2024 USTA Missouri Valley Award Winners

USTA Missouri Valley is proud to announce our 2024 Award Winners that will be honored at the USTA Missouri Valley Annual Conference. Click here to learn more and register for the conference.

• Adult Player of the Year - 3.5 & Below: Peg Schlacks (USTA Missouri)
• Adult Player of the Year - 4.0 & Above: Jim Hipkiss (USTA St. Louis)
• Distinguished Service: Donna Stauffer (USTA St. Louis)
• Facility of the Year: Philcrest Hills Tennis Club (USTA Oklahoma)
• High School Coach of the Year: Pamela Koch (USTA Heart of America)
• Female Junior Emerging Player of the Year: Summer Christensen (USTA Nebraska)
• Male Junior Emerging Player of the Year: Joseph Coder (USTA Missouri)
• Female Junior High-Performance Player of the Year: Emerey Gross (USTA St. Louis)
• Male Junior High-Performance Player of the Year: Cooper Woestendick (USTA Heart of America)
• Member Organization of the Year: Cooper Tennis Complex (USTA Missouri)
• Outstanding Adult/Senior Tournament: Level 1: USTA National Husband and Wife Open (USTA Heart of America)
• Outstanding Community Tennis Association: Stephanie Waterman Foundation (USTA Heart of America)
• Outstanding Contributor Youth Tennis: Dominic Marticorena (USTA St. Louis)
• Outstanding Contributor Youth High-Performance Program: Paul Lucas (USTA St. Louis)
• Outstanding Contributor USTA League Tennis Program: Carlos Riera-Ruiz (USTA Nebraska)
• Outstanding Diversity Achievement: Kaitlin Roselius (USTA Nebraska)
• Outstanding Junior Tournament: Club Kids for a Cause L6 (USTA Iowa)
• Oustanding Official: Charlie Smith (USTA Oklahoma)
• Tennis Family of the Year: The Barki Family (USTA Oklahoma)
• USTA Junior Team Tennis Organizer: Cristian Pensavalle (USTA Oklahoma)
• President's Award: Jason Mathes

Junior Sportsmanship Winners

• Boys 10s: Aarnav Garikipati (USTA Heart of America)
• Boys 12s: Kolton Carlson (USTA St. Louis)
• Boys 14s: David Ruwe (USTA Nebraska)
• Boys 16s: JohnPaul Huston (USTA Oklahoma)
• Boys 18s: Jai Patel (USTA St. Louis)
• Girls 10s: Kanchan Thomas (USTA Oklahoma)
• Girls 12s: Scarlett Milner (USTA Oklahoma)
• Girls 14s: Eliya Ward (USTA Heart of America)
• Girls 16s: Madelyn Dalton (USTA Iowa)
• Girls 18s: Skye Madatali (USTA St. Louis)