Hall of Fame
Bonnie Dayle Logan was born in Durham, N.C., one of three children to Alice and George Logan, Jr. She attended Hillside High School in Durham where she was undefeated in singles competition for three years as National Interscholastic Girls Champion.
While attending Morgan, Bonnie won the No. 2 C.I.A.A. Men's Singles Championship as a freshman, the first woman ever to win a C.I.A.A. Men's title and the first to ever win a championship in an NCAA affiliated men's conference. She was ranked No. 1 singles and doubles player, 1967-71.
Bonnie also was a varsity athlete in volleyball, basketball, softball and field hockey.
She once conveyed that she chose Morgan because it's in a good tennis area and because it is a black school.
"I wanted to go to a black school. I wanted to give them something and get something from them. If I make it big, they can say, ' She went to Morgan.' A black school has given me a proper education to proceed, to make me a better person. It's important education to proceed, to make me a better person. It's important that every black person get an education, especially if he is in a sport, so he will have this to fall back on," Bonnie explained.
Other professional accomplishments include the Sports Illustrated Award of Merit, 1962; North Carolina State Closed Women's Championship, 1967 and 1969; selected Outstanding Young Women of America Award in 1969; American Tennis Association Women's Black National Champion, 1964-70; participated in South African Open Tennis Championships, Johannesburg, South Africa, March 1972, first Black woman to ever play; first Black member of the Virginia Slims Tennis Tour 1972-73.
