Hal Schaus (2015) - Florida State Athletics Hall of Fame

Hal Schaus

Induction:
2015

Tennis athlete from Mansfield, Ohio...the first tennis "star" at FSU...played No. 1 Singles all four years, the only FSU tennis athlete to do this man or woman although several men came to FSU after Junior College and played No. 1 for two years...played at a high level his whole career winning over 75% of his matches even though this was the time when Florida State upgraded their schedule...Schaus regularly played and beat the No. 1 player from SEC schools Georgia, LSU, Auburn, Georgia Tech, Mississippi plus Ohio State and Indiana...the Tallahassee Democrat said "Schaus is rapidly developing into one of the Southeast's finest young amatuers."...his winning percentage of 75% places him in the top 15 on FSU's all-time list.