On August 17, the
Kean University Department of Athletics announced the appointment of
Evelyn Alfaro as the Cougars new head women's tennis coach. Alfaro
becomes the Cougars’ 10th head coach in the 31-year history of the
program.
Prior to coming to Kean, Alfaro was the head women’s and assistant
men’s tennis coach at Stevens Institute of Technology, where she
guided the Ducks to the Women’s Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
(WIAC) and Independent Athletic Conference (IAC) team championships
in 1996 and was named the WIAC Coach of the Year. During her
two-year tenure as head women’s coach, seven of her players garnered
All-WIAC honors and one was named the IAC Player of the Year.
Alfaro is at a rated level 4.5 by the United State Tennis
Association. She has served on the board of directors of the
Arlington Players Club, a private tennis club in Kearny, NJ, and was
a four-time singles and doubles champion at the club (1993, 1996,
1999, 2001). Alfaro was also a member of the 4.0 USTA tennis team in
Longwood, NJ, that won the
regional championships in 1995 and from 2001 through 2004.
A first grade teacher for the gifted and talented at Dr. John Howard
Jr. School in East Orange, Alfaro earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts
degree in advertising from the School of Visual Arts in New York
City and a Master of Arts degree in education for administration
from St. Peter’s College in Jersey City, N.J.. |
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