Campus Celebrities

They were the talk of the town, and had the highest profiles on campus by far. They were campus celebrities, but they didn’t feel like it, as Mabry would remind them to stay grounded, work hard, and reach new levels of success.

The players often felt like celebrities walking around campus, something that the likes of star college football players experience at a big division I school nowadays.

When Chuck McKinley won Wimbledon, the buzz on campus was electric. The success of the Tennis program at this time really put Trinity on the map, as many people across the country had no idea it even existed. At one stage, Trinity had the number 1 & 5 ranked tennis players in the world and the number 1 & 2 in the nation playing right here in San Antonio.