MaliVai Washington Youth Foundation named NJTL Chapter of the Year

MaliVai Washington Youth Foundation (MWYF) of Jacksonville, Fla., was honored as the National Junior Tennis & Learning (NJTL) Chapter of the Year at the 2025 USTA Annual Meeting & Conference.

MWYF is part of a nationwide group of more than 250 sports-based community organizations that use tennis as a tool to prepare young people from under-resourced communities for the challenges and opportunities of life. The mission of MWYF is to use academic assistance, a life skills curriculum and tennis to engage youth from kindergarten to grade 12 in various active and fun programs to provide students with the resources they need to reach their full potential and become contributing members of society. 

The USTA bestows the NJTL of the Year Award to chapters that positively impact youth through the powerful combination of tennis and education. Co-founded in 1969 by cultural icon Arthur Ashe, along with Charlie Pasarell and Sheridan Snyder, today the USTA Foundation’s NJTL network provides over 168,000 young people nationwide access to opportunities that reach far beyond the game of tennis, including social and emotional learning programs, academic support, scholarships, and career and college readiness services.