The USTA Newsletter for Tennis Coaches
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2012
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HIGH PERFORMANCE COACHING
VOL. 13, NO. 1
INTERNATIONAL TENNIS HALL OF FAME AWARD
The International Tennis Hall of
Fame presented the 2011 Tennis
Educational Merit Award in March
17, 2012 to Dr. Mark Kovacs of
Acworth, Ga. and Butch Staples of
Buford, SC.
Tennis Educational Merit Awards are presented to
citizens or residents of the United States who have
made notable contributions in the tennis education field
at the national level and have demonstrated leadership
and creative skills in such areas as instruction, writing,
organization, and promotion of the game of the tennis.
The International Tennis Hall of Fame & Museum
sponsors this special citation to recognize invaluable
contributions to the expansion of tennis and the
development of the sport.
INTERCOLLEGIATE TENNIS ASSOCIATION MEN'S
HALL OF FAME CLASS OF 2012
2012 Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) Men's Hall
of Fame Inductees who were enshrined at a special
induction ceremony held in conjunction with the NCAA
Division I Championships in Athens, Ga. on May 23, 2012.
PLAYERS
Patrick Du Pre (Stanford)
David Wheaton (Stanford)
COACHES
Chuck Kriese
Paul Scarpa
Ron Smarr
CONTRIBUTORS
Jon Vegosen (Northwestern)
COACHING AWARDS
UNITED STATES OLYMPIC COMMITTEE (USOC)
COACHING RECOGNITION AWARDS
The USTA announced that four members of the tennis
community were honored with national awards as part
of the USOC Coaching Recognition Program. USTA
Lead National Coach Kathy Rinaldi was named the
2011 USOC National Coach of the Year for Tennis; Vesa
Ponkka of Huntingtown, Md., who coaches at the Junior
Tennis Champions Center, a USTA Certified Regional
Training Center in College Park, Md., was named USOC
Developmental Coach of the Year for Tennis; Craig
Boynton (coach of John Isner) of Tampa, Fla., was
named USOC "Doc" Counsilman Coach of the Year for
Tennis for his contributions to the sport in the areas of
training and conditioning; and USTA National Manager
for Wheelchair Tennis Dan James of Oakdale, Minn.,
was named USOC Paralympic Coach of the Year for
Tennis. For more information, about coaching resources
provided by the USOC, please log on to:
teamusa.org/resources/usoc-sport-performance/coaching-eucation .
DAN JAMES
OAKDALE, MN
KATHY RINALDI
PALM BEACH GARDENS, FL
VESA PONKKA
HUNTINGTON, MD
CRAIG BOYNTON
TAMPA, FL
MARK KOVACS, PhD
ACWORTH, GA
BUTCH STAPLES
BUFORD, SC