DePauw Athletics Hall of Fame
The 1979-80 women’s tennis team posted an 18-2 dual match record including 13-0 in the fall before going 5-2 in the spring. In the fall, the Tigers handed Notre Dame its only loss and then defeated Indiana State and Butler in the spring. Under the direction of coaches Ruth Lester and Pat Gammon, DePauw won the Indiana Association of Intercollegiate Athletics for Women Division III state championship in the fall after totaling 27 points to Notre Dame’s 24. The Tigers qualified for the AIAW Wisconsin regional in May where they finished third out of 16 teams and earned an at-large berth to the national championship based on two individual regional champions and a close third-place finish. At the AIAW Division III national championships in June, DePauw finished in a fourth-place tie.
Team members: Amy Bash ’80; Magge Wilder Camuti ’83; Susie McNicols Cassidy ’82; Lynn Williams Cluskey ’82; Carrie Melind Coquillette ’82; Allyson Foster ’83; Pat Gammon, coach; Ruth Lester, coach; Ellen Dinerman Malone ’83; Tammi Midkiff ’83; Anne Gibbs Nostrand ’83; Nancy Zadigian O’Brien ’83; Becky Hunter Ragsdale ’81; Shannon Sommers; Kim Sparenberg ’82; Karen Turman ’81; Nancy Gyorgi Walter ’82; Anne Baur Whitlatch ’80.
