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Our Team

Dr. Melissa Hunfalvay, Founder, AASP, USPTA1

Melissa is originally from Australia. She came to the United States and played NCAA1 college tennis before turning pro in 1995. She played 2 years on the WTA challenger circuit and returned to the U.S. to coach NCAAI men’s and women’s college tennis for 5 years. In 2004, she received a doctorate in sport science from the University of Virginia.

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Robert Sicina, Business Developer

Robert (Bob) Sicina has 30 years of experience in senor executive positions at Citibank, American Express and various entrepreneurial endeavors. He worked for thirteen years in Latin America for Citibank, where he served as Country Manager of Colombia and Division Chief Financial Officer (CFO). He became CFO of Citibank's entire International Consumer Group and later, of Citibank

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Peter Lee, Performance Coach, AASP, USPTA

Peter graduated from the University of Vermont with a Bachelor of Science in Human Development and Family Studies and competed in Division I tennis. After graduation, Peter was both a Tennis Professional and a Family Intervention Specialist for schools, families and children. Combining his interests in athletics and psychology, Peter became the first Director of Mental Conditioning for the MAC/Bollettieri Academy in Manchester, MA.

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Ms. Teressa Papproth, Accounts Manager

Teressa has fifteen years of business management experience. She brings experience in business development, marketing, accounts and financial management. Teressa can be reached at accounts@isportscience.com

Ms. Rochelle Ward, Research Administrator

Aly researchers business opportunities for The Institute of Sport Science. She facilitates business growth especially in the Maryland, D.C. and Virginia areas.

Mr. Randy Conldrin, Videographer and Special Effects

Randy brings a wealth of past experience to The Institute of Sport Science as a videographer. He edits, works with overlaying audio and special effects for our products and services.

Mr. Matthew Pursell, Website Developer

Eddie updates, edits, and adds content to our website. Search engine optimization, social media outlets, including Facebook and youtube are part of his input to our team.

In 2009 our collective results include:

• Over $100,000 in NCAAI and II tennis scholarship money for 2009-2010 academic year

• On court and off court work with USTA high performance juniors

• 89 WTA and ATP professional tennis players ranked top 250 using AnticipationStation™ products and services

• Worked one-on-one with many regional and national level junior tennis players from U.S.A., Australia and South America

• Reduced time to anticipate a serve by 1.2 seconds on average

• Increased accuracy of determining spin and direction to 98%

• Taught over 300 high performance athletes the skills needed to exce