Tennis Staff

Ben Z
Name: Ben Zaiser - Tennis Professional

Education:
  • History / Secondary Education - University of Maine Farmington.


  • Certifications:
  • USPTR - United States Professional Tennis Registry
  • ASEP certified High School coach
  • CPR


  • Experience:
  • Tennis instructor since 2000
  • High School Tennis Coach for the Skowhegan area High School
  • Tennis Instructor at Taconnet on Great Pond in Rome


  • Special Skills/Specialties:
  • Developing all levels of players
  • Specialization in youth and junior development
  • Fostering and Cultivating a love for the game of tennis
  • Advocate for helping players with the mental component of tennis


  • Interests:
  • Coffee
  • Knowledge
  • Red Sox
  • Golf
  • Tennis



  • Feisal H
    Name: Feisal Hassan - Tennis Professional

    Education:
  • BS-Marketing, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA


  • Certifications:
  • USPTA (United States Professional Association Master Professional certification (only 1% of tennis pros worldwide have this certification)
  • USPTA Specialist degrees in: Competitive Player Development, Facility Management, Little Tennis
  • USTA High Performance Coach


  • Experience:
  • Teaching all levels of play since 1984
  • Member of the Head/Penn Racquet Sports National Advisory Board and National Speaker's Bureau
  • Director of Certification & Testing for the USPTA Middle States division
  • USTA Recreation Coach National Trainer
  • USTA National Quickstart Trainer
  • Member of the National Cardio Tennis Speakers Team
  • Member of the USPTA National Education Committee
  • Director of Coaches' Education and Junior Davis Cup Coach for Tennis Zimbabwe, 1996-2000


  • Special Skills/Specialties
  • Developing competitive teams
  • Developing all level players focusing on singles, doubles or cardiotennis


  • Awards:
  • 5-time USPTA Mid-Atlantic Pro of the Year
  • 2-time USPTA Virginia Pro of the Year
  • 2002 USPTA Middle States Pro of the Year
  • 2002 USPTA National Education Merit Award
  • 6-time National Top-10 point holder in USPTA's Career Development Program
  • 2-time USPTA Middle States Tester of the Year
  • Tennis Industry's 40 Under 40: August, 2000- Voted by Tennis Industry magazine as one of the top 40 men and women under 40 years old who have had and will continue to have a strong influence in the sport and in the business of tennis- nationally and internationally into the new century.


  • Interests:
  • Staying in shape
  • Landscaping
  • Conducting seminars, workshops and clinics



  • Jason K
    Name: Jason Kinder - Director of Tennis

    Education:
  • B.S. - Exercise Science - University of North Carolina at Greensboro


  • Certifications:
  • USPTA - United States Professional Tennis Association
  • USTA - High Performance Coach


  • Experience:
  • Tennis professional since 1989


  • Special Skills/Specialties:
  • Developing competitive teams
  • Developing all level players


  • Interests:
  • Competitive Tennis
  • Swimming, Cycling & Running
  • Golf
  • Landscaping

  • PJ M
    Name: PJ Mahoney - Tennis Professional

    Education:
  • Mohawk Valley Technical College in Utica, New York
  • US Navy


  • Certifications:
  • PTR - Professional Tennis Registry
  • USRSA - Racquet Stringing Professional
  • CPR


  • Experience:
  • Tennis instructor since 2005


  • Specialties/Skills:
  • Game arranging
  • Developing all level players and teams
  • Racquet stringing
  • Running tennis events


  • Awards:
  • Seven Invitations to the USTA National Championships from 1992 - 2006
  • Two time National Finalist in World Team Tennis
  • Virginia State 55-60 & 65 Doubles Champions
  • Richmond City 55-60 & 65 Doubles Champions
  • 2002 USTA National Senior 4.0 Champions
  • 2001 USTA Virginia Tennis Senior League Coordinator of the Year


  • Interests:
  • Tennis tournaments
  • NY Yankees
  • Notre Dame
  • Teaching new tennis players



  • Sonny K
    Name: Sonny Kierulf - Tennis Professional

    Education:
  • B.S. in Biology - University of Illinois at Chicago
  • M.A.T. - National-Louis University at Chicago
  • M.Div. - School of Theology at Virginia Union University
  • Th.M - Union - PSCE


  • Certifications:
  • USPTR - United States Professional Tennis Registry


  • Experience:
  • Has been teaching tennis since 1989
  • Coached High School tennis for 6 years
  • Assistant coach for the women's team at the University of Illinois at Chicago
  • Was a teaching pro, head pro and program director with grass roots programs (Tennis Opportunities Program and West Suburban Tennis Patrons/National Junior Tennis League)
  • Also worked for park district tennis centers (Schaumburg Tennis Plus, Center Court Athletic Club), and national tennis corporations (Meadow Club, Tennis Corporation of America)


  • Special Skills/Specialties:
  • Teaching this lifetime sport to players of all ages and ability levels


  • Interests:
  • Reading
  • Writing
  • Kickboxing
  • Cooking