Tennis Staff
George Husk
Role: Director of Racquet Sports
Serving Since: 2002
Phone Number: 704-564-6501
Email George Husk
- Head Tennis Professional at River Run since 2002
- Born in Toronto Canada
- Teaching professional for over 30 years
- PTR Certifed in 10U, and High Performance
- Human Performance Institute Mental Toughness Coach Certified
- National Mental Toughness Coach of the Year 2013
- Played #1 for Lynn University, Boca Raton, FL
- Played Pro Tennis in Sweden and Australia
- 2014 USA Southern Singles Champion
- 2017 USTA Doubles Silver Ball Winner, partnered with Mariana Hollman
Yaser Zaatini
Role: Head Tennis Professional
Serving Since: 2018
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- Yaser has been with River Run since September 2018
- He is a former ATP professional achieving a top 400 world ranking.
- He played college at Eastern Tennessee State, was a two time All-American. Ranked #4 USA D-1 College
- He played Davis Cup for his home country of Venezuela.
- Yaser was the Head tennis coach for Eastern Tennessee State with 196-76 win/loss record
- His team reached the NCAA tournament 10 times
- Yaser has experience coaching at every level of adult and junior players, including top-ranked national/international and professional players
R J Murray
Role: Director of Junior Tennis Academy
Serving Since: 2019
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- RJ has been with River Run since June 2019
- Over 10 years’ experience in developing juniors at every level
- Former Director of the Randy Pate Tennis Academy
- Placed over 20 players into Super National events
- RJ played for the University of Alabama, where he had the most SEC wins
- RJ has developed over 30 players that have gone on to play college tennis He loves overseeing the development of younger players in the 5-12 years age groups
Trey Buchholz
Role: Tennis Professional/Jr. Academy Coach
Serving Since: 2019
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- Trey has been with River Run since June 2019
- Trey is a 3rd generation tennis teaching professional
- Trey was a nationally ranked junior singles and doubles player by the age of 11
- Trey founded and ran the Florida Tennis Academy, a junior tennis academy in south Florida, which served nationally ranked juniors, ITF and WTA Tour players from all over the world.
- Harold Solomon, a former top 5 ATP player and coach to several former #1 WTA Tour players joined forces with Trey, making Florida Tennis Academy among the elite tennis academies in the world.
- Trey is a USPTA Elite teaching professional who will provide immeasurable experience and expertise to the team.
Kayla Carter
Role: Tennis Professional/Jr. Academy Coach
Serving Since: 2019
Email Kayla Carter
- Kayla has been with River Run since July 2019
- Kayla was the Assistant Women’s Tennis Coach at William Peace University.
- She was a Senior Tennis Professional at the John McEnroe Tennis Academy at the USTA National Tennis Center in Flushing Meadows, NY for the past 4 years.
- She specializes in Under 10 tennis where her strengths are technical development, motivating and inspiring young players to bring their best to every practice or competition.
- Her coaching strengths is complimented with extensive education as Kayla has her master’s degree in Kinesiology and Sport Psychology from the University of Tennessee.
Pedro Pinassi
Role: Tennis Professional/Jr. Academy Coach
Serving Since: 2019
Email Pedro Pinassi
- Pedro has been with River Run since June 2019
- He is from Sao Paulo, Brazil where he earned a top 10 State ranking and top 20 National ranking as a junior
- He just graduated from Mars Hill, University – NC in May of 2019.
- He was the team captain and led all the team practices and drills during senior year.
