Hall of Fame
Everet Hoffman, a St Joseph native, first became interested in tennis while in high school. The 1971 Benton graduate showed real promise in high school winning the MEC singles tennis championship when he was a junior. Everet was also the district runner up in both his junior and senior years. After attending Northwest Missouri State his freshman year, he came back to St. Joseph and picked up tennis once again playing for Missouri Western.
During his playing career, Hoffman was the No. 1 singles player for the Griffons. He was also the top men's tennis player on the NAIA All-District 16 Tennis six-man tennis team as a junior and overall named to the District 16 First Team three times. Hoffman was the first Missouri Western Tennis athlete to qualify for the National Tournament and had a career singles record of 43-10. Everet also served as the St Joseph Central High School tennis coach from 2014-2018.
