Fred Wells Tennis & Education Center
Located at 100 Federal Drive St. Paul, MN 55111
Phone: (612) 252-8367

Margot Willett Ed.D. Executive Director (612) 252-8367 ext. 4 Email	Mike Quinn Facility Operations Manager (612) 252-8367 ext. 2 Email
Linda Langeness Business Manager (612) 252-8367 ext. 9 Email	Molly Peterson Junior Program Coordinator (612) 252-8367 ext. 5 Email
Dan Swanson Front Desk/Stringing Tennis Instructor (612) 252-8367 ext. 3 Email	Mica Grimm Family and School Liaison  (612) 252-8367 ext. 3 Email
Brad Ferg Webmaster/Front Desk (612) 252-8367 ext. 3 Email	Nate Heegaard Front Desk (612) 252-8367 ext. 3
Megan Walther Front Desk (612) 252-8367 ext.3	Meredith Lawrence Front Desk (612) 252-8367 ext. 3
Maalik Konop-Defreitas Front Desk (612) 252-8367 ext. 3	Jennie Hartjes Front Desk (Summer) (612) 252-8367 ext. 3
David Stingley Front Desk (Summer) (612) 252-8367 ext. 3

Brandon Heath
Women’s Day League Coordinator
Tennis Instructor
(612) 252-8367 ext. 8
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Brandon Heath is USPTA certified and teaches both adults and juniors as well as assists in the Education programs. He started playing tennis when he was 10 in the Urban Tennis Program at Kenwood Park in Minneapolis. He continued playing at Minneapolis South High and coached in the summers for Urban Tennis. Brandon attended the University of St Thomas and was a member of the varsity team for all four years, finishing his career playing #1 singles. During his time at St. Thomas he began teaching part time at Fred Wells Tennis & Education Center. Following college Brandon headed to Los Angeles where he worked for the LA Tennis Academy for nine months before returning to Minneapolis in 2007 to coach full-time at FWTEC.

Greg Hiers
Tennis Center Director
(612) 252-8267 ext. 5
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Greg Hiers is the Tennis Center Director here at Fred Wells. A USPTA(Pro1) certified instructor and also a certified USTA High Performance Coach, Greg has attained the USTA’s Level I Competency for Sport Science, participating in several tennis coaching workshops around the country. Prior to coming to Minnesota in 1996, Greg worked at the San Francisco Tennis Club as the Assistant, then Head Coach for Northern California’s Area Training Center, the training program for the nation’s top junior players. Greg graduated from Ferris State University in Michigan with a B.S. in Marketing, with an emphasis in “Professional Tennis Management” (PTM), a unique program that prepares students for careers in the tennis industry. During his senior year in college, Greg served as Assistant Coach for the Div. II nationally ranked Ferris State University Women’s Team. He has had other positions as the Assistant Head Pro at clubs in Boca Raton, Florida; Greenwich, Connecticut, Louisville, Kentucky; and Honolulu, Hawaii. During the summer months, Greg serves as the Tennis Director at the historic St. Paul Tennis Club and is Tournament Director for the “Men’s Open Clay Court Sectional Championships” and runs “Play the Clay” Tennis Camps for adults and juniors.

Ali King
Tennis Instructor
Program Developer
(612) 252-8367 ext. 3

Ali has worked as the Varsity head coach for both the boys and girls tennis teams for 11 years at Hopkins High School.  She has also taught middle school for 11 years in Edina.  Ali played D1 tennis at Penn State and graduated with a degree in Secondary Education and Communications.  She works at FWTEC as both a Tennis Instructor and a Program Developer for Citizens of the Court and Tennis2College programs.

Judy Long
Education Program Director 
(612) 252-8367 ext. 7
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Judy Long is a certified elementary education teacher and PTR certified tennis coach. Judy has been working at Fred Wells since 2005 and directs our after-school and summer programs, Citizens of the Court (C²), Girls Squad, Summer Camp, Wells Academy and the Boys Leadership Team (BLT). In addition, Judy coaches and drills with beginning and intermediate tennis players every week. In 2010, Judy received the Breaking Barriers Award celebrating individuals or organizations that have broken barriers, overcome challenges and/or strived to provide athletic opportunities for girls and women of all races, ages and levels of ability. She has coached volleyball, badminton and tennis for 20 years and strongly believes that “play is the optimum state of learning!”

Marc Stingley
Junior Tennis Director
(612) 252-8367 ext. 6
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Marc Stingley was one of the first employees hired when FWTEC opened its doors in 2002 and has been the Multicultural Junior Tennis Director since 2006, teaching all levels of junior players. PTR certified at the Professional level, Marc has also completed the USTA High Performance course and is currently enrolled in the PTR’s Master’s of Tennis program. Marc’s tennis teaching resume started in 1995 as a tennis pro for St. Paul Urban Tennis, St. Paul Tennis Club and St. T’s Tennis & Fitness. He has also coached at Winona Cotter High School, St. Mary’s University, and the University of St. Thomas. Marc has been a national coach for USTA Northern since 2005, coaching the 14′s Zonals, 16′s Zonals, 16′s Intersectionals, 18′s Junior Davis Cup, and the 18′s Team Tennis National Tournament. He has also served on the USTA Collegiate Tennis Council, and is currently on the USTA Northern Section Junior Development Committee. Marc received awards in 2009 from the Northern Section for the Junior Team Tennis Organizer of the Year Award, and for the Ward Burton Junior Development Coach of the Year.

Reid Olsen
Assistant Manager of Tennis Center Operations,
Tennis Instructor
(612) 252-8367 ext. 8
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Reid Olsen is the Assistant Manager of Tennis Center Operations at FWTEC as well as a part time tennis coach at Fred Wells since 2007. Reid began teaching tennis at Linden Hills Park for Minneapolis Urban tennis when he was 16 years old. Reid is currently the Girls Varsity Coach for Minneapolis South and the Boys Junior Varsity Coach for Eagan. He is PTR certified and loves especially coaching the “Stars” students.

Clay Sollenberger
Tennis Instructor
(612) 252-8367 ext. 3
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Clay Sollenberger is a PTR certified tennis instructor. He’s been coaching at Fred Wells since 2008 and currently works as a Junior Program Instructor and Adult Program Instructor. Clay has been the Assistant Tennis Professional at Somerset Country Club in Mendota Heights, head coach at Visitation School and Convent for 3 years and has also coached at Mounds Park Academy, and Henry Sibley High School. Currently he is the head boys’ and girls’ tennis coach at Simley High School.

Viet Pham
Tennis Instructor
(612) 252-8367 ext. 3
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Viet Pham has worked at Fred Wells since 2006, primarily involved in high performance player development. He also helped initiate the Tennis2College program at FWTEC. Viet started his teaching with the Wheaton Tennis Academy, at the Decathlon Athletic Club, initially as a tennis pro and then for the last year of his four-year tenure as the Player Development Director of the Academy Training Team. During this period Viet worked as part of the USTA/Northern Section’s High Performance Program Regional Training Centers in Kansas City, Saint Louis, Iowa City, Houston and Crandon Park, Miami. He also served as a USTA/Zonals coach in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; Pompano Beach, Florida; and Old Westbury, New York. He traveled as a private coach to many of the regional nationals and the major Super Nationals and has been the summer Director of Junior Tennis at several local country clubs. Viet has also worked at the Life Time Fitness Centers in St Louis Park and Oakdale. In 2002, Viet started the Gopher Tennis Academy in conjunction with the unveiling of the new Baseline Tennis Center at the University of Minnesota. As the premiere training ground for the USTA/Northern Section’s elite, the program drew the top players from every age group across the four state area.

Nguyen Vo
Tennis Instructor
(612) 252- 8367 ext. 3
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Nguyen Vo is USTPA certified and is currently a Co-Head coach for the Varsity Girls Tennis team at Washburn High School in Minneapolis. He started playing tennis at the age of 4 and won his first tennis tournament when he was six. Nguyen played at the University of Minnesota in 1990. Nguyen has been a head coach with the InnerCity Tennis Junior Summer Program since June, 2010 and donates his time and expertise as a volunteer coach for the Kidspeed program at InnerCity Tennis. Nguyen currently coaches for our Junior and Adult programs as well as Women’s Day League here at FWTEC.

Dave Nelson
Tennis Instructor
(612) 252-8367 ext. 3
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Dave Nelson has been PTR certified Associate Tennis Instructor since 2006. He worked as Head Instructor for St. Paul Urban Tennis summer program in 2008 and 2009 and currently coaches for the Junior Programs at FWTEC. Dave also volunteers time coaching and helping local athletes and truly believes that great things happen when you work hard and never give up.

Ric Yates
Tennis Instructor
(612) 252-8367 ext. 3

Ric Yates has served on the Boards of the St. Paul Urban Tennis program and the Pine Tree Apple Tennis Classic and is a member of the Pine Tree Apple Hall of Fame. He was the Tennis Director at the Lilydale Club and coached the men’s team at the College of St. Thomas for 6 years. In 1981 Ric received the Ward Burton Junior Development Award as well as the NWPTA Service Award in 1986. He was inducted into the USTA Northern Hall of Fame in 2001 and has been coaching at FWTEC since 2007.

Jim Dixon
Tennis Instructor
(612) 252-8367 ext. 3

Jim Dixon has been a certified USPTA member since 1973 and USRSA certified stringer for over 30 years. He has been a Head Pro and manager at Como Tennis Club, Associate pro at Lilydale Club and has been a pro at FWTEC since 2006. Jim was also a Lilydale Vets tournament director for 20 years, Prince advisory/pro team member for 25 years, USTA Adult Leagues NTRP sectional head verifier, USTA Adult Leagues NTRP national advisory board member for 3 years, Mounds Park Academy boys JV tennis coach for 1 season and is currently a coach for Cretin Derham High School boys JV tennis coach.

Mike Borg
Principal, Gibbco, Inc
President

Kurt Johnson
US Bank, Retired
Treasurer

Ann Cazaban
Director of Development,
AXIS Medical Center
Secretary

Dan Shannon
Director

Busola Akinwale
Director

Larry Voelkers
Director

Margot Willett
Executive Director

Linda Langeness
Ex Officio

Lee Wells Booth
Ex Officio

John J. Knip Jr.
Ex Officio