Biography:

Coach Melbourne has been coaching at EDS since 2018. She was raised in Augusta and attended EDS through 5th grade before moving to San Diego, California.   Kirby played competitive tennis throughout high school and went on to play Division II college tennis for Franklin Pierce University in New Hampshire. After graduating, she was the assistant tennis coach at Franklin Pierce University and taught elementary school in Keene, NH.  Most recently, she spent the last year in Florida, where she worked as a tennis pro for a group offering clinics and lessons for all ages on public tennis courts in the area. 

Biography:

Carpenter, Zach

Tennis - 5 years coaching at EDS
Pickleball - 2nd year as EDS coach.

A lifelong tennis player and resident of Augusta, Georgia Zach grew up playing USTA Tournament Tennis around the southeast. After attending Georgia Southern University where he studied psychology he returned home and began coaching privately as well as for MACH Academy where he also participated in community outreach and after school programs teaching tennis and life skills to students in the Augusta area. In the Spring of 2016 Zach took the job of Juniors teaching professional at Newman Tennis Center in Augusta where he currently coaches. Zach has been a certified member of the Professional Tennis Registry for 5 years. In his spare time Zach enjoys playing guitar, golf, reading, writing and cooking.