Our Team


Warrick Taylor
Owner, Tennis Pro


Arlon Day
Director of Tennis Operations
& Racket Technology Specialist
Bio coming soon.


Rex Miller
Tennis Pro
Director of High-Performance Training
Rex Miller is a High-Performance Coach with 25+ years’ experience coaching at multiple clubs in NY and NC. He is the Director of High-Performance Junior Training at EMPACT.
Rex is a lifelong tennis player himself and has a long resume of achievement. As a youth he won 2 matches in the Junior Orange Bowl, the world’s premier international junior tournament and was #1 in ETA doubles.


Curtis Lawson
TENNIS Instructor
Curtis Lawson Jr. grew up in a tennis family and has been playing tennis since he was old enough to hold a racket. His father, Curtis Lawson Sr. was a high-level player in many state-level leagues and has been the head coach for the men’s NCCU Eagles tennis team for many years – so Curt grew up on a tennis court. As a youth player, Curt himself worked his way up through USTA tournaments and played for his middle and high school teams. In his junior year he went all conference for singles and doubles and senior year went all conference for doubles.


Mechi’EL Terrell
Tennis Instructor
Bio coming soon.


Zion Flood
TENNIS Instructor
Bio coming soon.


Max Winzelberg
Junior Tennis Instructor
Bio coming soon.


Chris Nyri
JUNIOR TENNIS Instructor
Bio coming soon.


Jessica Bottesch
Business Manager
Jess is co–founder and owner of 2 successful fitness businesses – a local fitness studio, Empower Personalized Fitness, and a business coaching and consulting company – Empower Partners. She has 25+ years’ experience in the fitness industry, 15 years’ experience in business strategy, operations, management, marketing and finance and enjoys team leadership and coaching and consulting other wellness entrepreneurs.


Mark Trustin
Volunteer Coach
Mark Trustin is an attorney with more than thirty years of experience in the practice of civil and criminal trial law. He has devoted himself to the representation of students in the public school system who are denied required services and whose constitutional rights are violated. Mark and his wife, Dr. Marcia Angle, are socially, politically, and philanthropically active in the areas of education, social justice, and the environment.
Mark loves tennis and volunteering with EMPACT.
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