Camp Director:

Drew Eberly

Head Men’s Tennis Coach

The University of Denver

Former University of Denver men’s tennis associate head coach Drew Eberly has been named the program’s next head coach, Vice Chancellor for Athletics, Recreation and Ritchie Center Operations Karlton Creech announced July 22.

“We’re very much looking forward to Drew rejoining our staff to lead the men’s tennis program,” Creech said. “He enters his new role with a full understanding of the student-athletes, tennis program, athletic department and facilities, and knows what it means to be a representation of the University of Denver Division of Athletics and Recreation. His ability to cultivate relationships has made him successful both on the recruiting trail and with his student-athletes on his roster, and we look forward to seeing how he can lead this already successful program to new heights in the coming years.”

Eberly spent two seasons as the program’s assistant coach in 2015 and 2016 before being promoted to associate head coach, a role he spent four seasons in prior to the COVID-19 pandemic.

The 2016 ITA Mountain Region Coach of the Year helped the Pioneers achieve great things in the classroom as well, with the men’s tennis program earning the top male team GPA in the athletics department in 2018 and 2019. Throughout his initial stint on the Denver men’s tennis staff, the program fundraised approximately $100,000 for various projects. The Pioneers also earned their second APR Public Recognition Award in program history in 2019 for finishing in the top-10% in the country in multi-year APR in their sport.

Eberly is a 2009 graduate of Ohio State University and completed his Masters last December in Real Estate and Construction Management in the Daniels College of Business at the University of Denver.

Camp Director:

Paul Wardlaw

Head Women’s Tennis Coach

The University of Denver

The University of Denver has named former Iowa and Brown head coach Paul Wardlaw the new head coach of the Pioneers’ women’s tennis program, Vice Chancellor for Athletics, Recreation and Ritchie Center Operations Karlton Creech announced on August 3.

Wardlaw comes to Denver after serving as the athletic director and Director of Tennis for Dublin School, a prep school athletic department in New Hampshire. Prior to that, Wardlaw spent 14 seasons as the head women’s tennis coach at Brown and seven seasons as the head women’s tennis coach at Iowa.

In his most recent Division I college stop at Brown, Wardlaw led the Bears to a 137-106 record in his 14 seasons, finishing nationally ranked in nine of those seasons, including as high as 29th in the country. Wardlaw was named the 2009 ITA East Region Coach of the Year and recruited and coached three Ivy League Rookies of the Year.

At Iowa, Wardlaw took a program that finished 10th in the Big Ten the year before his arrival to the NCAA Tournament four times, including a trip to the NCAA Round of 16 in 1999. In his tenure, the Hawkeyes were nationally ranked all seven years, peaking as high as 25th in the country. In his seven seasons in Iowa City, Wardlaw turned in a 83-78 record.

Prior to Wardlaw’s Division I coaching experience, the College of Wooster graduate (Wooster, Ohio) was the head women’s tennis coach at Kenyon College (NCAA DIII/Gambier, Ohio). His teams dominated DIII women’s tennis, winning three NCAA DIII National Championships (1993, 1995, 1997). While at Kenyon, Wardlaw was the 1993 ITA DIII Women’s National Coach of the Year and the 2000 ITA DIII Women’s Coach of the Decade.

Assistant Camp Director:

Maureen Kechriotis

University of Denver

Maureen Kechriotis has been the Head Tennis Coach of the Boys and Girls tennis teams at South for the past 4 years. In that time, she has doubled the program, had outstanding results qualifying the boys & girls team to Satte every season – the first time in 30 years! 2021 Boys team made history beating East and becoming League Champions. Mo brings a level of enthusiasm and love of the game that is exceptional and contagious. Mo’s coaching philosophy is that tennis is a liflong sport where you develop as a player and a person.

Co-Director:

Mitch Stewart

Denison University

Stewart spent the 2020-21 season as the volunteer assistant at the University of Arizona. In his season with the Wildcats, Arizona finished 21-8 and reached the NCAA Round of 16, losing a heart-breaking 4-3 match against the No. 3 seed Tennessee in Orlando.
 
Prior to the start of his coaching experience, Stewart was a four-year letter winner at the University of Washington, where he was a three-time All-Pac 12 selection and was ranked as high as 57^thin the country. In 2018, Stewart received the ITA Northwest Region Arthur Ashe Leadership and Sportsmanship Award.
 
Stewart finished his collegiate career 57-36 in singles matches and won 25 doubles matches.

Co-Director:

MAUREEN SLATTERY

Denison University

Slattery rejoined the Pioneers as an interim assistant coach in October 2019 after spending the last two seasons as an assistant coach at Christopher Newport University in Newport News, Virginia where she helped guide the Captains to a combined 26-14 mark. In four seasons with the Pioneers, Slattery was thrice honored on the All-Summit League team, named 2014 ITA Mountain Region Rookie of the Year and recognized as 2017 Summit League Player of the Year.  In her senior year, Slattery advanced to the quarterfinals of the NCAA Division I Doubles Championships with partner Julia O’Loughin, becoming the program’s first All-Americans. Slattery graduated with a degree in economics in 2017.

DAILY SCHEDULE

The following schedules are sample schedules of our camps. These are provided to give a rough idea of how each camp is programmed throughout the day.