VARN, BENNY

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Citadel Class of 1962. Star tennis player. Won the Southern Conference singles tennis title in 1961. Tennis Coach of the Year at The Citadel in 1976. Served in the United States Air Force for twenty-three years; retired as Colonel in 1985. Men's tennis coach at Wofford College from 1985 to 2000. Inducted into the South Carolina Tennis Hall of Fame in 2005. (Sources: "Varn Joins Elite Group in S. C. Hall," Post and Courier, November 13, 2005; "Legendary Jolly to Join S.C. Tennis Hall of Fame," The State, June 30, 2005; Belton Tennis Center) (EC)