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

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

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

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

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

Birdie Tarulli League Captain Award (Female) 2013 – Birdie Tarulli (in memoriam) 2014 – Christine Miller 2015 – Jamie Stickney 2016 – Roslyn Gail Schor 2017 – Ann McGrath 2018 – Dawn Schosberg

Blane Magee League Captain Award (Male)

2013 – Blane Magee (in memoriam) 2014 – Wayne Freeman 2015 – Kenneth Luba 2016 – Bruce Lindenman 2017 – Michael Siegmund 2018 – Darren Scheinberg

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

Madeline Zausner Award - Tennis Director of the Year: 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

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

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

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 HS Girls Tennis Team (Coach Eileen Cuneo) 2017 – Jessica Jansen (Freeport Memorial Library) 2018 – Bradley Greenberg

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

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

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 – Butch Seewagen (CTS) 2014 – Dave Brenner (Suffolk PAL) 2015 – Mike Curry 2016 – Darrell Lopez (Lakeview Tennis Association) 2017 – Hilary Bressler (Robbie Wagner) 2018 – Northport VA Medical Center and Bethpage Park Tennis Center

Junior Team Tennis Award: 2010 – Hicksville Community JTT (Terry Fontana) 2011 – Pat Mosquera 2012 – Sue Tarzian 2014 – Tito Perez 2015 – Robbie Wagner Tournament Training 2016 – Point Set Racquet Club (Nassau) / World Gym Setauket (Suffolk) 2017 – Ricky Bates (Nassau) / Jimmy Delevante (Suffolk) 2018 – JP Perez and Anya Konopka

10 and Under Tennis Award: Recognition of an individual or program that has focused on introducing tennis to young children. 2014 – Sportime 2015 – Heather Corriel 2016 – Fabiana Rezac - Circulo de la Hispanidad (Nassau) / Eastern Athletic Club Blue Point (Suffolk) 2017 – Jared El Gayeh 2018 – Richard Bowie

USTA Afterschool Tennis Program: 2002 – Stagecoach Elementary School - Laura Zavatto 2015 – Chuck Russell – Liftall 2017 – Denise Schmidt – Pixie Nursery School (Wantagh) 2018 – Department of Community Activities, Oceanside

Tennis Club of the Year: Given to a public or private indoor tennis facility that has demonstrated its support for growing the game. 2000 – Stony Brook Racquet Club (the Academy at Stony Brook) 2001 – World Gym Racquet & Sports Arena (East Setauket) 2002 – Sportime 2003 – Scott Rubenstein (East Hampton Indoor Tennis Club) 2005 – Mark Brent 2006 – Blue Point 2007 – Carefree Racquet Club 2008 – Robbie Wagner’s Tournament Training Center (Nassau) & Westhampton Beach Tennis and Sport Club (Suffolk) 2009 – Sportime/ Roslyn (Nassau) & Eastern Athletic/Melville (Suffolk) 2010 – Port Washington Tennis Academy (Nassau) & East Hampton Indoor Tennis (Suffolk) 2011 – Hempstead Lake Indoor (Nassau) & Sportime/ Kings Park (Suffolk) 2012 – Long Beach Tennis Center 2013 – Huntington Indoor Tennis 2014 – Point Set Indoor Racquet Club 2015 – Eastern Athletic of Melville & Eastern Athletic of Dix Hills 2016 – Bethpage Park Tennis Center 2017 – Nassau Indoor Tennis (Nassau) & Park Avenue Tennis Club (Suffolk) 2018 – Christopher Morley Tennis (Nassau) & Tennis @Ross (Suffolk)

Private Club of the Year: Given to a private tennis facility that has demonstrated its support for growing the game. 2011 – Cold Spring Valley Racquet Club (Kevin O’Rourke) 2013 – Piping Rock Country Club 2014 – Shelter Rock Tennis & Country Club 2015 – Inwood Country Club 2016 – Crest Hollow Country Club 2017 – The Hamlet Golf & Country Club 2018 – Three Village Tennis Club

Outdoor Tennis Site of the Year: Given to a public or private tennis facility that has demonstrated its support for growing the game. 2003 – Great Neck South H.S. (Nassau County Site) & Shoreham Wading River H.S. (Suffolk County Site) 2005 – Eisenhower Park (Bob McKenna) 2006 – Casamento Town Park (West Islip) - Jeanette Messina 2007 – Baldwin Park - Al Kaplan 2008 – Hicksville Schools 2009 – Nassau County Parks (Nassau County Site) – Jose Lopez & Casamento Town Park (Suffolk County Site) – Greg Dawson 2010 – Oceanside High School (Nassau County Site) – Denise Keirnan & Mt. Sinai School District (Suffolk County Site) – Scott Rheh 2011 – Michael J. Tully Park (Nassau County Site) - Mikey Connor & Sayville Park (Suffolk County Site) - Nancy Howland 2012 – Longwood High School 2013 – Malverne High School 2014 – Baldwin High School 2015 – Engineer’s Country Club (Nassau County Site) & Town of Huntington Parks & Recreation (Suffolk County Site) 2016 – Village of Port Jefferson – Mayor Margot Garant 2017 – Rev. Arthur Mackey Sr. Park (Roosevelt) 2018 – William Floyd High School

Corporate Award of the Year: Given to an individual, company, or organization that has gone above and beyond to support tennis on Long Island. 2000 – Jeanne Fontana (Topline Advertising) & Fast Serve 2001 – Computer Associates & TD Waterhouse (Dan Nagler) 2002 – Westbury Golf & Country Club, Shelter Rock Country Club, & Princeton Ski Shop 2005 – Computer Asscociates (Gerry Smith) 2007 – Pro Health Associates (Bob Russo) 2008 – Hess Oil Company (Kamau Brown) 2009 – The Outback (Jenn Szewc) 2010 – Channel 55 2011 – Modell’s Sporting Goods (Ms. Kelly Harvey) 2012 – Bill Mecca (USPTA Eastern) & Claude Okin (Sportime) 2013 – Fairway Market 2014 – Astoria Federal Bank 2016 – Marquee Screen Printing (Michael Dachs) 2017 – Gold Coast Tennis (Bill Smith) 2018 – GF Sports

Retail Facility of the Year: Recognition of a retailer who has gone above and beyond. 2008 – Grand Slam Tennis - Jim Donnelly 2009 – Advantage Tennis – Adam Moramarco 2010 – Top Spin Pro Shop 2011 – Grand Slam Tennis 2013 – A Taste of Home Bakery 2014 – Pressview Graphics – Steve Sapia 2016 – SoLow Sports – Julien Klein 2017 – Sportime Lynbrook Pro Shop – Kathy Murphy

Press Service Award: Given to a news media organization or individual for their coverage and ongoing support of tennis. 1996 – Kevin & Cherry Masih 2000 – Westbury Times 2001 – Hicksville Illustrated (Anton Publishing) 2003 – Cablevision Channel 12 News 2005 – Nancy McShea 2006 – Ed Goldman 2011 – Mike Greenberg (ESPN) 2012 – TC McCarthy (Newsday) 2013 – Bob Frick & Abby Lerner 2014 – Time Warner Cable 2015 – Tony Bellissimo & Scott Brinton (LI Herald Newspapers) 2016 – Brian Coleman (Long Island Tennis Magazine)

Anuj Agarwal Sportsmanship Award (male): 2000 – Andrew Arons 2001 – Jonathon Russo 2003 – Jonathan Schwartz 2005 – Chris Albornoz 2006 – Shaun Bridgewater 2007 – Daniel Burgess Jr. 2008 – Jeremy King 2009 – Spencer Cohn 2010 – Noah Rubin 2011 – Austin Davidow 2012 – Bryant Born 2014 – Simar Sawhney 2015 – Jesse Levitin 2016 – Patrick Hannity 2017 – Alan Delman 2018 – Pieter Wernink

Jennifer Sherry Sportsmanship Award (female): 2000 – Janine Sadaka 2001 – Victoria Cunningham 2002 – Megan Zebrowski 2003 – Allison Rottkamp 2005 – Lyndsey Lostritto 2006 – Kirby Reiss 2008 – Shelby Talcott 2009 – Eliza Budd 2010 – Sophie Barnard 2011 – April Pun 2012 – Katelyn Walker 2014 – Danielle Mirabella 2015 – Ellen Huhulea 2016 – Denise Lai 2017 – Steffi Antao 2018 – Sophia Schutte

Long Island High School Tennis Team of the Year 2017 – MacArthur High School Girls Tennis Team 2018 – Port Washington High School Girls Tennis Team

COMPILED AWARDS:

Rose Buck Scalamandre Award - Participating Tennis Family of the Year: Recognizing a family whose members all play tennis and who foster the love of the game among new generations 2008 – Rose Buck Scalamandre 2011 – The Mullin’s Family 2012 – The Mintz Family 2013 – The Lapierre Family 2014 – The Lonardo Family 2015 – The Hannity Family 2016 – The Chichon Family (Nassau) & The Kingsley Family (Suffolk) (Now combined with the Tennis Family of the Year Award)

LI Tennis Player of the Year 2005 – Bob Litwin 2007 – Ed Wolfarth 2008 – Martin Wostenholme 2009 – Bryan Koniencko, Cory Parr, & Craig Schwartz 2010 – Charles H. Hurme

Tennis Official of the Year: 2008 – Barbara Petitio 2009 – Lui’s Mira 2010 – Joe Brattoli

2006 Adult Rankings Gregg Schwartz - Male Player Julia Koulbitskaya - Female Player

Comeback Player of the Year: 2006 – Daniel Kreyman

Junior Inspiration Award: 2006 – Blake Kitchen

L.I. College Coach of the Year: 2006 – Gary Glassman (Stony Brook University) 2018 – Laura Gilbert (Nassau Community College)

Nassau County Athletic Director of the Year: 2003 – Tom Howard (Farmingdale) 2005 – Jane Maher (Great Neck South) 2006 – Dr. Fred Apgar (East Williston SD)

Suffolk County Athletic Director of the Year: 2003 – Jeff Cordell 2005 – Pete Cesare (Copiague SD) 2006 – Joe Pennacchio (Half Hollow Hills)