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Gary Brooks Campbell of Clayton to play tennis at N.C. Central University

By D. Clay Best

cbest@newsobserver.com

June 10, 2016 12:08 PM

Gary Brooks Campbell of Clayton High School signs a tennis scholarship with N.C. Central University with his parents (seated) Elaine and Gary Campbell, (standing, from left) Clayton athletics director Stacey Houser, tennis coach Ken Stivason and principal Clint Eaves.
Gary Brooks Campbell of Clayton High School signs a tennis scholarship with N.C. Central University with his parents (seated) Elaine and Gary Campbell, (standing, from left) Clayton athletics director Stacey Houser, tennis coach Ken Stivason and principal Clint Eaves. Courtesy of Clayton High School Courtesy of Clayton High School
Gary Brooks Campbell of Clayton High School signs a tennis scholarship with N.C. Central University with his parents (seated) Elaine and Gary Campbell, (standing, from left) Clayton athletics director Stacey Houser, tennis coach Ken Stivason and principal Clint Eaves. Courtesy of Clayton High School Courtesy of Clayton High School

Parents: Gary and Elaine Campbell

High School: Clayton

Height, Weight: 6-foot-2, 190 pounds

Also Considered: Gardner-Webb, UNC Charlotte, Queens University

Why NCCU? “I just really liked the coaching staff there.”

Notable: Brooks won the Greater Neuse River 4A Conference men’s doubles championship this spring, teaming with freshman Banks Evans to win the championship. He helped the Comets go unbeaten in Greater Neuse River 4A Conference dual match play during his four years of play and was a key cog in a squad that went 19-1 in 2016. … Brooks was 20-0 in doubles matches, playing with fellow senior Klein Evans and Banks Evans and 16-1 in singles play as a senior. … He wants to go into the financial field. … Brooks knows improving his second serve and volleys will be important to his success at the college level. ... He is the second student-athlete from the Comets’ Class of 2016 to sign a college tennis scholarship, joining Klein Evans (Richmond). This is the first time in the rich history of the Clayton boys tennis program that two players from the same graduating class have signed to play in college.

D. Clay Best: 919-524-8895, @dclaybest

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