Former professional tennis player. Over 30 years inside the game. I help serious junior families navigate the college tennis recruiting process — honestly, strategically, and without the guesswork most parents are stuck with.
My career in tennis spans over 30 years. I played college tennis as a scholarship athlete at the University of Arizona, then competed professionally and reached a career-high ATP ranking inside the world's top 200.
After my playing career, I founded and ran a high performance tennis academy in the Southwest for years. The players who came through that program have gone on to compete at the top of the sport — including a Wimbledon mixed doubles champion, a former WTA top-100 player, and USTA national gold ball winners who earned full athletic scholarships to programs like USC. That track record is the part of my coaching résumé I'm proudest of, and it's the foundation under everything I do now.
I came to Memphis to build a serious training environment for committed juniors. Over time, I also want to build out free programming for kids in this city who would never otherwise see the inside of a tennis academy — that's the longer-term mission. Both halves of that work matter to me.
The recruiting consulting practice exists because I kept watching Mid-South families — talented kids, committed parents — make the same costly mistakes. Wrong tournaments. Wrong target schools. Wrong outreach. Usually because no one in their circle had been on the other side of the desk.
I've competed at the level your child is aspiring to, and I've coached players who went past it. I know what D1-ready actually looks like — not what it looks like on paper. I have direct relationships with college coaches across multiple divisions, and when I send an email, it gets read. If your child has the potential to play at the next level, I can tell you honestly. If they don't, I'll tell you that too.
Some families need a clear plan and an honest assessment. Others want a former pro running the recruiting process alongside them, start to finish. The right package depends on the player's age, goals, and where they are in the recruiting window.
A 25-page guide with everything I tell families who ask me for honest recruiting advice. Read it, share it, push back on what you disagree with. It's not a sales pitch — it's the conversation I wish every Mid-South tennis family could have before they start.
Most tennis families in Memphis, the Mid-South, and beyond are running the recruiting process on outdated advice, country club rumors, and well-meaning but wrong information.
The cost is real — wrong tournaments, missed scholarships, kids ending up at programs that were never the right fit.
This guide is the conversation I wish every Mid-South tennis family could have before they start the process. It's not a sales pitch. It's the landscape, in plain language, from someone who's been on both sides of it.
We talk through where your child is, what's realistic, and whether working together makes sense. No pitch. No pressure.
If we move forward, you complete a detailed family questionnaire. The honest answers here are what make the first session genuinely valuable.
I build the recruiting roadmap — UTR plan, tournament schedule, target schools, outreach strategy — and we walk through it together.
For Partner and Pro Track families, I run the recruiting process alongside you — coach outreach, highlight reel, visits, offers — through to signing.
Book a free 20-minute call. No pitch, no pressure. We'll look at where your child stands, what's realistic, and whether working together makes sense. If it doesn't, you'll walk away with a clearer picture either way.
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