Results From Dr. Valverde's Students
Dr. Valverde Formal Education:
- Doctoral dissertation research on the mental preparation of highly-ranked tennis players, University of Kansas.
- Masters in Psychology, University of Kansas.
- Masters in Psychology, University of Costa Rica.
Served as a Sport Psychologist for:
- University of Kansas Men's and Women's Tennis Teams, Lawrence, KS
- Meghann Shaughnessy Fantasy Camp, Scottsdale, AZ
- International Federation of Tennis, San Jose, Costa Rica
- Bill Wright Tennis Camp, Vail, CO
- University of South Alabama Men’s Team, Mobile, AL
- University of Texas in El Paso Women’s Team, El Paso, TX
- TCU Women’s Tennis Team, Forth Worth, TX
- Orange Tennis Academy, San Jose, Costa Rica
- University of Illinois Women’s Tennis Team, Champaign, IL
- Mike Wolf Tennis Academy, Inc., Kansas City, KS
- Steven Denton Tennis Camp, Poland
- Austin Tennis Academy, Austin, TX
- University of Texas Men’s Tennis Team, Austin, TX
- Canyon Creek Racket Club, Dallas, TX
- Dreads Tennis Academy, Scottsdale, AZ
- Peter Burwash International Tennis Academy, Stone Mountain, GA
- Stefan Edberg and Martina Hingis Fantasy Camp, Scottsdale, AZ
- Hobson Performance Tennis Academy, Snellville, GA
Speaker for the Following Events:
- Winter National Championships, Tucson, AZ
- Copper Bowl Championships, Tucson, AZ
- Peach State Junior Tennis Classic, Peachtree City, GA
- Bull Frog Championships, Mobile, AL
- Busch Florida Open, Fort Myers, FL
- ITF Olympic Solidarity Seminars, Costa Rica
- USTA National Clay Courts Championships, Rockville, MD
- National Junior Tennis Conference, Care Academy, Libertyville, IL
- Dallas Tennis Association Junior Tennis Banquet, Dallas, TX
References:
- Jeff Szekely, Tournament Director, National Clay Court Championships, Boys 16 &18, Rockville, MD –(301)309-2022
- Don Dickinson, Tournament Director, Copper Bowl Championships, Tucson, AZ – (520)742-2204
- Scott Novak, Tournament Director, Bull Frog Championships, Mobile, AL – (251) 610-0087
- Kiko Castillo, Tournament Director, Busch Florida Open, Fort Myers, FL
- Sujay Lama, Head Coach, University of Illinois Women’s Team, Champaign, IL
- Ashley Hobson, Director, Hobson Performance Tennis Academy, Snelville, GA – (404-374-9750
- Doug Davis, High Performance Coach, Austin Tennis Academy, Austin, TX – (512) 659-9186
- Christo Van Rensburg, Former ATP Player, Coach, Austin, TX - (512) 203-7469
- Μichael Center, Director, University of Texas Men Tennis Team, Austin, Texas.
Partial List of Dr. Valverde’s Students

Alanna Wolf - Princeton University

Meecah Bigun & Kaylan Bigun - The future of tennis

Nishesh Basavareddy - 2017 Orange Bowl Boys 12s Finalist

Nathan Han - # 2 USTA Boys 14s

Angelica Gavaldon - Ranked as high as 34 in the WTA

Jesse Wikso - # 21 USTA Boys 14s

Ann Li - # 7 USTA Girls 16s

Harrison Gold - #66 USTA Boys 16s

Zeke Clark - #3 USTA Boys 18s

Hada Chang - # 55 USTA Girls 18s

Abigail Chiu - # 21 USTA Girls 18s

Daniela Hantuchova - Ranked as high as # 5 in the WTA

Luke Jensen - 1993 French Open Doubles champion

Meghann Shaughnessy - Ranked as high as 11 in the World in the WTA

Anna Lena Groenefeld - Ranked as high as 14 in the World in the WTA

Alina Jidkova - Ranked as high as 55 in the WTA

Alex Kim - NCAA Singles Champion, 2000

Timothy Neilly - Orange Bowl Champion, Boys' 18s singles, 2004

Tim Smyczek - Singles Semi Finalist at Junior Wimbledon 2005

Megan Alexander - 2005 #1 USTA G18 Singles

Conor Pollock - # 1 USTA B18s, 2005

Kimberly Couts - Easter Bowl Champion, Girls 18s Singles 2005

Ashley Weinhold - #1 College Recruting List, 2007

Stephanie Vidov - World Junior Tennis Champion, 2007

Austin Krajicek - 2008 Boys 18s Kalamazoo Champion

Jordan Cox - Boys 16s Kalamazoo Champion 2008

Alison Riske - Vanderbilt University

Kevin King - Georgia Tech

Whitney Kay - University of North Carolina

Jacqueline Cako - Arizona State University

Claire Bartlett - University of Florida

Spencer Newman - University of Florida

Hideko Tachibana - Harvard University

Mac Styslinger - #19 USTA B14s, April 2011

Bryant Salcedo - Vanderbilt University

Millie Nichols - University of Tennessee

Hillary Davis - Georgia Tech

Mika DeCoster - UC Irvine

Isamu Tachibana - Rice University

BrettEllen Keeler - Princeton University
Blake Davis - Florida State University

Andrew Eklov - University of Illinois

Kewa Nichols - TCU

Justin Fox - University of Pennsylvania

Brandon Davis - University of Illinois

Ashwin Kumar - Harvard University

Jay Weinacker - North Caroline State Tennis Team

JC Whitner - University of Miami

Ryan Kim - Princeton University Tennis Team

Sasha Ermakov - Harvard University Tennis Team

Kristen Rafael - University of Notre Dame

Andy Magnes - Pennsylvania University

Patrick Whitner - New York University

Andrew Butz - University of Florida

Stephanie Kusano - University of California Berkeley

Zach Nichols - Texas Christian University

Zach Krumholz - Yale University

Max Kaye - Swarthmore University

Jose Hernandez - University of North Carolina

Max Schnur - Colombia University
More Students
Alex Han, # 26 USTA Boys 12s
Nicole Conard, # 33 USTA Girls 16s
William Genesen, #6 USTA Boys 18s
Victoria Flores, # 27 USTA Girls 18s
Riley Odell, # 106 USTA Boys 16s
Andie Daniell, # 5 USTA Girls 18s