While playing for legendary tennis coach Lee Sparks, Archibald "Bud" Mull led Willamette to four straight Northwest Conference tennis championships by never losing a match in Conference play. He was a four-time Conference champion at No. 1 singles and a two-time champion at No. 1 doubles. He was nationally ranked in both NAIA and NCAA as a senior in 1957. Mull lost only two collegiate matches his entire career.