January 2019-to-date
Associate Head Women’s Tennis Coach at the Old Dominion University (ODU) , Norfolk, USA
October 2017-December 2018
Co-owner and Tennis Coach at the Team GP a small tennis academy in Marbella, Spain
August 2014-May 2017
Head W Tennis Coach, Miami (OH) University, Ohio, USA
December 2009-July 2014
Associate Head W Tennis Coach, Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU), Richmond, VA, USA
December 2007-September 2009
Maestra di Tennis, Leonardo Tennis Academy, Catania, Italy
July 2004-June 2007
Associate Head W Tennis Coach, VCU , Richmond, VA, USA
Highlights
- Currently working with Jad Youssef winner of two Little Moes U12 in the USA
- Coaching Sofia Johnson, a current ODU player (All-American) was ranked #7 in the ITA national singles ranking at the end of 2024
- Coaching Kira Matushkina, a current ODU player, reached #709 in WTA ranking at the end of 2024 after a successful run to the finals at 25k in Norman, OK
- ODU women won Sun Belt Conference titles in 2023, 2024, 2025
- ODU Women reached #16 in the country in 2023, the highest-ranking spot in ODU history
- ODU Women made Sweet 16 National Indoors in 2022, beating GA Tech and Ole Miss at the kick-off weekend. Yulia Starodubtseva/Tatsiana Sasnouskaya (All-American) were ranked no.1 doubles team in the country on February 9th, 2022, ODU Women were ranked # 17 in the country
- ODU women won Conference USA titles in 2021, 2022
- Coached Tatsiana Sasnouskaya (All-American) reached #19 ITA national singles ranking in 2023
- Coached Yulia Starodubtseva, currently ranked WTA no.81 during her years at ODU. Yulia is former ODU student-athlete (All-American) and was ranked #78 on WTA Tour at the end of 2024. In 2024 qualified for all four Grand Slams. The fastest rise in WTA pro tour in ranking ever, from # 0 to top 200 in 8 months
- Worked with and traveled to junior ITF events with Peyton Stearns in 2017 currently WTA ranking #33
PTR certification, with Professional Qualification since 2008
PPR certification, with Associate Pickleball Coach Certification 2025
U10 certification USPTA Kidz
ITPA Tennis Conditioning certification. ITPA Tennis Performance Trainer as of May 2014
Other
Student member of the American Society of Biomechanics, ODU Student Chapter
CPR certification
Certification in Reiki I and II in 2024
Certification Vertimax Trainer in 2023
Coursework in Massage therapy
Academic
Candidate of Doctor of Philosophy in Applied Kinesiology at the Department of Human Movement Science at the Old Dominion University
Yana Sokolenko-Carollo
Email: ysokolen@odu.edu / yanasok9@gmail.com
WhatsApp : +18042454165
