Professional Tennis Staff

Denise Tom Chorney - Director of Tennis and Head Professional

Tom has been with Cherokee since 1983. For over 20 years he has been a USPTA Professional and on the Prince National Advisory staff. He has coached junior players who have won more than a dozen Wisconsin high school singles championships and many Division 1 Collegiate players. His wife, Doneta, also teaches at Cherokee and their three children, Tilly, Shelby and Bailey are avid tennis players. Although tennis is his passion, he also loves playing golf. His biggest disappointment is not seeing his only hole-in-one go into the hole

Credentials:

Director of Tennis and Head Professional, Cherokee since 1983
USPTA Professional since 1987
Prince National Advisory staff since 1988
Wisconsin USPTA Pro of the Year, 1996
Wisconsin Tennis Association's Rollie Mueller Award winner, 1999
Coach, Wisconsin District Marian Wood Baird Cup Team since 1990
Coach, Wisconsin District Training Centers Member, Wisconsin District Jr. Competition Committee since 1990
Chairman, Wisconsin Tennis Association Sanction and Schedule Committee since 2009

Doneta Chorney

Doneta has been with Cherokee since 1991. She is also the head professional at Bishops Bay Country Club and has been for the last nine years. Doneta grew up in Waunakee, and even though there was no tennis team at her high school, she still managed to get a tennis scholarship to the University of Nebraska. She transferred to the University of Wisconsin-Madison for her last year and played on the tennis team. After graduation, she decided to make teaching tennis her career. In 2002, Doneta and her husband, Tom, were on the 10.0 mixed doubles national championship team. In 2003, she competed in the women's 35 and under tournament and got USPTA Player of the Year. In Doneta's spare time she coaches her daughters' basketball teams and provides transportation and support for their tournaments.

Mark Chullino

Mark has been with Cherokee since 1992. He grew up in Kansas City, Missouri where he played tennis at the University of Missouri-Columbia. Along with being a professional at Cherokee, Mark is Head Tennis Professional at Maple Bluff Country Club and head coach of the Edgwood High School boy's team. Mark is a patient and strong tennis professional. Besides tennis, Mark loves to play golf.

Greg Isermann

Greg has been with Cherokee since 2005. During the summer, he is Head Pro at Seminole Tennis, assistant at Nakoma Country Club and varsity coach at Middleton High School. Greg grew up playing tennis in Brookfield, WI where he attended Brookfield Central High School. In high school, he was two time state runner-up and two time state champion. He went on to play at UW-Whitewater. Greg is an outdoorsman who loves skiing, kayaking, whitewater rafting and scuba diving.

Pat Klingelhoets

Pat has been with Cherokee on and off since 1973. He grew up in Monona and played tennis for the University of Wisconsin-Madison from 1968-1972. From 1973 to 1979, Pat was the head tennis professional at Janesville Indoor Tennis and then became the UW Men's Tennis Coach from 1981-2005. Along with tennis, Pat loves to fish and hang out with his wife, Nancy, and their dog, Bogie.

John Miller

John has been with Cherokee since 1998. He is a certified USPTA professional and is the Director of Tennis at Hawks Landing. John is the USTA Junior Team Tennis League Coordinator and GMTA Sunday Morning Coordinator. He graduated from the College of William and Mary in 1989 and joined the Peace Corps for three years in 1990. Besides tennis, John loves mountain and cylo cross training and racing.

Scott Shafer

Scott has been with Cherokee since 2005. He is a certified USPTA professional, the girls' varsity tennis coach at Middleton High School and teaches at Hawks Landing in Verona. Scott started to teach tennis while in college at various Nike Tennis camps and has taught at the Sports Mall in Salt Lake City, UT. Scott got his BA in journalism from Arizona State and his Masters in Marriage and Family Therapy from Edgewood College in 2008. Besides tennis, Scott enjoys photography, volleyball and cooking.

Jamey Vorlander

Jamey has been with Cherokee since 2000. He is a Madison native who attended Madison East High School. Jamey was the long time coach for Madison East High School's Varsity Boys' and Girls' tennis. He graduated from the University of Minnesota with a BA in political science. Jamey is a fun and passionate tennis professional determined to improve his players' tennis game. Besides tennis, Jamey is an avid biker.