Annie Freeman brings an interesting decades-old mix of tennis experience and hospitality to her role as Chief Operating Officer for Agape Tennis Academy. She started playing tennis at the age of seven and has continued playing ever since. Annie was the captain of her Marist School team that won the National Championship for Tennis.

After studying engineering at Marquette University, for more than 25 years she combined her work as a popular sports bar employee with managing, merchandising and systems for Serious Tennis and Berkeley Hills Country Club. In addition to her challenging work with the expanding Agape Tennis Academy, Annie and her husband also help homeowners clear their houses of clutter and organize estate sales. They now live in Duluth with their daughter, Maddux, and fur baby, Lilly.

Gina Woods stands as a beacon of leadership with over thirty years of experience in steering teams towards excellence. She is goal-oriented and motivated with exceptional experience in all management facets, including streamlining daily operational activities, personal and professional development, coaching, on-boarding, customer satisfaction, and employee engagement.

Gina’s journey is marked by a steadfast commitment to quality and an unwavering dedication to the personal and professional development of her staff. Her expertise in conducting interviews, onboarding and performance evaluations is unparalleled, bringing to the table a depth of knowledge that only years of experience can provide. Crafting comprehensive training programs that welcome new talent and nurture their growth through a continuous learning initiative that is not just a program but a promise to each team member that their development is paramount.

The flagship of Gina’s belief structure are the Agape Core Values and Beliefs, where her goal is to cultivate a culture where these are lived daily, setting a standard that goes beyond the aspirational to become the norm.

Joshua Bozeman is a native of Chicago, Illinois where he started playing tennis at the young age of 3 years old. He has a lifelong love for tennis, and sports in general as he is a multi-sport athlete. Growing up in different competitive environments and competing in 7 total sports is what caused him to fall in love with the process of constantly improving and developing new skills.

Joshua was a recipient of the Tennis Opportunity Scholarship Program (TOP) both in Chicago and in Atlanta for a combined 6 years. He played junior club team tennis as a kid, participating in weekly matches and playing in various local tournaments. After relocating to the Atlanta, Georgia area he competed on both his middle and high school tennis teams.

While Joshua did not go on to compete in college tennis, he did join the college club tennis team to help keep his skills up. Joshua is also a lifelong experienced musician and was on scholarship at school to play drums in the Million Dollar Band at the University of Alabama. In his free time, he enjoyed teaching some of his peers how to play tennis, which is how he got into coaching.

After graduating, he became employed full time at the university as a recruiter for a couple years while still coaching on the side. During this time he decided it best to follow his passion and relocate back to Atlanta to coach tennis. He has gained valuable experience and knowledge as both a player and a coach while working for multiple tennis centers and a country club before joining the Agape Team. Now as a member of the team, he hopes to fuel players of all ages and levels with the competitive passion for playing tennis and self improvement!

Victor Lopes is originally from New Caledonia, France. He played college tennis at both Union College and Grand Valley State University, competing at the NAIA and NCAA Division II levels. His playing background allowed him to compete in strong team environments and helped shape the way he approaches coaching today. Having experienced high-level college tennis as both a player and an assistant coach, he understands the importance of discipline, consistency, and creating a positive environment for improvement.

His coaching experience includes serving as the Assistant Coach for the Grand Valley State University Men’s Tennis Team, where he helped lead practices, conditioning sessions, and player development. In that role, he was involved in building practice plans, supporting athletes in their day-to-day development, and helping players improve both physically and mentally on the court. He also helped coach a doubles team that qualified for nationals. Victor recently completed his bachelor’s degree in Exercise Science, which adds a strong performance, movement, and fitness component to his coaching. He enjoys helping players not only improve their technique and confidence but also better understand how to move, compete, and perform at their best.

Michelle started playing tennis in 2022 as a Covid hobby. What started as a COVID hobby quickly turned into a passion for tennis and a love for the sport. She started out playing ALTA on a C-level team and is now the Captain of an A1 team and has progressed from being USTA 3.0 to 4.5 within 4 years. She has played at the USTA State Tournament for both 3.5 and 4.0 women’s, being their strongest singles player. She was also a key player in her USTA 3.5 Mixed Doubles team, winning matches throughout the season and State Tournament and leading her team to a spot to compete at USTA Nationals in Orlando in 2024. She played on an AA3 ALTA team in Spring 2026 and was a key contributor throughout the season, winning crucial matches to take the team to win City Finals.

Her love for this sport expands beyond just playing tennis. Michelle is a very dedicated captain for both her USTA and ALTA teams. She leads by example and holds herself to the highest standards. She was the captain of an ALTA A5 team in Fall 2025 and led the team to win City Finals, playing Line 1 for the majority of the weeks. She was also the captain of an aMixed 4.0 team in Fall 2025 and played crucial matches during the season and all matches in the playoffs, and helped the team earn a spot at the USTA State Tournament in September 2026.

Michelle plays the highest levels in her Flex leagues (T2, Ultimate, USTA Ladder). In 2025, she was the winner of the USTA 4.0+ ladder for the entire calendar year. She has also won Ultimate 5.5 City Finals for Singles and T2 4.5 City Finals for Singles.

In her free time, aside from tennis, Michelle enjoys traveling with her husband and trying out new restaurants in Atlanta. But of course, her husband is also a dedicated tennis player, so their favorite time together is playing mixed doubles.

Coach Ning has over a decade of coaching experience with adults at the beginner, intermediate, and league team levels, specializing in doubles strategy. She works with junior players from ages 4-18.

Originally from Thailand, Ning has played competitive tennis since she was 9. She was an award-winning junior player, ranked Top 5 of her age group in Thai ranking and Top 400 by the ITF. At age 13, she won 3 consecutive ITF doubles titles. Ning won several other ITF titles over the next 5 years. Her award-winning performance continued at the college level at Brenau University, including multiple AAC Conference Awards from 2018 to 2020. ITA National Best Rank in singles #15 and doubles #7.

Ning earned multiple awards for her off-the-court talents, including the Arthur Ashe Leadership and Sportsmanship Award. She was granted the Champion of Character and All-Academic Team every year at Brenau.

Shelby was born to a family of tennis players, and so, of course, at the ripe age of 4, she was already swinging a racket. Her first coach would lovingly call her “shuffling Shelby!” Her family moved from Delaware to Georgia when she was about 7 years old, and they all quickly fell in love with playing ALTA on their local neighborhood teams. Soon she began traveling the country to compete in USTA junior tournaments, ascending the ranks at the state, southern, and national levels in singles and doubles. Her fireplace mantel was full of trophies — too many to count! Her impressive kick serve and sportsmanship are what CEO Amy Pazahanick remembers best from their matches together as kids.
After playing for the Walton High School Raiders from 1999-2003, she went on to receive a tennis scholarship to play for the Davidson College Wildcats in North Carolina, where she studied philosophy and Spanish. Her other career highlights include: Competing in the USTA Zone Team Championships (Zonals) 12 & under in Indianapolis. Winning 3 consecutive Georgia State Junior Closed Tennis Championships G16s and G18s at her favorite tournament in Augusta, GA. Reaching a career-high #2 ranking in the Georgia 18 & under division, which put her as the #2 seed that year at the Georgia State Junior Qualifiers Tournament in Macon, GA. And finally, helping her high school tennis team become State Champions.

She began coaching after college at the very same academies that once taught her to play the game. She mentored with dedicated professionals, developing her coaching style to fit players of all ages and skill levels. She took the Assistant Tennis Professional position at Indian Hills Country Club in 2011, where she founded the Cardio Tennis Program. She was well-known for her motivating personality, high-energy coaching style, and strategic, creative drills. She has a knack for improving a player’s overall game and technique in both private and group lessons. Her favorite shot in her arsenal is a close tie between the slice backhand and the serve-andvolley. She thinks of herself as a “net monster” and loves to encourage her players to control and dominate the short-court. In her free time she enjoys hiking, camping, and adventuring with her girlfriend and their four dogs Sunny, Otis, Scarlett, and Lucky.

Claire Licata always brings her heightened energy and passion for tennis every time she steps on the court. Born and raised in New Jersey, she started teaching at her childhood tennis facility at the age of 16 and has since coached local middle & high school teams toward winning multiple USTA District Championships.

Claire has several years of experience instructing in both adult and junior clinics. She especially enjoys introducing new players to the sport and creating a similar sense of joy and community that she experienced firsthand.

In addition, Claire has been involved with sports-based advocacy organizations in the northeast, such as Challenger Sports and Garden State Equality. While graduating from Emory University with a Bachelor of Business Administration, Claire has embraced the local tennis community and now permanently resides in Atlanta.