Central College Athletics

Ryun Ferrell has been the Central head men’s and women’s tennis coach since 2014.
    
Over his 11 seasons, the two programs have combined for 10 top-three American Rivers Conference finishes, including a second-place effort from the women in 2021. His teams have made the league tournament semifinals 19 times in 20 appearances. The men have a .704 winning percentage in league matches and the women have a .593 mark.
    
Dutch women’s tennis players have earned a total of 24 all-conference honors under his tutelage, while the men’s players have acquired 22 honors. The two programs have won a combined 17 bracket titles at the American Rivers Conference Individual Championships under Ferrell. In 2024, Gavin Jablonski won the men’s C-Flight singles doubles crown and Emily Blom and Abbie Den Adel Chedzoy won the women’s C-Flight Doubles title. Blom also won the C-Flight Doubles title.

Prior to coming to Central, Ferrell spent 16 years as a head coach for Division I women's programs. He was at Northern Illinois University from 2006-14 after guiding Drake University from 1999-2006. He won at least a share of two Missouri Valley Conference titles at Drake and helped seven players earn all-league recognition during his tenure.

Entering the 2020 fall season, Ferrell ranked 30th among active NCAA Division III women's tennis coaches in career victories with a combined overall women's mark of 206-123 (.626).

Ferrell spent the first four years of his coaching career as an assistant women's coach at the University of Kansas, assistant men's and women's coach at The College of New Jersey and assistant women's coach at Wichita State University, capturing at least one conference title at each program.

A veteran teaching professional, Ferrell also has club instructor experience. He worked in junior development at the Princeton (N.J.) Racquet Club and Wichita (Kan.) Racquet Club. He also taught at Des Moines Golf and Country Club and the Wakonda Club in Des Moines.

Also an experienced camp clinician, Ferrell has directed or assisted summer tennis camps at Central, Northern Illinois University, University of Notre Dame, the Ohio State University and the University of Kansas.

A graduate of Baker University (Kan.), Ferrell was a scholarship member of the Wildcat tennis team. His team made two appearances in the NAIA national tournament (1993, 94) in his four years with the program.

Achievements

Central College - Men's 

• 108-116 (.482) dual meet record, 57-24 (.704) mark in conference matches
• (22) All-conference performers, men's team
• (6) Third-place conference finishes – 2016, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2025
• (8) Conference individual tournament bracket champions – 2016 (Colin Jones, flight C Singles), 2016 (Garret Taylor/Scott Wilson, flight B doubles), 2018 (David Boschma/Ethan St. John, flight B doubles), 2020 (Ethan St. John/Tanner Finken, flight B doubles), 2021 (Nick Scott/Trey Melvin, Flight B doubles), 2022 (Nick Scott/Caleb Hamerlinck, Flight B doubles), 2023 (AJ Wilkins/Ernest Alvarez Chedzoy, Flight B Doubles), 2024 (Gavin Jablonski, flight C Singles),

Central College - Women's 

• 113-99 (.533) dual meet record, 51-35 (.593) mark in conference matches
• (24) all-conference performers
• (1) Second-place conference finishes - 2021
• (4) Third-place conference finishes – 2015, 2017, 2020, 2024
• (9) Conference individual tournament bracket champions – 2017 (Kirsten Jordan, flight C singles), 2019 (Sarah Behrens, flight C singles), 2020 (Karleigh Schilling/Alyssa Lewton, Flight A doubles), 2021 (Maddie Hartley/Alyssa Lewton, Flight A doubles; Macy Scharff, Flight C singles), 2022 (Ashlyn Brant, Flight C singles), 2023 (Kalina Schubert, Flight C singles), 2024 (Abbie Den Adel/Emily Blom), Flight C doubles; Emily Blom, Flight C singles),

Northern Illinois University

• 57-104 (.354) dual meet record,
• (2) All-Mid-American Conference performers

Drake University

• (2) Missouri Valley Conference women's tennis championships – 2000, 2005
• (1) NCAA Division I tournament appearance – 2000
• 81-76 (.516) dual meet record, 51-19 (.728) mark in conference matches
• (7) All-Missouri Valley Conference performers

Wichita State University

• (1) Missouri Valley Conference women's tennis tournament championship – 1997-98

The College of New Jersey

• (1) New Jersey Athletic Conference women's tennis championship – 1996-97
• 1996-97 team finished with a 10-3 record and ranked 16th in final NCAA poll

University of Kansas

• (1) Big Eight Conference women's tennis championship – 1996
• (1) NCAA Division I tournament appearance – 1996
• 1995-96 team finished with a 21-7 record

Athletics career

• Baker University – 1991-95
• Two appearances with Baker in NAIA national team tournament – 1993, 1994
• Lost only four singles matches in collegiate career
• Also competed for Baker track and field team

Men's year-by-year record

Women's year-by-year record