Purdue University Adult Nike Tennis Camp West Lafayette, Indiana
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Come join the fun at summer camp and get better! One of our newest Adult Nike Tennis Camp locations, Purdue University is a great place for adults to come hit a ton of balls, take their game to the next level, and make lasting friendships! This adult tennis clinic is sure to be a blast!
This tennis camp for adults ages 18 and over is a great place for adult tennis players of all abilities to come and improve their game. Our goal is to give participants the opportunity to improve their technique while being challenged by some of the best players in their peer group. Our adult summer camps combine technical tennis instruction and drilling from a superb coaching staff, and supervised match play.
Highlights Include
- 4:1 student to instructor ratio
The beautiful and historic campus of Purdue University is a short distance from Chicago and Indianapolis.Tennis is played at the Schwartz Tennis Center with its 18 courts; twelve outdoor and six indoor.
Meet your coaching staff
Camp Director
Pawel Gajdzik
Pawel Gajdzik is in his third year as the head coach at Purdue. He began his term Aug. 23, 2009. Gajdzik is the ninth coach in program history.
Read Full BioIn 2010, Gajdzik lead the Boilermakers to the highest single-season win total for the program since 2003. Eight Purdue athletes earned career-high win totals in their first season under Gajdzik's direction. Gajdzik and assistant coach Brandon Lenfert welcome their first recruiting class and the 24th-ranked group according to tennisrecruiting.net in the fall of 2010.
Gajdzik came to Purdue after spending the previous season as head coach at Northern Illinois. He led the Huskies to a 9-10 overall record, including a 3-2 MAC mark that tied for second in the conference, in his first season in charge. Northern Illinois' second-place MAC showing was the highest for the school since 1997 and included the program's first victory over Ball State since 1974.
The Huskies managed postseason acclaim as well in Gajdzik's first season. Pawel Poziomski was named MAC Newcomer of the Year and All-MAC second team. Fellow freshman Jurica Grubisic was a first-team All-MAC selection, and junior Javier Bernabe was named to the second team. Gajdzik's 2009 recruiting class was named the No. 1 mid-major class in the country by TennisRecruiting.net.
Before taking over at Northern Illinois last summer, Gajdzik spent six seasons on the coaching staff at Baylor. The Bears won the 2004 national championship and the 2005 national indoor team title before earning a national runner-up finish in 2005. Baylor also advanced to the national semifinal in 2006 and 2007 and the national quarterfinal in 2003 and 2008. The Bears brought six consecutive Big 12 championships and five Big 12 tournament titles back to Waco in that time, as well.
Gajdzik directed 2004 NCAA singles champion Benjamin Becker and 2005 NCAA singles champion Benedikt Dorsch, who were two of the four All-Americans to play at Baylor while Gajdzik was on staff. In addition to his coaching duties at Baylor, Gajdzik founded the PG Tennis Academy in 2005.
During his playing days at Baylor, Gajdzik won the 1998 Big 12 singles and doubles titles and was named the conference's Newcomer of the Year while leading the team to its first NCAA tournament appearance. In his first season of collegiate tennis, he was ranked as high as 17th in singles and was in the top 20 in the doubles rankings with two different partners. His 8-0 conference mark that season still stands as the best single-season mark in school history. The following year, Baylor put together a 25-4 record and advanced to the national quarterfinals. In 2000, Gajdzik won another Big 12 doubles crown while leading the Bears to the first men's team conference title in school history and a Round of 16 berth in the NCAA tournament.
Prior to coming to the United States, Gajdzik was a member of Poland's national team from 1989 to 1997. He was an ATP ranked professional player in singles and doubles while playing for the Polish Junior National Team. Gajdzik also won a national championship and was ranked in the top five throughout his junior career.
Gajdzik, a Szczecin, Poland, native, is married to the former Elizabeth Solomon.
Co-Director
Brandon Lenfert
Brandon Lenfert begins his third season as men's assistant tennis coach at Purdue.
Read Full BioIn 2010, Lenfert helped lead the Boilermakers to the highest single-season win total for the program since 2003. Six Purdue athletes earned career-high win totals in their first season under Lenfert'sdirection. Lenfert and Gajdzik welcome their first recruiting class and the 24th-ranked group according to tennisrecruiting.net in the fall of 2010.
Lenfert joined the Boilermakers after two seasons as an assistant at Northern Illinois, including last year with Gajdzik. In two years as an assistant coach for the Huskies, the Memphis, Indiana, native oversaw three first-team All-MAC selections, one MAC Player of the Year and one MAC Newcomer of the Year.
In 2009, Lenfert and Gajdzik led Northern Illinois to a second-place conference finish, which was the highest for the school since 1997. The duo also coached Northern Illinois to its first defeat of Ball State since 1974.
The 2009 Huskies received individual accolades as well. Pawel Poziomski was named MAC Newcomer of the Year and All-MAC second team. Fellow freshman Jurica Grubisic was a first-team All-MAC selection, and junior Javier Bernabe was named to the second team. The recruiting class put together by Lenfert and Gajdzik was named the No. 1 mid-major class in the country by TennisRecruiting.net.
Under the tutelage of Lenfert, Alex Friesen earned the 2008 Mid-American Conference Sportsman of the Year and was one of two Huskies named to the All-MAC first team. Additionally, the Huskies' 2008 top doubles tandem reached a national ranking of 33rd and posted an overall record of 20-8. He also helped mentor former NIU player Brian Livingston, who was named the 2008 MAC Player of the Year.
Lenfert's impact was not just felt on the court, but also in the classroom. In 2008, the Huskies recorded a team grade-point-average of 3.14 and claimed five of the 10 spots on the Academic All-MAC team.
Lenfert was a three-year team captain at Eastern Illinois University, where he played predominantly at No. 2 and No. 3 singles and No. 1 doubles for the Panthers from 2003-07. Lenfert played a key role in helping EIU to their first national ranking in 2007. He earned his bachelor's degree from Eastern Illinois in August 2007, compiling a 3.87 GPA on a 4.0 scale.
While at EIU, Lenfert was named to the Ohio Valley Conference Commissioner's Honor Roll in both 2005 and 2006. He also accepted the Panther Scholar Athlete Eastern Award in 2005 and the Merit Award in 2004.
Lenfert spent summers coaching at the University of Illinois Nike Tennis Camps from 2004-06. In 2007 and 2008, Lenfert also served as Director and Head Instructor of the Scott County YMCA Summer Tennis Clinic instructing and training junior and adult players from the Southern Indiana area.
Lenfert earned his master's degree in sport management from Northern Illinois in May.
Location: West Lafayette, Indiana
All Skill levels welcome!
Dates: June 29-July 1
Check-In: 3:30pm Friday
Check-Out: 11:30am Sunday
Daily Schedule:
Friday: 3:00-6:00pm
Saturday: 9:00am-12:00pm and 1:00pm-4:00pm
Sunday: 9:00-11:30am
Please note: This is a Day Camp only and runs during the hours listed above. The camp tuition DOES NOT include housing. Campers are required to provide their own overnight accommodations
Registration Packet
A detailed camper registration packet containing check in location, health/release forms, emergency contact info, and a list of things to bring will be emailed to all registered campers in the Spring. Our health and release forms do not require a doctor's signature and they will be collected on the first day of camp.
























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This is our first year hosting an Adult Nike Tennis Camp at this location. To read reviews from past Nike Tennis campers, please check out the reviews listed on the web pages for some of the other Nike Tennis Camp locations.