UTA Partner

Kenyon Generette-Oliver

Kenyon is originally from Atlanta and helps lead the team at Piedmont Tennis Center, Briarlake Church, and Clarkston. Kenyon is a graduate of Mars Hill College where he earned a Bachelors degree in Communications and English with a minor in Economics while playing tennis and soccer.

Kenyon has been the head teaching pro with some of the top tennis clubs in the Atlanta metro, including Dunwoody Country Club and the Atlanta Country Club. Prior to those stents, he was a staff pro at the Capital Country Club. He is an Elite USPTA Tennis Professional and has been teaching juniors for over 25 years.

In his spare time, Kenyon loves hanging out with his friends and family. He loves tennis so much, he even plays while on vacation.

Work in the Community:
– Volunteered wheelchair tennis tournament at Dunwoody Country Club
– Volunteer coach for Druid Hill High School girls and boys team
– Volunteer for Serve and Connect at Washington Park
– Volunteer for wheelchair tennis programming at Blackburn Tennis Center
– Board Member of AYTEF
– Volunteer coach for CHOA yearly tournament
– Volunteer for teach-a-thons to raise funds for AYTEF
– Volunteer coach at the Ron Clark Academy
– Dreammakers

Tennis Professional

Wendell Troy

Wendell is originally from Atlanta and has been a member of USPTA for 30 years. Coach Troy has been a USTA Tournament Director for 25 years. He graduated from Georgia State University. He is married and has a daughter who is now attending Georgia State University. Coach Troy works primarily with Junior excellence and Green Dot Groups.

Tennis Professional

Caio Borges

Caio grew up in Sao Paulo, Brazil, competing in national and international level junior tournaments. In 2006, he accepted a tennis scholarship to play for Lee University in Cleveland, Tennessee.  Caio was an active member of the men’s tennis team for four years, playing line one doubles and two singles. He was captain of his team and received the N.A.I.A Champion of Character award during his senior year. Caio also received the All Team Scholarship award while at Lee.  He received a BA in communications from Lee University and an MA in Design and Media Management from Miami International University.

Caio is PTR certified and has coached throughout his junior and college career. Outside tennis, he enjoys spending time with his wife Victoria and his dog Lilly, as well as playing golf, surfing, soccer, traveling and exploring cool spots in the city of Atlanta.

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Cali Sachs

Cali was born and raised in Jacksonville, Florida where she competed in junior tournaments from age 8-18.  She played 4 years of college tennis at Mercer University where she graduated with a degree in Communications. Cali has coached for UTA since April 2012.  Cali is PTR Certified and enjoys teaching junior as well as adult players of all abilities. In addition to teaching, Cali strings most of the rackets at Piedmont Tennis Center and Blackburn Tennis Center. Her hobbies include going to concerts with friends and college football, especially the Florida Gators.

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Catherine Harris

Catherine is from Weston, Massachusetts and started playing tennis competitively at age 13. She was ranked in the top 10 for both singles and doubles in USTA New England 18s. She played on the Emory Women’s Tennis team 2011-2015. The team was ranked top 3 in the country all four years and won the NCAA DIII National Championships in 2014. Catherine earned a BS in Computer Science from Emory.

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Connor Thompson

Connor was born and raised in Atlanta, Georgia. He attended Holy Innocents’ Episcopal School from K-12 where he achieved a varsity tennis record of 62-1. Following high school, Connor received a scholarship to play four years of division one tennis for the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. He played the number one position in singles and doubles from his sophomore to senior year, earning the Southern Conference Player of the Year award during his junior and senior seasons. After his senior season, he was recognized as the UNCG Male Athlete of the Year. He graduated cum laude from UNCG with a bachelor’s degree in Economics.

Before employment at UTA, Connor underwent training and obtained national certifications as a firefighter and EMT.

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James Pressley

James, a native of Atlanta, started playing tennis at the age of four.  A natural athlete, James played football, basketball, cross country, and tennis in high school.  He earned a tennis scholarship to play at Morehouse College.  James was an integral part in helping his team win the 2011 SIAC Conference Championship that led them to the NCAA Division II Nationals. He received All-Conference Doubles honors in 2012.

Since joining UTA in 2009, James has coached patrons of all ages, specializing in junior development.  When he is not on the tennis court, James is also a sports journalist. James has covered Atlanta franchises such as the Braves, Falcons, Hawks, as well as several Atlanta colleges and even the 2012 Olympics!

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Kwesi Smith

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Sara Watson

Sara Watson is from McDonough, Georgia. She has been playing tennis since age 11. Sara graduated from West Georgia with a B.S. in Biology and a 3.8 GPA. She has been coaching for 5 years and has worked at Eagles Landing Country Club (4 years), Camp Kippewa (2 summers) and Camp Cobbossee (1 summer) and Rockdale Tennis Center. She is PTR certified.

Sara enjoys working with children of all ages and adults. In her free time, she likes playing the cello and spending time with girlfriend, Logan.

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Stacy Lackey

Stacy Lackey grew up in Norcross, Georgia. She trained at UTA when she was a junior player. Stacy attended Prairie View A & M where she played on their D1 tennis team. She has worked at the Emory Nike Tennis and Sports Camps for the past 4 years.

Stacy has 3 sisters who also play tennis. She loves to stay fit and teach younger children this wonderful sport!

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Tory Martin

Tory, who is from Atlanta, played four years at Morehouse College.  He served as team captain for 3 years and led the team to 3 SIAC Championships.  Each of the four years at Morehouse College he received 1st Team All-Conference Singles and Doubles honors.  He was also named team MVP all for four years!  Tory was the first person in tennis to receive Morehouse Rookie of the Year and MVP and was selected as one of five Men of the Year for Morehouse Athletics in 2011. He earned his B.A. in Business Finance, with a minor in Economics.

Tory started coaching when he was 17 at Camp Best Friends which was a summer camp held at Washington Park Tennis Center. Tory is a certified USPTA teaching pro and enjoys working with both children and adults of all ages and abilities. Tory has a large family, boasting 3 brothers and 3 sisters. He enjoys doing anything that is family and/or sports-related during his free time.

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Jacob Pugh

Jacob hails from Dacula, Georgia.  He played four years of D1 tennis at Middle Tennessee State University, captaining his senior year.

Jacob received a Bachelors in Industrial/Organizational Psychology from MTSU.

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Jamieson Cox

Jamieson is an Atlanta native and comes from a family of three D1 Tennis Players. After playing for Penn State, Jamieson worked at GQ Magazine for two years and coached at the USTA National Tennis Center in Flushing Meadows the summer prior to graduate school. While obtaining his MBA, Jamieson was the assistant tennis coach for the Men’s/Women’s teams at University of the Pacific in the West Coast Conference. In just two seasons under his leadership, both teams doubled wins and had historical seasons. After graduate school, Jamieson served in the Peace Corps in Paraguay for 2.5 years. As an Economic Development Volunteer, he worked on multiple national youth initiatives and coached youth in his community, one of which is now playing college tennis in North Carolina.

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Rafael Rondino

Born in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Rondino reached # 1 in Boys 18s in Brazil as well as acquired an ATP singles and doubles ranking at the age of 18.  He played at Auburn University for two years before transferring to UAB (University of Alabama at Birmingham) where he graduated with a double major in Finance and Economics.  He was the assistant coach for the UAB men’s team from 2016-2018 while receiving his M.B.A at UAB. Rondino played more than 50 professional tournaments in the future level and 4 Challenger, which is the level above beating two top 300 in the world (Juan-Pablo Villar from Argentina and Leornardo Kirche from Brazil).  Rondino has over 6 years of experience teaching all levels.

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Daniela Ramirez

Daniela is originally from Venezuela; she grew up playing tennis in Merida. She started playing at the age of 4 and trained to become the number one player in the nation under 14s, 16s and 18s. In her junior career, she also played the COSAT tour in South America, becoming number 1 under 16 years old. She also was part of the national team in all junior categories as well as in Fed Cup (2020). When she turned 17, she joined Georgia State Women’s tennis team where she helped them to win two conference championships, became captain and earned All-Conference First Team Singles in her senior year. She earned a B.I.S in Sports Administration at Georgia State in December 2019.

She has two brothers who also play tennis. She loves to work out, play tennis, travel and spend time with her friends.