DeSales Men’s & Women’sTENNIS

About the Program Player Profile DeSales University with be reinstating the Men’s and Jeffery Julien is a junior from Livonia, New York. Women’s tennis programs in the fall of 2016. The Jeffrey is majoring in DeSales tennis program has a rich history of quality Biochemistry-Molecular student athletes and coaches. Both tennis programs Biology & Chemistry and will compete in the MAC Freedom with the oppor- is involved in many on tunity for an automatic qualifier into the NCAA campus activities. When tournament. he isn’t playing tennis or The teams play an abbreviated fall schedule followed studying Jeffrey tutors by a regular, full season in the spring. The Bulldogs various chemistry cours- will participate in a spring trip where they compete es and also works in the against nationally ranked teams with plans to travel to admissions office. Julien Hilton Head Island, S.C., next year. was an accomplished high DeSales is located in Center Valley, , school tennis player and central to many exciting attractions in the Lehigh notes his two consecutive Valley. The campus has recently updated many high school team sectional accommodations and distinguishes itself with its titles. When asked about his reason for coming to De- high-tech facilities and new degree programs. Sales Julien says, “the size of the campus, along with the extraordinary personality of the faculty, helped in making DeSales my home away from home.” Julien is excited to participate in the inaugural season and lead Tennis Schedule 2016-17 the future of DeSales Tennis. 10/1-10/2 ITA Tournament Southeast Regional 10/8-10/9 Middle Atlantic Conference Individual Tournament (Men) 10/15-10/16 Middle Atlantic Conference Individual Tournament (Women) 3/6-3/12 Spring Break Trip @ Hilton Head Island (SC) 5/2 Conference Semi-Finals 5/6 Conference Championship 5/12 NCAA First Round

Potential Opponents (Full schedule TBA in Spring 2016) FDU-Florham PLEASE FILL OUT THE ONLINE PROSPECTIVE STUDENT-ATHLETE QUESTIONNAIRE AT: Delaware Valley University Eastern University athletics.desales.edu/mwtennisform Other local and regionally ranked King’s College non-conference opponents DeSales Men’s & University Women’sTENNIS

Men’s and Women’s Facilities Head Coach David Kurvink Kurvink brings with him a wealth of coaching experi- ence that includes serving as a head teaching professional at West End Racquet Club, head men’s tennis coach at Methodist University, head tennis professional at Stam- ford Yacht Club, head men’s and women’s coach at Adri- an College, and an assistant The home to the Men’s and Women’s team will be at tennis and squash coach the DeSales Tennis Center with 6 newly resurfaced at St. Lawrence University. courts. Along with many new athletic facilities, the While at Methodist he led tennis program is excited for the construction of a new the Monarchs to the conference semifinals twice and nine court tennis center located centrally on campus. helped re-build the programs at Adrian College. He In the off season the teams will practice and play in the recently was awarded teaching professional of the year indoor tennis courts located in Billera Hall. honors from the USTA in while at West End. Most recently Kurvink is the CEO at Kids Play Tennis Community Outreach Program which is non-profit for the development of affordable quality junior tennis in the . KPT currently boasts the largest amount of youth programming in the Lehigh Valley. He also serves for the USTA on both in the Easter Penn- sylvanian and Middles States board of directors. After training, playing tournaments and teaching at Van Der Meer Tennis Academy, Kurvink is a USPTR teaching professional and has coached and guided many nationally ranked juniors. Kurvink also holds many top certifications in the tennis field including Master Racquet Technician for excellence in all aspects of the racquet industry. He graduated from Moravian College in 2003 as a clinical/counseling psychology major with a minor in education/sociology. He was a four-time All-Confer- PLEASE FILL OUT THE ONLINE PROSPECTIVE ence player posting a 50-17 career record on the way to STUDENT-ATHLETE QUESTIONNAIRE AT: earning team MVP honors three times. Kurvink went on to earn his masters in school counseling and human athletics.desales.edu/mwtennisform development from St. Lawrence University.