Sam Houston State University Women's Tennis

Rob Hubbard is in his 7 th season coaching the Sam Houston women’s tennis program after being named as Sam Houston’s eighth women’s tennis coach on July 11, ...

Beginning her fourth year in Huntsville, Robin Hubbard previously served as assistant women’s tennis coach at University of Maryland-Baltimore County before joining the Sam Houston State staff. She brings a wealth of teaching experience to the Bearkats, having also been an assistant coach at Towson State and Texas-Pan American. She also has worked as a tennis professional at four top tennis clubs in Texas. She was a pro at the Forty West Racquet Club for six years, had a one-year stint at The Club at Cimarron in Misson and was the director of junior tennis at the Walden Racquet Club in Conroe. She also was a member of the pro staff at the Del Lago Tennis Resort Center and April Sound Tennis Club, both in Conroe, for close to a decade. Hubbard played college tennis at the University of North Texas in Denton. She was the No. 1 singles player for UNT’s No. 14 nationally ranked squad and ranked among the top 50 in the women’s rankings. The Dallas native played on the Virginia Slims pro tour from 1979 to 1981. Before college, Hubbard was ranked No. 64 in the nation in Girls 18’s, No. 5 in Texas and was ranked No. 1 in Texas Open Mixed Doubles.

A four-time All-Mountain West Conference singles and doubles performer at Wyoming, Sophie Zehender joined the Bearkat tennis program as a graduate assistant coach for the 2024-25 season. The only Wyoming Cowgirl to be named as all-conference in both singles and doubles for four consecutive seasons, Zehender set a single-season school record pairing with partner Violetta Borodina for 26 doubles victories during her senior year. Zehender completed her college tennis career with 62 singles victories and 67 doubles wins. She stands 7th on the Wyoming all-time doubles chart and 15th in career singles. The Stuttgart, Germany product came to Wyoming with an outstanding high school and junior career. She won the German Second District Championship and was a runner-up at the Baden-Wuttembergische Championship. She also participated in both the youth and women’s German Championships. In 2019, Zehender reached the semifinals of three German national tournaments and the finals of a pair of regional tournaments. She also finished at the RVR Cup Champion and reached the semifinals in both the Ladies Open and Dimah Open.