The University of Tennessee-Knoxville Women's Tennis

THE OJEDA FILE Personal Information Full Name: Alison Gayle Ojeda Born: Nov. 29, 1979 Hometown: San Antonio, Texas High School: Douglas MacArthur High School College: Tennessee, 2002 Coaching Experience Nov. 2016-present: Tennessee, Head Coach June 2016-Nov. 2016: Tennessee, Assistant Coach 2012-16: Baylor, Associate Head Coach 2010-12: Baylor, Assistant Coach 2005-10: Middle Tennessee, Head Coach 2005: Alabama, Assistant Coach 2002-04: Texas A&M, Assistant Coach HEAD COACHING RECORD Overall Record: 208-143 Record at Tennessee: 163-76 Overall Conference Record: 77-73 SEC Record: 62-47 TENNESSEE COACHING HIGHLIGHTS 2024 National Wilson ITA Head Coach of the Year 2024, 2023, 2021, and 2019 ITA Ohio Valley Region Head Coach of the Year 2023 SEC Co-Coach of the Year Tennessee women's tennis has posted a perfect NCAA Graduation Success Rate (GSR) every year of Ojeda's tenure Has never failed to lead the Lady Vols to the NCAA Championships Developed five All-Americans and 17 All-SEC or SEC All-Freshman honorees Coached the 2022 SEC Scholar-Athlete of the Year, Tenika McGiffin Tennessee received the 2017 ITA Community Service Award BAYLOR COACHING HIGHLIGHTS Six-year record of 143-56, including four seasons with at least 25 wins Helped lead the Bears to seven Big 12 Championships (4 regular season and 3 postseason) Reached the NCAA Championships all six seasons, reaching the semifinals once, the quarterfinals twice and making four trips to the round of 16 Coached six All-Americans a

Updated: April 2024 Amanda Fernandez joined the Tennessee Athletics staff in July of 2021 as the Associate Director of Sports Nutrition. She oversees the nut...

Joe Whitney oversees the provision of mental health training services to all of the University of Tennessee athletes and teams. A 1982 graduate of Springfield College, Dr. Whitney coached basketball and football in New York City for 13 years before leaving to pursue graduate studies in sport psychology. Dr. Whitney obtained a master's degree from Virginia in 1997 and a Ph.D from Tennessee in 2000. He served as a graduate assistant and sport psychology consultant at UT before being named Director of Mental Training in January of 2002.

Updated: August 2024 Karla Sass enters her 25th year working with Tennessee Athletics in 2024-25, as she enters her second year as the Director of Tennis Operations. Sass provides administrative and logistical support to both the Vols and Lady Vols programs. Prior to her role with Tennessee tennis, Sass spent 23 years with the Tennessee rowing program. In 2000, she started as the facility coordinator and equipment rigger for the team. From 2010-23, Sass served as the program's director of operations. Before coming to Tennessee, Sass worked in the University of Iowa Athletics Department for 11 years—seven as a facility coordinator and event management supervisor, and four as the travel coordinator and facility/events supervisor for the Hawkeyes’ rowing program. In addition to her duties with Iowa Athletics, Sass also spent four years working as a land surveyor in the Iowa City area. Sass was a member of the Iowa Women’s Rugby Club from 1987-96, the midwest regional squad from 1992-96 and was a member of USA National Women’s Rugby Development Squad in 1995-96 prior to a career-ending injury. She graduated from Iowa in 1991 with a bachelor’s degree in Education and dual minors in Health and Coaching. After graduation, she held a teaching and coaching position in a small town in Iowa and coached girls basketball and girls track & field. A native of South English, Iowa, Sass still holds her high school’s shot-put record.

to find out that being able to do both is a dream come true. The University of Tennessee is about to find out just how great of a recruiter and coach Martim is!” Prata spent the past two seasons with the Tigers under the leadership of head men’s tennis coach Danny Bryan. Prata helped to coach the team to the 2024 SEC semifinals, its first such berth since 2007 and to the 2024 NCAA Tournament. During the 2024 season, the average attendance for LSU's conference matches increased by 241.5 percent. “I’m incredibly grateful to Alison and the University of Tennessee for trusting me with this opportunity to serve as the women’s tennis assistant coach,” Prata said. “As a former student-athlete who proudly wore the orange and white, it’s truly an honor to return to Rocky Top. This place shaped me both on and off the court, and I’m thrilled to be back. I am ready to give my all for the next generation of Lady Vols.” As a player at Tennessee (2019-2023), Prata earned a career record of 70-51 in singles play and a 55-32 mark in doubles. He picked up 10 ranked singles win and five ranked doubles wins throughout his college career. While in Knoxville, Prata was a key member of the team. As a junior in 2022, he led the Volunteers to victory in the SEC Championship, at which he was named SEC Tournament MVP and to the SEC All-Tournament Team. Prata earned an at-large bid to the NCAA Singles Tournament in 2022, reaching the second round, and climbed as high as No. 28 in the ITA rankings. In 20

Robin Goodman comes to Knoxville after spending five seasons as the head men's tennis coach at the University of the Pacific and brings with him over 10 year...

Yosef joined Tennessee as an Assistant Athletic Trainer with Tennessee Men’s and Women’s Tennis in June of 2021. Prior to that he worked as an Intern Athleti...