Laura LeRoy Travis

Laura LeRoy Travis (born ) She competed in her first tournament at age 11, winning the Delaware State Class B Tournament. She was Tower Hill's top singles player for five years and contributed to them winning four-straight team titles at the Delaware High School Tennis Championships. In singles, she was runner-up at the 1983 state championship as a sophomore, reached the semifinals as a junior in 1984, and then won the state title as a senior in 1985. She also played field hockey at Tower Hill, helping them win the state championship in 1982, and as a senior, she was team captain in both tennis and field hockey. She ended up being named the team MVP in all four years she played and helped them win four-straight East Coast Conference (ECC) championships. She became the all-time wins leader among UD doubles players in 1986 and then became the winningest player in singles in 1987.

According to The News Journal, Travis finished with "the finest career of any player at Delaware or in East Coast Conference history". She moved to Plantation, Florida, and decided to make "a 110-percent commitment to pro tennis". She reached the finals, but, still recovering from her shoulder injury, lost to Cindy Prendergast. She was ranked the number one women's tennis player in the state in 1995 by the Delaware Tennis Association. She was the United States Professional Tennis Association (USPTA) Rookie of the Year in 1994 and the USPTA Women's Open Player of the Year in 1995. She also assisted Roy Rylander in coaching the men's team, and in 1993, she was named the successor to Rylander as head coach of the men's team as well. She was the first woman at Delaware to coach a men's team. She was among the only women to ever coach a men's NCAA Division I athletic team for over 20 years and compiled a record of 217–180 (.544) as coach of the men's team with a record of 295–165 (.641) with the women's team. Outside of coaching, Travis was a teacher at UD and an advisor to the school's club tennis team. After her coaching career ended, she started competing in tennis again, participating in national age group tournaments.