2025 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.

2025 USTA Eastern Award Recipients

Leslie J. Fitz Gibbon Tennis Man of the Year: Perren Wong (Southern Region)

Tennis Woman of the Year: Simone Spigner** (Metro Region)

Member Organization of the Year: Cunningham Tennis (Metro Region)

Tennis Family of the Year: The Perez-Lopez Family (Long Island Region)

Lifetime Achievement Award: Robert Schmitz (Northern Region)

George Seewagen Award: Randy Mani (Southern Region)

Louise Cilla Award: Dorothy Wiggins (Long Island Region)

Courage Award: Ron Dyson (Western Region)

Clinician of the Year Award: Zach White (Western Region)

Diversity & Inclusion Leadership Award: Jasmine Mott (Western Region)

Fran Osei Community Service Award: Jean Szpara (New Jersey Region)

10 & Under Award: Advantage All Tennis Foundation (Long Island Region)

Junior Team Tennis Award: Samantha Siegel (Long Island Region)

Collegiate Award: Bryce Farrell (Western Region)

USTA League Award: Peter Snell (Southern Region)

Virginia and Chuck Landis High School Coach of the Year Award: Debra Murray (Northern Region) 

Corporate Service Award: Tennis Charities of Binghamton (Western Region)

Umpire Service Award: Mary Phillips (New Jersey Region)

Special Service Award: New Jersey Region Junior Council (New Jersey Region)

Service To People with Disabilities Award: Katherine Connelly (Western Region)

Long Island Region Volunteer of the Year Award: Dunja Froman

Metro Region Volunteer of the Year Award: Jeanna Anderson

New Jersey Region Volunteer of the Year Award: Denise Dixon

Northern Region Volunteer of the Year Award: Carol Pillsworth

Southern Region Volunteer of the Year Award: Dexter D’Souza

Western Region Volunteer of the Year Award: Timothy Ball

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