Coaching Staff
Sarah
Gray
Assistant Coach | First Season | Texas A&M ‘07 TCU head coach Jefferson Hammond announced the hiring of Sarah Gray as the new assistant women’s tennis coach on Sept. 4, 2009. Gray, a former collegiate tennis standout at Kentucky and Texas A&M, and Hammond will look to lead the Horned Frogs to run for the NCAA Championships this season. “Sarah was an outstanding college player and brings an amazing amount of experience to the team,” Hammond said. “She has made it as deep as the NCAA quarterfinals, was an All-American and brings with her an invaluable familiarity with what it takes to be among the best. I’m looking forward to working with Sarah and to having a great year.” Formerly Sarah Foster, the Lexington, Ky., native spent her first two collegiate seasons at the University of Kentucky, earning ITA doubles All-American recognition in 2005. She also helped to lead the Wildcats to its first-ever SEC Championship and NCAA Elite Eight finish. Gray picked up SEC Freshman of the Year and ITA Southeast Region Rookie of the Year honors. After transferring to College Station in 2006, Gray’s success followed by earning Big 12 Newcomer of the Year accolades. She enjoyed a 20-15 singles ledger in her first year as an Aggie, while also donating a 23-15 record in doubles to qualify for the NCAA Doubles Championships alongside partner Tifffany Clifford. In her senior campaign, Gray earned All-Big 12 honors and collected the Aggie Spirit Award. She returned to the NCAA Doubles Championships with Clifford in 2006, totaling a 23-11 doubles clip for the year. After graduating from Texas A&M with a bachelor’s degree in psychology and a minor in communications, Gray went on to play professionally on the WTA circuit in 2008 and traveled to France to compete for T.C. Vignes until June 2009. She was married in April 2009 to Kent Gray of Harlingen, Texas. The couple met while attending Texas A&M and now reside in Fort Worth.
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