A's & Aces

"providing academic assistance, life skills and tennis to New Orleans public school children"

Staff

After graduating with honors from Tulane University in 2011, Mr. Hebert joins A's & Aces while pursuing his Masters' degree. Between 2009 and 2011, he worked as a Tulane's Center for Public Service Fellow for two years and was responsible for managing service-learning students participating in A's & Aces' programs. He has worked in various administrative capacities at Tulane University. He has provided leadership to university students not only via service-learning activities but also as the Captain of the Tulane Rowing Team and as a member of various student organizations, including Tulane University Broadcast Entertainment, among others.

Coach Gunther joined A's & Aces as Director of Tennis through the Louisiana Delta Service Corps program. Coach Greg is a USPTR certified tennis instructor, USTA Southern Tournament Director, certified racquet stringer, and a member of the Wilson Pro Advisory Staff. Prior to joining A's & Aces, Coach Greg worked as the Assistant Head Tennis Pro at Aurora Tennis and Swim Club in New Orleans. As a former college tennis player (Spring Hill, AL), Coach Greg serves as a great role model for leading A's & Aces tennis instruction.

Coach Green received a M.A. degree in Counseling from Xavier University. Since 2002 he has been the Head Coach for the Men’s and Women’s Tennis Teams at Xavier. Since Coach Green took over the teams, both the Gold Rush and the Gold Nuggets has qualified for the NAIA Region XIII Tournament every year.  Coach Green brought the teams to their highest national ranking ever and in 2007 became the Gulf Coast Athletic Conference (GCAC) Coach of the Year. His men have a four-year record of 62-53 in dual matches and won two GCAC championships. The women's team reached the second round of the 2008 NAIA National Championship.

Coach Green was a standout player at Xavier. He and his wife, Brandy, have two daughters.

Ms. Hardin majored in English at the University of Missouri at Kansas City, where she served as the campaign coordinator for Literacy for Life and also founded the UMKC chapter of STAND, a student division of the Genocide Intervention Network. She has mentoring and tutoring experience with Kansas City’s City Union Mission, where she developed tutoring curriculum and long-term personal programs for students, and with Jewish Vocational Services, where she worked with United Nations refugees to start new lives in the United States and ensure children’s smooth integration into new their new environments. She is currently pursuing a M.A. International Development with Tulane University Law School’s Payson Center for International Development.

Ms. Mughnee is pursuing a M.H.S. in Rehabilitation Counseling at the LSU. She graduated from Xavier University, where she received a B.S. Psychology with honors in English and a minor in Biology. She has been involved in athletic instruction since 2004, including swimming lessons, directing tennis and fitness instruction to elementary through high school children, and coaching advanced players.

Ms. Czesak started working with A’s & Aces as a service-learner in Tulane University’s class, Introduction to International Development, in what she calls “one of the best and most fun ways to spend 20 hours of the semester.” She joined the A’s & Aces staff in fall 2010 and became one of the lead instructors in spring 2011. She is a Biomedical Engineering major at Tulane University, where she works as a lab tech with tissue culture. She also has international service experience in Losho, Kenya and Usa River, Tanzania.

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