Illinois Women’s Tennis Adds Transfer McKenna Schaefbauer

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – Fighting Illini women’s tennis head coach Evan Clark has announced the addition of rising sophomore transfer McKenna Schaefbauer to the program. The Normal, Ill., native played her freshman season at South Carolina following a high school career at Hilton Head Prep (SC).

During her decorated prep career, Schaefbauer was the 2018 Illinois 1A singles state champion, the 2019 State Farm Female Athlete of the Year (central Illinois) and was tabbed the No. 1 recruit in Illinois and No. 14 overall recruit in the class of 2022 (via TennisRecruiting.net). She was a semi-finalist in the Naples PTT Women’s 25k as well as a doubles finalist in both the Norman Oklahoma Women’s 15k and 2020 Orange Bowl International.

In her season as a Gamecock, Schaefbauer posted a 6-9 overall singles record, playing to a 4-3 record in dual play between the…