Quinnipiac University Women's Tennis

Paula Miller is in her 11th season at the helm of the Bobcats, taking over the role in 2014-15 after working as an assistant for QU for 15 seasons, and playing for the Bobcats prior to that, graduating for QU in 1996. Miller has been dominant in her career as a head coach, leading QU to atleast a share of 10 MAAC regular season titles and seven MAAC Tournament Championships, resulting in seven NCAA tournament appearances. Those seven NCAA tournament appearances are the most by any MAAC Women’s Tennis team. When joining the MAAC, Miller led QU to a 43-0 record before dropping their first MAAC match, a streak that lasted from 2013-2019. Her teams have combined to go 65-2 in MAAC regular season play, resulting in nine perfect regular seasons. More recently, Miller was tabbed for her eighth MAAC Coach of the Year award, leading QU to another perfect regular season in 2025. First Year Willow Renton was named the MAAC Player and Rookie of the Year, while four other Bobcats (Caitlin Flower, Anagha Shankar, Vera Sekerina, and Caroline Schulson) each were named to All-MAAC teams. She led QU to their 10th regular season title, and eighth MAAC Tournament Championship, clinching an automatic invite to the NCAA Tournament. In 2024, the Bobcats finished second in the MAAC, going 5-1 in league play and 10-12 overall to get the number two seed in the MAAC tournament. QU would end up falling to Fairfield in the championship, failing to three-peat. QU placed three players on All-MAAC teams, Ca

Dana Angelo White, MS, RD, ATC is a registered dietitian, certified athletic trainer, journalist, nutrition and fitness consultant and author of 9 cookbooks. Dana is the sports dietitian and associate clinical professor of Athletic Training and Sports Medicine at Quinnipiac University. She has been practicing as a dual credentialed certified athletic trainer and registered dietitian for nearly 20 years. She is a member of the USOC Sports Dietitian Registry and National Athletic Trainers' Association liaison to the Sports, Cardiovascular and Wellness nutrition subgroup of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. Dana is the nutrition expert for FoodNetwork.com and has served on advisory boards for Verywell, Greatist, Applegate, Chobani and has worked as a spokesperson for Gatorade, National Honey Board, National Mango Board and Cooking Light Magazine. She has made appearances on Good Day Street Talk, Food Network.com, Access Hollywood, ABC Nightly News, NBC Connecticut, GMA Health, New York Live and Better Connecticut. Dana's work has been featured on Food Network.com, Verywell.com, Cooking Light.com, Today's Dietitian, SHAPE, SEVENTEEN, Prevention, Muscle & Fitness, Men's Health, Men's Fitness, and Maxim. Dana earned her master's degree in nutrition education from Teachers' College-Columbia University and bachelor's degree in Sports Medicine from Quinnipiac.

Devin Markle, Psy.D., M.Ed joined the Quinnipiac Athletic department in the fall of 2021 as the Clinical Sports Psychology Coach. She is responsible for all of the athletic programs and works to create individual, team and coaches workshops related to sports psychology. Markle comes to Quinnipiac with over seven years of experience with working with all athletes, ranging from professional to youth. She most recently was a psychological assistant for the Fulton Psychological Group where she specialized in working with 4 to 18 year olds, counseling for mental health concerns as well as performance psychology. In 2018, she started her own private practice which specialized in helping athletes and business people to reach their highest level of performance. From August 2015 to 2018, Markle served as the Co-Director of Mindset Development at the Mamba Sports Academy. She was responsible for training athletes of all ages and levels and implementing mental skills training with individuals. In addition, she helped design the NBA and NFL Pre-Draft Training Program while working with the Mamba Sports Academy. Markle earned her Bachelor's degree in Psychology and English at the University of Vermont in 2010. She then went on to earn her Master's in Education in Counseling and Sport Psychology from Boston University in 2013. By 2020, Markle had also earned her PsyD in Clinical Psychology from California Southern University.

Chernov joins the Quinnipiac Athletics Department for her first year as an Assistant Director of Athletic Communications. She currently serves as the sports information contact for women's ice hockey, field hockey, softball and men's/women's tennis. During her time as a student at Quinnipiac, Chernov was a four-year member of the Acrobatics & Tumbling team. In 2023, she earned back-to-back national titles in the aerial and quad tumbling passes. She also served as President of the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) from August 2023 to May 2024, where she launched a fundraising initiative with Play4Kay that raised over $2,500 in support of those battling breast cancer. Chernov previously worked as a student worker in the Athletic Communications Office from August 2023 to May 2025 and in the Recreation and Wellness Center from February 2021 to April 2024. Chernov has volunteered at numerous sporting events, including the 2024 Frozen Apple game at Madison Square Garden where she called live stats. She also photographed at the 2025 ECAC Men's Hockey Championship Weekend in Lake Placid, NY, 2025 NCAA Men's Hockey Regional in Allentown, PA, and the Navy vs Notre Dame football game at MetLife Stadium. She completed internships with several baseball organizations, including D1Baseball, the 2024 Cape Cod Baseball League champion Harwich Mariners, and the New Britain Bees of the Futures Collegiate Baseball League as a photographer and social media manager. A native of Manalapan,

Kristen Casamento enters her first academic year as the Assistant Athletic Director for Academic Support. Casamento will be responsible for Golf, Men's and Women's Tennis and Men's and Women's Soccer. Prior to Quinnipiac, Casamento held the position Academic Advisor and Learning Specialist at the University of Rhode Island. She was responsible for Men's Basketball, Volleyball and Softball. In this position she worked together with student-athletes to educate them on their eligibility and academic progress as well as give them any resources they may need academically. Prior to Rhode Island, Casamento held many positions at Wagner College. Her first position at Wagner was a Graduate Assistant position in academics and compliance. At the same time that she held that position, Casamento was also a Study Hall Coordinator within the department. Once her Graduate Assistant position was over, she stayed at Wagner to become an Assistant Director Academics & Compliance/Academic Resource Coordinator. For her work at her various experiences, Casamento received the N4A Professional Promise Award for Region 1 in 2015, as well as the Diversity Action Council Award by Wagner College for her work with its diverse community of students in 2012. Casamento graduated from Marist with a Dual Bachelor of Arts in Mathematics and Communications (Concentration in Sports Communication) in 2009. She received a Masters of Education; Mathematics and Special Education from Wagner College in 2011.

Meg Collins enters her first season as an assistant strength and conditioning coach at Quinnipiac in June 2021. Collins originally started at Quinnipiac in January 2021 as a strength and conditioning assistant before earning her promotion in June. Collins is responsible for developing and track the athletic performance for field hockey, women's golf, women's track and field, men's and women's cross country and men's and women's tennis. She also has spearheaded the strength and conditioning department's social media initiatives. Prior to arriving at Quinnipiac, Collins spent five months as a strength and conditioning coach intern at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill. She assisted in developing athletic performance of all student-athletes as well as collecting and analyzing data. Collins spent one year as a graduate fellow and strength and conditioning coach at Merrimack College during the 2019-20 school year. She worked primarily with women's soccer, men's tennis and throwers and assisted with women's basketball, men's lacrosse and football. She also assisted in mentoring the interns through an extensive and comprehensive coach and development curriculum and assisted in the development of the graduate fellowship manual. Collins spent her senior season at Trinity College as a strength and conditioning coach intern. She worked directly with the head coach and was responsible for first year, injury and modified programs as well as assisting with delivering training