Alison Swain graduated from Williams College in 2001 and earned a BA with High Honors in American Studies, Race & Ethnicity. She co-captained the women's tennis team and was a member of the first Williams women’s tennis team to win the NCAA team championship title (2001).

Swain was a four-year letter winner, earned All-NESCAC honors, was named a Scholar-Athlete All-American, the recipient of the Torrence M. Hunt Tennis Dedication Award and the Most Improved Player Award.

Since 2001, Swain has pursued a career in athletics and education.  She taught middle school humanities at Woodward Academy in College Park, GA where she also served as the head women’s tennis coach.  She led her team to a second place finish in the state AAAA tournament in 2004, their highest finish in school history.
 
In 2005 Swain earned a certificate in Education for Environment and Community from IslandWood, A School in the Woods where she spent a year as a residential field instructor.  She continued on to the University of Washington to complete her Masters in Education.

Most recently, Swain taught upper school humanities at Telluride Mountain School, an independent day school focused on outdoor education, hands-on-learning, and community building.
 
Swain continued to pursue tennis after Williams and became the number 1 ranked mother/daughter doubles team in 2003 when she and her mother won both the National Mother/Daughter Indoor and the National Mother/Daughter Grass Court doubles tournaments.

In addition to coaching the Ephs' women’s tennis team, Swain also serves as the assistant men’s and women’s squash coach in the winter.
 

Ed Grees has served as the assistant men's & women's tennis coach at Williams for the last 25 years, while also serving as the head Alpine Ski coach for the Ephs.

Over the last five season Grees' role has evolved into that of tournament manager.

Grees was certified as a USPTA Teaching Pro in 1983.