Carolina Mayorga-Perry took over as the men’s and women’s tennis coach on Feb. 6, 2008. She has guided the Hawks to tremendous success over the past 12 seasons.
The Rockhurst men captured their second GLVC Championship in 2011 and the 32nd-ranked Hawks earned their first trip to the NCAA National Championships. The men advanced to the national quarterfinals and finished with a 22-4 record. The Rockhurst men also won the 2009 GLVC Championship and finished 26th in the ITA national poll. Rockhurst hosted the first two rounds and advanced to the second round.
Mayorga-Perry also led the Rockhurst women to the finals of the GLVC Tournament and into the second round of the NCAA Midwest Regional in 2009 and 2012. The Hawks were ranked 35th in the ITA Division II national poll.
She was named the GLVC Men's Coach of the Year and ITA Midwest Region Men's Coach of the Year in 2009 and 2011.
Mayorga-Perry was a two-time All-American at the University of Kentucky in 2001-02. She was an NCAA doubles semifinalist and ranked No. 3 in the nation. She was also the recipient of the National Arthur Ashe Award for Leadership and Sportsmanship in 2002.
A recipient of the Southeastern Conference Community Service Award in 2002, Mayorga-Perry was a four-time SEC Academic Honor Roll selection. Prior to attending Kentucky, she was a national tennis champion in Colombia.
After graduating from Kentucky in 2003, Mayorga-Perry was an assistant tennis professional in Lexington, Kentucky. She has served as the director of tennis at the National Golf Club in Kansas City since 2003.
Mayorga-Perry graduated from Kentucky with a degree in International Economics and Foreign Languages. She received her Master’s in Public Administration from the University of Missouri-Kansas City. She is married to Dustin Perry, who is the assistant tennis coach for the Hawks. They have a daughter, Gabriela, who was born in December of 2010, and a son, Santiago, who was born in March of 2013.
