DePauw Athletics Hall of Fame
Scott Riggle came to DePauw in 2000 as the women’s tennis head coach and, in 23 seasons, his teams posted a 335-196 record. He became the men’s tennis head coach in 2009 and in 14 seasons his teams finished 163-130. The 2020 Indiana High School Tennis Coaches Association Hall of Fame inductee led the women’s teams to four outright Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference titles and one shared championship. In North Coast Athletic Conference play, the Tigers won four titles. Riggle was named the NCAC Women’s Tennis Coach of the Year in 2013, 2014 and 2015 and was the SCAC Women’s Tennis Coach of the Year seven times. On the national level, Riggle directed the DePauw women to 13 of the program’s 14 NCAA Division III team appearances including 11 straight from 2005 through 2015. DePauw also advanced to the 2003, 2006 and 2015 national quarterfinals. Riggle coached Liz Bondi who won the 2007 NCAA Singles Championship and was the Honda Award winner as the top Division III female athlete. In the fall of 2004, Bondi and partner Elizabeth Steele became the first representatives in the history of Division III to win the Intercollegiate Tennis Association Small College Super Bowl, a feat which earned them a trip to the Division I indoor national championships.
Riggle retired in September 2023 and still serves both programs as a volunteer assistant in addition to volunteering as the Greencastle High School boys’ and girls’ assistant coach. Riggle is president of the Team Riggle Foundation, a charitable organization whose goal it is to raise money and awareness for early-onset Parkinson’s Disease. He and his wife, Jenny, are parents to Jack ’24 and Sophie ’28.
