Grove City College Men's Tennis

The 2026-27 season will be Shea Prins' third campaign as Grove City College head women's tennis coach. Prins worked as Grove City's interim head coach during the fall 2024 season before being appointed as head coach at the conclusion of the fall semester.  Prins guided Grove City to a 10-3 record during the fall 2024 season, including a 7-1 mark in the Presidents' Athletic Conference. Seven Grove City players earned All-PAC recognition following the season.  Grove City followed by going 13-4 during the 2025-26 season. The Wolverines went 7-1 in conference play, along with a 4-0 mark in the spring while featuring a starting lineup comprised primarily of first-year players.  Prins spent the 2023-24 as assistant women's tennis coach at the College. Grove City won the conference title and advanced to the NCAA Division III Championship Tournament. The Wolverines finished 14-6 overall.  A four-year letterwinner at Georgia Southern University from 2006 to 2009, Prins brings her valuable experience both as a player and a coach to Grove City College. Throughout the years, she has been a United States Tennis Association (USTA) certified tennis professional who has coached a wide range of players in Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin. Regionally, her experience includes working with elite tennis players at the Oxford Athletic in Wexford, Pa., and Lakeview Athletic Club in Valencia, Pa. She earned a bachelor's degree in education from Georgia Southern in 2009. In 2010, she completed her master of education degree at Georgia Southern. She earned placement on the Southern Conference All-Academic Team status during her playing career at Georgia Southern. Prins lives in Grove City with her husband, Dr. Philip Prins, who is the chair of Grove City College's Department Exercise Science Department. They have three sons, Philip, 14, Isaac, 10, and Michael, 5.

Michael Frey joined the Grove City College athletic department as head men's tennis coach prior to the start of the spring 2025 season. He has guided Grove City to a 20-10 record in his first two seasons as head coach, along with a pair of runner-up finishes in the Presidents' Athletic Conference. In spring 2025, he guided Grove City to a 7-1 record in conference play, along with a trip to the conference tournament finals. Overall, Grove City finished 11-5. Frey came to the College after spending 2024 as the head men's and women's tennis coach at Westminster College. Prior to joining the collegiate ranks, Frey worked as assistant coach for the Grove City High School girls tennis program from 2018 to 2023. In 2023, he helped the Eagles advance to the District 10 Class AA semifinals in the district team tournament. Frey served as lead pastor at Fellowship Community Church in Grove City from 2012 to 2022. He also spent over 20 years coaching college student leaders as a part of Campus Crusade for Christ International (Cru), an interdenominational, internationally-focused faith-based campus ministry. He served as an area director for Cru in Grove City from 1997-2012 after six years as a Cru senior staffer in State College, Pa. In 2005, Frey founded Cru's Ocean City (Md.) Summer Mission, a 10-week program that places a high emphasis on student ownership and leadership development. He recruited regionally and nationally for improved student involvement and created leadership development programming and curriculum for both staff and student participants.   Frey graduated from Wright State University in 1991 with a bachelor's degree in fine arts.