Dave Drummond, a 1993 Malone graduate (Math/Pre-Med), was a three-year letterman on the Pioneer men's tennis team. He is also a 1989 graduate of Canton South High School.
As a freshman, Drummond compiled a 17-4 record in singles and a 19-3 mark in doubles and won the NAIA District 22 Doubles Tournament with partner Tom Pukys. His best doubles win was with Pukys in the 1990 District Tournament Finals when they defeated the #12 ranked team in the country from Cedarville (an undefeated team that had defeated Malone fairly convincingly earlier in the season) 6-3, 7-6 to qualify for nationals. Having qualified for the NAIA National Championships in both singles and doubles that year, he lost a first-round contest in singles and made it to the second round of doubles play. Drummond then transferred to the University of Arizona and then to the University of Akron, where he was a top-three player but had to redshirt for his sophomore year. He returned to Malone and amassed a staggering 28-1 record in singles as a junior (a single-season school record that was the best record in the country of any individual player that year) and a 26-1 mark in doubles.
Again having qualified for both singles and doubles at nationals, he suffered his first losses of the season -- in the third round of singles and the second round of doubles at the national tournament. As a junior, he earned both Volvo Academic All-American and NAIA Academic All-American honors. Also during his junior year, he won the NAIA District 22 Singles Championships and Doubles Championships (with Touby McCammon) and was named the NAIA District 22 Player of the Year. As a senior, Drummond again qualified for the NAIA National Championships by winning the NAIA District 22 doubles tournament with Touby McCammon. He made it the third round in singles and the second round in doubles. Drummond finished his senior season with a 23-5 record in singles and 24-4 record in doubles. His career record was an impressive 68-10 in singles and 69-8 in doubles.
Overall, his best singles win was in the NAIA National Championships for the 1993 season when he defeated the #9 ranked player in the country 7-6, 6-3 in the first round. His year-end NAIA National Ranking was 41st that year. In addition, he earned First Team All-District 22 Singles and Doubles all three years and he was a two-time NAIA All-American Scholar-Athlete recipient.
Drummond is a financial advisor and owner of Drummond Financial Solutions and is also a tennis instructor at the Hall of Fame Fitness Center in Canton. He and his wife, Sandy (Peshko), who is a 1995 Malone graduate, and their children, Olivia (16) and Dawson (14), reside in Hartville.
