USTA Heart of America Staff & Contacts

USTA Heart of America covers the Kansas City metro area, including Lawrence and St. Joseph. It encompasses seven Kansas counties (Atchison, Doniphan, Douglas, Jefferson, Johnson, Leavenworth and Wyandotte); and 10 Missouri counties (Andrew, Atchison, Buchanan, Cass, Clay, Holt, Jackson, Nodaway, Platte and Ray). If you want to get involved in playing tennis with USTA whether through clubs, tournaments or other forms of playing the game, we’ve made it easy for you! Below is a list of contacts you can reach out to for more information on how to get involved. Everyone should be able to enjoy a friendly match of tennis no matter where they live!

 

 

Digital Assistant: Sydney Hamilton

 

District Contact Information

Heart of America Executive Director

Rebecca Falkner Axelrod

 

Tennislink Administrator:

Pat Sibenaller

 

Junior Coordinator:

Elizabeth Deerinwater

805-905-1832

 

Junior Team Tennis Coordinator:

Rod Zerni

913-269-6607

 

 

League Coordinators

 

District Adult League Coordinator/Daytime League Coordinator/ 65 & Over:

Blerina Boci

913-660-5627

 

55 & Over

Anne Cusser

 

55 & Over Mixed

Eric Santon

 

40 & Over Mixed

Deb Fabrizius

 

18 & Over Mixed

Jackie Gehrke

 

Tri Level

Jody Holsinger & Karen Luchinsky

 

LEVEL COORDINATORS MEN

 

Men's 3.0

Alysen Abel

913-626-1062

 

Men's 3.5

Jacqui Jensen 

913-634-5111

 

Men's 4.0

Sonya Mueller

913-424-5489

 

Men's 4.5

Susan Nealy

913-638-2345

 

Men's 5.0

Richard Kohn

816-820-0136

 

LEVEL COORDINATORS WOMEN

 

Women's 2.5, 3.0 

Mitch Bennett

913-963-1572

 

Women's 3.5

Bev Meyer

913-515-3169

 

Women's 4.0

Deborah Fabrizius

913-424-9299

 

Women's 4.5, 5.0

Terry Miller

913-341-8209