John McFarlin Outstanding Sportsmanship Award

• Cannot be nominated by a family member. If a candidate self-nominates, a letter of recommendation (LOR) from a "sponsor" with their contact information must be included with this nomination form (e.g. tennis coach, tournament director, school counselor, teacher, principal, athletic director).
• Must reside within the boundaries of USTA Texas.
• Must have a current USTA individual membership.
• Must be a boy and 18 or under as of January 1, 2025. 
• Cannot have any suspension points or Code of Conduct violations in the last 12 months.  
• Exemplifies the finest qualities of sportsmanship in competitive play, including but not limited to USTA Junior Tournaments, USTA Junior Team Tennis, and/or USTA Junior Circuit events. 
• Demonstrates leadership off the court, including but not limited to serving in leadership roles, volunteering in the community, and/or volunteering with the USTA at any level.

2026

• Nomination Period: November 1-21, 2025
• Notification Period: December 15-19, 2025
• Awards Celebration: March 28-April 5, 2026 (U.S. Men's Clay Courts)

Nominations open annually on the first day of November and close the Friday before Thanksgiving. Selection Committees review nominations and select winners during the first two weeks of December. Submitters are notified about the status of their nomination and winners are contacted the third week of December. Winners are honored at premiere professional tournaments in Texas in the Spring.

2025 Daniel Carmona, San Antonio

2024 Not awarded

2023 Allan Xu, Katy

2022 Elliott Awomoyi, Cypress

2021 Lucas Brown, Plano

2020 Not awarded

2019 Kenner Taylor, Houston

2018 Austin Abbrat, Spring

2017 Kevin Zhu, Pearland

2016 Parker Wynn, North Richland Hills

2015 Charles Tan, Austin

2014 Xavier Gonzalez, Houston

2013 Connor Curry, Wichita Falls

2012 Josh Hagar, Austin

2011 Ashok Narayana, Houston

2010 Ben Guthrie, Plano

2009 Daniel Whitehead, Sugar Land

2008 Benjamin Chen, Spring

2007 Zach Nichols, Joshua

2006 Joshua Zavala, Amarillo

2005 Conor Pollock, San Antonio

2004 Brandon Davis, Austin

2003 Hubert Chodkiewicz, Corpus Christi

          Andrew Mack, Plano

2002 Bryan Wooten, Houston

2001 Roger Gubser, Laredo

2000 Seth McKinley, San Antonio

1999 Ryan Newport, Cypress

1998 Prakash Venkataraman, Sugar Land

1997 Brandon Hawk, Clyde

1996 Brandon Hawk, Clyde

1995 Nick Crowell, Amarillo

1994 Elliot Weiss, Dallas

         Alex Witt, Houston

1993 Ryan Simme, Spring

1992 Ryan Simme, Spring

1991 Trey Phillips, Austin

1990 Cary Lothringer, San Antonio

1989 Michael Wesbrooks, Beaumont

1988 Alex O’Brien, Amarillo

1987 Mitch Michulka, Dallas

1986 Barry Richards, Spring

1985 Brian Dillman, Richardson

1984 Richey Reneberg, Houston

1983 Chip Leighton, Houston

         Mark Smith, Austin

1982 Den Bishop, Wichita Falls

1981 Vaun Crumly, Corpus Christi

1980 Doug Snyder, Austin

1979 Paul Crozier, Corpus Christi

1978 Jeff Turpin, Dallas

1977 Reid Freeman, Dallas

1976 Rick Meyers, Abilene

1975 Mark Turpin, Dallas

1974 Jon Brotherton, Wichita Falls

1973 Charles Emely, San Antonio

1972 Bill Matyastik, Wichita Falls

1971 Randall Treadwell, Eastland

1970 Howard Butt, III, Corpus Christi

1969 Scott Pool, San Antonio

1968 Richard Fikes, Corpus Christi

1967 Robbie Sargent, Wichita Falls

1966 Tommy Hill, Odessa

1965 Lloyd Carl, Waco