Provine High School, Jackson, Mississippi, (1964 – 1966)
Southern Tennis Association #1 singles ranking from 1961-1964 and again in 1966.
Five-time Mississippi State High School Champion, 1961-1965
Played on STA Intersectional Team, 1963-66
College
Odessa (Texas) Junior College, (1966 – 1967)
NCAA doubles 2nd place, 1967
Trinity University, San Antonio, Texas, 1968-69
STA Open singles #4 ranking, 1969
USLTA Women’s Collegiate National doubles Champion (now NCAA), 1968-1969
Southern Tennis Association Open singles #2 ranking, 1968
Professional
Virginia Slims European tour; matches at French Open (2nd Round), U.S. Open, and Wimbledon, 1971
Ranked 17th in the nation at age 18; 21st after Wimbledon appearance
Ranked as the 22nd All-Time Junior in America by Florida Tennis magazine for the period of 1960-69, April 2001
Currently holds Pro 1 member rating US Professional Tennis Assoc.
Taught juniors & adults throughout Southeast, including Newcomb’s Tennis Camp, New Braunfels, TX & River Hills Tennis ClubJackson, MS
Member of STA 50+ intersectional team, 1st place, 1999
Inducted into the MS Tennis Hall of Fame, December, 1998
National Indoor Championships 2nd place, 50 doubles, 1998
Notes
Becky is a member of one of the most famous tennis families in Mississippi. Her mother, Dorothy, was an amateur champion and was enshrined into the MSHOF in 1980. Her sister, Carol Ann, and her brother, Allen, were also accomplished amateur tennis champions. The Vests, along with her father, John, were named the United States Tennis Association Family of the Year in 1979 after being selected as Southern Tennis Association Family of the Year. The Vest family was named MS Tennis Association Family of the year in 1978 and 1979.