- Jo lm J. Radcliff/? Bi sons was back in 1968 when Coach Elliott was a member of the Harding College tennis team in which they fini shed 9th. In 1981 they fini shed in 22nd place and in 1983 they fini shed in 21st pl ace, just one place from the team goal. The Harding pla yers diu as well in - di vi duall y ci S they did as a team. David Redding, afte r be ing named runner-up in 1982 for the Art hur Ashe Tenni s Award , won the honor in 1983. He also was named to the All-AIC and All -District 17 teams. Rees Ll oyd was the onl y Bison to fin ish the season undefeated. Coach Ell iot t was named "Coach of the Yea r" in the AIC and fo r District 17 fo r the fourth straigh t year . 16 _ Public Relations Officp _ Public Relations Office 1. 1983 Tennis Team. Ft'o nt /"Ow ; Disnlllke, Tll OlllpSOIl. Goodspeed, Neill/Oil , Clay tOil, W ood. Ba.ck row; Liverpool. l~eddiltg . Lloyd. Fowler . MalO/re. Ma ys. Wallis, Elliott-coadi. 2. Nat Malone jumps Irigh to retum a sho t over tile /let. 3. Nigel Liverpool demonstra tes liis backhalld ability itl a singles match. 4. With his arm in a splint Rex Fowler pla ys a doubles matdl with DO/mie Wallis. 5. Mike Clay tOil shows off Iris back/lalld follow through. 1983 AIC Tennis Records Southern Arkansas University HARDING UNIVERSITY Arkansas Tech University Ouachita Baptist University Hendrix College University of Central Arkansas Henderson State University University of Arkansas-Monticello 7-0 6-1 5-2 4-3 3-4 2-5 1-6 0-7 Exhibiting Expertise " Coach Elliott poi/rts au f samet/riNgs Mike Clay tOil is doi llg wrong ill /1;S serve. _ P"blic ReltlliOft$ Offic~ For the past nine years, Dav id Elliott has served as the coach of Harding's tennis team. In those nine years Elliott has won the AIC and NAIA District 17 "Coach of the Year" Award the past four years. As a student Elliott attended Harding College and played on the 1965-69 tennis teams. During his junior and senior years at Harding, he played on AIC Championship squads. Elliott also competed both of those years in the NAIA National Championship Tournament. When not on the courts playing or practicing, Elliott was ac tive in his socia l club , Lambda Sigma, and on the 1969 Petit Jean as sports editor. Elliott was a member of Outstanding Athletes of America (OCAA) , and was named to Who's Who Among Students in American Universities and Colleges. Elliott gradua ted with a 3.87 grade point average and received the 1969 Cliff Shaw ScholarAthlete Award. He was the eighth Bison to win the award. Elliott also won the Bison's 1969 Most Valuable Player in tennis which he sha red with Dean Bawcom. Charles Dismuke , a two year letterman from Atlanta, Georgia , said , "Coach cares as much for one player as he does fo r ano ther; it does no t ma tter whether he is the first seed or last seed on the team . He stresses the ' team .' Everyone is impo rtan t . Coach Elliott is just an all-round grea t guy and a fine Christian. " Dr. Olree , Athletic Di rector, had th is to say about Coach Elliott . "David is highly competitive and has been since he was a student here. He is a man of strategy and technique. He can explain how to do something as well as show the players how to do it. " " - David D. Wall Tennis 57
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