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WOMEN’S COACHING STAFF
Prior to coaching at NJIT Adamski was an
administrative fellow for compliance at the
Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC).
She assisted the senior associate commissioner
with all aspects of the conference’s compliance
program and oversaw the MAAC’s National
Letter of Intent program.
bachelor’s degree in sports management and
a master’s in sports management/coaching
leadership from St. John’s.
Adamski still plays competitively and won a
Bronze Ball in mixed doubles at the USTA
National Open last winter.
ALISON ADAMSKI
HEAD WOMEN’S
TENNIS COACH
Alison Adamski, a former New Jersey
Institute of Technology assistant
coach is in her second season as
Hofstra University head women’s tennis coach.
Adamski replaced Amanda Foukas, who
resigned in December 2010.
Adamski, who guided the Pride to a 5-9 record
during the spring 2011 campaign, served as an
assistant at NJIT in Newark, New Jersey, from
August 2009 to August 2010 where she worked
under former Hofstra coach Michael Sowter.
As an assistant coach, Adamski worked with
both the men’s and women’s tennis programs.
She was involved in all aspects of the program
including recruiting, match coaching, player
development and scouting. She helped the
men’s program improve from 11 wins to 18
wins, while also working with the team’s
academically as both program’s earned ITA
All-Academic honors.
After leaving NJIT in August 2010, Adamski
has served as an instructor at the John McEnroe
Tennis Academy on Randall’s Island where she
helps youth players prepare for competition
in United States Tennis Association (USTA)
Sectional and National Tournaments.
She also serves as a coach with the USTA
Player Development Program at the Billy Jean
King Center in Flushing Meadows, New York,
since June 2010. The program trains American
junior players who are on track to becoming
professionals on tour. She has worked under
National Coaches Tim Mayotte and Lee Hurst
in the past and currently works with Lead
National Coach Jorge Toledo and National
Coach Jay Gooding, who recently guided
Christina McHale to #45 world ranking.
Adamski, a native of Queens, New York, has
also coached at Hofstra Summer Sports Camp
and the St. John’s Summer Tennis Camp.
A member of the St. John’s University tennis
program from 2004 to 2008, Adamski was
team captain for two years and posted a 57-22
record in singles play during her three playing
seasons. Her best season came in 2005-06
when she compiled a 25-6 singles record. She
started her collegiate career at Connecticut,
where she was 19-18 in singles as a freshman.
Adamski was also 41-12 in doubles play at
St. John’s, competing at the #1 flight in all
three seasons. She was part of two Silver Ballwinning
women’s doubles teams at the USTA
National Open during her collegiate career.
A Big East Academic All-Star and the 2007
team Most Valuable Player, Adamski holds a
Barbora Blahutiakova
Assistant Coach
Barbora Blahutiakova is in her second
season as a volunteer assistant coach
for the Hofstra Women’s Tennis
program. Blahutiakova joined the staff in 2011
after the appointment of Alison Adamski as
head coach.
Blahutiakova played tennis at St. John’s from
2004 to 2006 after transferring from Baylor
University. While at St. John’s she compiled a
29-14 record in singles play and a 28-14 mark
in doubles. She was a Big East Academic
Malissa Gilanchi
All-Star in both of her seasons with the Red
Storm.
A member of Baylor’s nationally ranked tennis
team from 2001 to 2003, Blahutiakova posted
a 40-21 record in singles and an 18-23 record
in doubles play.
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A native of Bratislava, Slovakia, Blahutiakova
served as a graduate assistant tennis coach at
St. John’s during the 2008-09 season. She also
served as a graduate assistant in the St. John’s
School of Education.
Blahutiakova also serves as a tennis instructor
at Go Tennis in Queens, New York, and has
been an instructor at St. John’s Summer Tennis
Camp and at Tennis Club Slovan in Slovakia.
During her playing career, Blahutiakova was
ranked #2 in doubles and #10 in singles in the
Slovak Under-18 Rankings.
Blahutiakova is a 2007 summa cum laude
graduate of St. John’s with a degree in sports
management. She then earned her master’s
degree in childhood education and teachers
of English to speakers of other languages
(TESOL) in December 2009.
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