Hal Schaus
Hal Schaus
Full Name:  Harold S. Schaus
   School:  Mansfield High School in Mansfield, Ohio


FSU Career
Tennis
Year  Hgt  Wgt  Cl  Ltr  Hometown
1953  5-10 150  Fr   *   Mansfield, OH                           
1954  5-10 150  So   *   Mansfield, OH                           
1955  5-10 155  Jr   *   Mansfield, OH                           
1956  5-10 155  Sr   *   Mansfield, OH                           


Comments
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.


FSU Statistics
Tennis
Singles Results
      Highest   vs          3    Fall/Spring
Year    Rank   Rank  ACC   Sets  Tournaments   1     2     3     4     5     6    NCAA Total
---- -------- ----- ----- -----  ----------- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- -----
1953                        4-0               11-4                                      11-4
1954                        5-1               11-2                                      11-2
1955                        2-0               13-3                                      13-3
1956                        0-2                6-4                                       6-4
Tot                        11-3               41-13                                     41-13

Doubles Results Highest vs Tie Fall/Spring Partner Year Rank Rank ACC Break Tournaments 1 2 3 NCAA Total --------------------------- ---- ------- ----- ----- ----- ----------- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- Dan Boda 1953 1-0 1-0 Jack Egan 1953 2-0 2-1 2-1 4-2 Joe Harris 1953 1-0 1-0 Dave Kennedy 1953 0-1 3-1 1-0 4-1 Tom Cundy 1954 2-1 5-1 1-0 6-1 Jack Egan 1954 1-1 1-0 1-1 2-1 Duane Gordon 1954 1-0 1-0 Shelby Creagh 1955 2-1 5-6 5-6 Shelby Creagh 1956 3-0 6-3 6-3 Totals 10-4 24-12 6-2 30-14
Singles Opp Date Rank Rank Pos Opponent School W-L Score Record ---------- ---- ---- --- ------------------------- -------------------- --- -------------------- ------ 03/23/1953 1 Merritt Pound GEORGIA W 7-5, 4-6, 8-6 1- 0 03/24/1953 1 Bill Jones JACKSONVILLE STATE W 6-2, 7-5 2- 0 03/26/1953 1 Jack McCabe SPRING HILL COLLEGE L 7-5, 6-3 2- 1 03/27/1953 1 Paul Young LOUISIANA STATE L 6-0, 6-2 2- 2 03/28/1953 1 Bob Hanberg LOYOLA-NEW ORLEANS L 6-1, 6-2 2- 3 03/31/1953 1 Ron Ryan KENYON COLLEGE W 6-4, 5-7, 7-5 3- 3 04/11/1953 1 Bert Schwartz MERCER W 6-4, 9-7 4- 3 04/13/1953 1 Garmon Joiner VALDOSTA STATE COLL W 6-1, 6-1 5- 3 04/16/1953 1 Cooper Kirk FLORIDA SOUTHERN COL W 6-3, 7-5 6- 3 04/17/1953 1 Cal Dickson ROLLINS COLLEGE L 6-4, 6-2 6- 4 04/22/1953 1 Gorman Joiner VALDOSTA STATE COLL W 6-0, 6-2 7- 4 04/29/1953 1 Merritt Pound GEORGIA W 8-6, 1-6, 9-7 8- 4 05/01/1953 1 Harris Asbury EMORY W 6-0, 4-6, 6-4 9- 4 05/02/1953 1 MERCER W 10- 4 05/05/1953 1 Jim Wall AUBURN W 6-0, 6-1 11- 4 03/20/1954 1 Norden STETSON W 6-1, 6-3 12- 4 03/23/1954 1 Lacy Kessler DAVIDSON COLLEGE W 9-7, 4-6, 6-4 13- 4 03/27/1954 1 Mark McAllister GEORGIA TECH W 6-2, 2-6, 6-4 14- 4 04/03/1954 1 Norden STETSON W 7-5, 6-4 15- 4 04/09/1954 1 John Fraser EMORY W 6-1, 6-0 16- 4 04/10/1954 1 Charles Pitts LOUISIANA STATE W 3-6, 6-4, 6-1 17- 4 04/12/1954 1 Garth Ludwig CONCORDIA SEMINARY W 6-3, 6-0 18- 4 04/13/1954 1 Merrit Pound GEORGIA W 6-0, 3-6, 6-3 19- 4 04/15/1954 1 Mark McAllister GEORGIA TECH L 2-6, 6-2, 6-0 19- 5 04/17/1954 1 Charles Warden ROLLINS COLLEGE L 6-0, 6-2 19- 6 04/20/1954 1 Buddy Moore MERCER W 6-4, 6-3 20- 6 04/27/1954 1 Bill Dawson TAMPA W 6-1, 3-6, 6-2 21- 6 05/01/1954 1 Shire Yamazaki FLORIDA SOUTHERN COL W 6-4, 7-5 22- 6 03/14/1955 1 Allen Morris PRESBYTERIAN COLLEGE L 6-2, 6-4 22- 7 03/17/1955 1 Merritt Pound GEORGIA W 6-0, 7-5 23- 7 03/18/1955 1 Hunter Bell AUBURN W 6-2, 6-4 24- 7 03/21/1955 1 Hanlon OHIO STATE W 6-1, 6-3 25- 7 03/25/1955 1 Seth Peterson PENSACOLA NAS W 6-2, 2-6, 6-3 26- 7 03/26/1955 1 Mike Tierney GEORGIA TECH W 6-4, 6-3 27- 7 03/31/1955 1 Yamazaki FLORIDA SOUTHERN COL W 6-1, 6-2 28- 7 04/01/1955 1 Chuck Warden ROLLINS COLLEGE L 6-1, 6-4 28- 8 04/02/1955 1 STETSON W 29- 8 04/07/1955 1 Jerry Parachute INDIANA W 6-1, 3-6, 6-4 30- 8 04/08/1955 1 Tom Elliott MISSISSIPPI W 6-1, 6-1 31- 8 04/19/1955 1 Mike Tierney GEORGIA TECH W 6-1, 6-1 32- 8 05/07/1955 1 Peterson PENSACOLA NAS L 6-4, 6-2 32- 9 03/15/1956 1 Willis GEORGIA W 8-6, 6-2 33- 9 03/19/1956 1 Fritz Haring OHIO STATE W 6-2, 6-2 34- 9 03/21/1956 1 Omar Winter SOUTHERN ILLINOIS W 6-1, 6-3 35- 9 03/27/1956 1 Dave Harum MIAMI L 6-4, 7-5 35-10 03/28/1956 1 Leslie FLORIDA L 7-5, 6-3 35-11 03/29/1956 1 Field INDIANA L 6-3, 2-6, 6-2 35-12 04/12/1956 1 Heisel GEORGIA TECH L 9-11, 7-5, 6-2 35-13 04/21/1956 1 Gordon Hirschberg FLORIDA SOUTHERN COL W 6-0, 8-6 36-13 04/28/1956 1 Moore MERCER W 6-2, 6-2 37-13 05/01/1956 1 FLORIDA W 38-13
Doubles Opp Date Rank Rank Pos Partner Opponent School W-L Score Record ---------- ---- ---- --- ------------------------- ---------------------------------------- -------------------- --- -------------------- ------ 03/24/1953 1 Dan Boda Dixie Brown/Bill Jones JACKSONVILLE STATE W 6-2, 6-3 1- 0 03/26/1953 1 Jack Egan Nick Bollettieri/Jack McCabe SPRING HILL COLLEGE W 6-2, 6-3 2- 0 03/27/1953 1 Jack Egan Ronnie Fenasci/David Rosenbaum LOUISIANA STATE L 6-2, 6-1 2- 1 03/28/1953 2 Jack Egan George Frilet/Skippy Garcia LOYOLA-NEW ORLEANS W 6-2, 3-6, 6-3 3- 1 03/31/1953 2 Jack Egan Barry Cahill/Bill Ostrander KENYON COLLEGE W 6-3, 6-4 4- 1 04/13/1953 1 Dave Kennedy Roy Minchew/Charles Shaw VALDOSTA STATE COLL W 6-0, 6-1 5- 1 04/16/1953 1 Joe Harris Tom Driscoll/Cooper Kirk FLORIDA SOUTHERN COL W 6-4, 6-4 6- 1 04/17/1953 2 Jack Egan Cal Dickson/Ed Scheer ROLLINS COLLEGE L 6-1, 6-3 6- 2 04/22/1953 2 Dave Kennedy Ray Minchew/Charles Shaw VALDOSTA STATE COLL W 6-1, 6-0 7- 2 04/29/1953 1 Dave Kennedy Bill McMullen/Beryl Weiner GEORGIA W 6-4, 6-4 8- 2 05/01/1953 1 Dave Kennedy Harris Ashbury/Henry Palmer EMORY L 8-10, 6-2, 6-3 8- 3 05/02/1953 1 Dave Kennedy MERCER W 9- 3 05/05/1953 1 Jack Egan Hunter Bell/Jim Wall AUBURN W 4-6, 6-2, 6-1 10- 3 03/20/1954 1 Tom Cundy Decker/Ericson STETSON W 6-3, 6-3 11- 3 03/23/1954 2 Jack Egan Corky Clark/Dan Johnson DAVIDSON COLLEGE L 5-7, 7-5, 6-3 11- 4 03/27/1954 2 Jack Egan Earle Bortell/Jack Heisel GEORGIA TECH W 8-6, 6-3 12- 4 04/03/1954 2 Duane Gordon Norden/Smartt STETSON W 6-4, 6-2 13- 4 04/09/1954 1 Tom Cundy John Fraser/Henry Palmer EMORY W 6-0, 6-3 14- 4 04/10/1954 2 Tom Cundy Charles Pitts/Paul Young LOUISIANA STATE W 6-4, 10-8 15- 4 04/12/1954 1 Tom Cundy Garth Ludwig/Don Lutz CONCORDIA SEMINARY W 6-3, 6-0 16- 4 04/13/1954 1 Tom Cundy Bill McMullen/Merrit Pound GEORGIA W 6-4, 4-6, 6-2 17- 4 04/15/1954 1 Tom Cundy Mark McAllister/Julian Wade GEORGIA TECH W 6-8, 7-5, 6-3 18- 4 04/17/1954 1 Tom Cundy Memo Garcia/George Longshore ROLLINS COLLEGE L 6-0, 4-6, 6-2 18- 5 04/27/1954 1 Jack Egan Bill Dawson/Mark Ryan TAMPA W 4-6, 6-2, 6-0 19- 5 03/14/1955 1 Shelby Creagh Jerry Hunt/Dick Macates PRESBYTERIAN COLLEGE L 6-2, 6-3 19- 6 03/17/1955 1 Shelby Creagh Bill McMullan/Merritt Pound GEORGIA W 6-2, 6-2 20- 6 03/18/1955 1 Shelby Creagh Phil Adams/Hunter Bell AUBURN L 6-4, 6-4 20- 7 03/21/1955 1 Shelby Creagh Bob Gates/Fritz Haring OHIO STATE W 6-2, 1-6, 6-0 21- 7 03/25/1955 1 Shelby Creagh Art Fish/Seth Peterson PENSACOLA NAS L 8-6, 5-7, 8-6 21- 8 03/26/1955 1 Shelby Creagh Lee Jones/Mike Tierney GEORGIA TECH L 6-3, 7-5 21- 9 03/31/1955 1 Shelby Creagh Hirschberg/Yamazaki FLORIDA SOUTHERN COL W 6-2, 6-0 22- 9 04/07/1955 1 Shelby Creagh John Hironimus/Bob Martin INDIANA L 7-5, 6-2 22-10 04/08/1955 1 Shelby Creagh Tom Elliott/Jack Milligan MISSISSIPPI W 6-1, 6-2 23-10 04/19/1955 1 Shelby Creagh Lee Jones/Mike Tierney GEORGIA TECH W 6-4, 4-6, 6-3 24-10 05/07/1955 1 Shelby Creagh Fish/Peterson PENSACOLA NAS L 6-4, 6-1 24-11 03/15/1956 1 Shelby Creagh Smith/Willis GEORGIA W 6-4, 3-6, 6-3 25-11 03/19/1956 1 Shelby Creagh Fritz Haring/Bob Williams OHIO STATE W 6-2, 6-4 26-11 03/21/1956 1 Shelby Creagh Jack Norman/Omar Winter SOUTHERN ILLINOIS W 7-5, 8-6 27-11 03/27/1956 1 Shelby Creagh Dave Harum/Rubinoff MIAMI L 6-0, 8-6 27-12 03/28/1956 1 Shelby Creagh Czerwonky/Leslie FLORIDA L 6-3, 6-3 27-13 03/29/1956 1 Shelby Creagh Field/Petrick INDIANA W 4-6, 6-1, 8-6 28-13 04/12/1956 1 Shelby Creagh Cox/Jones GEORGIA TECH L 6-3, 6-2 28-14 04/28/1956 1 Shelby Creagh Moore/Smith MERCER W 10-12, 6-3, 6-3 29-14 05/01/1956 1 Shelby Creagh FLORIDA W 30-14