Beck Meares, the 2004 Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference (RMAC) Women's Tennis Player of the Year, begins her fifth season on the staff at Metro State in 2008-09, including her first as head coach. Meares spent the previous three seasons as an assistant coach.

As an assistant coach, Meares developed the strength and conditioning programs for both teams and assisted with scheduling, recruiting and other day-to-day responsibilities for Roadrunner tennis. She helped lead Metro State to the RMAC men's regular-season and tournament championships in 2008 and the tournament crown in 2007.

A great teacher of the game, Meares spent the summers of 2006 and 2007 in New York as a teaching pro at Westhampton Country Club. She has also worked as an assistant teaching pro at the Denver Country Club, teaching players of all ages and abilities.

Meares played four years of tennis at Metro State and led the Roadrunners to RMAC championships in 2002, 2003 and 2004. She earned first-team all-RMAC honors at No. 1 singles and at No. 1 doubles with her sister, Jessica Meares, as a 2004 senior. Also during her senior season, Meares was ranked in the top 30 nationally in singles, while she was No. 12 in the doubles rankings. Meares earned all-RMAC honors in both singles and doubles all four years of her career. Meares and Metro State won the regional title in 2002 and 2003, while the 2003 team advanced to the NCAA Elite Eight.

Meares earned a bachelor's degree in adult fitness exercise science from Metro State in May 2005.