[Tennis] Hipp and Ryan Earn All-KCAC Tennis Honors

WICHITA, Kan. - The Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference is pleased to announce the 2018 All-Conference awards for women's tennis. Student-athletes were selected for all awards by vote of the KCAC head women's tennis coaches. 

Sterling had two women's tennis players make the list: Keeley Hipp (FR/Claflin, Kan.) and Janae Ryan (FR/Claflin, Kan.).

Keeley Hipp was an All-KCAC Second Team selection, playing at No.1 Doubles and No. 2 Singles. She finished with 5-4 conference record in singles play and combined with Ryan to compete in doubles play, finishing 6-3 against KCAC teams.  

Janae Ryan was an All-KCAC Honorable Mention selection, playing at No. 1 Doubles and No. 1 Singles. She finished with a 5-4 KCAC record in singles play and had a strong season in doubles with Hipp, to go 6-3 in conference.

Southwestern College, Tabor College, and McPherson College tied for the regular season champions with 8-1 conference records. Tabor's head coach John Ruder was named Coach of the Year, as Bluejay Jessica Emoto was unanimously named MVP for the third-straight year. 

Kansas Wesleyan's Paola Vargas has been named Freshman of the Year, Nicole Robbins of Ottawa earned Newcomer of the Year, Abbi Groff of Southwestern was named Scholar Athlete of the Year, and Brittany Zipf of McPherson earned the Sportsmanship Award.

Conference tennis coaches selected the following athletes as either first team, second team, or honorable mention All-KCAC: