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Ray Delcastillo Official of the Year Award

2025 Delcastillo Award Winner, Terry Gatzki

Established in 1981, the Ray Delcastillo Official of the Year Award recognizes a USTA certified official who has contributed their time to strengthen officiating through training, mentoring, recruiting, and improving the overall tennis experience across Texas. 

  • Cannot receive the award more than once within a five (5) year period (i.e., 2020 winner is not eligible until 2025). 
  • Must be nominated by a Certified USTA Texas Official.
  • Must reside within the boundaries of USTA Texas.
  • Must be a certified USTA Official in good standing.

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 Terry Gatzki, Georgetown

2024 Kevin Foster, Waco

2023 Mike Henry, Georgetown

2022 Molly-Jack Moser Waldrop, Menard

2020 Tomoko King, Houston

2019 Seande Pulley, Dallas

2018 Bert Rainwater, Fort Stockton

2017 Kevin Foster, Hewitt

2016 Trevor Edgemon, Lubbock

2015 Dessie Samuels, Terrell

2014 Lee Thornburg, McKinney

2013 Gordon Brynildsen, College Station

2012 Kathleen O'Connor, Houston

2011 Nancy Vivero, Missouri City

2010 Vickie Wright, Austin

2009 Evelyn "Jane" Hammond, Waco

2008 Robert Dunivan, Deer Park 

2007 Susan Wertenberger, Grapevine

2006 Ginny James, Houston

2005 Jim Robinson, Belton

2004 Rosalind Tuerk, Commerce 

2003 Ray Delcastillo, San Antonio

2002 Clayton Ross, Lubbock

2001 Brookie Green, Midland 

2000 Valerie Shepherd, Austin

1999 Laura Pichot, Laredo

1998 Charles Gordon, Georgetown

1997 Edna Pharris, Houston

1996 Nan Burnam, Abilene

1995 Glen Eudaley, Houston

1994 Mary Buck, Abilene

1993 Dean Webster, Corpus Christi

1992 Robert Lahti, Houston

         Arcadio Garza, San Antonio

1991 Dottie Menge, San Antonio

1990 Peggy Clark, Corpus Christi

1989 Mikey Herndon, Austin

1988 Not Awarded

1987 Cheryl Jones, San Antonio

1986 Julia Collier, Houston

1985 Not Awarded

1984 Not Awarded

1983 Not Awarded

1982 Billie Lipp, Dallas

1981 Not Awarded


The USTA Texas Officials Committee is responsible for this award. For questions or assistance, please contact the committee's staff liaison, Derrick McCoy.

 

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