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For those of you that don’t know Office Manager/Awards Coordinator about the hall of fame, it serves as tennis’ equivalent Pam Jaeger x216 [email protected] to football’s Pro Football Hall of Fame in Canton, Ohio Controller, Executive Director Tennis & Education Foundation Larry Eichenbaum x222 [email protected] and baseball’s Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York. And, while the baseball and football halls are probably more popular in the mainstream Community Development Department sports community, the International Tennis Hall of Fame plays tribute to Director of Community Development the greatest tennis players to ever play the game. Mike Carter x207 [email protected] In addition to the hall of fame, the location was also the site for the Community Development Coordinator/Program Marketing first U.S. National Championships in 1881 and where it continued Kristi Hotz x219 [email protected] until 1915. Today, the site Junior Team Tennis Coordinator Justin Tobin x212 [email protected] plays host to the Campbell’s men’s ATP tour event. It’s this working tournament component that makes it unique to any other sports hall Recreational Programs Coordinator, Adult, Collegiate, Wheelchair, Special Populations of fame. And, it’s also the only professional grass court event in the Todd Carlson x208 [email protected] U.S. Together, with the induction ceremony, it makes for a great week- Schools/NJTL/MP Coordinator end for any tennis lover. Kerlin Butchee x215 [email protected] As I mentioned earlier, this year’s induction included two tennis Community Development Partnerships & Events greats with Rafter and Sabatini. However, there were other players Katie Cox x218 [email protected] that received awards over the weekend. During the event, the USTA’s Tennis Service Representative-North Central Region Laura Gilbert [email protected] Bill Talbert Junior Sportsmanship Awards were given out. This year, Tennis Service Representative-Dallas/East Texas Region the USTA Texas Section was represented by Ashley Weinhold of Eric Clay [email protected] Austin. Ashley was one of four junior players from around the U.S. Tennis Service Representative-Northwest Region who received this prestigious award. In addition to her on-court Amanda Shaw [email protected] sportsmanship, Ashley has recently won three professional titles, Tennis Service Representative-Central & West Texas Region including the Fidelity-Southlake $10,000 Professional Tennis Classic Sal Castillo [email protected] singles title. Tennis Service Representative-Southeast Region The speeches from the inductees are always the highlight of the Cindy Benzon [email protected] weekend event and this year was no different. What’s interesting is Tennis Service Representative-Rio Grande Valley Region Simon Menchaca [email protected] that both Patrick and Gabriella talked about how tennis had been a positive impact on their lives and how it had prepared them for life Competitive Department after tennis. It’s funny, but you hear this from many players after they Director of Competitive Tennis leave the game. And it should be Kevin O’Shea x210 [email protected] considered on of the main ben- Ashley and Lars with Bud Collins Adult & Senior Competitive Coordinator efits when starting young players. Nancy Perkins x217 [email protected] Tennis is not just great way to keep Junior Competitive Coordinator Chriztine Kirk x220 [email protected] you in shape, but it’s a great way to help prepare a child, or even and Junior Competitive Coordinator Bonnie Vona x209 [email protected] adult, for real life situations. Section League Coordinator If you haven’t been to the Sue Johnson-Maurer 361-906-1432 [email protected] International Tennis Hall of Fame, NTRP/Assistant League Coordinator I would add it to your list of great Tosha Smith x231 [email protected] places to visit. It’s the only place in Junior Ranking Coordinator the where you can see memories of Renae Friedrichsen x211 [email protected] some of the greatest players in the Marketing Department game and the only U.S. grass court Director of Marketing professional event in the United Stephanie Arena x206 [email protected] States. Communications Manager Congratulations to Patrick, Granger Huntress x202 [email protected] Gabriella and Ashley. It was truly Promotions Coordinator an honor witnessing these mile- Oscar Martinez x230 [email protected] stones in your careers. 26 tennislifemagazine october 2006 Presented by: Kenny Mc’s texas corner BY KEN McALLISTER EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, USTA TEXAS SECTION section PRICE OF PRESTIGE he 2007-8 members of the CALL FOR Management Committee have EXECUTIVE T been elected. This is the highest level of volunteerism within the Texas Section. Note that I did not say “most COMMITTEE important”. Tennis survives because of vol- CANDIDATES unteers. Although we have 25 fulltime staff in Texas, we really do well because of at least 2000 volun- teers. If you are reading this, you are probably among them. The Nominating Committee is soliciting recom- Some you help out on one or two events a year, and some of you have reached the level of working on some tennis busi- ness every week. And we do not pay you anything except mendations and applications for the USTA Texas for pats in the back and maybe a few meals. In this latter category are league team captains, tour- Section Executive Committee. One new member nament directors, officers in community tennis associa- tions, Junior Team Tennis coordinators, National Junior Tennis League leaders, USPTA volunteers and officers, from each of our four zones (NW, NE, SW, SE) Texas Tennis Coaches Association officers, tennis program organizers, committee chairs, and, of course, the officers must be elected by our member organizations at of the Management Committee. All are intertwined with volunteers at every level. This is massive and sometimes the Texas Section Annual Meeting in February unwieldy. Is it prestigious to get to that “highest” level? I hope so.