All Westport Swim & Tennis tennis professionals are USTA Safe Play Certified and have completed the training and screening requirements established by the USTA to help provide a safe, positive, and athlete-centered environment for all players.

Sunny Bowers
Sunny BowersTennis Director
Sunny Bowers brings more than 27 years of tennis coaching and teaching experience to our program. A native of Denver, North Carolina, she is passionate about helping players of all ages and skill levels develop their game, build confidence, and enjoy tennis for life.
Sunny played collegiate tennis at Presbyterian College, where she earned a degree in Special Education. She later spent ten years in Columbia as a Director of Tennis and General Manager, developing programs and coaching players of all ages. She also trained at the renowned Van Der Meer Tennis Academy.
Corey Cornacchio
Corey CornacchioPart Time Tennis Assistant Pro
Corey has been a tennis member at Westport since 2012 and holds a Pickleball IPTPA Level 2 Certification.
Corey is also a certified USTA Try Tennis Instructor and has taught both Try Tennis and Try Play programs for the Lake Norman Tennis Association for the past two years. He’s played on 2 state-winning teams and has represented Westport in several others. Like many tennis players, he was resistant to pickleball at first, but then he was bitten by the bug. He is now applying his teaching skills to also help introduce pickleball to the Westport Community.