University of Wisconsin, Eau Claire Men's Tennis

Matt Boughton enters his Second season as Head Men's Tennis Coach at UW-Eau Claire in 2025-26 As a well-known tennis pioneer of the Eau Claire community, Boughton brings his knowledge and leadership abilities to the UWEC Athletic Department after serving as the Executive Director and Head Tennis Pro at the John and Fay Menard YMCA Tennis Center for 17 years. Boughton was recognized with the Janet Louer U.S. Tennis Association Junior Team Tennis National Organizer of the Year Award in 2022. Boughton also serves as the United States Tennis Association's Northern Board President. He has worked with Team USA since 2016 and was a national runner-up in 2017. His accolades also include being two-time USTPA Wisconsin Pro of the Year, USTA Northern Pro of the Year, and multiple awards for the YMCA's facility and tennis organization.   Boughton currently resides in Eau Claire with his wife Sara, daughters Gracie and Jillian.

Kyle Seyer enters his first year as Assistant Athletic Director and Director of Men's and Women's Tennis at UW-Eau Claire in 2025-26. Seyer joined the Blugolds in the summer of 2025 and serves in a dual role overseeing the men's and women's tennis programs along with administrative functions across the athletic department. Seyer joined UW-Eau Claire from Regis Catholic Schools in Eau Claire, where he served as Athletic Director from 2023 to 2025. He was also the head boys and girls tennis coach at Regis, leading the Ramblers programs from 2012 to 2025. In that span, he coached 12 teams to the WIAA State Tournament, including the girls teams that finished as Division 2 state runner-up in 2016 and 2021. He led the Regis boys and girls varsity teams to a combined record of 397-131 during his time as head coach. Eight student-athletes earned all-state status in Seyer’s programs. Administratively, he served on multiple councils and committees within the state’s high school tennis community. Seyer graduated from UW-Eau Claire in 2015 with a Bachelor of Arts in Public Relations.

La Jeunesse enters his eighth year coaching at UW-Eau Claire.  He has coached multiple All-Americans in the 4x400 relay and multiple individual national qualifiers in the 400m dash. LaJeunesse graduated from UW-Eau Claire in 2016 with a degree in accounting and a minor in marketing and also competed for the Blugolds from 2014-16 where he was a five-time All-American and multiple time member of the Dean’s List and Academic All-American. He was a member of two indoor national championship teams (2015 and 2016) and was a captain of the 2016 team. In addition, he was a member of the 2015 National Championship Distance Medley Relay team (DMR) which also set a school record and is one of top times in NCAA Division III history. Updated 10/13/22