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USTA AWARDS

USTA Volunteer Service Award
The USTA Volunteer Service Award recognizes USTA volunteers for their years of national service to the association. Recognition awards are presented at the Annual Meeting to those volunteers achieving five years of service and for each five years of service thereafter. The association is proud to demonstrate its esteem and appreciation to an outstanding group of volunteers.

Volunteers with 60 Years of Service: 1995, Winslow “Mike” Blanchard*; 1998, The Honorable Judge Robert J. Kelleher; 1999, William J. Clothier*.

Volunteers with 55 Years of Service: 1995, Robert B. Colwell*; 2000, George E. Barnes*.

Volunteers with 50 Years of Service: 1988, David L. Freed*, James H. Van Alen*; 1999, Edward A. Turville*.

Volunteers with 45 Years of Service: 1996, W. Harcourt Woods*; 1997, William F. Talbert*; 1998, Tony Trabert; 2000, Rolla L. Anderson; 2004, Alastair B. Martin; 2007, Donna F. Fales; 2008, Stanley Malless.

Volunteers with 40 Years of Service: 1998, Peggy L. Mann; 1999, Marian W. Baird*; 2000, Eugene L. Scott*; 2001, Walter E. Elcock*, Richard C. Sorlein; James H. McManus; Dennis Van der Meer; 2004, Carleton J. Anderson; J. Randolph Gregson; 2005, Nancy P. Jeffett; Sheldon Westervelt.

Volunteers with 35 Years of Service: 1995, Donald A. Jacobus; 1996, Gene J. Buwick*; 1998, Leslie H. Jenkins*; 1999, Alfred S. Alschuler Jr.; Charles W. Ufford Jr.; 2000, John B. Coman*; 2002, Gordon D. Jorgensen*; 2003, Albert Collins; Marilyn F. Fernberger; Charles M. Hitt; 2004, Stephen D. Potts; 2005, Ronald W. Fisher; J. Howard (Bumpy) Frazer; Joann M. Frazer; Carole C. Graebner*; David R. Markin; 2006, Hunter L. Delatour, Jr.; Carol Schneider; 2007, Lewis (Skip) Hartman

Volunteers with 30 Years of Service: 1995, Elaine L. O’Dell; 1996, Paul L. Cranis; 1997, Leslie J. FitzGibbon*; Ruth R. Lay; 1998, J. William Trimble; 1999, Joseph M. Cartelli; Marvin P. Richmond; Gerald E. Trippel*; 2001, Darrell C. Eden; 2002, Francis D. Baxter; 2003, Margaret L. Newfield; 2004, Glenn D. Herb*; 2005, John J. Bregin; 2006, Elizabeth (Betty) Cookson; 2007, Theodore Sperry

Volunteers with 25 Years of Service: 1988, Monte Ganger; Mary H. Hare*; W.E. Hester Jr.*; Edward Kenehan*; Helen Post; C. Alphonso Smith*; Patricia Yeomans; 1990, Clarence Mabry; 1991, Arthur R. Ashe, Jr.*; Harold O. Zimman*; 1993, Forrest A. Hainline Jr.*; 1995, H.A. Ted Bailey, Jr.; Robert O. Dame; Jack Kramer; 1997, James Newton Cox*; 1998, Alex B. Aitchison*; Kenneth S. Niddrie*; 1999, C.J. Anderson, III; Barbara S. Williams*; 2001, Joy D. Rodenberg; 2002, John A. Zimmerman; 2003, Yvonne K. Garton; William J. Tully; 2005, Ronald R. Bohrnstedt; Robert A. Cookson*; Stephen L. Gerdes; Patricia B. Graham*; Mervin A. Heller Jr.; Jacqueline Kimball; Harry A. Marmion*; William E. Rombeau; Lester M. Snyder Jr.; 2006, Steven K. Champlin; John W. Peddycord; John D. Powless; Richard B. Riley; 2007, Barbara L. Smith, Barbara S. Wynne

Volunteers with 20 Years of Service: 1995, Frank Schneider; 1996, Georgina G. Muthig*; 1997, Marian M. Green; Leigh S. Strassner; 1998, Buford L. Driskill Jr.; George W. Fix Jr.; 1999, Eve F. Kraft*; Robert L. Smith*; 2000, James B. Buck; Irving V. Glick; Richard F. Haitbrink; Rubin I. Jaffe; Cheryl S. Jones; Nick C. Pappas; Mildred F. Southern; Elaine F. Viebranz; 2002, Victor I. Kasser; Ned Mansfield*; Jean M. Nachand; Carol A. Wood; 2003, John R. Embree; Capt. L. Walter Freeman Jr.*; Carolyn A. Kimberly; Arvelia R. Myers; Frances B. Wakefield; Harry M. Waugh*; 2004, Marjorie E. Champlin; Warren F. Kimball; Michael E. Kohlhoff; John T. Moter; Helen M. Petersen; Leo F. Power; Pamela H. Shriver; 2005, Richard A. Arnold; Carlos M. Garcia; Jack L. Groppel; Robert C. Howard; Julia A. Levering; Jack M. Mills; Jean H. Peabody; 2006, Jodie H. Adams; Jacque A. Croft; John T. Donelan; Anne-Lise Frank; Joaquim Rasgado Jr; Rolland K. Shea; 2007, James S. Chaffin, Sharon B. Gault, Joseph A. Grover, Paddi N. Valentine; 2008, Howard M. Brody; Patricia C. Devoto; Todd S. Ellenbecker; Bobbie W. Farley; Lucy S. Garvin; Brian W. Hainline; Robert W. Ingersole; W. Ben Kibler; Barbara A. Lawrence; Gary E. Lee; James R. O’Neill; Daniel J. Santorum; Alyce Jonelle Smith; Randy L. Stephens; Roy T. Van Brunt.

Volunteers with 15 Years of Service: 1995, B.A. Grubbs; Audrene P. Snyder*; 1996, Margaret (Peggy) Disco; Woodie Sublett-Walker; Mervyn G. Webster; 1997, Nancy P. Penson; 1998, John T. Dougherty; Kathe M. Henry; William R. Owen; 1999, Michael C. Brooks; Thomas E. Fink; Bradley A. Parks; Richard A. Scheer; Robert A. Schmitz; Robert B. Solon; Suella H. Steel; Sandra J. Tueller; 2000, Jose Baldrich, Jr.; David W. Hall; Leslie H. Peek; Robert G. Ruzanic; 2001, John J. Frank; Virginia T. Renouard; James T. Russell; 2002, James S. Chaffin; Herman G. Enochs, Jr.; Philip H. Moss; Edward J. Nussel; Jim S. Reffkin; 2003, Donald F. Anger; Robert O. Barr; Murray W. Coulter; Edwin (Ned) L. Crow*; Kent DeMars; Larry G. Funk; Deborah L. Gavin; William M. Holben; Nancy C. Reed; Al F. Rogan; Linda A. Rosensweig; Inderjit Singh*; Michael J. Swope; William J. Trimble; Charles W. Turner; Joan M. Vormbaum; Richard A. Zausner; 2004, Bruce D. Avery; James R. Baugh; Pedro J. Beauchamp; Henry C. Cox; Louis C. Dimock; Joyce W. Dreslin; Lois R. Huggins; James H. Nelson; Tony J. Silveria; Pamela J. Sloan, Alan G. Schwartz; 2005, Roy R. Barth; Lisbeth R. Blum; Philip S. Caplan; Gordon J. Collins; Lauren K. Covert; Barbara J. Fackel; Elaine C. Freeman; Tim Heckler; Michael A. Iannone; William J. Kellogg; Allen J. Kiel; Robert S. Long; Delaine B. Mast; Rex A. Maynard; Michael Mee; Douglas R. Menke; Alberto E. Monagas; E. Leo Mountjoy; John M. Raker; John M. Schubert; 2006, James E. Loehr, Ed.D.; 2007, Nancy L. Alfano, Pamela J. Austin, Margaret Welch Beard, Robert W. Greene, Sue D. Gregor, Manuel C. Guillen, Franklin R. Johnson, Nancy A. Morgan, Marina M. Nudo, Antonio M. Pavia, Carolyn S. Riley, Wendell R. Willis, Joseph P. Zesbaugh; 2008, Barbara Brewer; Masu Kusume Dyer; Jane A. Goodman; Larry R. Haugness; Rose K. Hobson.

Volunteers with 10 Years of Service: 1988, Neil Amdur; John T. Anderson; George Bacso; Asher J. Birnbaum; Jack Blair*; Warren L. Brown*; Joseph E. Carrico*; Hank Crawford*; Jim Cummings; Dick Gould; Julius Larkin Hoyt*; Lee Jackson; Jeanne Jenkins*; William McChesney Martin; Alfred P. Mills*; Col. Nicholas E. Powel*; Frank Ramos; Ellen Rennert; Gil Roberts*; Robert N. Rockwell*; Stan Smith; Bill Tym; Ruben Velez; 1989, Buck Archer; Bob Balink; Phil Cello; Harold C. Demoody; Emilie Foster; Don Frydell; 1990, H.M. Scott Irvin; 1991, Omar Fareed*; John M. Geisel; Felice Gritz; David D. Healey; Joan Howe; Lawrence W. Krieger, Jr.; Sue Krizman; Robert P. Nirschl; Leonard R. Tanner Jr.; 1992, Ronald A. Brooks; Richard D. Ferman, Jr.; Charles B. Morris*; 1993, Michael G. Potrocky; Gary I. Wadler; 1994, Charles M. Evert; Patricia J. Freebody; Karl Greenman; 1995, Carole A. Beall; Christine S. Beck; Eric B. Cardinall; Bonnie G. Flickinger; Ruben A. Jordan; Peachy L. Kellmeyer; Jane A. Taylor; Myron Walker; 1996, Mark P. Adorney; Harry R. Kirsch; Eugene S. Jung; Alburton F. Rogan; Charles W. Turner Jr.; 1997, Daniel B. Dwyer; Robert K. Larson; William F. McComb; Robert N. Moehler; Cortez A. (Corky) Murdock*; Craig T. Pautler; Mary Ann Plante; Pat M. Riley; Gordon D. Shingleton; Marilyn S. Smith; Stephen C. Fiske; Ginny James; Pauline Y. Lee; 1998, Patricia H. Arnold; Samuel R. Caldwell; Lynda S. Hinshaw; Helen B. Howard; Ross H. Hughes*; Kurt T. Kamperman; Paul C. Kepler; Patricia Koger; Robert E. Leach; George S. Maze; Leroy R. Nelson; Lois Prince; Sandra M. Schwan; Steven R. Simon; 1999, Janet French; Virginia M. Glass; Jerry W. Moore; James T. Murphy*; 2000, Susan A. DeLong; Yvonne M. Edwards; Ladislas F. Feher; Amy S. Gibbons; Ronald E. Grant; Cyrus B. King, Jr.; Marvin D. Klapp; Peter A. Koury; S. Nathan Kraines; Unni MacDonald*; Joe Magliolo, Jr.; Jean H. Mills; David S. Riley; Charles R. Sanchelli; Mark S. Sarver; Scott R. Schultz; Edgar A. Simpson, Jr.; Lesley A. Waite; Michael F. Wallace; Katherine C. Willette; Joshua A. Zimman; 2002, H. Christian Balsiger; Richard Bradley; Sean P. Brawley; Elise Burgin; Martha W. Buttorff; Margaret L. Cooper; William B. Fairbanks; Fred E. Jungers; Lex A. Kessler; Margaret P. Lawliss; Barbara A. Long; Page Love; Betty A. Miller; Judy Newman-Rakela; Lorraine R. Nussel; Gordon M. Pierce; Terence A. Tucker; Nelson W. Winter; 2003, Ben T. Ball; Juan R. Gracia; Anne Baxter Humes; Janet Lefkowitz; John (Jack) G. Lewis; W.R. McCall; Nancy A. Morgan; Ricardo Nunez; Charles M. Pasarell; Jennifer L. Pitzen; Elaine A. Varoski; 2004, David A. Benjamin; Diane T. Cortese; Sara K. Fornaciari; Maria A. Cercone; Pete Gameros; Ernest E. Hartzog; Greg R. Lappin; Carolyn A. Nichols; William H. Rivera; Virginia V. (Ginger) Sabia; Annice B. Seelig; Leslie Varnado, Jr.; Carey A. Washington; Amy Wishingrad; Julia B. Wrege; Jo Ann C. Zirpoli; 2005, Helen Craige; Rick Van Horn*; 2006, Sylvester B. Almiron, Jr.; William H. Barber; Michael F. Bergeron; Bruce M. Boiko; Mary C. Chaffin; Carlos Cuevas; Samuel H. Fields; Zina Garrison; Andy F. Glaser; Charlotte F. Gordon; Jay P. Hacker; Charlotte S. Johnson; Sue E. Jollensten; Victoria V. Marty; William McClung; Judith B. Miller; Gustavo A. Moral; Camille R. Mosley; Carol L. Otis; Joann E. Padgett; Nancy C. Rasgado; Kimberly L. Reser; Bette H. Salmon; Gordon A. Smith; Kathleen A. Stroia; Judith D. Utley; Pat Van der Meer; Gale Volkman; Jay W. Witmer; 2007, Cheryl A. Shrum; 2008, Donna M. Bailey; Joan E. Baker; Kent J. Blumenthal; Donella P. Brockington; Jane Brown Grimes; Don L. Cleveland; Terry J. Cossette; David N. Dinkins; Kevin Dowdell; Ilja Gregor; Greg E. Grover; Jeffrey J. Harrison; John N. Korff; Peter Kram; Anthony F. Menke; Eric C. Perkins; R. Gary Pina; John R. Reese; Lars E. Rosene; Anne M. Walters; Tony C. Womeodu; Walter Wong;

Volunteers with 5 Years of Service: 1995, Jeffrey Abrams, M.D.; Mark A. Beede; Bill Boswell; Malcolm D. Clarke; Thomas L. Dempsey; John B. (Jack) Farrell; F. Douglas Fonte; Leroy H. (Bud) Getchell; Claudia A. Giacomini; Linda D. Halsey; Neil E. Johnson; Sissy B. Kelly; Ann Koger; Robert G. Krebs; Ellen W. Leone; Billie L. Lipp; Edy McGoldrick; Jake C. Moe; Dwight A. Mosley*; Vivian Purcell; Arthur E. Rondeau; Bernard M. Schubert*; Robert N. Singer; Janet Sobel; Francisco (Paco) Toste; Donald T. Varga; Robert C. Waldman; Rosalind P. Walter; Emily S. Waugh; Steve L. Wilkinson; Ronald L. Witchey; Jill Workman; Mary B. Wyatt*; David J. Yorks; 1996, Hunter A. Abercrombie, Jr.; Sharon R. Bennett; Ronald S. Berman; Virginia P. Bride; Donald A. Chu; Jack M. Darrah; Louellen DeStaffany; Charles J. Dillman; Michael B. Hill; Jeff Jensen; Glenn W. Jones; Brian J. Mahin; Gilberto M. Marxuach; Marian A. Palmer; Charles Peix; Richard T. Roberson; Ken D. Robinson; Ann D. Schaefer; Kay J. Schubert*; Joseph M. Shank; Shirley A. Silveria; Deborah L. Southern; Darrell V. Swayne; Eric P. Wagner; Kathy S. Woods; Annette M. Zaharoff, M.D.; 1998, Enrique (Tato) Adsuar; Lawrence G. Becker; Samuel A. Dibbins; Sherrie A. Farris; Shima Grover; Elizabeth Jeffett-Smith; G. Johnson; Annelies Karp; Robert S.K. Keaunui, Sr.; Clare R. Lahey; R. Elaine Mason; Judge Michael J. McNulty, Jr.; Jon Niemeyer; Jerry Pang; Robert Pulver; William W. Redd; Carlos Rivera; Robert P. Russo; Vincent Schwan; Vail T. Thorne; Albert A. Tucker; Albin Varoski; Juan M. Vasquez; Gregg R. Weida; Nancy Wellman; Joyce Zimmerman; 1999, Carol L. Anderson; Altita Axtmayer; Dorothy Ball; David K. Baumgardner; Pamela S. Dice; John G. Ehlen; Edwin S. Fabricius; Robert J. Garvin; Linda Gerkin-Shannon; Michael N. Gordon; Tom Gorman; Kimbell D. Gourley; David Lee Hamilton; James M. Hobson; Doris E. Hodge; Fonia Humphries; Robert Keough; Rosemary L. Langley; Andrea Leand; Ann Lebedeff; Ivan Lendl; John G. Lewis; Richard E. Margin; Christina Meinig; Druid E. Michaels; Jan T. Oyama; Carl R. Peterson; John W. Renfroe, III; William Simons; Dawn L. Stevens; Devane F. Yates; 2000, Peter F. Bronson; Richard A. Draney; Bruce Karr; Melvin C. Kerwin; Wayne Leavitt; Peggy Michel*; Gardnar Mulloy; Nancy Olson; Gordon E. Stroud; 2001, Janet S. Adkisson; Mike D. Bachicha; Joseph L. Buys; William L. Colbert*; Salvatore R. DeLeva; Lloyd J. Dillon; Robert J. Dryfoos*; Raymond P. Fitzmartin; Noah L. Goldman; R. Fletcher Good, IV; Mary H. Hatfield; B.J. Hodge; Alvin D. Hom; Michael W. Kernodle; Matthew J. Krajewski; Jerry V. Noyce; Robert Gerald Perry; Judy L. Stark; Carl Weathington; Mildred B. West; William A. White; 2002, David Winegardner; 2003, Michael Alexander; Raymond S. Benton; Lyn M. Bruner; Butch Buchholz; Robert A. Capron; Rosemary Casals; Carol B. Clay; James E. Coleman; Rochelle M. Collins; Michael Cottingham; Charles C. Cunningham; Tina M. Dale; Calvin C. Davis; William Foley; Linda L. Frazier; Anne C. Hawkinson; Rod Hotz; Kathryn Jordan; Henry H. Kennedy; Steven A. Kirschbaum; Mark A. McMahon; Alyce Tender Meadors; Carl Mendoza;  David I. Owens; Hank Pfister; William W. Redd; Richey Reneberg; Marcia H. Rodriguez; Susan V. Selke; John A Soriano; E. Joseph Tartaglino; Willis S. Thomas, Jr.; Larry Turville; Thomas E. Van De Hey; MaliVai Washington; Myles H. Williams; 2004, Mary Joe Fernandez; Jeffry I. Gray; Dina Ingersole; Helen B. Jeter; Charlotte S. Johnson; Shirley Ann Kagawa; Bruce E. Kisthardt; Wayne D. McCoy; Ernie Mosby; Kevin L. Nebergall; Holger G. Nickel; Christine Oda; Ricardo N. Ramos; Randy Snow; Verne A. Weber; 2005, John M. Agin; Margaret Anderson; Gwendolyn C. Baker; Jofi Baldrich; Julian A. Barnes; Ivan S. Baron; Cora Masters Barry; Vic Braden; Wayne Bryan; Sheila Cronkright; Larry J. Dillon; Jack Drimmer; Ned Eames; Buff R. Farrow; Patty A. Fendick-McCain; Herb S. FitzGibbon II; Jay I. French; Ronald R. Friedman; Brent C. Frueh; Bruce Gandossi; Eddie A. Gonzalez; David Haggerty; Paula M. Hale; R. Scott Hanover; John W. Henderson; William D. Humes; Karin Korb; Dan Luna; Mary MacAusland; Neal Machander; Samir Mahir; Frederick V. McNair, IV; Gordon H. Mikkelson; Jane M. Morrill; Andrea S. Norman; Richard M. Perry; Wayne M. Pickard; John H. Rodenberg; Lorraine Rohlsen; Katie A. Schock; Kathy J. Spangler; Shari Spencer; John Suter; Nana M. Talevi; Craig S. Tiley; Donald L. Tisdel; Susan S. True; Jon Vegosen; Carol J. Welder; Douglas Wenger; Roger C. White; Tim M. Wilkison; Ellen V. Williams; Dee C. Williams-Horne; 2006, Benjamin S. Bucca, David R. Fish, Frederick Ho, Paul Settles, Joan L. Wulfson; 2007, Katrina M. Adams, Mitchel B. Alpert, Jorge Andrew, Mark L. Bey, Martin Blackman, Keith J. Collar, Mary R. Conaway, Tom Cove, Joy Y. Duerr, Shelley George; Brenda J. Gilmore, Daniel Gould, Tommy D. Gray, Marcy E. Hirshberg, Frank Inn, Jennifer L. Kenas, Billie Jean King, Ilana Kloss, Trevor W. Kronemann, Alexander V. Levitsky, William P. Liston, Robert L. Litwin, Angel G. Lopez, Sheila A. McInerney, Robert E. McKinley, Mike J. McNulty, Antonio Negroni-Citron, Marjorie K. Peterman, Vincent D. Pierre, David T. Porter, Gwen A. Ramras, Janet L. Rolle, Glenn M. Roswal, Robert F. Rubel, Timothy Russell, William R. Schoen, James Bud I. Spencer, Mark L. Stenning, Brad Taylor, Jack Waite, Jessie Walker-Smith, Beverly Wentz, Derek J. White, Ann Grossman Wunderlich; 2008, Ben Eshelman, Ellen Rome, Mary E. Thompson.

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Ralph W. Westcott USTA Family of the Year Award
This award was initiated in 1965 by Martin L. Tressel, President of the USTA, 1965-66, to emphasize the theme that “Tennis Is a Family Game.” The honor is awarded annually to the family who in recent years has done the most to promote amateur tennis, primarily on a volunteer basis. All members of the family should participate in some way, either as players or by offering their services in running programs or tournaments or in junior development activities. The selection of recipients is made by the USTA Awards Committee from nominations submitted by the 17 USTA sections. Ralph W. Westcott donated a large silver tray as the perpetual award. This trophy was given to him upon retiring as president of the Western Tennis Association and secretary of the USTA. The names of the recipients are engraved on this tray. The trophy is presented at the USTA Annual Meeting.

1965, The John F. Sullivan family, Belmont, Mass.; 1966, The Will Rompf family, Des Moines, Iowa; 1967, The Charles Pasarell family, Santurce, P.R.; 1968, The Bundy-Cheney family, Santa Monica, Calif.; 1969-70, Not awarded; 1971, The James M. Gray family, Pittsburgh, Pa.; 1972, Not awarded; 1973, The George Acker family, Kalamazoo, Mich.; 1974, The Forrest A. Hainline, Jr. family, Detroit, Mich.; 1975, The Joseph Garcia family, Knoxville, Tenn.; 1976, The Francis Wilson family, Dayton, Ohio; 1977, Not awarded; 1978, The Herbert B. Gengler family, Locust Valley, N.Y.; 1979, The John Vest family, Jackson, Miss.; 1980, The Leo Power family, Framingham, Mass.; 1981, The Gideon Weber family, League City, Texas; 1982, The Joseph Donnovin family, Lookout Mountain, Tenn.; 1983, The Rolla Anderson family, Kalamazoo, Mich.; 1984, The Eugene S. Jung family, Hacienda Heights, Calif.; 1985, The James Buck family, Woodland Hills, Calif.; 1986, The Warren Whitlinger family, Neenah, Wisc.; 1987, The Herbert Nakamura family, Mililani, Oahu, Hawaii; 1988, The Dutch Vosters family, Wilmington, Del.; 1989, The Russell Ball family, El Paso, Texas; 1990, The James Farley family, Cincinnati, Ohio; 1991, The Thomas Lord family, Carmel, Ind.; 1992, The Ron Bohrnstedt family, Lewisburg, W.Va.; 1993, The Joe Ed Burnam family, Abilene, Texas; 1994, The David E. Engle family, Springfield, Ohio; 1995, The Dick Riley family, Edina, Minn.; 1996, The Brad Parks family, San Clemente, Calif.; 1997, The Thomas C. Balsiger family, El Paso, Texas; 1998, The Steven Champlin family, Wayzata, Minn.; 1999, The Hugh and Paddi Waters family, Ormond Beach, Fla.; 2000, The Lee Hammel family, Salt Lake City, Utah; 2001, The Randy and Leslie Jackson family, Fort Smith, Ark.; 2002, The J.C. and Donna Louderback family, Arkansas City, Kan.; 2003, The Douglas and Delaine Mast family, Lancaster, Pa.; 2004, The Jon and Shari Vegosen Family, Chicago, Ill.; 2005, The George and Jeanne Austin Family, Rolling Hills Estates, Calif.; 2006, The Roy and Colleen Barth Family, Charleston, S.C.; 2007, The Don and Becky Cleveland Family, Delray Beach, Fla.; 2008, The Larry and Susan Kline Family, Prospect, Ky.