California Athletics Hall of Fame
An All-American in singles for the Bears from 1985-87, DeVries became a doubles All-American in 1987. He captured the ITA All-American championship in singles his sophomore year and earned the Arthur Ashe Jr. Sportsmanship and Rafael Osuna Sportsmanship awards as a senior in 1987. DeVries played at the No. 1 singles position for all four of his seasons at Cal and led the Bears to the NCAA tournament round of 16 as a junior and senior. He later enjoyed an eight-year professional career and played at all four Grand Slam tournaments. DeVries won four professional doubles tournaments, all in 1992, and ranked as high as 18th in the world in doubles in 1993. In 2017 - one year after being inducted into the Cal Athletic Hall of Fame - DeVries was inducted into the USTA NorCal Hall of Fame. Since 2009, DeVries has been the tennis pro at the Green Valley Country Club in Fairfield, California.
