Best-Case Scenario: Hackman Heffner Grateful for Family, Hillsdale

Best-Case Scenario: Hackman Heffner Grateful for Family, Hillsdale

Written by Doug Goodnough Playing tennis at Hillsdale College became a family affair for Sarah Hackman Heffner, ’23. As a high school standout from the northern suburbs of Chicago, she was being recruited by then-Hillsdale women’s tennis coach Nikki Walbright. However, her twin brother, Brian Hackman, ’23, was also a prep tennis standout. The coaches were able to persuade the twins to make Hillsdale “a package deal.” “We knew we wanted to play t…