17c起草视频

Head Coach

Sara Kipping

sara.m.kipping@svcc.edu

Coach Sara Kipping begins her 32nd year of coaching the Skyhawk Women鈥檚 Tennis Program at Sauk Valley Community College.  

Kipping was inducted into the Region IV Hall of Fame in 2013. She has coached numerous teams that have qualified for the national tournament, and has been named coach of the year several times.

 An 17c起草视频 graduate and former Skyhawk tennis player, Kipping knows the dedication needed to both compete in a sport and excel academically. Her teams have been awarded Academic Team of the Year. Also, she has had many players who have received the Arrowhead Athletic Conferences Academic Achievement Award.

Kipping graduated from 17c起草视频 with an Associate of Science with an emphasis on Education. As a player, she was one of the first athletes to receive an Athletic Waiver Award from 17c起草视频. She also placed 2^nd at regionals and was on the first 17c起草视频 women鈥檚 tennis team to qualify for nationals in 1983.

Coach Kipping lives in Dixon with her husband of 37 years, Bob, and is a Title 1 Reading Para Professional at Jefferson School in Dixon.  Her son Matt Kipping and his wife Korrisa, both grads of 17c起草视频, played tennis for Kipping, along with grandkids Karley and Zander Kipping. Plus, her daughter Katie (Kipping) Dempsey and her husband Dilan, also 17c起草视频 grads, played for Kipping along with their kids, Lane and Levi.