EXETER — Wyoming Area girls tennis coach Tiffany Callaio was recently named the 2016 Eastern Pennsylvania Division (EPD) Coach of the Year. The EPD consists of 12 counties in eastern PA.

Callaio, along with other 2016 Middle States and EPD award recipients, was honored at a luncheon at Moravian College on March 19.

Callaio has been coaching at Wyoming Area for the past nine-years, succeeding her father, Tony, who was head coach six-years ago.

For the past three seasons, the Wyoming Area girls team advanced to District II team tennis playoffs. This past season, Wyoming Area’s No. 1 tennis player, Brianna Pizzano, captured the District II AA girls title, catapulting her to the PA State tournament under Callaio’s tutelage. Pizzano was the first female at Wyoming Area to win a District II AA singles title.

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In Callaio’s senior year at Wyoming Area in 1999, she played No. 1 on the boys team, recording an 11-2 record before going on to play at Penn State Hazleton Campus for two years, capturing the year-ending Penn State Intercollegiate Commonwealth Campus Tournament at State College in her freshman and sophomore years in both singles and doubles. She recorded a perfect 24-0 record in singles and 20-3 in doubles while at Penn State Hazleton.

Callaio transferred to Millersville University (MU) to finish out her studies as well as to continue her tennis career. In her junior year, the team took the PSAC Division 2 title then went on to play in the NCAA Division 2 National Championship Tournament in Oklahoma. Callaio finished 30-8 in singles and 26-5 in doubles in her two years at MU.

Her overall college career record ended at 54-8 in singles and 46-8 in doubles.

She currently plays on a USTA tennis team out of Birchwood Racquet Club, Clarks Summit.

Wyoming Area High School girls head tennis coach Tiffany Callaio was chosen as the 2016 Eastern PA District’s (EPD) 2016 High School Coach of the Year.
http://www.psdispatch.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/web1_Tiffany-Callaio.CMYK_.jpg.optimal.jpgWyoming Area High School girls head tennis coach Tiffany Callaio was chosen as the 2016 Eastern PA District’s (EPD) 2016 High School Coach of the Year. Submitted photo

Wyoming Area High School girls head tennis coach Tiffany Callaio was chosen as the 2016 Eastern PA District’s (EPD) 2016 High School Coach of the Year.
http://www.psdispatch.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/web1_Tiffany-Callaio.jpg.optimal.jpgWyoming Area High School girls head tennis coach Tiffany Callaio was chosen as the 2016 Eastern PA District’s (EPD) 2016 High School Coach of the Year. Submitted photo

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