TEAM

Proam

Cameron Backman

Cameron competed for eight years as a junior in Northern California. He played four years before advancing
to the national tournament three times. He attended Azusa Pacific University where he graduated with an
Applied Science degree in spring 2018. Cameron's coached at Silver Creek Valley, Colonial and Fiddlesticks
Country Club before transitioning into his role at Mediterra in the fall of 2018.

Captain

Jose Pastrello was born and raised in Sao Paulo, Brazil. He moved to the US in 2001 to attend college under a tennis
scholarship. Since graduating in 2005, Jose has been an active figure in tennis here in Southwest Florida. He is
currently the director of sports at Quail Creek Country Club. He is also on the Board of the USPTA Florida
division.

Jose Pastrello

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Diego Motivar from Bogota, Colombia. Played tennis for Columbus State University. Graduated with a degree in marketing and management from Columbus State University. Favorite tennis player Roger Federer. Loves going to the beach. Currently working at Quail West.

Diego Motivar

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Roddy Cantey

Roddy Cantey owns and operates two Pro Am Tennis stores in Naples. He is the one of two United States Racquet Stringers Association (USRSA) certified Master Racquet Technician (MRT) in the Naples/Ft. Myers area. Cantey is also a USPTA certified tennis teaching professional. Tennis has always been a passion of Cantey's. Starting at the age of 5, he quickly developed into a top notch junior player, being nationally ranked from the time he was 12 until he was 18. He was chosen to demonstrate proper stroke and technique in New York during the US Open when he was 14!

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Matt Kuk

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Matt Kuk is currently the head tennis professional at Quail Creek Country Club. He was an all-conference player for a top 25 nationally ranked tennis team at Salisbury University in Maryland. He was also an assistant coach for the women's tennis team at Ohio State University and the men's tennis team at FGCU.

Jake Nelson

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Jake, an USPTA Elite Tennis Professional, recently relocated to Naples with his wife and their 4 children. Prior to moving to Naples, Jake enjoyed a ten-year career as a tennis pro, most recently as the Director of Tennis & Head Pro for SWELL/California Athletic Clubs in Southern California. Jake is a former touring pro and nationally ranked junior.

Mike Baldwin is a USPTA Elite Tennis and Pickleball Professional and has been the Director of Racquets at the Club at Mediterra in Naples since 2013. Raised in Stuart, Florida, Mike started playing at the age of 5, still enjoys competing, and has been teaching for more than 30 years. Mike attended Florida State University and the University of Central Florida where he earned his bachelor’s in Economics. Mike and his wife, Maggie, have 2 daughters, Ava (14) and Chloe (11).

Mike Baldwin

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Jordan Vaughan

Jordan Vaughan is the Director of Tennis at Linville Ridge Country Club, in Linville NC. She played division 1 tennis Florida Atlantic University, where she majored in photography. She was Formerly #1 in the Nation Father-Daughter Open Doubles. Jordan teamed with Jesse Witten to reach the finals of the us open sectional qualifier in the 2014 mixed doubles.

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