Chris is an avid sports fan. He is an assistant football, basketball, and tennis coach for Harris Middle School. This year he is helping with the Central High tennis program as well. This is his third year as vice president of the Shelbyville Tennis Association. His enthusiasm and committment to helping others is benefiting young lives in our community.
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Sarah Swafford
Sarah Swafford has been playing tennis for 20 years.When she played for DeKalb County High School, she received Player of the Year voted by the district coaches.Her senior year, she received first runner up in the regional contest.She continued to play intramural tennis at Tennessee Technological University and won first place in the girls’ singles division.Sarah has taught beginner tennis ages 5 – 18 at summer camps when she lived in Nashville.Sarah is an elementary school teacher at East Side Primary who enjoys playing tennis in the Shelbyville Tennis Association.
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Charlie Coachran
Charlie has been involved in a wide variety of sports since an early age, including baseball, soccer, and ice hockey. Though he was introduced to tennis a bit later, around the age of 13, it has remained his passion ever since. During his high school years, Charlie played tennis for Shelbyville Central High School, and he also gained extensive tournament experience in the Southern Region. Charlie also played collegiate tennis at Indian Wesleyan University and is an experienced racquet stringer. He is currently finishing his M.A. in German and working as a substitute teacher in Bedford County. Charlie loves working with kids and plans to teach German and coach tennis on the collegiate level in the future.
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Mary Beth Gunn
She started her tennis career playing for Harris Middle School. She joined the Shelbyville Central High School tennis team in 2000-2001. She lettered (played 5 or more matches) as a freshman for the varsity tennis team. Mary Beth went on to earn many awards as a player for SCHS. She was chosen captain of her team, won the Most Improved Player Award, the Fitness Award, and the Leadership Award. She led the girls team to two district championships and was voted one of three all-disrict players by the coaches of district 8-AAA. She advanced in the individual district tournament to the regional tournament one year in doubles and another year in singles. Mary Beth is now pursuing a post-graduate education while assisting the head tennis coach at her alma mater.
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Doyle Hutton
I wrote the proposal to begin the Harris Middle School tennis team back in 1993 and was its first coach. I coached at HMS for four years and became the SCHS tennis coach while still at HMS for a year before making a move to Shelbyville Central High School. I have coached at SCHS for thirteen years. During my tenure SCHS has won five girls district championships and three boys district championships. No one has ever made it past region competition in tennis at SCHS in the school's history. I hope I can guide the teams and individuals to a section and state birth for the first time ever...In 2010 SCHS had its first player make it to the Individual State Tournament. Mallory Hutton made it to the Division I final and earned Runner-Up in the tournament. In honor of her achievement, a banner hangs in the SCHS gymnasium.
