Indiana State University Athletics

Mary Ann (Csipkay) Stadler enjoyed a highly successful tennis career from 1984-89 and was the program’s head coach from 1992 until she passed away in 2003. Stadler was a two-time MVC Coach of the Year in 1996 & 1999 and owns the school record for most career victories with 186 as well as single-season wins with 23 in 1999. She led the Sycamores to the 1999 Missouri Valley Conference regular season championship.
 
As a student-athlete, she was named All-Gateway Conference and won a single’s Gateway Conference Championship as a freshman. She is the only undefeated play in school history to own an undefeated singles season in Gateway Conference play. Over her career she won 28 singles matches and was named the team’s Most Valuable Player in 1989. As a coach, she had five student-athletes win a conference title and four doubles team win a league championship. She had seven teams which finished with a winning record and twice won 20 or more matches in a season. Stadler had two other teams post 19 wins during her successful run at the helm of the program.

• Two-time Missouri Valley Conference  Coach of the Year (1996, 1999)
• Most career wins (186), season wins (23 – 1999)
• Led Indiana State to 1999 regular season championship
• During coaching career
  • Five athletes won singles conference titles
  • Four doubles teams won conference titles
  • Seven teams finished .500 or better
  • Two teams finished with 20 or more wins in season
  • Two teams posted 19 wins
• As student-athlete
  • All-Gateway Conference
  • won #6 Singles title as freshman
  • Only player in school history to have undefeated singles season in Gateway Conference
  • Won 28 singles matches
  • Team Most Valuable Player – 1989
• Inducted into Hall of Fame February 21, 2016