Nadebaum Named as New WT Head Coach

Schreiner University Athletics announced that Garry Nadebaum has agreed to become the university’s new Women's Tennis head coach.  This will not be Nadebaum’s first local coaching position as he served as head coach of both the boys and girls tennis programs at Our Lady of the Hills School here in Kerrville this past year.  During his tenure, he led the boys team to the TAPPS state title.  Nadebaum also is the Director of Tennis and Swimming at Riverhill Country Club in Kerrville and brings a wealth of experience to the job as a teacher and former standout professional and collegiate tennis player.

He has been highly-successful developing young players.  Included in the dozens of nationally-ranked USTA junior players he has developed, he recently coached Kerrville’s Jordan Rux and helped Rux rise to the #1 USTA national ranking.  Rux recently completed his freshman season on the nationally-ranked Baylor Bears men’s tennis team that won the Big 12 championship with Rux gaining the decisive point.  Many of Nadebaum’s players have gone on to play in college programs - several at the D-I level.

In his playing career, Nadebaum has racked up plenty of awards and honors.  He was the Oklahoma Adult Player of the Year both in 2003 and 2001 and climbed as high as #25 in the ITF World Rankings and #2 in the National 35's Singles Rankings.  He has notched over 100 first place and 100 second place finishes in tournament action.

He is a graduate (Business Administration) of Oral Roberts University where he was a standout player.  He was ranked as high as #14 in the nation in doubles and #34 in singles for a team that also ranked in the top 15 in the nation.  For his first two years in college, Garry starred at South Plains (Junior) College and had similar national success before moving on to ORU.

Nadebaum inherits a program at Schreiner that finished 2-5 in the ASC West race and 2-9 overall.  The Mountaineers return their top four players from last year’s team including rising junior Katrina Priess (Fredricksburg) and rising sophomore Michelle Martinez who formed one of the best doubles pairings in the ASC in 2008.  Senior Stephanie Reed and sophomore Alicia Wilbanks also were strong contributors and form a solid nucleus to build around.

“We feel very fortunate that Coach Nadebaum has agreed to lead our Women’s Tennis program,” said Schreiner Director of Athletics Ron Macosko.  “Garry is known as a passionate and highly skilled tennis teacher and mentor.  It was a very difficult (search) process because we are blessed with outstanding tennis professionals in our area but we know that Garry will be a tremendous asset and will help our players maximize their potential both on the court and in the classroom.”