Staff Information

Harold Conway, Owner/Senior Staff Professional

Harold is an owner of Frog Hollow Racquet Club and is a certified Professional by the PTR, USPTA and USPTR Wheelchair Tennis. He is also a National Tester for the PTR, chairs the High Performance committee for the Middle States section and is a graduate of USTA High Performance coaching program. Harold was the Director of Tennis at the Arthur Ashe Tennis center and Philadelphia N.J.T.L. which had over 8,000 juniors (the second largest program in the country and recognized as the best program in the country at the U.S open 2004).

Harold has coached players that attended Brown University, LaSalle University, Penn, Cabrini, Gwynedd Mercy, Lehigh University, Florida State and Florida A.M., LSU, Delaware, Bucknell, Mulinburg (D-1 D-2 and D-3 schools). Harold coached LaSalle University boys and girls teams in the A-10 Division 1, the Friends Selects boys team, the St. Huberts Girls School team. Additionally, Harold has coached players who have won the Easter Bowl and have played in National Championships such as the National indoors, National Clay Courts, National Hard courts and other national championships. Harold enjoys coaching players at all levels of the game and taking them to the next level!

Denard McLendon, Director of Tennis, Senior Staff Professional

Denard is the Director of Tennis at Frog Hollow. He is a PTR junior and adult certified instructor and has successfully completed the USTA High Performance Program in 2001. Denard served on the USTA/North Carolina Tennis Association Junior Development Committee 2002-2005, served as a USTA Zonal Coach Boys and Girls 12's and 16's and under - Southern and Middle States Sections 2000-2004.

He was a USTA Competitive Training Center Coach at Wake Forest University in 2003 and at Frog Hollow Racquet Club from 2008 - 2010. He was named North Carolina Independence School Athletics Association Coach of the Year 2003 - 2005 while coaching Forsyth Country Day School High School Boys to three straight North Carolina Independent School 3-A State High School Championships. Denard has also helped over 30 junior tennis players obtain college scholarships (both academic and tennis) to NCAA Division I Schools - Wake Forest, Furman University, Pacific University, Yale University, Princeton University and more. Denard's goal is to help players become leaders on and off court. He has designed a program to help players develop fundamentals: consistency, technical development, shot selection, mental toughness, and high level physical fitness. Denard wants both adults and juniors at Frog Hollow to receive the highest quality tennis experience.

Michael Esz, Staff Professional

Michael Esz began his professional tennis teaching and coaching career in 1994. During that time, he was professionally certified as an instructor via USPTA, PTR, and USTA High Performance. In addition, Michael is USTA Sports Science Level 1 certified. Michael has served as a national travel coach for the Middle States USTA division, as well as a national travel coach for the prestigious Nike Junior Tour where he coached his student to a national title enroute to qualifying for the international phase of the competition. Most recently, Michael has developed and implemented trackmytennis.net. Track My Tennis is an on-line tennis application that assists athletes in developing their game through specific guided journaling, tournament tracking, training management, and goal setting.

Michael believes that instilling a strong work ethic balanced with enjoyment of the game will help his students excel on the court, as well as develop sound character off the court. His attention to detail emphasizes a strong biomechanical foundation of stroke production accompanied by tennis specific footwork. Michael enjoys working with all levels of junior and adult players.

Michael Harper, Staff Professional

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Growing up playing tennis in the greater Philadelphia area, Michael experienced various levels of success as a junior including an ATA national doubles title and High School all conference honors. Michael earned a scholarship to play Division 1 tennis for Morgan State University and graduated in 2006 with a Bachelors Degree in Psychology. In 2008 he obtained tennis teaching certifications from both the USPTA and PTR and received the USPTA Middle States “Rookie of the Year” award that same year.

Michael is currently serving on the board of the USPTA Middle States division. Prior to joining us in 2010 Michael led the State College H.S. boys tennis team to a spot in semi-finals of the state tournament as well as a state doubles title. He is passionate about coaching all ages and ability levels with special interests in the Quickstart, Cardio Tennis, and High Performance segments.

Jack McClurkin, Staff Professional
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Jack is a PTR certified professional. Jack played Division 2 tennis at Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania and locally played #1 singles in high school tennis at Spring-ford High School. Jack loves teaching all levels of players but specifically focuses on junior players ages 10 and under. With players ages 10 and under, Jack can help develop their game skills from an early age.

Kyle McGee, Staff Professional

Kyle is a PTR certified pro who started playing tennis under the tutelage of Harold Conway and Rondy Williams at Arthur Ashe Youth Tennis Center and is currently a teaching professional at Frog Hollow Racquet Club. Kyle graduated from Lower Merion High School and then moved on to Marywood University. Throughout the course of his collegiate career, Kyle set both singles and doubles wins records and graduated with a degree in business management.

Rondy Williams, Staff Professional

Rondy is a tennis teaching professional who has been in the game for over 22 years. Born and educated in the Philadelphia area, Rondy has worked with some of the best players in the game. Rondy went to Canada to be trained by Dennis Van Dee Meer and Butch Staples to become a PTR certified trainer and has been a PTR member since.

Hopeton Green, Staff professional

Hopeton Green is a PTR Certified Professional whose professional career began in the Colony Resort in Jamaica in 1985. Since then, he has held several key positions including the tennis coach at Notre Dame Academy in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania and the assistant Tennis Pro at Overbrook Golf Club in Radnor, Pennsylvania. In addition to teaching, Hopeton is an enthusiastic volunteer and contributor to various U.S. and Jamaican based organizations that benefit children and other worthy causes. Hopeton has a sincere passion and love for tennis which is contagious to the players who he coaches!

Lupe Prince, Staff Professional

Lupe Prince is a certified PTR professional who has been involved with tennis for over 30 years. She comes from Venezuela sharing with us her unique trait of being bilingual. She is an active player, playing USTA leagues and currently coaches the Gwynedd Mercy Academy School. She graduated from Universidad Catolica Andres Bello, Caracas-Venezuela  in Public Accounting.

Vinay Karia, Staff Professional

Vinay Karia is a USPTR certified teaching Professional. Vinay started playing tennis in India at age of 8 and won his first tournament at the age of 11. In India Vinay was ranked no 1 in his state and his university and got to as high as 18 in the country. Vinay later traveled to Europe to participate in international tennis tournaments and was a hitting partner for Sania Mirza who later achieved a ranking of 27 in the world on WTA. As a coach with a solid foundation and teaching experience, Vinay has worked with all age groups and levels. It is his joy and desire to transmit expert tennis knowledge to his students whether beginner or advanced. Vinay’s goal is to offer a solid, interactive and fun tennis experience for all of his students.

Corey Bowlin, Staff Professional

Originally from Salem, Oregon, Corey is a certified is USPTA Professional at the highest level 1.  Since 1997, Corey has been teaching tennis throughout the United States, from Oregon to Florida and the Caribbean.  He has had great success coaching ladies league teams, including a women’s 3.5 USTA team that placed 4th in nationals in 2010.  Additionally, Corey has taken junior players to the national levels with a USTA league Championship team in 2006.   

From 2003 until May of 2008 Corey was the Director of Tennis at Palmas del Mar Country Club, in Puerto Rico. Before arriving back to Palmas in April of 2000, Corey was the Director of Tennis at Malliouhana Hotel in Anguilla for two years.  While there Corey was in charge of all programs and had the opportunity to teach Kevin Bacon and other celebrities.  In September of 1997, Corey was at Palmas del Mar, actively involved in member events, the junior program, coaching USTA league teams and teaching the daily clinics.