Staff Members at The Falls Tennis & Athletic Club

Suzi Schumacher

General Manager
Suzi has 23 years in the fitness and dance industry. She has 13 fitness certifications as well as many years of experience in the management field. She holds a BFA in Dance from Southern Methodist University. In the Lubbock Area, Suzi has been recruited by every fitness facility in the area for her knowledge and expertise in the Fitness Industry.
suzi@thefallsathleticclub.com

Aaron Alanis

Certified Personal Trainer


Sandra   Blackwell

Certified Personal Trainer, Fitness Instructor
Sandra has worked in the Fitness Industry for over 20 years in three cities. Certified as a Personal Fitness Specialist from the Cooper Clinic in Dallas, Texas, she provides for her clients the prescription needed to achieve the gap between desired goals and current fitness status. Her clients are instructed not only in the exercise to be performed, but also...  Read More

Judy Bowman

Club Ambassador
Judy has been involved in the tennis industry for 31 years. She was the Pro Shop manager at Southwest Tennis Center for 20 years in Houston, TX before moving to Lubbock 11 years ago. After moving to Lubbock, she worked at Lubbock Country Club for 9 years as the Director of Activities. She moved to the Falls as the Club Ambassador and Member Services 2 years ...  Read More

Virginia Brown

Tennis Professional
Virginia A. Brown Brown received her B.S. degree from Baylor University, M-ED at University of North Texas, and Post Doctorate at Texas Tech University and University of California, Berkeley. Brown has been a teacher, coach, and mentor in the sport of tennis for more than forty years. She played at the highest level possible and coach more than ten National ...  Read More

Beth Cardinal

Group Fitness Director
A native Lubbockite, married to Tony with four children (Jessica, Kimberly, Allyson, John), and one grandson, (Jackson). She has taught group fitness for 19 years with certifications including AFAA, Spinning, Precision Cycling by Star Trac , Gravity Group Strength, Bodypump, Bodycombat, and Balletone. The reason Beth teaches: I want everyone to enjoy the pos...  Read More
bcardinal2000@aol.com

Jim Carter

Tennis Professional
Coach Carter has been a Tennis Professional at the Falls for two years. He also is the head tennis coach at Monterey High School after serving for thirty five years at Coronado High School. As a high school coach, his teams have won twenty-one district championships, three individual state doubles titles, and one team state championship, and five runner up f...  Read More

Jill Chandler

Dietician
Jill Chandler is the new Registered Dietitian at the Falls Tennis and Athletic Club. She graduated from Texas Tech University with a Bachelor’s degree in Nutritional Sciences. She completed her dietetic internship at the Michael E. DeBakey Veteran Affairs Hospital in Houston, TX. While in her internship, she completed her Master’s degree in Nutrition and Fo...  Read More
JillChandler@thefallsathleticclub.com

Judy  Fleming

Certified Personal Trainer, Fitness Instructor
Judy has been in the fitness field for 13 years. She is certified through AFAA as an Aerobics Instructor and the Cooper Clinic in Biomechanics and as a Physical Fitness Specialist. Her true passion is encouraging others to attain their personal health and fitness goals and strives to stay up to date on the latest exercise and nutrition news. Judy says, "God ...  Read More

Aaron French

Director of Personal Training, Certified Personal Trainer
Aaron has over 10 years of experience as a Certified Personal Trainer with extensive knowledge in multiple training techniques. Be it weight loss and toning, strength and size development, or athletic enhancement, Aaron has the knowledge and experience to help you get where you need to go. Aaron's background includes competitive cycling, as well as strength ...  Read More
aaron@thefallsathleticclub.com

Eric Huntley

Director of Tennis
Eric has been with the Falls Tennis and Athletic Club since its inception in October, 2003. He oversees the entire tennis program including the lessons, leagues, events, junior programs and summer camps. Eric has been playing tennis for thirty eight years, and teaching for twenty four years. Prior to coming to the Falls he was the Tennis Director at LakeRidg...  Read More
erichuntley@att.net

Amanda Knight

Tennis Professional
Amanda has been with the Falls since its opening in 2003. She graduated from Indiana University and has been in Lubbock for 5 years. Amanda is a PTR Professional certified teaching pro and National Tester and has been teaching tennis for 15 years. Along with teaching, she enjoys directing tournaments including multiple charity events and the Lubbock USTA Men...  Read More
amashaw25@yahoo.com

Sean Murphy

Tennis Professional
Sean is one of our newest instructors. He helps with the Falls Junior Development as well as chaperoning juniors on tennis trips. He was the #1 player varsity tennis team all four years of high school. 4 years varsity tennis team captain. He ran summer tennis camp for 2 years at Chandler's Landing Yacht and Tennis Club. 4 years experience as tennis coach. Ju...  Read More
sean.murphy@ttu.edu

Debbie Passmore

Front Desk /Pro Shop Supervisor
Debbie has been a part of The Falls family from the beginning. An avid tennis player herself along with her children that have played at the National Level. She has run the USA Adult and Mixed Tennis Leagues in Lubbock,.a certified umpire and served on the Board of South Plains Tennis Association and assisted in a variety tennis tournaments . She holds a GRA...  Read More

Robbi Strieder

Tennis Professional
Robbi has been married for 5 years to her fantastic, hard working, fun-loving husband, Will. They have 2 very active, beautiful boys, Sean, 3 1/2 and Noah, 4 months. Robbi also has 2 awesome stepsons, Cameron, 10 and Colin, 8. She went to Tech for her Bachelors and Masters. She has been a teacher for 18 years, and tennis in particular for 5 years. Robbi love...  Read More
robbi_strieder@yahoo.com

Jeff  Walker

Personal Trainer


Natalie Scanlon

Quickstart Coordinator
Natalie comes to us from the great state of Minnesota where she was a 2 time doubles state champion, runner up in singles and maintained a national USTA ranking. She is a doctoral student at Texas Tech in child psychology and is a member of the Professional Tennis Registry.

Ilya Babinciuc

Tennis Professional
Ilie comes to us from Moldova where he was a 5 time national champion. He was ranked as high as 32 in Europe during juniors and played for the Moldovan Davis Cup Team in 2004. Afterwards, Ilie attended Texas Tech as reached as high as number 17 in the nation. Ilie graduated with a degree in financial planning. He is a member of the Professional Tennis Regist...  Read More