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www.usta.texas.com TEXAS YEARBOOK EDITION TEXAS SECTION USTA TEXAS 2014 YEAR IN REVIEW By Derick Hackett Standing strong as the third largest section in the United States tennis association, USta texas continues to grow and develop with 53,400 current individual members and over 700 organizational members. the Samuell Grand Tennis Center in Dallas was named one of the 12 USta Facility award winners and corpus christi’s Tennis Success Inc. was named the National USta NJtL chapter of the year. corpus christi and the Zina Garrison Academy in Houston received USta grants for youth and education programs. the Dallas Tennis Association and T Bar M in Dallas received Multicultural excellence Program grants for junior development. the Houston Tennis Association was named as one of the 10 national USta Foundation grant winners for NJtL programs. t Bar M in Dallas continues to serve as a USta certified regional training center and Inside Tennis | APRIL 2015 24 insidetennis.com APRIL 2015 hosted five regional Player Development 14U advanced (austin) and 18U advanced place finishes in national events including camps. (North richland Hills). Mary Lynch of rockport, who won the 80s there were more than 72,293 junior texas’ National Junior tennis & Learning singles title at the USta National Women’s tournament entries in 2014. Over 970 Super kid’s Days were led by Houston with 600 60, 70, & 80 clay court championship. Julie champ level players and 128 of the highest participants. Dallas followed with 200 and Cass of austin, texas won eight gold balls ranked champ level junior players partic - austin at 100. Over 750 participants entered and the ladies 45 singles title at the 2014 itF ipated in the caspher texas Grand Slam the arthur ashe essay contest. Xavier Seniors World individual championships. tournament which continues to be one of the Gonzalez of Houston was honored as one of Henry Gordon of New Braunfels, largest junior tournaments in the U.S. two USta National Junior Scholar athlete Ashley Weinhold of Spicewood, and former USta texas Junior team tennis award winners and Manuel Mareno of Oklahoma State players Malika Rose and supported 5,600 registered players and Dobie High in Houston was named a USta Brady Bohrnstedt , won the US Open hosted 160 teams at three section champi - No-cut coach all-Star team member. National Playoffs texas Sectional. Six onships. the texas Jtt championships texas participation in adult tennis texans, Tony Dawson (austin), Mark produced two teams that proudly went on to tournaments reached 18,578 entries. texas Meyers (Houston), William Wolff (Fort win the USta Jtt National championships in adult players collected 38 Gold Balls for first Worth), Sue Bramlette (Houston), Mary Inside Tennis | APRIL 2015 25 insidetennis.com TEXAS SECTION Men’s 40 & Over (San antonio); 4.5 Women’s 18 & Over (Dallas); 8.0 Women’s 55 & Over (Houston); 9.0 Women’s 55 & Over (Dallas); and 9.0 Men’s 55 & Over (Houston). Seven texas schools competed among the nation’s best at the USta tennis On campus National championships. Professional tennis teams thrived as the texas Wild played its second season in irving and the austin aces competed in its inaugural Wtt season. the U.S. Men’s clay court championships continued in Houston and Pro circuit events in texas included the $100k challenger of Dallas; Futures in Harlingen and Houston. the $50k Women’s Pro challenger was hosted in New Braunfels. austin and Fort Worth hosted women’s Pro circuit events. the Wheelchair run/roll Series continued as one-day events with top players earning berths to the invitational. Javier Molinar from corpus christi competed in the Deaflympics in Sofia, Bulgaria. Dustin Strelsky of rockdale was selected as one of the first recipients of a Randy Snow Push Forward Foundation (rSPFF) Scholarship. Katherine Richards of Houston competed on team USa at the australian championships for athletes with intellectual disabilities. the Professional tennis registry (Ptr) named Fernando Velasco , of austin, as the Ptr Male Player of the year. Sujay Lama , head women’s coach at the University of North texas, was named the Ptr Jim Verdieck college coach of the year. President George H. W. Bush, James A. Baker, Chris Bovett and Susan Shelby Torrance were inducted into the texas tennis Museum and Hall of Fame. John Lynch (rockport) and Margaret National championships in 3.0 Men’s 18 & after 24 years at the helm, Ken Canby (San antonio), were named to the US Over (Dallas); 4.0 Women’s 18 & Over McAllister announced his retirement. Van international tennis Federation (itF) Super- (Dallas); 8.0 Men’s 55 & Over (the Barry , former director of athletics at river Seniors World team. Woodlands); and 9.0 Men’s 5 5 and Over Oaks country club in Houston and the USta texas continued to boast a (Dallas). texas league teams finished second tournament director of the U.S. Men's clay healthy league tennis program with 62,325 at nationals with 3.0 Women’s 40 & Over court championship, is the new USta texas participants. texas teams won USta League (austin); 4.0 Men’s 18 & Over (Houston); 4.0 executive director. Inside Tennis | APRIL 2015 26 insidetennis.com USTA Texas Officers, Committees and Past Presidents Awards Committee Executive Committee chair: Joyce Dreslin, Vice-chair: Marsha thomas President: Frank kelly, Vice-President recreational rO: Jackie Payne tennis: ron Woods, Vice-President competitive committee members: Nan Burnam, Paul christian, tennis: Matt Jacob, Vice-President adminis - karen crumpton, Marta Hotz, Matt Pyle, Paul tration: emily Schaefer, treasurer: tom Hunt, rider, christy Sobey Secretary: Jackie Payne USta Board Member: tommy Ho, USta Board Budget & Finance Committee Member: kathleen Wu, USta Delegate: Dan chair: Ben eshleman, Vice-chair: Lynne Wiggins Barta, Nominating committee chair: Dr. alfredo rO: tom Hunt trevino, Jr. committee members: ryan Bednarz, erika tina anderson, Mardy ayers,Jim chaffin, ed chew, caldwell, Mary chaffin, Nancy Hilliard, Steve kevin collins, Murray coulter, Ben eshleman, Back Row, L to R: Ron Woods, Vice President, Recreational thurber, Jon Williams, David young, John ron Fisher, Olive Gatling, Jean Jablonski, russ Tennis; Tom Hunt, Treasurer; Matt Jacob, Vice President, Zimmerman Johnson, chad Loup, Dalia Martniez, Matt Competitive Tennis; Dr. Alfredo Trevino Jr., Nominating Mccoy, e.L. Mountjoy, Sheryl Osborn, Marcia Committee Chair. Front Row, L to R: Dan Barta, Section Collegiate Committee rodriguez, Lars rosene, robert rubel, Barbara Delegate; Frank Kelly, President; Kathleen Wu, USTA chair: Sally Brown, Vice-chair: tyson Stewart Smith, terry Sweet, Jerry thomas, Nancy Vivero, National Board. (Not pictured: Emily Schaefer, Vice rO: ron Woods carol Welder, ed Williams, ronald Woods, Joe President, Administration; Tommy Ho, USTA National committee members: reese Buchanan, terry Wurster, John Zimmerman Board; Jackie Payne, Secretary; Van Barry, Executive Gatzki, Lauren Gremminger, carol Hagar, Bob Director.) Haugen, Bob kent, christopher riley, Janel Hall of Fame Committee Woerner chair: Jim chaffin 2015- 2016 USTA TEXAS rO: Dan Barta Management Committee Communications/Marketing Committee committee members: Paul christian, Dick President: Frank kelly chair: Sara White, Vice-chair: carlos Hernandez Landenberger, chuck Sanchelli, Barbara Smith Vice President, Administration: emily Schaefer rO: Jackie Payne Vice President, Recreational Tennis: ron Woods committee members: Mardy ayers, Merry Jr Team Tennis Committee Vice President, Competitive Tennis: Matt Jacob Bateman, israel castillo, Grant chambers, tony chair: Mark Brown, Vice-chair: Brian Notis Secretary: Jackie Payne Dawson, Sam Jones, anita knox, David Martel, rO: ron Woods Treasurer: tom Hunt tracy Mastrangelo, alexandra O’Neal, terry committee members: cecy abboud, Julie USTA Delegate: Dan Barta St.John, christine Williams, ronald Woods, Beckham, Hillary Garbowski, Lacey Hittson, Nominating Chair: Dr. alfredo trevino, Jr. carol yirak Mark Hodge, Jo Lightsey, Gerry Maingot, USTA National Board: tommy Ho Jessica McMillen, Jim Sciarro, Nancy Vivero USTA National Board: kathleen Wu Community Development Committee General Counsel: kathleen Wu chair: terry Sweet, Vice-chair: Nancy king Junior Tennis Council Committee rO: ron Woods chair: rick Meyers, Vice-chair: Neil adams committee members: christine Beaudin, Debra rO: Matt Jacob Adaptive/Wheelchair Committee chambers, allison Getz, cheryl Hultquist, committee members: Henry Borrero, ted erck, chair: Henry cox kathleen Johnson, Sue Johnson-Maurer, Peter Farrell, Bobby Hagerman, Harriett Hulbert, rO: tom Hunt adrienne Lacy, Sandra Lindstrom, roger Ojeda, clint Laukhuf, chad Loup, Mike Maciel, Lisa committee members: Jeff Bourns, carl cogdill, Joann Padgett, Marsha thompson, Gerald tjon Osborn, chris Singer, todd taylor, Meredith Jack Foster, kevin Foster, Harold Graham, Mike a joe, ericka Woodard, Laura Worsham, Becki Walton Haynes, Jeff key, Mary knudsen, adam Lucio, Wortham, carol yirak kim richards, tina trevino, Stelios Vafiadis, Leadership Development Committee Janel Woerner Constitution & Rules Committee chair: Jean Jablonski, Vice-chair: Megan Suarez chair: Murray coulter rO: Frank kelly Adult/Senior Tennis Council Committee rO: emily Schaefer committee members: carol Bruehler, ray Delk, chair: Jerry thomas, Vice-chairs: Del campbell & committee members: antonio De Santis, Lara allison Getz, Graham Hoppess, calvin ishee, Scott canann Lehmann, Matthew Minick, corey rizzo, Lynwood randolph, carol Welder rO: Matt Jacob