2023 USTA Eastern Annual Award Winners

With its annual awards, USTA Eastern honors those who have made remarkable contributions toward growing and promoting tennis at the grassroots level. These individuals and organizations demonstrate what makes the Eastern section so unique and innovative. Please join us in congratulating our 2023 recipients for all their hard work in enriching our sport.

Click here for a downloadable list of all awards and their official descriptions.

Click here to look back at all of our award winners in each category since 1998.

2023 USTA Eastern Award Recipients

Lifetime Achievement Award: Lawrence Kleger (Long Island Region)

Leslie J. Fitz Gibbon Tennis Man of the Year: David Hanzes (Western Region)

Tennis Woman of the Year: Debbie Miller (Western Region)

Member Organization of the Year: Sedgwick Farms Tennis Club (Western Region)

Tennis Family of the Year: The Gupta Family (New Jersey Region)

George Seewagen Award: Steve Kaplan (Long Island Region)

Courage Award: The Roslyn High School Boys Tennis Team (Long Island Region)

Diversity & Inclusion Leadership Award: Kenneth Ortiz (New Jersey Region)

Fran Osei Community Service Award: Dennis Maher (Southern Region)

Clinician of the Year Award: Isis Gill (Metro Region)

10 & Under Award: Sharon Rappaport (Long Island Region)

Junior Team Tennis Award: Domingo Montes (Northern Region)

Collegiate Award: Clarkson University Club Tennis (Northern Region)

USTA League Award: Suzee Krebs (New Jersey Region)

Virginia and Chuck Landis High School Coach of the Year Award: Teresa Price (Western Region) 

Press Service Award: Stan Evans (Western Region)

Umpire Service Award: Deborah-Rose Andrews (Metro Region)

Special Service Award: Michelle Stoerback (Long Island Region)

Service To People with Disabilities Award: Juan Pablo Perez (Long Island Region)

Long Island Region Volunteer of the Year Award: Denise Schmidt

Metro Region Volunteer of the Year Award: Jan Walker

New Jersey Region Volunteer of the Year Award: Marvin Dent

Northern Region Volunteer of the Year Award: Chris Hanley

Southern Region Volunteer of the Year Award: Igal Katan

Western Region Volunteer of the Year Award: Nick Zieziula