MTEF Summer Coaches 2022

  • Joel Rodriguez

    Merrill Park - Site Director

    Favorite Healthy Snack - Homemade popcorn

    Favorite Unhealthy snack - Peach rings

    If you could have one superpower what would it be? Time manipulation!

    Favorite place to travel? Michigan

    Motivational song: Learn to loose - Bakermat

    I love tennis for the people I get to meet, coach, learn with, and improve with. The same is true for why I enjoy coaching at MTEF during the summers! Come for tennis, stay for the people!

  • Aaron Weichart

    Site Director - Brown Deer

    Favorite “Healthy” and “a little unhealthy” snack? --- Healthy snack would be strawberry applesauce, unhealthy snack would be ice cream

    If you could have one superpower what would it be? --- Shapeshifting

    Favorite place to travel? ---- Lake Geneva

    Motivational song: "Destiny" - by NF

    I love tennis because It's a great combination of strategy and athleticism you can play throughout your life and it helped me build confidence in myself growing up.

  • Sam Vonda

    PE Specialist

    Favorite healthy snack are pears, and my favorite unhealthy snack are gushers.

    If I could have a superpower, It would be teleportation.

    My favorite place to travel is Colorado.

    Motivational song: “Money for Nothing” by Dire Straits.

    I love working at MTEF because I like to help people become better athletes.

  • Jake Stockhausen

    MTEF Summer Intern - Assistant Site Director - Brown Deer - Lead Coach - Merrill Park, End of Summer Tournament Director (and more..)

  • Idris Badani

    Lead Coach - Merrill Park

    Favorite Healthy snack – Yogurt

    Favorite Unhealthy snack – Caramel corn

    If I could have one Superpower it would be – Invisibility

    Favorite Place to Travel – Middle East or Africa

    Motivational Song: Every Chance I Get by DJ Khaled ft. Lil Baby

    I’ve been a part of MTEF since I was 8 years old and it has opened so many opportunities for me. From being able to meet the Bucks players, to helping start and play in MATC’s tennis team.

  • Makayla Butler

    Lead Coach - Merrill Park

  • CeCe Evanich

    Lead Coach - Brown Deer

    Favorite Healthy/unhealthy snack: cucumbers and carrots/ice cream

    Superpower: The ability to grant wishes (then you also have more than one superpower)

    Favorite place to Travel: Florida, or anywhere warm!!

    Motivational Song: Head and Heart (Joel Corry feat. MNEK)

    I love tennis because you can play it at 8 or 80 years old! Playing tennis also gives you an opportunity to connect and develop friendships with others.

  • Michael Garcia

    Lead Coach - Merrill Park

    Favorite “Healthy” and “a little unhealthy” snack? The healthy snack would definitely be something with nut butter. My favorite is a Perfect Bar with almond butter and the cashew one is pretty good too. On the more unhealthy side, Lenny and Larry's The Complete Cookie. I am a huge fan of this as it tastes great, is not super bad for you and has lots of protein. I also like dried mango but that tends to have a lot of sugar.

    If you could have one superpower what would it be? This is an easy choice, the ability to teleport. It is the best power that would make traveling super easy, and as someone who likes to travel this would be awesomeeeee!!

    Favorite place to travel? Well this goes off of the last question and I would say anyplace where I can go camping. My Boy Scout troop got the chance to go to Isle Royale and it was so much fun, perhaps there or North Carolina and the Blue Ridge mountains. I would also like to complete the triple crown in my lifetime, this would mean hiking the three main trails, PCT, AT, CDT, which total make up about 8,000 miles, and is definitely a bucket list experience in my life.

    Motivational song: Gosh I tend to like a lot of songs and I have a whole playlist of songs that get me hyped up. If I had to choose one, it would be, and has gotten me hyped up before plenty of big things...Uma Thrman by Fall Out Boy.

    For me tennis is just so much fun, and more than that it is something that brings people together. Many of the friends I have made are from tennis, and it is a sport that you can play and enjoy for a lifetime.

  • Eve Janavitz

    Lead Coach - Brown Deer

    Healthy snack: berries

    A Little Unhealthy Snack: cheez-its

    Superpower: teleportation

    Favorite Place to Travel: Door County or California

    Motivational Song: Levitating (by Dua Lipa)

    I love getting to connect with all of the amazing kids that I coach and sharing my love of tennis with them!

  • Lead Coach

    Cullen White

    Lead Coach - Brown Deer and Merrill Park

    Favorite “Healthy” and “a little unhealthy” snack? Bananas and Snickers

    If you could have one superpower what would it be? To Fly

    Favorite Place to Travel: California

    Motivational Song: Phoenix- "Entertainment"

    I love working for MTEF because of the personal connections between MTEF staff and students.

  • Samiyah Braylock

    Assistant Coach - Merrill Park

  • Charlie Keller

    Assistant Coach - Merrill Park

  • Ronan More O'Ferrall

    Assistant Coach - Brown Deer

    Favorite healthy/unhealthy snack: Banana/flaming hot Cheetos

    Superpower: Flight

    Favorite place to travel: Ireland

    Motivational song: "Stronger" -Kanye West

    I love tennis because it is a great lifelong sport and fun to play with my friends.

  • Rohan Singh

    Junior Coach - Brown Deer

  • Brandon Topalian

    Assistant Coach- Merrill Park

  • Brielle Wade

    Assistant Coach - Merrill Park

    Favorite Healthy snack: Apples

    Favorite “Unhealthy” snack: Oreos

    If you could have one superpower what would it be? Read minds

    Favorite place to travel? Colorado

    I’ve grown up in the program so it’s been apart of my life for some years. I think the people and friendships you gain from here make a difference.

  • Lailah Young

    Assistant Coach - Merrill Park

    Favorite Healthy Snack: Apples

    Favorite Unhealthy Snack: Cookies

    If you could have one superpower what would it be? Invisibility

    Favorite Place to Travel: Puerto Rico

    Motivational Song: Sunday Best by Surfaces

    MTEF is where I began playing tennis and I would love to help and show other kids the same skills I learned that helped me fall in love with the sport.