Dave Kipfer

Dave Kipfer had a great career as a basketball star at Cameron Heights Collegiate in Kitchener, participating on teams that won many provincial tournaments, four league championships, two regional championships and the 1983 All-Ontario championship. That year, Kipfer averaged 25 points per game and 12 rebounds, as he led the Gaels to a combined overall record of 54 wins and four losses.

Kipfer accepted a basketball scholarship to attend Providence College in Rhode Island, graduating in 1987 with a bachelor’s degree in business. In his senior year, as co-captain of the Friars, Kipfer and his team-mates advanced to the NCAA Final Four. That year, Kipfer averaged 12 points and six rebounds per game. He was named a third-team All-Star in the Big East Conference.

Kipfer also played for Team Ontario and Canada’s National Jr. and B teams from 1983 to 1986. After graduating from Providence College, Kipfer played professional basketball in the USBL and T-71 Dudelange, Luxembourg.

He currently resides in Connecticut where he works in the printing and publishing industry. Kipfer volunteers for several organizations including the Milford Hospital, where his wife Karen is the Executive Director. The Kipfers have two children.

Photo by Thomas F. Maguire Jr.