| Paul Settles | |
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Title: Head Coach
E-mail: paul.settles@cms.claremont.edu
Phone: 909-607-3563
Season: 7th
College: University of Pennsylvania
Overall Record: 135-46, .746
SCIAC Record: 56-4, .933
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In his six seasons, Coach Settles has established CMS Stags
Tennis as one of the very elite in Division III. In the past four
years, the Stags have earned top five year-end national rankings
and won 41 consecutive conference matches and four outright
conference titles. In 2009, Settles was named the West Region
ITA Coach of the Year.
Settles is a USPTA certified P1 professional and a graduate of the
USTA High Performance Coaching Course. In December of 2008, Settles
was named coach of Team USA in the International University
Challenge, leading six top collegiate American players in an eight
team international competition in France. Settles also serves
as a coach for the Southern California Maze Cup Team (Boys and
Girls 16s and 18s) against Northern California and is a member of
the Player Services staff for the LA Open, an ATP World Tour
event.
Settles has served as a volunteer member of two USTA national
committees, the Collegiate and Adult & Senior Competition
Comittees. He also serves on the Board of Directors of the
Intercollegiate Tennis Association and is co-chair of the ITA Small
College Operating Committee and task force on NCAA Legislative
Issues.
Before coming to CMS, Settles served until 2003 as Director of
Player Services of the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP),
the governing body of men’s professional tennis. At the ATP,
Settles’ wide range of responsibilities included supervision
of the Player Services Department, staff liaison for the ATP Player
Council, Player Leadership Committee, and Board of Directors; and
serving as founding committee member of the ATP Medical Services
Committee.
Still an active player himself in the adult and family divisions,
Settles is winner of 12 USTA National Championships. Paul, and wife
Kathy - an Assistant Coach for CMS women's team - have four
children: Ryley, Christian, James, and Caleb.
| Hank Krieger | |
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Title: Volunteer Assistant Coach
E-mail: hkrieger@hmc.edu
Phone: 909-607-3618
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Hank Krieger's name is synonymous with CMS Stags Tennis. Coach Krieger was inducted into the CMS Athletic Hall of Fame in 2004, recognizing a twenty-two season coaching tenure in which the Stags won over 400 matches. During that time his overall winning percentage was .647 and his SCIAC winning percentage was .865. Twice named the NCAA Division III Coach of the Year (in 1985 and 1993), Krieger was at the helm for the Stags only national championship (in 1981) and has coached 24 All-Americans.
Having retired from full-time teaching as a Math Professor at Harvey Mudd College in 2005, Krieger is still actively involved in several academic projects at HMC, and serves on a handful of community-based committees and boards. His contributions as team consultant, historian, and volunteer asistant coach continue to be invaluable.
Hank and his wife Rita live in Claremont. They have two grown
children and four grandchildren.
| Gui Schils | |
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Title: Assistant Coach
E-mail: guillaume_schils@ml.com
College: Claremont McKenna '09
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A 2009 graduate of Claremont McKenna College and four-year starter for the Stags. Among his accomplishments at CMS, Schils earned ITA All-American and All-SCIAC honors three times. He was an NCAA Doubles Champion, ITA West Region and ITA National Doubles Champion, and Ojai Valley Doubles Champion. Schils was also an ITA Scholar-Athlete (for maintaining a 3.5 GPA of higher), and is part of the CMS Wall-of-Fame for his achievements on-court and in the classroom. In singles, Schils posted a 38-18 career record, for a .679 winning percentage. In doubles he was 93-38 (.710 winning percentage), putting him second all-time in matches played, and third in matches won for an individual. With partner Larry Wang, he holds the CMS record for matches played and won in a single season and career (36 and 29, 122 and 88 respectively).
A native of Shaker Heights, Ohio, Schils is a huge Cleveland
professional sports fan. When not working with the Stags in his
spare time, Schils works as a financial analyst for Merrill Lynch
in their Private Banking and Investment Group in Century City, CA.
| Lawrence Wang | |
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Title: Assistant Coach
E-mail: lwang09@cmc.edu
College: Claremont McKenna '09
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Lawrence Wang will be remembered as one of CMS Tennis' all-time greats. As a Stag, he was a four-year ITA All-American, and Team MVP. He was the SCIAC Player of the Year for an unprecedented three consecutive years, and during his career was part of teams that never lost a league contest. Wang became the only Stag to ever win the prestigious Ojai Valley singles title in 2009, after winning the doubles title there three years earlier. He and doubles partner Gui Schils captured Ojai (2006), the NCAA Doubles title (2008), the ITA West Region and ITA National Doubles titles (2006). Wang was honored as ITA West Region Rookie of the Year as a freshman, and then Senior Player of the Year in his final season. He was also named CMC Male Athlete of the Year in his final two years as a student-athlete. With 194 career singles and doubles wins, Wang ranks second all-time in CMS history.
A 2009 Claremont McKenna grad who majored in human biology, Wang
is currently pursuing a Masters in Public Health at UC Irvine with
plans to continue on to medical school. He is the recipient of an
NCAA post-graduate scholarship as a result of his exceptional
accomplishments in the classroom and on the tennis court.












