Carthage College Athletics

We have high hopes and expectations for Brian…we’re going to move him to cornerback, where I think he’ll flourish…he could be an all-conference-type cornerback.
- Coach Rucks 

2009: Played in nine-of-10 games and made seven starts at cornerback…team’s fifth-leading tackler with 45 (36 solo, 9 assisted)…intercepted four passes, including two in the Sept. 12 Hope game, and broke up three more…blocked a kick in the Sept. 19 Lakeland game.

2008: Played in seven-of-10 games and made two starts…collected 12 tackles, including one tackle-for-loss.

High School: Named All-Mid-Suburban League and Daily Herald all-area his senior year…set a Fremd High School career record for most interceptions…his four teams went a combined 38-4, and both his junior and senior-year squads won league titles and reached the Illinois High School Association Class 8A quarterfinals…coached by Mike Donatucci…member of the track and field team his junior year.

Personal: Undecided on major…his father, Karl Hipchen, played on the 1979-82 Carthage football teams, was a teammate of coach Tim Rucks and was named first-team All-CCIW in both 1981 and 1982…born May 3, 1990.