Hall of Fame
Early in the period of modern reconstruction of women’s athletics at Point Loma, Sue Fox was one of the pillars upon which the future has been sustained. In the words of her first tennis coach, Rich Hills : “Sue pioneered women’s tennis here at PLNC and gave the new sport legitimacy and respect in the conference and the district. She established the level of tennis to which we still aspire. She was the First Lady of Tennis at PLNC.”
A great memory of Fox is when she and teammate Jennifer Oakes traveled with Coach Karen Baliakian to Kansas City for the national championships. In her first match she drew a very early morning start and there was a two-hour negative time adjustment. Fox stayed focused and said, “let’s find some place that’s open and get me a little fruit, a bagel, a gallon of Gatorade and get me to the court.” She promptly played a match that lasted more than four hours, took a short break and began again. She won those first four matches which lasted a combined 12 hours. The frustration on the faces of her opponents was obvious. Since Fox was so even keel and didn’t rely on a lot of flare, it must have seemed sometimes like they were playing against a wall. Every ball they hit across the net came back.
“Sue was an exemplary student athlete with an extraordinary work ethic both in the classroom and on the court,” said Coach Balikian. “She was a committed Christian and reflected her faith in her tennis by being a temperate and fair competitor. She took loses (the few she had) graciously and used them as a learning device in future matches.”
Her statistical recap includes four consecutive years of playing number one in singles and doubles, four consecutive years of being MVP and team captain, two district championships and trips to nationals and was named Most Outstanding Female Athlete.
Fox also served as a peer counselor, was listed in Who’s Who in American Colleges and Universities, and graduated Cum Laude with a 3.84 GPA in liberal studies. After Point Loma, Fox became a teacher in the Blats School District in Phoenix where she had settled with husband Stuart and children, Bethany and Jonathan.
The award for Outstanding Achievement by an Athlete was presented to Fox by Jim Bond.
