Business Coaching & Consulting
Amy Pazahanick empowers business owners and public-sector organizations through personalized coaching, strategic consulting, and high-impact speaking engagements. She also offers proven systems for franchising and full-service facility management
AMY PAZAHANICK
Amy is from Georgia, where she grew up playing junior tennis. Amy earned a Division I scholarship to Coastal Carolina University. She earned numerous honors for athletics and academics while at CCU. She was named an ITA scholar athlete, team MVP, and played in the 2007 NCAA Championships. After graduating with a degree in Sports Management, Amy immediately began teaching tennis full time. In 2012, she founded Agape Tennis Academy. In addition to collegiate tennis, Amy competed at the 5.0 and professional level in pickleball. She has won numerous gold medals at various tournaments including the Atlanta Open and several other Professional Pickleball Association events. Amy also has experience playing at the National level in Platform Tennis and has placed third in the Peachtree Invitational. However, Amy is known for her business expertise in managing public tennis and pickleball industry centers across the country.
Amy currently manages 9 public tennis and pickleball facilities under Agape Tennis and Pickleball Academy in Georgia and Southern California. Agape is in Fountain Valley, California, Oxnard, California, Camarillo, California, Atlanta, Georgia, and DeKalb County, Georgia. She manages a staff of over 140 tennis and pickleball coaches, administrators, and managers. Currently, Agape has a total of 100 tennis courts and 89 pickleball courts under its management.
Amy is certified by the USTA in Sports Science and High-Performance Player Development. She is certified in Tennis by the Professional Tennis Registry (PTR), Pickleball by the Professional Pickleball Registry (PPR), and platform tennis by the Professional Platform Tennis Registry (PPTR). Amy is also certified by the Human Performance Institute in Mental Toughness.
From 2020-2024, Agape Tennis Academy received the Best of Decatur Award. This award is given to local companies in different categories that enhance the positive image of small business through service to their customers and our community. These exceptional companies help make the Decatur area a great place to live, work and play. The mission is to recognize the small business community’s contributions to the U.S. economy. In addition, Agape and Amy have been recognized by Orange County, the City of Fountain Valley, and the United States Congress House of Representatives for her services to the community.
NOTABLE ACCOMPLISHMENTS
In the last five years, Amy and Agape have earned the following awards for tennis and pickleball center management:
- 2024 Best Pickleball Courts by the Orange County Register
- 2023, 2024 Best of Decatur
- 2022 Selected as a Top 15 Leader in the City of Fountain Valley, California, for economic impact and community service. Ms. Pazahanick was recognized by the United States Congress House of Representatives, California Legislature Assembly, and the County of Orange.
- 2022 Awarded the City of Fountain Valley’s Kindness Award for dedication to the betterment and improvement of the quality of life in the community by the City Council
- 2022 Selected as the National Public Provider of the Year by the Professional Pickleball Registry (PPR)
- 2022, 2023, 2024 Hosted the Special Olympics at Fountain Valley Tennis & Pickleball Center
- 2020-2022 Best of Decatur
- 2019 Organization of the Year by Tennis Media Group
- 2019 PTR Georgia Member of the Year