Hall of Fame
Bryan Morrow becomes the ninth men's tennis player inducted into the Wayne State University Athletic Hall of Fame. The Warren Woods-Tower High School graduate played at WSU in 1987 and 1989 through 1991 and was in the No. 1 singles and No. 1 doubles position his final three seasons.
As a singles player, Morrow had just two losses his junior season, both to Ferris State's all-time leading winner Kurt Hammerschmidt . In his final year, Morrow was the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference runner-up to FSU's four-time conference champion Paul Marcum with an 11-8 overall record and qualified to play in the NCAA Division II singles championships in Edmond, Oklahoma.
Morrow's doubles career with partner Gary Lutes was one of the best in school history. The team lost just twice in 1989 and compiled a 17-4 record their final season as they captured the GLIAC Championship and earned a berth to the national doubles championships as well as the singles.
Morrow's success guided the Wayne State men's tennis team to a second- place finish behind Ferris State with an overall record of 7-9 in 1991 and helped head coach Allison Tookes to her fourth GLIAC Coach of the Year award.
Following the national tournament, Morrow graduated in December 1991 with a degree in marketing sales management.
Morrow has been the co-head professional and co-manager at the Peachtree Tennis Club in Clinton Township, Michigan, for the past nine years.
He is married to Michele Roy-Morrow, who earned her masters from Wayne State in speech therapy. The couple lives in Royal Oak, Michigan, with their two children, Benjamin (3 ½) and Emily (2).
