USTA Eastern Long Island Region Award Winners (Created in 1990)
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USTA Eastern Long Island Region Award Winners (created in 1990) Prestigious Awards Hy Zausner Lifetime Achievement Award: Recognizing a lifetime of achievement both on and off the tennis court on Long Island 1997 – King Van Nostrand 2000 – Lois Prince 2002 – Sunny Fishkind 2003 – Scott Axler 2004 – Terry Fontana 2005 – Pete Bostwick 2006 – Emily Moore 2007 – Dan Dwyer 2008 – Kathy Miller 2009 – Nancy McShea 2010 – Robbie Wagner 2011 – John H. Dunn 2012 – Ed Wolfarth 2013 – Sue Alvy 2014 – Claude Okin 2015 – Tom Jaklitsch 2016 – Roberta Feldman 2017 – Steve Kaplan 2018 – Peter Kaplan 2019 – Karen Cadorette 2020 – Mark Harrison Vitas Gerulaitis "For the Love of Tennis" Award: Honoring an individual who demonstrates his or her love of the game through volunteering, supporting tennis programs and helping grow tennis throughout Long Island 2000 – Eileen Leonard 2002 – Nancy McShea 2003 – Barry Murtha 2005 – Robert Russo 2006 – Robert Wagner 2007 – Ron Rebhuhn 2008 – Steve Abbondondelo 2009 – Dick Zausner 2010 – William Mecca 2011 – Renee Lemmerman 2012 – Nancy McGill & Ron Rebhuhn 2013 – Terry Fontana 2014 – Dean Nogrady 2015 – Howie Arons 2016 – Eddie Fishkind 2017 – Anneleis Karp 2018 – David McKean 2019 – Bruce Moodnick 2020 – Al Zebroski Arthur Ashe Multicultural Award: Given to a tennis player who embraces diversity, serves as an ambassador for the game of tennis, exhibits unmatched sportsmanship and shares his or her love of the game 2000 – Stanley Redfearn 2002 – Mack Baker 2003 – Daniel Burgess 2005 – Derick Jackson 2007 – George T. Henry 2008 – Herb Harris 2009 – Jason Harewood 2010 – Daniel Burgess 2012 – D.A. Abrams 2013 – Al Gunther 2014 – Clem Stancik 2015 – Nancy Finno 2016 – Victor (Tito) Perez 2017 – Anthony Brown 2018 – Fabiana Rezak 2019 – Nicholas Haridopolos 2020 – Hamlet Phillip Tennis Family of the Year: Honoring a family whose members support the game of tennis on Long Island by playing tennis as well as volunteering their time and abilities to grow the game and serve the community 2001 – The Rottkamp Family 2003 – The Zebroski Family 2005 – The Brady Family 2006 – The Lostritto Family 2007 – Sunny and Eddie Fishkind 2008 – The Walsh Family 2009 – The Talcott Family 2010 – Sue D’Alessandro & Dave McKean 2011 – Keith & Kathy Houghtaling 2012 – The Hoffman Family 2013 – The Siddiqui Family 2014 – The Kolenberg Family 2015 – The Afzal Ali Family 2016 – The Mosquera Family 2017 – The Kowalsky Family 2018 – The Morales Family 2019 – The Perri Family 2020 – The Goetz Family Excellence Awards Charles Karp Memorial Award for Overcoming Adversity: Given to a tennis player who has overcome a serious medical condition or disability 1996 – Nancy McShea 2000 – Rob Cohen 2001 – David Stevenson 2002 – Karen Schmidt 2003 – Dave Herman 2005 – Jim Dileo 2006 – Mary Lenore Blair 2007 – Anthony Pantaleo 2008 – Phil Stevanovic 2009 – Jill Levine 2010 – Jasmine Arama & Jack Gearns 2011 – Mo Schneider 2013 – The Blades Family / Jim Esposito / Rhonda Dauway / MaryAnn Cluess 2014 – Tara Ofsink & Glen Nathan 2015 – Nate Melnyck / Nadine & Dean Jacoby 2016 – Anthony DeCico 2017 – Guido Lari 2018 – Kristy Vaughn 2019 – Maddie Germano 2020 – Joyce Gerard / Aaron Stern & Juan Pablo Perez Madeline Zausner Award - Tennis Director of the Year: This award recognizes a junior tournament director for outstanding service and effort. It is given to someone who goes above and beyond to schedule and run junior tournaments and make sure they operate smoothly and with a focus on sportsmanship. Mrs. Zausner, the most familiar face at the Port Washington Tennis Academy for 40 years, was the tournament director at hundreds of Eastern Tennis Association tournaments for l8-and-under players. 2006 – Manny Iqbal 2010 – Scott Axler 2011 – Gerry Ashley 2012 – Robbie Wagner 2013 – Clark Ruiz 2014 – Dick Zausner 2015 – Richard Rottkamp 2016 – Kelvin Lastique 2017 – Andrew Camacho 2018 – Vasco Antunes 2019 – Alex Alcantara 2020 – Clark Ruiz Birdie Tarulli League Captain Award (Female): This award is given to a female USTA League Captain who exhibits outstanding sportsmanship both on the court and off. Ms.Tarulli was an active USTA League captain for many years, leading both adult and senior teams out of Rockville Racquet Club in Rockville Centre, as well as participating in the North Shore Tennis League out of Hempstead Country Club. As a captain, she always played her teammates first; she would put herself in the line-up only if needed. She could always be seen at the window cheering on her teammates. 2013 – Birdie Tarulli (in memoriam) 2014 – Christine Miller 2015 – Jamie Stickney 2016 – Roslyn Gail Schor 2017 – Ann McGrath 2018 – Dawn Schosberg 2019 – Geri Verola 2020 – Angela O’Leary Blane Magee League Captain Award (Male): Blane Magee League Captain Sportsmanship Award: This award is given to a male USTA League Captain who exhibits outstanding sportsmanship both on the court and off. Blane Magee loved playing tennis throughout his life. He was a member of several USTA League teams over the years and was a dedicated and unselfish captain at Rockville Racquet Club for almost two decades. He also enjoyed playing in Rockville’s Sunday morning “Ego League” for many years. 2013 – Blane Magee (in memoriam) 2014 – Wayne Freeman 2015 – Kenneth Luba 2016 – Bruce Lindenman 2017 – Michael Siegmund 2018 – Darren Scheinberg 2019 – Lionel Goldberg 2020 – Steve Subject Tennis Professional of the Year: Recognition of an outstanding teaching pro. 2000 – Bob Binns 2001 – Chuck Russell 2002 – Afzal Ali 2003 – Anthony Brown 2005 – Adrian Chirici 2006 – Lawrence Kleger 2007 – Perry Aitchison 2008 – Curtis McCalla 2009 – Robert McKenna 2010 – Jason Wass 2011 – Tonny van de Pieterman 2012 – Ronny D’Alessandro 2013 – Dory Levinter 2014 – David Brent & Mark Harrison 2015 – Tina Buschi 2016 – Ahsha Rolle 2017 – Nadia Johnston 2018 – Ben Marks 2019 – Keith Kambourian 2020 – Jay Harris Adult Volunteer of the Year: Recognition of an adult whose volunteerism on behalf of tennis has been exemplary. 1994 – Sunny Fishkind 1996 – Terry Fontana 1998 – Bonnie Cohen 1999 – Scott Axler 2000 – Dorothy Kobak 2001 – Steve Abbondondelo 2002 – Roberta Feldman 2003 – Steve Haar 2005 – Debbie Galinksy 2005 – Steve Haar 2006 – Bonnie Cohen 2007 – Lori D’Antonio 2008 – Craig Fligstein 2009 – Terry Fontana 2010 – Michael Pavlides 2011 – Donna Healy & Charles Nanton 2012 – Deb Indeck & Ken Coards 2013 – Flo Levine & Zoila Savillo 2014 – Bill Haab & Margaret Bernstein 2015 – Jackie Clarke 2016 – Joseph McGorry 2017 – Nayana Brahmbhatt 2018 – Allan Silverstein 2019 – Michelle Stoerback 2020 – Dory Levinter Junior Volunteer of the Year: Recognition of a young adult whose volunteerism on behalf of tennis has been exemplary. 2001 – Greg Kreyman 2003 – Cara Priola 2005 – Jacob Mastbaum 2006 – Matthew Levine 2007 – Nicole Block 2008 – Jen Smith and Kristina Maimis 2010 – Ross Binder 2011 – Anthony Pastecchi 2012 – Kelly Basdavanos, Michael Rozner, Sydney Menzis, & Evan Landeau (Glen Cove Cares) 2013 – Shawn Kshatriya 2014 – Calhoun High School Girls tennis team 2015 – Matt Holweger (Kids Serving Kids LI) 2016 – Alex Benanti 2017 – Jack Locheim 2018 – Jill Lawrence and Aron Bursztyn 2019 – Brooke Schwartz 2020 – Ally Friedman Community Service Award: Given to an individual, group, or organization whose dedication to serving the tennis community is outstanding and unique. 2000 – Chuck Romeo 2001 – Matt Switt 2002 – Joe Arias 2003 – Clinton Clarke 2005 – Wilber Bowles 2006 – Mike Pomerico 2007 – Warren Lem 2008 – Bob Zuckerman 2009 – Long Island Tennis Magazine 2010 – Rossana Weitekamp (Nassau) & Jason Pasion (Suffolk) 2011 – Margaret Campise 2012 – Nassau Girl Scouts 2013 – Richie Bustamonte & Kareem Harris 2014 – Bobby Ford (Freeport PAL) 2015 – Brittny Hayes (Nassau) & Girls Incorporated of Long Island (Suffolk) 2016 – The Manhasset H.S. Girls Varsity Tennis Team (Coach Eileen Cuneo) 2017 – Jessica Jansen (Freeport Memorial Library) 2018 – Bradley Greenberg 2019 – The Commack H.S. Girls Varsity/JV Tennis teams 2020 – The Tennis King @ Roslyn Estates Special Service Award: 2000 – Bob Ingersole 2001 – Russell Arts 2001 – Dina Ingersol 2003 – Warren Lem & Jeff Fenton 2005 – Larry Masucci & Marcia Frost (Region) 2006 – Steve Abbondondelo 2010 – Long Island Tennis Magazine 2014 – Steve Haar 2015 – Laurie Winkler 2016 – Nassau County Legislator - Laura Curran 2018 – Marion Morris 2019 – Joe Arias 2020 – Peter Cesare Good Samaritan Award: Given to an individual or organization that has done something above and beyond to help a tennis player, facility, or the general tennis community. 2011 – Jay Fagin 2012 – United Way of Long Island 2013 – Carefree Racquet Club / Rockville Racquet Club / Eastern Athletic Club (Blue Point) / Holy Family School (Hicksville) 2014 – Sol Schwartz 2015 – Shane Helfner & Commack High School / Shari Glickman-Bowes & Lynbrook High School 2016 – Carefree Racquet Club (Nassau) / North Fork Tennis Tournament (Suffolk) 2017 – Jay Binder 2018 – Michael Haltman 2019 – Carl Barnett 2020 – Juan Leon Innovative Tennis Program: Given to a new, unique or unusual tennis program. 2003 – Steve Kaplan (Unified Games) 2006 – Matt Swit (Stop World Hunger Tennis Tournament) 2008 – Dr. Robert Cincotta (Introducing Quick Start to Hempstead Schools) 2009 – Dan Dwyer (Introducing those afflicted with MS to tennis) 2010 – Matt Swit (Stop World Hunger Tennis Tournament) 2011 – Ken Walker - Special Olympics - (Nassau) & Sandra Mahoney - United Way of Long Island - (Suffolk) 2012 – Malverne School District 2013