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Tim Cleland
Coach Tim Cleland enters his
36th season as head coach of Delta High School Tennis with the Spring 2010 girls' tennis
season.
He has helped DHS Tennis become one of Indiana's premier high school tennis
programs.
385
victories, 60
losses
15 years as girls' coach
255
victories,
43
losses
Total career record
640
victories,
103 losses
List of Indiana HS Tennis Coach
Career Victory Leaders
Member,
Indiana HS Tennis Hall of
Fame, 2008
(Read about his induction)
One of eight finalists, National Boys' Tennis Coach of the Year, 2005-06
(award given by the National Federation of High School Coaches)
Member, Delaware County Athletic Hall of Fame, 2004
State Boys' Coach of the Year, 2004
State Girls' Coach of the Year, 2000
Finalist, State Coach of the Year, three other years
Central Indiana Tennis Association Service Award, 2006
Team Highlights
- 2004 Boys' State Finals (3rd Place)
- 2000 Girls' State Finals (3rd Place)
- 15 consecutive boys' regional championships (1995-current)
- 4 consecutive girls' regional championships (2004-2008)
- State Top 10 boys' rankings (12 consecutive seasons 1996-2007)
- State Top 10 rankings (streak of 17 straight boys'/girls' seasons, Fall
1999-Fall 2008)
- Girls' Final Eight (5 times)
- Boys' Final Eight (8 times)
- Teams or Individuals at State Finals, 17 of previous 35 seasons
- #3 Final State Ranking (boys 2004 -- highest ranking in school history)
- 155 straight Hoosier Heritage Conference victories -- combined boys and
girls (Fall 1997 to Spring 2008)
Individual Highlights
- Alison Peckinpaugh, Mental Attitude Award Winner at State Finals (2000)
- Hayley Hall, State Singles Runner-Up (2006)
- Dan Klingenberg / Jeff Price, State Doubles Runner-Up (2007)
- Sarah Peckinpaugh/Kat Yadon, State Doubles Runner-Up (2002)
- Sarah Peckinpaugh/Ashli Smith, State Doubles Runner-Up (2001)
- Daniel Jackson / Kelly Robbins, State Doubles Runner-Up (2001)
- Kaus Christopher, State Singles 3rd Place (1991)
- Kate Peckinpaugh / Andrea Bookmyer, State Doubles 3rd Place (1995)
- Patrick Bryan / Alan Robinson, State Doubles 3rd Place (2001)
- Aly Ferguson / Andrea Bookmyer, State Doubles 3rd Place (1997)
- Aly Ferguson / Andrea Bookmyer, State Doubles 4th Place (1996)
- Zach Ervin, State Singles 4th Place (2006)
- Katie Bryan / Kristin Crider, State Doubles 4th Place (2005)
- Zach Ervin, Dan Klingenberg, Kaus Christopher, Andy Rector, Bob Darby, J.D. Greenlee, Blain Keller, Daniel Jackson,
Billy Ruxton, Ryan Orr, Caleb Cooper, Adrienne Campbell, Beth Miller, Hayley Hall,
Kristin McKinney all NCAA Division
I or Division II tennis players
- Numerous other smaller college tennis participants
Background
Hauser HS in Hope, Ind. (1981)
All-State Tennis Team, senior year
Played Varsity Baseball
Graduated summa cum laude from
Ball State University
(1987)
Worked 13 years as sports journalist (1983-1996)
Teaches journalism at
Delta HS (1998-current)
Tennis Instructor,
Muncie Family YMCA
(1989-current)
President,
Indiana HS Tennis Coaches
Association
(1999-current)
Boys Assistant Coach
Girls Assistant Coach
Stephen Hopkins
Stephen,
a 2006 Delta graduate, played four years of Delta Tennis. He played #1 Varsity
doubles his senior year and earned All-State Doubles honors as well as Academic
All-State Honorable Mention. As a junior, Stephen earned a varsity letter for
the Eagles' team that placed third in the IHSAA Team State Finals. He is a
senior at Ball State University majoring in Psychology. In addition to
helping with the boys' and girls' teams, Stephen helps develop the Delta Tennis middle school program
in the spring.
Girls Volunteer Assistant Coach
Melissa Shaffer
Melissa, a teacher at Eaton Elementary
School, will serve as Volunteer Assistant Coach for the Spring 2010 season.
She played collegiate tennis at Indiana Wesleyan University and has coached
previously in the Mississinewa HS program.
She grew up in Traverse City, MI. She played tennis for 4 years for a small
private school named Traverse City Christian. (They didn't have a girls team so
she actually played on the boys team and had a blast beating up on the
boys!) She credits most of her tennis ability to her dad. He started coaching
her in 4th grade and was a coach for the high school team. They would even get
up before school would start and play together so they could squeeze in some
extra playing time. Melissa teaches special education at Eaton Elementary. Her
husband, David Shaffer, is a graduate student at Ball State University. He also
plays tennis. Melissa and David enjoy keeping a running total of wins and
losses with each other! |
