ORLANDO, Fla., March. 6, 2023 – The USTA introduced its 2023 nationwide awards recipients honored for his or her dedication and contributions to rising the game of tennis each domestically and nationwide. The seven awards had been bestowed on the 2023 USTA Annual Assembly & Convention in Phoenix, Ariz.
“We’re proud to have fun these excellent people and organizations for his or her ongoing efforts to assist develop the sport of tennis throughout the nation,” mentioned Craig Morris, Chief Govt, Neighborhood Tennis, USTA. “From adaptive tennis and stellar management to volunteers and group outreach in under-served communities, every awardee has actually made a distinction of their communities by means of their ardour and dedication. We applaud all of you for this well-deserved recognition.”
The award winners are listed under:
Adaptive Tennis Award – Blind and Visually Impaired Tennis of Highland Park (Pittsburgh) Blind and Visually Impaired Tennis of Highland Park and its program lead, Dana Costa, had been honored with the USTA Nationwide Adaptive Tennis Neighborhood Service Award. The USTA yearly bestows this recognition upon a program or program chief that has demonstrated continued excellence, dedication and repair in tennis for an adaptive tennis group.
Barbara Williams Service Award – Pam Sloan (Stockton, Calif.) Pam Sloan of Stockton, Calif. was honored with the Barbara Williams Service Award. Sloan has greater than three many years of expertise within the tennis business and has performed a vital position in rising the sport in each the Missouri Valley and NorCal sections. Established in 2003, this award acknowledges a feminine volunteer who, by means of her management and by her instance, has inspired and impressed others to change into volunteers and assume management roles on the group, part and/or nationwide levers of the USTA.
Invoice Talbert Junior Sportsmanship Award – Nicholas Chen (Oakland, Calif.) The Invoice Talbert Junior Sportsmanship Award is introduced annually by the USTA and the Worldwide Tennis Corridor of Fame. The award was bestowed to Nicholas Chen for exemplifying the best qualities of sportsmanship in junior event play in addition to one who maintains the best traditions of the good sportsmen and ladies of tennis, previous and current.
League Volunteer Award – Bonnie Vandegrift (Asheville, N.C.) Bonnie Vandegrift, of the USTA Southern part, obtained the USTA League Volunteer Award for her management and contributions to the expansion and enhancement of USTA Leagues, each in her part and nationally.
NJTL of the 12 months Award – First Serve – New Mexico (Santa Fe, N.M.) First Serve – New Mexico was honored with the NJTL of the 12 months Award. Annually, the USTA bestows the Nationwide Junior Tennis & Studying (NJTL) of the 12 months Award to chapters that positively impression youth by means of the highly effective mixture of tennis and training. Supported by the USTA Basis by means of monetary grants, scholarship alternatives, curricula, technical help and coaching, the NJTL community supplies free or low-cost tennis and training programming to greater than 160,000 under-resourced youth nationwide.
Excellent Featured Facility Award – Edmond Middle Court docket (Edmond, Okla.) Edmond Middle Court docket was named the Featured Facility of the 12 months, the best honor bestowed by the USTA on a tennis facility. Edmond Middle Court docket was one of many 33 winners within the annual USTA Excellent Facility Awards program, which acknowledges excellence within the building and/or renovation of tennis services all through the nation.
Nationwide Junior Scholar Athlete – Sophia Wang (St. Petersburg, Fla.) & Masato Perera (Santa Barbara, Calif.) Sophia Wang and Masato Perera had been named recipients of the USTA Nationwide Junior Scholar Athlete Award, honoring highschool tennis gamers who greatest show that tennis is the game of alternative for training, development and character improvement. To qualify, college students should have an unweighted GPA of three.75 on a 4.0 scale, and be ranked within the High 100 of the USTA Boys’ or Ladies’ 18s nationwide standings. A written essay, in addition to management and sportsmanship, had been additionally thought-about.
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