St. Charles East’s Kull Named To Volleyball Coaches Hall Of Fame

ST. CHARLES, IL — After more than two decades of success as St. Charles East's girls volleyball coach, Jennie Kull was recently honored as one of the best coaches in the state.

Volleyball website illprepvb.com named Kull to its inaugural Illinois Volleyball Coaches Hall of Fame after she racked up two state championships, 18 regional titles and 9 sectional titles in her 23 years as coach, according to a report by the Elgin Courier-News.

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Kull told the Courier-News she was especially appreciative of receiving the honor after she and her family were injured in a car accident in May while traveling home from Auburn University.

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Batavia High’s Lori Trippi-Payne was also named to illprepvb.com’s Coaches Hall of Fame, the report states. Trippi-Payne led the Bulldogs for more than three decades before retiring at the end of the 2019-20 school year.

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Trippi-Payne earned almost 600 wins over her 33-year coaching career and a reputation for molding players into good students and citizens. The team won the American Volleyball Coaches Association’s annual All-American Award — based on GPA and community service — more than two dozen times during Trippi-Payne’s reign, the Aurora Beacon-News reports.

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She was an accomplished bowler during her time at the University of Illinois, winning four Big 10 titles, the report states. She earned her master's degree at Northern Illinois University. Trippi-Payne retired this summer from her role as a physical education teacher at Batavia High School after 34 years.

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