Girls Tennis

Tryout Information

Tryout Date: November 30 - December 4, 2020 | Times TBA

Players need to have their updated sports physicals completed before tryouts. The link to register and download the forms off of the SM website found HERE.

Roster

Girls Varsity Tennis Roster 2019
Girls Varsity Tennis Roster 2019
Name	Grade
Bondy, Elizabeth	12
Bonin, Callie	12
Buser, Brooke	10
Chang, Bethany	12
Clarke, Sarah	9
Kienle, Ava	12
Kitts, Amelia	12
Major, Lidia	9
Mendicina, Valentina	10
Plocher, Meagan	12
Sakakine, Lea	12
Todd, Jacqueline	11
Tungate, Amelia	10
Zhang, Vicky	10



Girls JV Tennis Roster 2019
Girls JV Tennis Roster 2019
Name	Grade
Blye, Brielle	10
Duffy, Amanda	11
Fishbeck, Brooke	10
Ghaffari, Neela	11
Hafezi, Allyson	10
Hetland, Bella	10
Kienle, Mia	10
Saghafi, Azadeh	10
Suarez, Isabella	11
von Gierke, Natalia	11
Wong, Katherine	10
Yurkovich, Faith	9




Girls FS Tennis Roster 2019
Girls FS Tennis Roster 2019
Name	Grade
Amparano, Cyndi	9
Brown, Libby	9
Chen, Yixuan (Krystal)	10
Choi, Leah	10
Diab, Lana	10
Mikhail, Sarah	9
Nelson, Michelle	9
Pense, Sophie	9
Tran, Felicity	10
Tian, Anni	9

Coaches

Eric Michaut – Head Varsity Tennis Coach

Coach Michaut is in his 21^st year as the Girls Varsity Head Coach and he has also been the Boys Varsity Asst Coach for 4 years. Eric grew up playing tennis in the French National Junior Program and then played professional tennis for 2 years. After his playing career he became a French Federation National Coach. Coach Michaut has worked as a Tennis Teaching Professional all over the world and is currently teaching at the Mission Viejo Country Club. Eric and his wife Magdalena enjoy travel and live in South Orange County.

Katarina Lajcakova – Varsity Assistant Coach

Coach Katarina is in her 8^th year as the Girls Varsity Assistant Coach. Katarina grew up playing tennis in Slovakia and on the Jr. circuit in Europe with contemporaries who became WTA top ranked professionals. Following her playing career Katarina studied tennis and physical education at Prague’s Charles University in the Czech Republic where she earned her ITF Tennis Teaching Professional certification. Since 2006 Coach Katarina has been the Head Professional at Sweet Spot Tennis in South Orange County. Katarina and her husband Eric have a 4 year old son Nikolas and are expecting a daughter in October.

Katie Baker – Junior Varsity Head Coach

Coach Baker is in her 6^th year as the Girls JV Head Coach. She played her college tennis for the Rustlers of Golden West JC and then moved on to play for the University of Denver. Coach Baker’s knowledge and love of the game are a huge asset to the SMCHS Tennis program. Katie has been married to her husband Mike for 30 years and their children Monica and Ben are both SMCHS graduates.

Hilary Bradford – Junior Varsity Assistant Coach

Coach Bradford is in her 3^rd year as the Girls Junior Varsity Assistant Coach. Coach Hilary has over 20 years playing experience in tennis and shares that to help our players improve. She and her husband Steve have been married for 34 years and their 3 children are SMCHS graduates. Coach Bradford recently became a grandmother.

David Hirschman – Frosh-Soph Head Coach

Coach Hirschman is in his 1^st year as the Girls Frosh-Soph Head Coach, and has been the Boys Head Junior Varsity Coach for 11 years. Dave has been teaching Math for 15 years at SMCHS. Coach Hirschman attended USC and earned his BA in Fine Arts at Cal St LA. After that Dave earned teaching credentials in Science, Math, and Art and then acquired his Masters in Education from Azusa Pacific University. Coach Hirschman and his wife Elke have been married 23 years and their 2 children, Tamara and Andrew, are both students at SMCHS.

Corey Lerner – Frosh-Soph Assistant Coach

Coach Lerner is in his 1^st year as the Girls Frosh-Soph Assistant Coach, and has been the Boys Junior Varsity Assistant Coach for 4 years. Corey is an SM grad from the class of 2013 where he played Varsity Tennis and helped his team win 2 Trinity League Titles. Coach Lerner graduated from Cal St Univ Fullerton in 2018 with a degree in Liberal Studies. He is now in the Teacher Credential Program at Concordia University working towards his Elementary Multi Subject credential.

Callie Mitchell – Frosh-Soph Assistant Coach

Coach Mitchell is in her 1^st year as the Girls Frosh-Soph Assistant Coach and is in her first year of teaching Math at SMCHS. Callie was a very well rounded athlete in her prep career at Bakersfield HS. She participated in Tennis, Soccer, Softball, and Cheer. Coach Mitchell played her collegiate tennis at Whittier College.