The USTA announced the selection of the Caguas Sport Complex in Puerto Rico among the winners of the 2019 USTA Facility Award, recognizing the excellence of its construction, as well as the positive impact it has on the community through its services.

 

Plinio Alfaro, director of La Academia-Sport For All - tennis program that operates in the Caguas Sports Complex - received the award on August 29 in New York City, along with 24 other facilities in the United States, within the line of public facilities of 10 courts or less.

 

2019 WINNERS BY CATEGORY:

 

Public Courts: Small  

 

Courts Plus, Elmhurst, IL

Delcastle Tennis Center, Delcastle, DE

Eastern Athletic Club – Blue Point, Blue Point, NY

John and Fay Menard YMCA Tennis Center, Eau Claire, WI

La Academia – Sport for All, Caguas, PR

Soldier Spring Park, Weatherford, TX

Tuscarora Tennis Club, Frederick, MD

Wall Park Tennis Complex, McPherson, KS

 

Public Courts: Large    

 

Apex Tennis Center, Arvada, CO

Cary Leeds Center for Tennis & Learning, Bronx, NY

Cary Tennis Park, Cary, NC (Featured Facility)

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City Park/Pepsi Tennis Center, New Orleans, LA

Kiwanis Tennis Center, Tempe, AZ

Lindner Tennis Center at Lunken, Cincinnati, OH

Rome Tennis Center at Berry College, Rome, GA

Scottsdale Ranch Park and Tennis Center, Scottsdale, AZ

TBarM Racquet Club, Dallas, TX

 

Educational 

 

Greater Atlanta Christian Schools, Norcross, GA

SMU Tennis Complex, Dallas, TX

 

Private 

 

Ames Fitness Center, Ames, IA

Evergreen Racquet Club, Bloomington, IL

Glen Arven Country Club, Thomasville, GA

Magic Lincer Tennis Club of Manchester, Manchester, CT

Mauna Lani Resort, Kohala Coast, HI

Racquet and Health 91, Tulsa, OK

 

La Academia - Sport for All is characterized by offering sports services under the direction of professionals, with an inclusive approach for the whole community and with tennis activities aimed at kids, youth, adults and wheelchair players. The Municipal Sports Complex of Caguas is its headquarters, which accumulates 39 years of operation and has six outdoor courts, two of "Mini Tennis", for players of eight years or less, and a half-court with a wall for practice.