William Cameron - Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame

William Mack Cameron

Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame Inductee

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William Mack Cameron Mississippi Hall of Fame Inductee

William Mack Cameron Stats, Bio

Born: July 7, 1945

Hometown: Laurel, MS

Year Induction: 1999

High School Career

Laurel High School (1960-1963)

  • #1 singles (’59-’63)
  • Member, State Championship team (’62, ‘63)
  • State No. 1 Singles Champion (’62, ‘63)
  • State representative National Jaycee Tennis Championships (’59-’63)

College Career

Mississippi State (1964-1968; ill, did not play 1967)

  • SEC Championship (Individual): #2 Singles (’64 – Freshman)
  • SEC Championship (Individual): #5 Singles (’65)
  • SEC Championship (Individual): #6 Singles (’68)
  • SEC Championship (Individual): #3 Doubles (’68)
  • SEC Championships (Team) (’64 – Freshman, ‘65)
  • SEC Runner-Up (Team) (’66, ‘68)
  • National Rankings (Team: NCAA tournament finish determined national ranking): #8 (’65)
  • National Rankings (Team: NCAA tournament finish determined national ranking): #3 (’66)
  • National Rankings (Team: NCAA tournament finish determined national ranking):#13 (’68)

Coaching Career

Ole Miss (1972-1974)

  • 45W-30L
  • 21-9 Record (’74) School best until 1995
  • Attended Law School while coaching

League Career

USTA: Ranked #1 in every age group of participation beginning 1958

Ranked as high as #8 nationally, #1 in South; repeatedly ranked in South

Member, All-Army team with eventual Wimbledon champion Stan Smith

Hall of Fame Memberships

Mississippi State University (1984)

Mississippi Tennis Association (2004)

Did You Know?

Mack and his father C.B. “Buck” Cameron (inducted 1983) were the first father-son inductee tandem in the Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame.

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