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Donni Leaycraft – Head Tennis Professional
(1993 – current)
Donni grew up playing tennis on the courts in New Orleans. During his junior career, he was selected to play on the U.S. Junior Davis Cup Team along with teammates Pete Sampras, Andre Agassi, Michael Chang, and Jim Courier. While attending Brother Martin High School in New Orleans, he was chosen as a Parade High School All American while compiling a 62-2 singles record. Two of Leaycraft's biggest accomplishments were a top 10 national ranking in the Boys 18 and under division. This included a victory over one of the greatest players of all time, Pete Sampras.
During his collegiate tennis career at LSU, he was named to the All SEC Team four consecutive years. Leaycraft compiled the most career match victories and became LSU's ALL-Time Win ingest Player in school history. He was a two-time All-American and the only player from LSU ever to win the NCAA Singles Championship.
As a junior in college, one of the major highlights of Leaycraft's tennis career was competing in a major Grand Slam Tennis Tournament, The US Open Championships in New York. After graduating from LSU in 1990, he pursued a professional tennis career on the ATP tour, and eventually accepted a coaching position in Florida.
As a result of his accomplishments, Leaycraft was inducted into the LSU Athletic Hall of Fame.
Pat Ferry
( 2009 – current)
Pat Ferry is originally from New Iberia, LA. He attended USL in the mid 1980’s and began teaching Tennis in 1990. Pat moved to Baton Rouge and taught at CCLA from 1995 to 2001. Upon leaving, he accepted the head pro position at Shenandoah Country Club in 2001 where he remained until 2005. In 2005, he accepted the head pro position at BREC. Now in 2009, Pat is back to teaching at CCLA. He has been teaching professionally for 19 years now and is certified by both the USPTR and USPTA.
Steve Valentine
(2009 – current)
Steve Valentine was a top junior in Melbourne, Australia before coming to the United States on a Tennis scholarship. He played at Coastal Georgia and studied sports management. After college, Steve went on to work at John Newcombe’s Tennis Ranch in New Braunfels, Texas. There he worked with top juniors from around the world. For the past 4 and half years, Steve was the Tennis Director at Kingwood Athletic Club in Houston, Texas. He accepted the Tennis pro position at CCLA in April of 2009. He is both USPTA and USPTR certified.
Cason Mays
(2009 – current)
Cason Mays is originally from Monroe, Louisiana. Throughout his junior career, he was a top ranked junior player in the state, southern section, and nation. In 2000, Cason attended the University of Louisiana at Lafayette where he was a member of the Tennis team and competed in the Sunbelt Conference playing in the 4th, 5th, and 6th spot, respectively. After graduating, Cason began his teaching career in Lafayette at the City Club of River Ranch. He taught here for 6 years coaching and developing nationally ranked juniors as well as clients of all ages and skill levels. He accepted the Tennis pro position at CCLA in May of 2009. He is USPTA certified and still an active member.
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Baton Rouge, LA 70810
Phone: (225) 755-0680
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