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Tim Cleland
Coach Tim Cleland will begin his 40th season as head
coach of Delta High School Tennis with the Spring 2012 girls' tennis season.
Coach Cleland has helped DHS Tennis become one of Indiana's premier high school tennis
programs. In his first 39 seasons, more than half (20) of the seasons have
ended at the IHSAA State Finals in team, doubles, or singles competition.
In the 2010-2011 school year, DHS Tennis advanced to the Team State Finals in
both boys and girls tennis.
Coach Cleland's accomplishments include:
423
victories, 69
losses
17 years as girls' coach
287
victories,
55
losses
Total career record
710
victories,
124 losses
Fifth place among 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, four other years
Central Indiana Tennis Association Service Award, 2006
Indiana Dollars for Scholars "Hoosier Hero" Award, 2010
Team Highlights
- 2011 Girls' State Finals (quarterfinals)
- 2010 Boys' State Finals (quarterfinals)
- 2004 Boys' State Finals (3rd Place)
- 2000 Girls' State Finals (3rd Place)
- 16 consecutive boys' regional championships (1995-2010)
- 4 consecutive girls' regional championships (2004-2007)
- 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 (6 times)
- Boys' Final Eight (9 times)
- Teams or Individuals at State Finals, 20 of his 39 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)
- Has coached 31 All-State Doubles players, 12 All-State Singles players, and
10 Academic All-State players
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)
- Ethan Grove / Evan Rodenberger, State Doubles 3rd Place (2011)
- 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)
- Ben Bryan, State Singles 4th Place (2010)
- 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 and Varsity Tennis
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
Craig Vickery
Craig, an engineer at Saint Gobain Container
Corporation in Muncie, returns as boys' assistant coach, a role that he
filled for four seasons prior to sitting out the 2009 season. He also
spent nine seasons as head coach at Winchester Community High School. Craig and
his wife, Amy, have one son, Caleb, and live in Winchester.
Boys Assistant Coach
Josh Cooper
Josh, pastor at The Bridge church in Muncie,
will be in his second season as boys' assistant coach. Josh was an
All-State Doubles player at DHS in 1997 and 1998. He then played baseball
at Taylor University. Josh has coaching experience as an assistant boys'
coach at Yorktown High School. Josh and his wife, Jill, live in Muncie.
Girls Assistant Coach
Hayley Hall
Hayley, a graduate student at
Ball State University, has joined the program as girls' assistant coach for
Spring 2012. She completed a legendary tennis career at Delta High School.
A four-year All-State Singles player, she competed three times at the IHSAA
State Singles Finals and was runner-up in 2006. Hayley won 86 career
varsity matches, sharing all-time victory leader honors with her friend, Kristin
Crider. She played No. 1 singles at Ball State University. Her youth
tennis career included national rankings and multiple sportsmanship awards at
major tournaments throughout the Midwest. Hayley has taught tennis
in Chicago and is currently on staff at the Muncie YMCA Tennis Center.
Girls Assistant Coach
Taylor Cardini
Taylor, a sophomore at
Ball State University, has joined the program as girls' assistant coach for
Spring 2012. She played varsity doubles at Delta and graduated in 2010.
Taylor has taught tennis at the Tim Cleland Tennis Camp and at middle school
tennis sessions as well as private lessons. She is a past recipient of the
Grandma Peggy Brown Spirit of Caring Award for DHS Tennis. She is majoring
in elementary education at Ball State.
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