UW-River Falls Tennis

Assistant Coaches

Sept. 11 , 2009

"Dr. Don" Leake starts his ninth year as an assistant coach with the Falcons. He joined the coaching staff in 2001 after serving as a volunteer coach in 2000. A self-taught student of the game, he brings over 30 years of tennis playing experience to the court.

Leake began playing tennis in junior high school on the windy plains of Oklahoma. A two-year letter winner at his high school in Columbia, Mo., he qualified for the state tournament his senior year (1970). He honed his tennis skills throughout college and perfected his backcourt game in Africa while serving as a Peace Corps volunteer.

Leake joined the math department at UWRF in 1983 and has been a persistent presence on the University courts for 23 years. His association with Head Coach Lee Lueck goes back as a life long friendly opponent on the court, as his assistant coach at River Falls High School, and has been an unwavering member of Lueck's USTA 4.0 league team.

Don is married to Ann and they have two daughters; Dani, a social worker who is getting married in Florida over spring break 2009 and Claire, a graduate student at UW-Madison. Leake resides in River Falls within sight of the University tennis courts.

Don Leake

Tim Thum is in his ninth year as assistant woman's tennis coach. He played varsity tennis at South Dakota Technical College where he received a degree in mechanical engineering in 1984. He has worked at UWRF as an engineer in the facilities management department since 1989. He was the Project Manager for the new tennis complex that was completed in August of 2005.

Thum is also the official team stringer and will again string team racquets this year. Thum has been an avid tennis player for the past 29 years, has assisted Head Coach Lee Lueck on a voluntary basis at both the high school and collegiate levels, and been a member of Lueck's USTA 4.0 league tennis team for seven years. He is married to Marilyn and has three children. His oldest daughter, Michele, works in River Falls as an engineer; Kristin is a senior at UW-Stout majoring in family and consumer science and Kevin begins his second year at the River Falls High School and loves baseball.

Tim Thum

Katie Lynn Anderson is a student coach for the Falcons for the 2009 season.

Anderson is a four-year letter winner with the Falcons and completed her senior season in 2008. She played No. 3 singles and No. 2 doubles as a senior. She was one of the team's captains. In 2007 and 2008 she was named the team's Spirit Award winner. In 2006 she was named to the second All-WIAC team in the No. 2 flight division.

Anderson is from Forest Lake, Minn., and is majoring in elementary education.

Katie Lynn Anderson

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