Matt Emery enters his ninth season as Kennesaw State Director of Tennis in 2026-27.
KENNESAW STATE WOMEN'S TENNIS COACHING SUMMARY
- Dual Match Record: 65-77 (.468)
- 8 All-Conference recipients totaling 16 honors
- 7 Conference weekly awards
- 8 ITA All-Academic Team awards
- 20 ITA Scholar-Athletes totaling 45 honors
- 1 CSC Academic All-District honor
KENNESAW STATE MEN'S TENNIS COACHING SUMMARY
- Dual Match Record: 87-67 (.565)
- 2022 ASUN Coach of the Year
- 6 Conference Tournament Semifinal appearances
- 10 All-Conference recipients totaling 16 honors
- 10 Conference weekly awards
- 3 ITA All-Academic Team awards
- 17 ITA Scholar-Athletes totaling 21 honors
- 2 Conference Academic honors
- 2 CSC Academic All-District honors
COACHING CAREER
- Kennesaw State Director of Tennis (2018-)
- Kentucky Assistant Coach (2012-18)
- Club Med Academies Junior Tennis Co-Director (Port St. Lucie, FL; 2010-12)
- Maryland Assistant Coach (2009-10)
- Kentucky Volunteer Assistant (2008-09)
KENNESAW STATE WOMEN'S TENNIS COACHING HIGHLIGHTS
2026: Led Owls to eight-match win streak Feb. 18-March 20, the second-longest streak in program history ... led KSU to the program's first-ever win over a power conference opponent, a 4-3 defeat of Virginia Tech ... led Owls in defeating their highest-ranked opponent to date, a 4-0 win over No. 58 South Alabama ... Ema Baraniakova earned All-CUSA Second Team Singles and Doubles ... Sofia Madrid earned All-CUSA Second Team Doubles ... Maria Ivankovic named to CUSA All-Freshman Team ... Ema Baraniakova and Madrid named CUSA Women's Doubles Team of the Week April 1 ... Ema Baraniakova earned CUSA Women's Tennis Athlete of the Week in consecutive weeks March 25 and April 1 ...Madrid garnered CSC Academic All-District honors ... Ema and Terezia Baraniakova, Madrid, Laura Nadaska, Izabelle Persson and Che Nel named ITA Scholar-Athletes ... program awarded 15th straight ITA All-Academic Team status.
2025: Ema Baraniakova earned All-CUSA First Team Singles and Doubles ... Sofia Madrid named All-CUSA First Team Doubles ... Ema Baraniakova received CUSA Spring Spirit of Service Award ... Che Nel named to CUSA All-Freshman Team ... Madrid, Nel, Izabelle Persson and Sophia Unger named ITA Scholar-Athletes.
2024: Ema Baraniakova named to All-ASUN Second and Freshman Teams ... Taylor Dean, Amulika Gottiparthy, Ivana Gresova, Madrid, Laura Nadaska and Izabelle Persson named ITA Scholar-Athletes.
2023: Ji Youn Lee named to All-ASUN Third Team, Sofia Madrid to ASUN All-Freshman Team ... Taylor Dean, Amulika Gottiparthy, Soomin Kim, Lee and Sophia Unger named ITA Scholar-Athletes.
2022: Kat Muzik earns All-ASUN First Team ... Ji Youn Lee and Muzik named ASUN Player of the Week ... Melody Cantrell, Juliana Castellanos, Taylor Dean, Amulika Gottiparthy, Soomin Kim, Lee, Sofia Pinedo, Valentina Taddi and Sophia Unger named ITA Scholar-Athletes.
2021: Taylor Dean garners All-ASUN First and Freshman Team ... Dean, Ji Youn Lee and Paola Cortez earn ASUN Player of the Week honors ... Melody Cantrell, Juliana Castellanos, Cortez, Dean, Soomin Kim and Sofia Pinedo named ITA Scholar-Athletes.
2020: Elle Baker, Melody Cantrell, Juliana Castellanos, Paola Cortez, Aspen Jarrett and Brenna Reilly named ITA Scholar-Athletes.
2019: Kendall Nash named to ASUN All-Freshman Team ... Elle Baker, Juliana Castellanos and Aspen Jarrett named ITA Scholar-Athletes.
KENNESAW STATE MEN'S TENNIS COACHING HIGHLIGHTS
2026: School-record-tying 15 wins ... Nathan Walters All-CUSA First Team Singles ... Leon Peranovic and Kyvan Rietkerk March 25 CUSA Doubles Team of the Week ... Walters March 25 CUSA Men's Tennis Athlete of the Week ... Xavi Ferrer and Ben Hudson CSC Academic All-District ... Dominic Ducariu, Hudson, Peranovic and Walters named ITA Scholar-Athletes, Owls earn ITA All-Academic Team Award.
2025: Anthony Weingarten and Mikolaj Lis All-CUSA First Team Doubles ... Weingarten All-CUSA Second Team Singles ... Weingarten and Lis April 9 CUSA Doubles Team of the Week ... Lis Academic All-CUSA ...Xavi Ferrer, Lis and Erik Vladimirov ITA Scholar-Athletes, Owls earn ITA All-Academic Team Award.
2024: 14-6 record ... Raul Garcia All-ASUN First Team ... Harvey Conway All-ASUN Second Team ... Garcia three-time ASUN Player of the Week ... Conway and Mikolaj Lis ITA Scholar-Athletes.
2023: Raul Garcia All-ASUN First Team ... Harvey Conway All-ASUN Second Team.
2022: ASUN Coach of the Year ... 15-6 record ... Raul Garcia and Matthew Terry All-ASUN First Team ... Hugo Salmeron ASUN All-Freshman Team ... Terry two-time ASUN Player of the Week ... Daniel Botti and Jack Lee ITA Scholar-Athletes.
2021: Raul Garcia and Sergio Ingles All-ASUN Second Team ... Raul Garcia ASUN All-Freshman Team ... Garcia April 7 ASUN Player of the Week ... Mritunjay Badola, Daniel Botti and Garcia ITA Scholar-Athletes.
2020: Owls earn ITA All-Academic Team Award ... Mritunjay Badola, Jose Galvez, Seru Tezuka and Harrison Wood ITA Scholar-Athletes.
2019: Fermin Calvo Barcelo All-ASUN First Team, Feb. 6 Player of the Week ... Gaston Muhammad ASUN All-Freshman Team ... Lucas de Torres Curth Academic All-ASUN ... de Torres Curth, Jose Galvez, Harvey Maughan and Jack Sorel ITA Scholar-Athletes.
COACHING HIGHLIGHTS
At Kentucky (12-18): helped lead the Wildcats to five NCAA Tournaments in six seasons, including consecutive Round of 16 appearances in 2013 and 2014, an ITA Top 25 final ranking in 2018 and rankings as high as No. 12 in 2016 and 2017 ... recruited Kentucky's No.1 and No. 2 singles players in 2018, William Bushamuka and Ryo Matsumura, both advanced to the NCAA Singles Tournament, with Bushamuka reaching the second round and Matsumura garnering ITA All-America honors as the nation's No. 10 player at season's end ... Also recruited to Lexington top prospects out of Japan (Kento Yamada), Taiwan (Ying-Ze Zhen) and top-60 U.S. prospect Theodore McDonald ... First recruiting class at Kentucky featured Kevin Lai, a 2013 Doubles All-American with teammate Tom Jomby.
At Club Med Academies (10-12): oversaw operations for 100 students in junior tennis program, including on-court practices, strength training and education, scheduling and travel to national and international tournaments.
At Maryland (09-10): helped the Terps to a school-record 13-0 start.
PLAYING CAREER
Starred at Kentucky (2001-05) ... totaled 58 singles wins and 36 doubles victories ... 2001 National Clay Courts Doubles Champion with Kentucky teammate Jesse Witten ... helped the Wildcats to NCAA Tournament appearances and ITA Top 25 final rankings in each of his seasons in Lexington, including an NCAA Quarterfinal and No. 8 finish in 2002 ... Junior circuit career included playing on 1999 U.S. National Team and appearing in each of four major Grand Slam tournaments ... Climbed as high as No. 12 in International Tennis Federation (ITF) Junior Singles Rankings and No. 16 in doubles ... Earned No. 1 U.S. Boys 16s and No. 2 U.S. Boys 18s rankings.
EDUCATION
- Bachelor's degree in corporate communications (University of Kentucky, 2006)
- Master's degree in sports leadership (University of Kentucky, 2012)
PERSONAL
Married to the former Sara Reichbaum ... has two children, a son, Jackson, and a daughter, Charlie ... Father, Dennis Emery, coached at Kentucky (1983-2012), Kentucky Athletics Hall of Famer
