2022 Varsity Schedule

Mary Phillips Smith is a native of Tallahassee and a graduate of Leon High School, where she led the tennis team to two state championships. She has competed in USTA tournaments at both the regional and national level. 

Smith attended Georgia Southern University, where she was an NCAA Division 1 scholar-athlete, a member of the International Tennis Association All-Academic Team, Coca-cola Dedication Award winner, and second team All-SoCon Doubles. Prior to leading the varsity team, ‘Coach MP’ was the Maclay Middle School tennis coach and a coach at Elite Junior Tennis.

JV Boys 2022

2022 JV Schedule

Susan Steuby Gray was born and raised in St. Louis, Missouri. She started playing tennis at the age of nine, inspired by an older Junior player. She regularly attended the Sunset Junior Development program throughout her 12s - 18s and was ranked Top 10 girls in the city of St. Louis and the surrounding area in the Girls 18's. Gray was ranked in the low 30's in her 5-state region, played #1 singles for Nerinx Hall High School, and went on to an NCAA D1 Scholarship to Southern Illinois University. She was a participating member of the Gateway Conference Championship team in 1984, was All-Conference Singles Player in 1988, and had two seasons of stellar doubles with a 12-3 record.

While raising her four sons, she rediscovered her love of horses, rising to the FEI International level of 3-Day Eventing. After 25+ years of riding, she retired the vest to return to Tennis Coaching in 2016.  Susan coached Maclay’s Middle School team for three years (one season undefeated) and has served for the past two years as JV coach, where in 2019, she coached twenty-five JV players to a 10-3 season.

Middle School Roster 2022

Finley Boland
Michael Boulos
Lauren Conn
Hawa-Lorai Harruna
Meghan Lawler
Morgan Liebling
Sophie Lombard
Campbell Miller
Jacob Patty
Belen Rambana
Andrew Rivers
Allie Wood
Ethan Woodring
Miranda Woodring

Kara Reister
Middle School Tennis Coach

Kara Reister found her passion for tennis when she picked up a racquet 10 years ago. Since then, she has devoted a significant amount of time becoming a student of the game. As a Scholarship Division 1 athlete, she was able to transfer many of her skills and remains committed to fitness along with athletics.

Kara is a PTR Certified Instructor. She has a passion for working with children and youth. She started her teaching at the Lexington Tennis Club in Lexington Kentucky. There she taught 10 and under and assisted with the Academy.  She helped run after school programs in public and private schools in Lexington, KY.  She spent a summer as the Children’s Tennis Program Director and later served as The Tennis Director for Idle Hour Country Club in Lexington, KY. 

Her husband’s career required several quick moves, and her family has finally settled here in Tallahassee.  She recently joined the Elite Junior Tennis team, helping with Pre-K at Maclay. She is looking forward to working and having fun with the Maclay Middle School team this spring.

Kara is married to Seth and they have 2 boys, Spencer, 10 and Cross, 6.