Tom Anderson

Tom Anderson
Tom Anderson
b. 1957

Category
Administrator
Year Inducted
2025

The “face” of the Lakewood YMCA for more than 30 years will become an inductee of the Chautauqua Sports Hall of Fame in 2025.

Before he began his long professional association with the Y, Tom Anderson was an outstanding tennis player at Southwestern Central and SUNY Brockport. A 1976 SWCS graduate, Tom played for legendary Trojans tennis coach Anne Tenney Smith. He was her No. 1 singles player for 3 years.

He was a 4-year starter at Brockport and was the No. 1 singles player his senior year, 1980, and finished second in the SUNY championship tournament.

During his active playing career, Anderson was a 5-time Jamestown city champion, 2-time Warren city champ, Chautauqua County champ, Len Johnson Classic champ and Post-Journal Classic champ among his many tournament titles.

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