Autumn Yount. Photo by Jeremy Harrill.

Autumn Yount. Photo by Jeremy Harrill.

By Mike London

Salisbury Post

MOUNT ULLA — West Rowan girls tennis coach John Brown had to think for a while when he was asked to name Autumn Yount’s biggest flaw.

“Well, too sweet, I guess,” Brown said with a laugh. “If she was a little meaner, she might have won a couple more.”

Yount was a long shot to be a standout high school tennis player. She’s has no background with formal lessons, and yet she was voted the South Piedmont Conference Player of the Year by the league’s coaches. She’s also the Post’s Rowan County Player of the Year.

It was a girls tennis season with three special No. 1 players in the county. Fortunately, all three were in the same league, so they were able to settle who was best on the

See Full Page