About Team Witsken Tennis Pros:

Rick Witsken:

Rick is the Director of Team Witsken which he founded in 2001. The idea of Team Witsken was generated by the passing of his brother Todd. Rick wanted to carry on their shared dream of creating winners in the game of life both on and off the court. Rick was back-to-back Indiana State High School Singles Champion for Carmel High School in 1988 and 1989, a 2 time All-American at the University of Alabama, and a world ranked player on the ATP Tour for several years. He then became the Director at the Indianapolis Tennis Center and the Director of Tennis for Woodstock Country Club. He was also the Indiana State Champion in Platform Tennis in both 2003 and 2009. Rick was honored on February 5, 2010 by being inducted into the Indiana High School Tennis Hall of Fame. He reached the finals for both singles and doubles at the 2010 USTA Mens 35 Grass Court Nationals. Currently Rick is #1 in the nation for Mens 35 and has been invited to play for the U.S. in the 2011 ITALIA Cup being held in New Zealand. Rick enjoys spending time with his daughter Brittany, attending Colts games, and telling all students they are his favorite students.

In 2009, Rick formed the Indy Tennis League giving local players an opportunity to compete at a high level in men's and women's doubles.

Rick's private lesson fee is $80/hour. (Indoor season: $15 additional charge for non-members).

Nelson Nguyen:

Nelson is the Assistant Director of Team Witsken. As tennis players go, Nelson started late in tennis; not training formally until age 14. He played 3 years of Varsity Doubles at Arsenal Technical High School. He was a volunteer coach there after graduating. He then went on to coach at Ben Davis High School as the Freshman Coach, the International School of Indiana as the Assistant Coach and Middle School Coach, Zionsville Middle School as Boys Tennis Coach, and currently Zionsville West Middle School as the Boys Tennis Coach.

Nelson met Rick Witsken in the year 2000 during a tennis course through IUPUI at the Indinapolis Tennis Center. Rick seeing how Nelson enjoyed the game of tennis, recruited Nelson and he joined Team Witsken in 2001 starting first as an assistant tennis pro at outdoor site River Glen Country Club where he started his coaching career and has since been with Team Witsken Tennis since the beginning. He currently plays competitively at the 4.0 level. He has entered a few tournaments at both the 3.5 and 4.0 levels. Nelson likes watching NFL football and pro tennis, spending time with his family and friends, and keeping up with the latest in Technology and Tennis.

Nelson's private lesson fee is $60/hour. (Indoor season: $15 additional charge for non-members).

David Bubenicek:

David comes to Team Witsken from as far away as Kromeriz in the Czech Republic and as close as Indiana University. We're excited to have him as an instructional pro and hitting partner. David led the IU Hoosiers with 27 singles wins during the 2006-07 season, splitting his playing time between #1 and #2 singles. He played varsity tennis at IU all four years of his college career.

More recently, David has just finished his first year as the Freshmen Tennis Coach for the boys tennis team at Brebeuf High School as well as his first summer with Team Witsken Tennis working with players of all ages.

David's private lesson fee is $60/hour. (Indoor season: $15 additional charge for non-members)