BILL TALBERT JUNIOR SPORTSMANSHIP AWARD
PRESENTED AT
International Tennis Hall of Fame Enshrinement Ceremonies in Newport, RI.
ELIGIBILITY
A junior player in good standing.
CRITERIA
A junior player who exemplifies the finest qualities of sportsmanship in tournament play and the finest traditions of the great sportspersons of tennis past and present.
SELECTION PROCESS
Each Section may submit one nominee to the USTA Awards Committee who select four recipients.
Amy Rothberg, Staff Member, USTA Awards Committee
(914) 697-2248 or rothberg@usta.com
TIMETABLE
Late August/September: Solicitations sent out to Sections
Late October: Nominations due to Awards Committee
Mid-November: Recipient selected
Early July: Presentation of the award at the ITHF Enshrinement Ceremony
CONTACT
Christine Verhar
International Tennis Hall of Fame
194 Bellevue Ave
Newport, RI 02840
(401) 849-3990 (telephone)
(703) 494-9292 (direct dial)
(401) 849-8780 (fax)
(703) 863-3653 (direct fax)
cverhar@msn.com
YEARBOOK DESCRIPTION
The Bill Talbert Junior Sportsmanship Awards are presented each year by the Board of Directors of the International Tennis Hall of Fame. Four recipients are selected from nominations received from the seventeen USTA sections.
YEAR/RECIPIENT
1987
Carrie Bentzel
Joey Gonzalez
Marine Le Ray
Chris Sappington
1988
Julie Exum
Rhonda Fox
Meredith Geiger
Laura Graham
1989
Elizabeth Barker
Cary Lothringer
Blair Strassner
Stephen Sullivan
1990
Preety Sorathia
David Joerger
Paul C. Layman
Jamie Nance
1991
Cristina Caparis
Holyn Harkins
Chris Pressley
Frederick Taino
1992
Angela Balsiger
Keith Brill
Wendy Crabtree
Richard Gray
1993
Erin Gowen
Rafael Jordan
Anne Miller
Lauren Nikolaus
1994
Jack Brasington, III
Derek Myers
Jakub Pietrowski
Helen Wang
1995
Rebecca Dirksen
Lindsay Nielsen
Lilia Osterloh
Ramsey Smith
1996
Brandon Hawk
Andres Pedroso
Megan Russell
Lindsay Sullivan
1997
Janet Bergman
Julie Lynn Hladik
Maren Haus
Whitney Laiho
1998
Jake Cram
Rick Phillipp
David Martin
Rebecca Reynolds
1999
Melissa Esmero
Lori Grey
Vincent Ng
Jason Ontog
2000
Courtney Bergman
Johnny Lu
Seth McKinley
Christine Nolan
2001
Ryler DeHart
Michael Kantar
Rajeev Ram
Christy Roth
2002
Tyler W. Browne
Francis Whitney Deason
Jennifer (J.J.) Larson
Caitlin Loprinzi
2003
Audra Cohen
Ashlee Davis
Lauren Lui
Sutton Shackelford
2004
Ashwin Kumar
Elizabeth Lumpkin
Taylor Matsumoto
Sierra Poske
2005
Spencer Mendoza
Davey Sandgren
Spencer Vegosen
Ashley Weinhold
2006
Houston Barrick
Sam Querrey
Ashley Turpin
Kacie Wagner
2007
Alexa Glatch
Evan M. King
Alison M. Riske
Michael T. Sicora
2008
Jeremy I. Efferding
Ryan Lipman
Ryan Thacher
Gary Wang
2009
Shaun Chaudhuri
Neil Karandikar
Caroline Price
Marc Powers
2010
Ashok Narayana
Molly O'Koniewski
Jamie Pawdid
Samuel Shropshire
2011
Andrew Ball
Josh Hagar
Sierra Halverson
Whitney Kay