Lessons

Coach Mike joins the SVC professional team from Wilmington, NC. Mike recently graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill with a BA in English and Comparative Literature. Mike has played competitive tennis since he was 12 years old. He has been a competitive national and state tennis player and competed at the highest levels of the Junior USTA circuit, achieving top 10 rankings in the state of North Carolina, top 75 rankings regionally, and top 175 nationally. Mike played varsity tennis in high school (NCISAA and SCISAA), winning a total of 3 state championships. He was also selected to the NCISAA All-State Varsity men’s Tennis Team.

Mike has been a private tennis instructor, high-performance tennis coach, and professional hitting partner. Mike has also worked as a high-performance tennis coach and professional hitting partner at the Rick Macci Tennis Academy in Boca Raton, Florida. In addition, he has been trained under Rick Macci and Dr. Brian Gordon, Ph.D., (the international swing coach/biomechanics expert).

Mike enjoys working with players of all ages and skill levels and excels at inspiring passion for the game of tennis. He lives to serve others and to make an impact on people’s lives both on and off the court.

Coach Wesley joined us in August 2019. He is currently a senior at Carrboro High School after previously attending Mary Scroggs Elementary School and Culbreth Middle School. Wesley has been playing tennis his entire life and started playing in USTA tournaments at the age of ten. He has won multiple NCHSAA state championships on the Carrboro High School Varsity team. He used to be a tennis camper at Southern Village Club and hopes to instill the same passion for tennis that he developed here with his own students. You may have also seen Wesley in his role  as a Summer Camp Counselor with the SVC summer day camp.

Coach Aidan became a member of the the SVC tennis staff in September 2021. Aidan is a Freshman this Fall at Colgate University in NY, where he is playing NCAA Division 1 tennis. Coach Aidan attended Scroggs Elementary, Culbreth Middle, and Carborro High School, where he won multiple team and individual NCHSAA State Championships. Aidan says, “I love coaching because I love to see adults and kids of all levels truly enjoy playing tennis and wanting to get better at the sport”. We’re looking forward to following Aidan at Colgate, and expect him to return summer 2023.

Coach Cal has been working at SVC since 2017, first working as a stringer, then a camp assistant, and finally a full tennis assistant. Cal has lived in the US for about 8 years now, and has been playing tennis since he was 4 in Scotland. He started competing in USTA tournaments when he was 10, and has played competitively in tournaments and school ever since, reaching top 30 in NC before focusing more on coaching and school. Cal enjoys working with players of all ages and levels, and loves to help them work hard to achieve their goals. A fun fact about Cal is that he has been a member of the SVC tennis program since he was 9 and has been working here since he turned 14! 

Coach Sarah joined us in October 2020. Sarah is a junior at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, majoring in Linguistics and minoring in Spanish and Speech and Hearing Sciences. She is from Southern Pines, North Carolina and grew up playing USTA and Team Tennis at the varsity level. In 2018, Sarah was named NCISAA 2A Player of the Year. She is currently a member of the UNC Club Tennis Team. Fun Fact: Sarah attended YMCA Camp Cheerio for eight years, six as a camper and two as a counselor. If not for COVID-19, this past year would have been her third year on staff!