USTA Missouri Valley Awards

USTA Missouri Valley places high value on recognizing excellence on and off the tennis court. Each year the USTA Missouri Valley honors the volunteers, organizations, programs and members who have done an outstanding job to help grow the game of tennis at our Awards Luncheon in December.

Award Recipient History

Junior Sportsmanship History

2025 Award Criteria

2025 Award Winners

• Adult Player of the Year - 3.5 & Below: Angela Reckelhoff (Troy, Illinois)

• Adult Player of the Year - 4.0 & Above: Matthew Suddarth (St. Louis, Missouri)

• Distinguished Service: Doug Smith (St. Louis, Missouri)

• Facility of the Year: Vetta Sports Sunset (St. Louis, Missouri)

• High School Coach of the Year: Kelly Stahlhuth (St. Louis, Missouri)

• Female Junior Emerging Player of the Year: Emma Chen (St. Louis, Missouri)

• Male Junior Emerging Player of the Year: Luke Upthegrove (Tulsa, Oklahoma)

• Female Junior High-Performance Player of the Year: Angela Chen (St. Louis, Missouri)

• Male Junior High-Performance Player of the Year: Shaan Patel (St. Louis, Missouri)

• Member Organization of the Year: The Greens Country Club (Oklahoma City, Oklahoma)

• Outstanding Adult/Senior Tournament: USTA Heart of America Heartland Wheelchair Classic (Overland Park, Kansas)

• Outstanding Community Tennis Association: East St. Louis Community Tennis Association

• Outstanding Contributor Youth Tennis: Eva Castiglioni (Wichita, Kansas)

• Outstanding Contributor Youth High-Performance Program: Kaey-Den Tan (Wichita, Kansas)

• Outstanding Contributor USTA League Tennis Program: Shalla Powell Mandigo (Lincoln, Nebraska)

• Outstanding Diversity Achievement: Krishna Bhadriraju (Tulsa, Oklahoma)

• Outstanding Junior Tournament: Level 2 - Kansas City, MO (Kansas City, Missouri)

• Oustanding Official: Tracey Johnson (Kansas City, Kansas)

• Tennis Family of the Year: BJ and Heather Fleming Family (Robins, Iowa)

• President's Award: It's a surprise!

Junior Sportsmanship Winners

• Boys 12s: Tyden McMullin (Overland Park, Kansas)

• Boys 14s: Alexander Walton (St. Charles, Missouri)

• Boys 16s: Sento Lawuary (St. Louis, Missouri)

• Boys 18s: Calvin Werner (Warrensburg, Missouri)

• Girls 12s: Lily Ospino (Overland Park, Kansas)

• Girls 14s: London Evans (Manchester, Missouri) + Kynsey Smith (Kansas City, Missouri)

• Girls 16s: Shree Nidhi Sikkal Kumar (Chesterfield, Missouri)

• Girls 18s: Natalie Haug (Festus, Missouri)

Manon Eilts, Staff Liaison - eilts@movalley.usta.com | 913-322-4826

USTA Missouri Valley Award Committee

Chair: Stuart Dusenberry Email Stuart

Vice Chair: Lisa Minihan

Ken Brown

Huong Doan

Stacie Turtledove

Virginia Wong

Kate Foss - Board Liaison

Manon Eilts - Staff Liaison Email Manon

District Award Chairs

Jamie Galloway, USTA Heart of America Email Jamie

Adam Hulten, USTA Iowa Email Adam

Nick Schulte, USTA Kansas Email Nick

Carol Rollins, USTA Missouri Email Carol

Verne Weber, USTA Nebraska Email Verne

Tamara Cromwell, USTA Oklahoma Email Tamara

Megan Kovacs, USTA St. Louis Email Megan