[2] In 1951, for the only time in Pacific Northwest tennis history the National Junior Men’s Doubles Championship was won by Pacific Northwest players as Don teamed with Bill Quillian of Seattle to win the title.
He represented the University of Washington Tennis Team [3] in 1952, 1953 and 1957 winning four Pacific Coast Conference division championships in Singles and Doubles.
He scored points in the NCAA championships helping to lead the Huskies to finishes of third in 1952 and fifth in 1953.
Based upon his NCAA championship tournament finishes in 1952 and 1953 and the automatic selection process presently used by the Intercollegiate Tennis Association, he would have received All American honors three times, twice for Doubles and once for Singles.
Don participated in three United States National Singles Championships (Forest Hills, N.Y.) and three United States National Doubles Championships (Boston, MA) and in the 1955 first round play at Wimbledon http://www.wimbledon.com/en_GB/scores/draws/archive/pdfs/1955_MS_A4.pdf.