Emancipation Park Recreation Center

Bio: I am a USPTA Elite certified tennis professional. This is the highest rating awarded by the United State Professional Tennis Association. SAFE PLAY certified & current (yearly FBI background check for coaching youth sports). Currently working exclusively for myself, most recently was the Head Coach for Episcopal High School Tennis Team. Working for City of West U Parks and Recreation since 2018. Also, Lifetime Fitness Galleria Indoor Tennis Club @ the Houston Galleria (4 years). Also, previously, at The Briar Club (4yrs) in the River Oaks District of Houston. Other notable programs I have been involved with- Baton Rouge Country Club (LA), Bocage Racquet Club (LA), Houston Racquet Club, Westheimer Indoor Tennis, LSU Nike Tennis Camps, Rice Tennis Camps, Steve Carter’s Tennis Camps, and The Boulder Country Club in Colorado. I’ve been playing since the age of 4 and coaching since age 19. I teach all levels and ages. Private, semi-private, and group tennis lessons. Body of work includes everything from helping train top 350 world ranked ATP players, working for LSU and Rice University Tennis, Nike Tennis Camps, top country clubs and tennis clubs around the nation, and coached junior players ranked nationally in the top 10. I’ve been Head Counselor at “live-in dorm” tennis camps, in charge of all things on and off court. Undergraduate full academic scholarship all 4 years of studies (B.S. Microbiology) from LSU ’97). Finished graduate school (M.S. in Biology from LSU in ’01) with an “A” gpa. I am the 3rd youngest Eagle Scout in United States history (age 12). Member of Sigma Chi fraternity (@LSU) and member of the LSU Houston Alumni Chapter.