Brenda Vlasak, Class of 2010

Brenda Vlasak started playing tennis at age five, and has gripped her tennis racquet with two hands ever since. At age eight, she won her first tournament at Ken Caryl Ranch.

Brenda continued to play tournaments through grade and middle school, winning her first national singles title at the Columbus Indoor Championships (G12). She reached No. 16 in the G14 division. The next year, firing her signature two-handed backhand and forehand, she parlayed a USTA National Indoor Championship and a fifth-place at the National Clay Court Championships to a top-3 national ranking.

Brenda's collegiate career began at Tyler Junior College in Texas, where as the No. 1 singles player she led the team to a pair of NJCAA titles (1998-99). After transferring to the University of Arkansas - where she played No. 2 singles and No. 1 doubles - Brenda and her Razorback teammates advanced to the NCAA Championships

Brenda became the head coach of the men's and women's tennis teams at University of Northern Colorado, following 2006 and in 2010 was named the university's UNC's director of tennis.