WHERE ARE THEY NOW?

VICKIE PAYNTER-FINNEY – TENNIS (1990-93)

WHEN SHE joined the Texas tennis team Vickie Paynter-Finney had one goal above all others — winning a National Championship. She helped her team accomplish that goal by leading the team to the school’s first team NCAA tennis title in 1993. “I couldn’t even picture [a National Championship] in my head three years before. Once we got [to the Final Four], we expected nothing less than winning it all,” Paynter-Finney said.

Along with the National Championship, Paynter-Finney earned honors …

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as a four-time All-American, and three-time Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) national champion. She still holds the school career mark for doubles winning percentage (.866) and the single-season record for highest doubles winning percentage (.946 in 1992 with partner Susan Gilchrist).

She also ranks second in UT history in career doubles victories (110) and third in career singles wins (124). She earned her Bachelor’s degree in Management Information Systems.

Following graduation, Paynter-Finney went on to play professional tennis and appeared in all four Grand Slam tournaments. The UT Hall of Honor inducted Paynter-Finney as part of its 2012 class. Now a Lakeway resident, Paynter-Finney and her husband Rich Finney own and run Dot Command Center, a technology company. She has three children Alexia (7), Jackson (4), and John (22).

In her free time she enjoys spending time with her family, and occasionally having time to just go out with her husband for dinner or to a wine bar they enjoy. She also has a group of friends she works out with and plays tennis with at the World Of Tennis in Lakeway.

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