Lloyd Sessions Educational Merit Award

• Must reside within the boundaries of USTA Texas.
  
• Must be actively involved in working with junior players, but not exclusively.
• Must be a teaching professional (i.e., staff member at an educational institution, city recreation department, tennis facility) or in some comparable employment.
  
• Exhibits outstanding professional abilities in building stronger junior players of all skill levels.
• Contributes a great amount of time to working with athletes in the Junior space.
• Implements a variety of programs, methods, and techniques to develop junior players.
• Affiliated with the USTA at the local, section, and/or national level.

2026

• Nomination Period: November 1-21, 2025
• Notification Period: December 15-19, 2025
• Awards Luncheon: February 7, 2026

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 and awards are presented at the USTA Texas Awards Luncheon the second Saturday in February.

2025 Manuel Moreno, Jr., Galveston

2024 Neil Adams, Austin

2023 Michael MacVay, Austin

2022 Kelly Langdon, Grapevine

2020 Manuel Moreno, Jr., Galveston

2019 David Tibbetts, Austin

2018 Sally Frame, Richardson

2017 Sammy Giammalva, Houston

2016 Chris Bovett, Missouri City

2015 Agustin Salazar, McAllen

2014 Kevin Clark, Austin

2013 Brad Morrison, Amarillo

2012 John Wilkerson, Houston

2011 Lance Helm, Rockwall

2010 Jack Newman, Austin

2009 Roland Elizondo, Corpus Christi

2008 Bert Cole, Dallas

          Brian Notis, Austin

2007 Leon Dykes, Center

2006 Luis Valdez, Midland

2005 Todd Taylor, College Station

2004 Orlando Temple, Dallas

2003 Kelly Marshall, Austin

2002 Joe Rother, San Antonio

2001 David Anderson, Dallas

2000 Rick Gonzalez, San Antonio

1999 Rick Meyers, Abilene

1998 David Davis, Abilene

1997 Karen Mannheimer, San Antonio

1996 Jack Newman, Dallas

1995 Bob Haugen, Austin

1994 Lu Ann Alexander, Edinburg

1993 Cleveland Gilcrease, Corpus Christi

1992 Bobby McKinley, San Antonio

1991 Sue Simcox, Beaumont

1990 Dave Sivertson, Austin

1989 Bob Grammen, San Antonio

1988 Sergio Ramos, Woodville

1987 Bobby Hagerman, Dallas

1986 Ron Wesbrooks, Beaumont

1985 Chuck Avera, Wichita Falls

1984 Bob Mooty, Dallas

1983 Nony Michulka, Richardson

1982 Owen McHaney, Dallas

1981 Gene Peebles, Corpus Christi

1980 Christopher Bovett, Houston

1979 John Wilkerson, Houston

1978 Chip Shirley, San Antonio

1977 Virginia Brown, Midland

          Jim Parker, Houston

1976 David Kent, Canyon

1975 Art Foust, Dallas

         Jack Coleman, Garland

1974 Bob Mapes, Corpus Christi

1973 Clarence Mabry, San Antonio