Ashland University Men's Tennis

YEAR: Third in 2025-26 PREVIOUS COLLEGE: Bluefield State '23 AT ASHLAND UNIVERSITY This is Avila's third season as the graduate assistant coach for Ashland's tennis programs. BEFORE ASHLAND UNIVERSITY Played for the Bluefield State men's tennis team, taking part in the NCAA postseason in 2021. Served as assistant coach at Canas Tennis Academy in Florida in the summer of 2021 and 2022. Has been a graduate assistant esports coach at Union College since Sept. of 2023. He was the assistant to the Dean of Students office at Bluefield State from 2021-23. Also was a sales representative in 2022 at Bamboo Payment Systems. Graduated from Bluefield State with a major in Entrepreneurship and a minor in Business Management.

YEAR: First in 2025-26 PREVIOUS COLLEGE: Ohio State '93 AT ASHLAND UNIVERSITY The spring of 2026 will be Wurtzman's first season as Ashland University's Director of Tennis Operations. BEFORE ASHLAND UNIVERSITY Wurtzman most recently has worked in Columbus, Ohio, at the Olympic Indoor Tennis Club as head coach of numerous United States Tennis Association (USTA) district-qualifying adult teams, assistant professional for all junior programs, and a private coach for adult and elite junior players, as well as director of the Wilson Tennis Camp. From 2014-23, Wurtzman was a high school and middle school tennis coach at Columbus Academy – serving as head girls varsity coach (2019-23), head boys varsity coach (2017-23) and head girls middle school coach (2014-18). His previous collegiate tennis coaching experience came as the head men's coach at Capital from 2016-17, assistant men's coach at Ohio State from 2002-05, assistant men's coach at Wisconsin from 2000-02, and assistant men's and women's coach at Kenyon from 1999-2000.