Rebecca Helt
	Position: Head Coach Experience: 10th Season Alma Mater: Lock Haven '90

Phone: 570-577-3598
Email: helt@bucknell.edu

Rebecca Helt is in her 15th season as head coach of the women's tennis team, and her 10th at the helm of the men's program. As coach of the Bison women's squad, Helt has notched a 158-133 record. With the men's squad, she has recorded an 81-114 mark.

Helt led the Bison women's squad to six consecutive Patriot League championship matches between 2005 and 2010, while in 2008 the men finished above .500 for the first time since 2002.

During her Bucknell career, Helt has coached 16 All-Patriot League singles players including Veronica Brown, Nada Curcic, Paulina Gamboa, Ashley Globerman, Chelsea Mills and Tanya Sichko on the women's side and Ira Reibeisen, Ryan Sandburg and Mark Malloy on the men's. Additionally, current players Gregg Cohenca, Dumitrita Iepuras, Josh Katten and Evan Zimmer have earned All-Patriot League honors. Iepuras was also named the 2009 Patriot League Rookie of the Year.

Last year, Lauren Lucido was a first-team All-PL choice, becoming only the second Bucknell player to earn first-team honors four times in her career. Also topping Helt's list of multi-year selections are Tania Varela, Bucknell's first four-year honoree, as well as Gamboa (2007, 2008, 2009), Curcic (2004, 2005) and Brown (2005, 2006).

Reibeisen, who ranks second on Bucknell's all-time wins list, earned three consecutive First Team All-Patriot League men's honors, the first Bison to ever accomplish that feat. Helt also coached one all-league doubles team in Kerry Callaghan and Kristin Inglis. Callaghan was also an ITA Scholar-Athlete in 2000. Helt also had the opportunity to coach a Patriot League Sportsmanship Award winner, Asher Salam. In 2005, Curcic was named the first PL Player of the Year in the history of the program, while Varela claimed the same honor in 2010.

A 1990 graduate of Lock Haven University, Helt earned a bachelor of arts degree in journalism while competing for the Lock Haven tennis team. Following her college graduation, Helt earned a teaching certification from the United States Professional Tennis Registry and began teaching part time while working for STEP, Inc., in its wilderness-based team building program.

In 1994, Helt was hired as the assistant pro at West Branch Racquet Club in Williamsport, Pa. She continued her duties at West Branch while coaching the girls' tennis team at Williamsport High School.

Two years later, Helt was hired at the Doylestown Racquet Club in Doylestown, Pa. She has won three different raquetball state championships. Helt took over the women's coaching reins at Bucknell in 1997, and in 2002 she was named the Bison men's coach as well. Helt is also involved in tennis on the national level as an NCAA chair for women's tennis.

Helt continues her involvement in the game outside of Bucknell's program, including receiving a generous grant from USTA to promote tennis in the local community. Helt also volunteers during the summer as a Special Olympics sport advisor, where she works with various events.

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