director-At-Large 1012 – 2016 and President of USTA Kentucky 2011-2012. Jane has served on the USTA Kentucky Board 2000 – 2014. Her passion was raising funds to build the Chad Gamble Tennis Courts at Tilghman High School. This tennis facility received the USTA Facility of the Year Award in 2006. She also chaired a campaign to build bathroom facilities for Bob Noble Park. Because of her efforts was awarded USTA Kentucky Volunteer of the Year in 2016.

Eric Quigley of Louisville qualified and played in the main doubles draw of the 2016 US Open in New York. Eric holds the record for all-time NCAA Division 1 singles Wins (171) and is a five time NCAA All-American while at University of Kentucky. He was undefeated and named SEC player of the year in 2012 SEC season and was named “MrWildCat, an award given by the University for all-around excellence in athletics, academics, character and service in 2011 and 2012. Eric is one of only three who has won 4 straight Kentucky High School Championships. While attending South Oldham High School one of the tennis courts was named the “Eric Quigley Championship Court”. He also won the 2007 USTA Kentucky Jr Player of the Year. USTA Kentucky was established in 1910 and has a current membership of over 7,200.

Policy is formed and much of the organization's work is executed via a board and committee structure of over 100 volunteers. A professional staff, housed in Louisville, compliments the volunteer structure and is charged with carrying out the daily operations of the organization. USTA Kentucky is a member of the USTA Southern Section, along with eight other southern states including North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Tennessee, Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama. USTA Southern is the largest section in the United States serving 174,000+ USTA members accounting for nearly 25 percent of the total USTA membership.

For more information, programs and services offered by USTA Kentucky, visit www.ustaky.com. The main goal of USTA Kentucky is to connect the state to tennis.