University of Southern California Women's Tennis

Alison Swain, who built a women's tennis dynasty at Williams College by leading the Ephs to 8 NCAA Division III team championships, was officially hired to b...

Ben Goldberg, most recently serving as the women's tennis assistant coach at Pepperdine, was named USC's assistant coach on July 1, 2025. Goldberg is no stra...

Cody Worsham serves as USC's Senior Associate Athletic Director for Strategic Communications & Brand Advancement, leading the department's efforts in brand strategy, storytelling, creative content, and strategic communications for all 23 varsity programs. Since joining USC, he has played a pivotal role in bolstering the Trojans' brand during the transition to the Big Ten, helping drive a 62% increase in USC Athletics' social media value in 2024-25. Prior to USC, Worsham spent four years at LSU Athletics as Chief Brand Officer, where he led the department's creative, digital, and strategic communications efforts and worked on Heisman campaigns for Jayden Daniels and Joe Burrow. He also served for six months as Interim Vice President of Marketing & Communication for LSU, overseeing all communication efforts for the flagship institution. A former award-winning sportswriter with lead editorial roles at Tiger Rag and DIG Magazine, Worsham is a 2011 graduate of LSU and continues to elevate the USC brand through innovative storytelling, data-driven strategy, and fan engagement.

Erica Monsegue is a director of athletic compliance at USC. She joined in the office in July 2022. She oversees athletic compliance for men's basketball, men's volleyball and women's volleyball. She also serves as the compliance liaison for Auxiliary Services, Development and Sport Psychology. Previously, Erica served as the assistant athletic director for compliance at the University of California Davis and the assistant director for compliance at Sacramento State. Erica graduated with a bachelor's degree in sport management from the University of Texas at Austin in 2010 and earned her master's degree from the Rossier School of Education at the University of Southern California in 2014. Erica is an active member of the National Association of Collegiate Athletic Directors (NACDA), and the National Association for Athletics Compliance (NAAC). She lives in Los Angeles with her wife, Marta and their cat Penelope and dog Ollie.

Gia Larez has been the Associate Director of Sports Brands and Communications at USC since 2021. Larez was named the primary media contact for women's basketball on October 1, 2025 after previously serving as the interim men's basketball sports information director. In addition to working with women's basketball, she also serves as the primary contact for both men's and women's tennis. Gia also serves as the producer for USC Football Radio (including Trojans Live and the Trojan Tailgate Show). Previously, Larez worked with football and men's basketball. She began her career as a graduate assistant SID at USC from 2019-2020. She came to USC from Syracuse, where she earned her bachelor's degree in 2019 in communication and rhetorical studies. She also earned a minor in marketing. At Syracuse, she was on the club swimming team and served as an intern in the Athletic Communications department where she worked primarily with football. Larez earned her master's degree in strategic public relations from USC in 2020.

Josh Shoemaker is in his fifth year in the USC Athletic Department and his fourth (2026) as the Director of Operations for USC lacrosse. Shoemaker "Shoe" first joined the Trojans’ staff in 2021 as an assistant director of equipment operations in charge of lacrosse, soccer, and both the men’s and women’s golf programs. Shoemaker moved into his position as lacrosse director of operations in the summer of 2022 and was a member of the staff when the Trojans won the 2023 Pac-12 Championship and secured a berth in the NCAA tournament. In his role, Shoemaker manages all aspects of the program’s operations including budget and Nike apparel allotment. He coordinates team travel, including flights, hotels, and ground transportation, and assists with alumni relations. In his career, Shoemaker has collected more than 13 years of collegiate and professional experience in equipment management, operations, and logistics. Before arriving in Los Angeles, Shoemaker supported all 22 sports as Director of Equipment Operations at East Stroudsburg University in 2021. Shoemaker also served as an equipment coordinator for the UFC in Las Vegas (2017-20). He got his start as a student football equipment manager (2014-15) and was later promoted to assistant football equipment manager (2015-17) at Incarnate Word. Shoemaker graduated from San Antonio College with an Associate of Arts degree in liberal arts and earned a Bachelor of Business Administration in sports management from Incarnate Word in 2015.

Petros Alex, who most recently served as an assistant coach at Utah State, was named USC's assistant coach on Dec. 19, 2025. He enters his first season with the Women of Troy. A native of Crete, Greece, Alex comes to Troy after spending the 2024-25 season at Utah State, where he helped the Aggies to a 15-9 record. Alex spent the 2023–24 season as an assistant coach at Oregon, where he helped guide the Ducks to a 15-13 overall record and a sixth-place finish in the Pac-12 - the program's best performance in six years. Prior to his time in Eugene, Alex worked for several years as a private coach for top-ranked junior players and served as assistant director of North Oaks Tennis in Minneapolis, Minn. A former Division I student-athlete, Alex played collegiately at North Dakota. He was a four-time ITA Academic Team selection (2019–23), earned AD Honor Roll honors each season and was named to the President's List in 2021. He also helped lead the program to its best season in school history and served on the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee for three years. Alex graduated with honors from the University of North Dakota in 2023. Alex began his coaching career as assistant director of tennis at the North Oaks Recreation Center in North Oaks, Minn., where he instructed more than 30 high school varsity athletes and worked as a travel coach. He comes from a tennis family as his mother, Kathy, was a national champion and four-time All-American at UCLA, and all eight of his siblings hav

Whitney Rotrock began at USC as an academic counselor in 2011. She has served SAAS in various capacities since then, including Personal Development, Career Development and Advising. She is currently in a hybrid Personal Development and Advising position, overseeing the Personal Development programming for all 21 sports and coordinating all academic resources for the Men's & Women's Tennis and Lacrosse Programs. In her role as Director of Personal Development Whitney oversees the PD Budget, plans and executes all PD programs and events, develops the curriculum and serves as the lead facilitator of the Freshman Success Seminar, advises for post-graduate educational opportunities and coordinates academic honors and fellowship nominations. She also chairs the Athletic Department Health & Wellness Committee, and sits on the LGBTQA and Athlete Career Transition Committees. Whitney came to USC from San Jose State, where she served three years as the Director of Student Services and nearly two years as the Student Services Coordinator. While at SJSU, Whitney oversaw various aspects of Compliance including Athletic Financial Aid and the National Letter of Intent program. In addition she coordinated all Student-Athlete Affairs programming and served as the advisor for SJSU's Student Athlete Advisory Committee. A native of Oregon City, Ore., Whitney's athletics career began at Oregon State, where she worked in the football academic office as a student assistant for four years, graduatin