Ann Lebedeff is Professor of Physical Eduacation and Athletics and Head Women's Tennis Coach at Pomona-Pitzer. She attended San Diego State University and received her B.A. in Family Studies and Consumer Sciences, with emphasis in Foods and Nutrition, and M.A. in Physical Education, with emphasis in Exercise Physiology. She later attended the University of Southern California and earned a Ph.D degree in Physical Education, with emphasis in Athletic Admistration. A former nationally ranked junior and collegiate player, Lebedeff won numerous national doubles titles, including the 1974 USTA National Women's Intercollegiate Doubles title, the 1970 New Zealand Women's Doubles Championship, and the U.S. Amateur Clay and Grass Courts Doubles titles in 1972.
Dr. Lebedeff is a nationally recognized coach and
teacher. Her coaching career began at the University of
Arizona in 1977-1985, where she was honored as the Western
Collegiate Coach of the Year in 1985. After earning her
doctorate, she continued her coaching and teaching career at Cal
Poly Pomona from 1989-1998. Lebedeff coached both the men's
and women's programs to national titles. The women won
back-to-back NCAA team titles in 1991-92, while the men earned an
NCAA Doubles title in 1993. At Pomona-Pitzer, Lebedeff's
teams have consistently finished the year in the top ten and in
2000, her players won the NCAA Division III Doubles title.
Brittany Biebl begins her role as Assistant Coach for the
Pomona-Pitzer women's tennis team for the 2007-2008 season having
played four years for the Sagehens. By the time of her 2007
graduation from Pomona College, she had served as a co-captain for
the tennis team for three years and was honored with the ITA/Wilson
Arthur Ashe Sportsmanship/Leadership Award for the West Region in
2006.
