TRAINING/TEACHING HISTORY: 1996 USPTA Certified P3 Level Instructor. 2000 USPTA P2 Certification Upgrade . 2002 USPTA Northern California Division Vice President, 2nd Place Finish USPTA National Seminar Contest. 2003 USPTA Nor Cal Associate Pro of the Year, Continuing Education Award and P1 Level Instructor Upgrade. Coordinator of Friday Night Live Indoor Sports Arena and Tutoring facility for underprivileged children, Assistant Tennis Professional Millennium Sports Club, Fairfield, CA. 2004 USPTA Northern California Regional Vice President, Continuing Education Award, Head Pro Millennium Sports Club, 6.0 and 7.0 Level USTA Team Coach-Sectional Finish, and Voted USPTA Nor Cal Pro of the Year. 2005 USPTA Northern California Division President, Continuing Education Award, Director of Tennis Yuba City Parks and Recreation. 2006 USPTA Northern California Division President, USPTA National Awards Committee, USTA 16's Zonal Championships Coach, Director of Tennis Yuba City Parks and Recreation, Head Coach River Valley High School Boy's and Girl's Teams, Independent Tennis Teaching Professional and High Performance Coach for several Nor Cal USTA top juniors. 2007 Moved to Hawaii-Head Teaching Professional Wailea Tennis Club, Maui, HI.

ALL TIME FAVORITE PROS: Bjorn Borg for bringing topspin to the forefront of professional tennis, Mats Wilander for showing the world how to play the game on all surfaces with the heart and determination of a warrior, and Andre Agassi for showing that we all grow-up and show our best side as we get older and wiser. Andre is a true ambassador for the sport of tennis and focused his influences toward changing the lives of children in Las Vegas. Visit his educational academy in Vegas and have your life changed just for the experience. Teaching Pros John Yandell for bringing slow-motion stroke analysis to all of the teaching pros who really needed it. His research has changed the way we see a sport we had never seen before, and Scott McCain (former CAL Berkeley men's coach) Scott coaches on the USTA Challenger Circuit. He allowed me to come to his coaching sessions with players such as Paul Goldstein, and Sam Warburg. He took time out of his busy schedule to work with USPTA Nor Cal coaches at a seminar in Sacramento and continues to keep in touch with me promising to share his expertise with us in Hawaii soon. You too John Rodrigues Mahalo to you all for making me a better coach.

PERSONAL COMMENTS: If your present tennis instructor or coach is not doing research on the modern game or attending USPTA Divisional or National Conferences then you are wasting your lesson time and money. Would you go to a doctor or dentist who did not reeducate him or her self every year? Think about it!