Rick Stempson, Director of Tennis

  • Former UNL coach for 10 years
  • Midwest Region Coach of the Year, 2005
  • 2005 & 2007 #1 adult ranking
  • 1996 – 2005 Tennis Director at Hillcrest Country Club
  • Former UNL tennis player
  • Conference runner-up in 1995 Doubles

Sig Garnett, USPTA Tennis Professional

  • Named Nebraska Pro of the Year
  • Coached UNL Women’s Tennis
  • Coached 1977 Big 8 Conference title for UNL women
  • Coached 1975 Boys Class A title for Lincoln High
  • Former UNL varsity player

Rich Halpine, USPTA Tennis Professional

  • Former Director of Tennis at the Lincoln Racquet Club
  • Former Director of Tennis at the Four Seasons Sioux City Racquet Club, Sioux City, Iowa
  • Former Director of Tennis at the Grand Island Racquet Center, Grand Island, Nebraska
  • Former Director of Tennis at the Dewey Hanscom Tennis Instruction Center in Omaha, Nebraska
  • Inducted into the Nebraska and Missouri Valley Hall of Fame
  • Four year State Champion at Creighton Prep

Sam Nelson, USPTA Tennis Professional

  • Hillcrest Country Club Director of Tennis, 2006 to present
  • Former NTC Teaching Pro
  • Member of 4 time State Champion team at Lincoln East

Joel Patrick, Tennis Professional

  • Four Season Racquet Club Tennis Professional, 2005 – 2009
  • Former Morningside College Varsity Tennis Player
  • Former top-ranked junior in Iowa

Anne Schernikau, Tennis Professional

  • Former UNL player
  • Lincoln Southeast High School Reserve coach

Wil Hotz, Tennis Professional

  • Former 4-year Hastings College #1 singles and doubles player
  • Former 4-year GPAC All-conference #1 singles and doubles player
  • Former Nebraska Wesleyan assistant coach
  • Former Daktronics Scholar Athlete
  • USTA Nebraska  Grand Slam Award Recipient (2008)

Jonathan Schleicher, Tennis Professional

  • 2011 GPAC Player of the Year
  • Former #1 Singles and Doubles Player, Concordia University