SELINSGROVE, PA - Susquehanna University has named Steve Reyes men's tennis coach, director of athletics Pam Samuelson has announced.

Reyes, a 1983 graduate of Asbury (Ky.) College, comes to Susquehanna after a diverse career that includes 10 years as a tennis professional followed by 10 years of service in the United States Army, including tours in Afghanistan during Operation Enduring Freedom and in Iraq during Operation Iraqi Freedom.

"Steve brings a wealth of experience and knowledge to this position, and we are pleased to have him as part of our staff," said Samuelson. "His background in recruiting and teaching will be a major asset as he looks to elevate the program."

Reyes was a tennis professional at several clubs and tennis centers, including WildeWood Country Club (Columbia, S.C.), Windmill Harbour Plantation (Hilton Head Island, S.C.), Team South Tennis (Lexington, Ky.), Indigo Lakes Tennis Center (Daytona Beach, Fla.) and Orange Park Country Club (Orange Park, Fla.) prior to joining the military.

Since June he has served as a recruiter and career counselor for the Pennsylvania Army National Guard, and has been a non-commissioned officer-in-charge of the laboratory in the Army War College at the Carlisle Barracks since June 2004.

A Senior Medic in the 5th Special Forces Group based out of Fort Campbell, Tenn., Reyes served in Afghanistan from October, 2001 to February, 2002 then served in Iraq from January, 2003 to September, 2004.

He is a graduate of the Airborne School at Fort Benning, the Special Operation Medical Sergeant Course, and the Arabic Language School and SERE School at Fort Bragg, from where he graduated from Special Forces Selection and Assessment in April, 1997.

Reyes did his basic training at Fort Leonard Wood in Missouri in the summer of 1996, and his first assignment was at the U.S. Army Aeromedical Research Laboratory at Fort Rucker, Alabama from February, 1997 to December, 1998.

He earned a master of science degree in exercise physiology from the University of South Carolina in 1989, and has taken classes in the doctoral program in nutritional sciences at the University of Kentucky .

Reyes is a USPTA tennis professional, a National Registry paramedic, and a U.S. Tennis Association clinician in sports medicine. He resides in Landisburg.