Shippensburg University Athletics

Shippensburg University All-American Sarah Hewitt (née Hunt) is in her third season as an assistant track & field coach at her alma mater. Hewitt is one of two instructors in jumps – the event group at which she shined as a Raider.
 
Since her return to the Shippensburg coaching staff in the 2022 outdoor season, Hewitt has instructed a total of 18 Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) placewinners spanning the long jump and the triple jump – including seven All-PSAC (Top 3) finishers and six NCAA provisional qualifiers.
 
Hewitt has also coached three individuals who have combined to win four PSAC Champions – Shamar Jenkins (2022 men’s outdoor triple jump), Danielle Sciremammano (2018 women’s indoor and outdoor long jump) and Abby Wagner (2018 outdoor triple jump).
 
On the national scene, Hewitt has coached three SU athletes who have qualified for the NCAA Championships, including Wagner, who earned 2018 outdoor All-America honors with an eighth-place finish in the triple jump.
 
Prior to her return to Shippensburg, Hewitt spent three seasons (2018-19 – 2020-21) as an assistant coach at nearby Dickinson College. As the team’s instructor to athletes in the long jump, triple jump and the high jump, a total of 18 Red Devils finished as Centennial Conference (CC) placewinners. Six Red Devils achieved All-CC honors, including 2020 indoor long jump and indoor triple jump champion Liz Lieb, and 2021 outdoor long jump champion Nick Balenzano.
 
Hewitt was a highly decorated jumper and sprinter for the Raiders who concluded her exemplary Raider career as one of the finest field athletes in Shippensburg University history. As a senior, Hewitt was named the 2017 U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) Atlantic Region Women's Outdoor Field Athlete of the Year, the 2017 USTFCCCA Atlantic Region Women’s Indoor Field Athlete of the Year, and the 2017 Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) Outdoor Championships Most Valuable Athlete.
 
In her historic Raider career, Hewitt was a 10-time NCAA qualifier – six times in the long jump (three outdoors, three indoors) and four times in the triple jump (three outdoors, once indoors). She finished as a six-time All-American: 2017 First Team (indoor long jump), 2017 Second Team (indoor triple jump, outdoor long jump), 2016 Second Team (indoor long jump, outdoor long jump) and 2015 Second Team (2015 outdoors).
 
Overall, spanning the long jump, triple jump, 60 meters, 100 meters and 4x100-meter relay, Hewitt finished as a 19-time PSAC placewinner – with an incredible 16 of those 19 performances resulting in All-PSAC honors. Hewitt is a five-time conference champion and seven-time All-PSAC finisher in the triple jump and a one-time conference champion and seven-time All-PSAC finisher in the long jump. She also earned All-PSAC honors in the 100 meters as a senior.
 
Her long jump and triple jump performances resulted in 13 USTFCCCA All-Atlantic Region classifications spanning the long jump and triple jump, including outdoor all-region honors in the triple jump in each of her four seasons.
 
To this day, Hewitt holds the Shippensburg University records in the women’s indoor long jump (20 feet, 0 ½ inches [6.11 meters] and the women’s outdoor long jump (20 feet, 9 ¾ inches [6.34 meters]). At the time of her graduation, Hewitt held the indoor triple jump school record (39 feet, 11 ½ inches) and was tied for the outdoor school record in the 100 meters (12.10 seconds).
 
Hewitt was also a gifted student, earning a selection to the 2017 Academic All-District 2 ® Women's Track & Field/Cross Country Team as a senior. She was also a three-time USTFCCCA All-Academic honoree.
 
A native of Fairfield, Hewitt was a state medalist in the triple jump who also won two district championships in the event and a district title in the long jump. She finished with a total of seven varsity letters for the Knights.
 
Hewitt earned her bachelor of science in economics with a mathematics concentration from Shippensburg in May 2017. She is married to her husband Tyler ’18/’20M, a fellow assistant coach with the Raiders.