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USTA Southern Announces
2018 Annual Tennis Awards
HONOREES WILL RECEIVE AWARDS IN JANUARY
ATLANTA –
November 13, 2018 – USTA Southern
announced today the recipients of its 2018 awards, given for outstanding
achievements in tennis both on and off the court. Twenty-six winners will be
recognized during the USTA Southern Annual Meeting at the Atlanta Marriott Perimeter
Center, scheduled for Saturday, Jan. 19, 2019.
Two of the top awards will
be presented to volunteers from Mississippi and Alabama.
- The Jacobs Bowl, which is the highest
volunteer award given by USTA Southern, will be awarded to Dennis Miller; Madison,
Miss.
- Gerrie Rothwell Award, which is given for
outstanding service and dedication to the USTA League program, will be
presented to Scott Novak; Mobile, Ala.
Another notable award
-- the Charlie B. Morris Jr. Service Award – will be announced at the meeting.
Atlanta
residents have been selected for four awards, while Asheville, N.C.’s association
and event were noted with two awards. Lenny
Simpson, winner of the 20018 Educational Merit Award, received last year’s
Marilyn Sherman Spirit Award. Emma Navarro was
honored with the Ozaki-Hastings Junior Sportsmanship Award while the family of her
regular doubles partner, Chloe Beck, will receive the Mickey McNulty Family of
the Year award. Beck also won the 2016 Ozaki-Hastings Junior Sportsmanship
Award.
Selected winners were
nominated as candidates by USTA staff and volunteers in the section’s nine
states: Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North
Carolina, South Carolina and Tennessee. The winners were then selected from
among the nominees by volunteer members of the USTA Southern Awards Committee
and numerous other committees.
Here are our 2018 USTA Southern award winners:
- Adult Tournament of the Year: Conway
Regional Tennis Classic; Conway, Ark.
- Charlie B. Morris Jr. Service Award: TBA
- Community Tennis
Association of the Year: Asheville Tennis Association; Asheville, N.C.
- DeWitt Redgrave III Junior Achievement
Awards: Jared Pratt; Daniel Island, S.C. and Cori Gauff; Atlanta
- Educational
Merit Award: Lenny Simpson; Wilmington, N.C.
- Gerrie Rothwell Award: Scott Novak; Mobile,
Ala.
- Jacobs Bowl: Dennis Miller; Madison, Miss.
- Jim Russell Junior Tournament of the Year:
Allstate Sugar Bowl Tennis Classic; New Orleans
- Junior Team Tennis Coordinator of the
Year: Amanda Hunt; Peachtree Corners, Ga.
- Local League
Coordinator of the Year: Tracy Debnam; Raleigh, N.C.
- Mac MacDougal Tennis
Official of the Year: Holly Stroud; Atlanta
- Marc Kaplan
Media Excellence Award: Brian Hall; Greensboro, N.C.
- Marilyn Sherman Spirit Award: Bob Cause; Winnabow, N.C.
- Member
Organization of the Year: Prestonwood Country Club; Cary, N.C.
- Mickey McNulty
Family of the Year: The Michael & Debra Beck Family; Watkinsville, Ga.
·
NJTL Chapter of the Year: South Atlanta NJTL; Atlanta
·
No-Cut Coach Starfish Award: Laura Gurley; Simpsonville,
S.C.
·
Ozaki-Hastings Junior Sportsmanship Award: Emma
Navarro; Charleston, S.C.
- Slew Hester
Female and Male Players of the Year: Fred Robinson; Charlotte, N.C. and Jan
Kirkland-Cochran; Fayetteville, Ga.
- Southern Tennis Professional of the Year: Tomas
Catar; Fairhope, Ala.
- Special Tennis
Event of the Year: Fed Cup Asheville
2018 – USA vs. Netherlands; Asheville, N.C.
- Team Tennis
Event of the Year: Tennis on Tap; Baton Rouge, La.
- Tennis on Campus
Club of the Year: Clemson
University; Clemson, S.C.
- Tennis on Campus
Leader of the Year: Nicholas Baxendell, East Tennessee State University; Johnson
City, Tenn.
- Wheelchair
Excellence Award: ITF Georgia Open; Rome, Ga.
More information on
award winners and in some cases, photos, are available. Also, award description
and persons who the awards are named after can be found here.
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The USTA
is the national governing body for the sport of tennis in the U.S. and the
leader in promoting and developing the growth of tennis at every level –
from local communities to the highest level of the professional game. It owns
and operates the US Open, the largest annually attended sporting event in the
world, and launched the Emirates Airline US Open Series linking seven summer
tournaments to the US Open. In addition, it owns about 90 Pro Circuit events
throughout the U.S., and selects the teams for the Davis Cup, Fed Cup, Olympic
and Paralympic games. A not-for-profit organization with more than 655,000
members, it invests 100 percent of its proceeds in growing the game. It is
divided into 17 sections, of which USTA
Southern is the largest. The 160,000+ USTA members living in Alabama,
Arkansas, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South
Carolina and Tennessee make up USTA Southern, and account for nearly 25 percent
of the total USTA membership. A professional staff housed in Peachtree Corners,
Ga., carries out USTA Southern’s daily operations, but policy is formed and
much of the organization’s work is executed via a board and committee structure
of more than 200 volunteers. For more information about the types of programs
and services offered by USTA Southern, visit www.southerntennis.com.
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