Maureen Rankine

The Assistant Director is Maureen Rankine, a member of the teaching staff of the Amherst Tennis Camp for 33 summers and the Assistant Director for the past 25 years. She is sought after for her considerable teaching skills, warm personality and unique ability to communicate fundamentals of the game to students of any age. Maureen looks forward to sharing her vast knowledge and understanding of the game with each camper.

Born in Montego Bay, Jamaica and comes from a family of tennis professionals Maureen has been a tennis Instructor for over 20 years. Maureen is also Co-Director of the renowned Nike Adult Tennis camp in Amherst, Massachusetts

Maureen is the founder of two non-profit organizations –The Association of Minority Tennis professionals, (AMTP) and Tennis Against Breast Cancer, (TABC). A Board member of several organizations including the Rankine Tennis & Education Foundation and the B.Rankine Cancer Fund in Monetgo Bay Jamaica, where she plans to open the first of several cancer clinic in honor of her mother, Beryl

Education: B.A. degree in Business Administration from Murray State University, Murray Kentucky. Awarded the Collegiate “All American award after leading her tennis team to their first Ohio Valley Conference Championships in1983

Overall, Maureen has had a long a illustrious career in tennis and has traveled the world competing and teaching tennis.

Currently a Tennis professional at Roosevelt Island Racquet Club, NYC where she has taught since the club opened in 1992.