Hall of Fame
Anderson native Terry Poore lettered three years at Boys High School and achieved a No. 5 ranking in the Palmetto State during his prep career. As a junior he reached the state semifinals at the No. 1 position and captured second place in the state championship as a senior. Poore also claimed runner-up honors in doubles that year.
Poore did his part to help build the longstanding tradition of exceptional men’s tennis at AC, posting an unblemished mark in Western Carolinas Junior College Conference action in 1963, including capturing the WCJCC Singles Championship in Brevard, N.C.
He claimed the team’s Most Valuable Player award in 1963 after teaming with John Burden to take second place in doubles in the National Junior College Athletic Association National Championships in Joliet, Ill. The pair did not lose a match until falling in the finals to a duo from Odessa, Texas. Poore went on to finish third in the individual championship bracket after dropping a close decision in the semifinals.
Poore followed up by leading AC to a second-place finish in the 1964 WCJCC Tennis Tournament, again winning the individual conference title. He reached the semifinals of the NJCAA National Tournament in ’64, helping earn the team a fifth-place finish.
He wrapped up his two-year career at AC with an unblemished mark in the Western Carolinas Junior College conference over the two-year span and went on to play tennis for Florida State University.
