USTAnorthernNEWS Awards USTA Northern Members Honored Margie and Steve Champlin Win Samuel Hardy Award STA Northern Hall of Famers tained numerous USTA League Tennis Margie and Steve Champlin teams over the years and was a player U(Wayzata, Minn.) won the 2006 on more than 11 Sectional champion- Samuel Hardy Award given to indi- ship teams that advanced to national viduals who have given long and out- tournaments. Margie has also been standing service to the sport of tennis, active in the Twin Cities Women’s while exemplifying personal unselfish- Daytime League, as well as other tennis ness and devotion to the game and leagues and events. inspiring others. The Champlins were Steve also was a USTA Northern honored March 24, at the Samuel Hardy officer, serving as president from 1982- and Tennis Educational Merit Awards 84, and as sectional delegate from 1985- Luncheon during the USTA Annual 87. At the national level, he has served Meeting at the Westin La Paloma Resort on numerous USTA national commit- & Spa in Tucson, Ariz., and are the first tees and as chair of many including the people from USTA Northern to ever win nominating, Olympic, organizational the award which is voted on by a com- membership and technical commit- mittee selected by the Chair of the International Tennis Hall tees. He recently served as vice-chair of the USTA board of Fame. strategic planning committee and represents the USTA on Margie was a member of the USTA Northern board from the International Tennis Federation Technical Commission 1988-90. She served as secretary of the Section from 1991-92, in London. Steve received the USTA Northern President’s and was treasurer from 1993-94. In 1995, she became the first Award in 1985, and again in 1996. In 1989, he was named woman president of USTA Northern. She then served as sec- the Section’s Person of the Decade and also was inducted into tional delegate from 1997-98 before returning to the board in the USTA Northern Hall of Fame in 2005. 1999 and 2000. Margie received USTA Northern's President’s Steve was ranked third in the Section in 35 singles in 1979, Award in 1986 and was inducted to the USTA Northern Hall third in 35 singles in 1985 and fourth in 45 singles in 1989. of Fame in 2005. She has served on many USTA national He was a USTA League Tennis captain and was a member of committees including the communications, membership, the men’s 5.0 team that went to the national tournament in sanctions and schedules, school programs, USTA leagues, 1990. Steve was also a frequent player in the Tennis on the USTA SERV and others. She also chaired the national USTA Plaza tournament in the 1970s and 80s, and was instrumen- grievance committee from 2000-04. tal in resurrecting that tournament in 1996 as a downtown A very successful player on the court, Margie was section- event during the annual Aquatennial celebration. ally ranked many times in singles and doubles. She has cap- Rochester Athletic Club’s Greg Lappin Wins IHRSA Distinguished Service Award STA Northern Hall of Famer Greg Lappin The Rochester Athletic Club is recognized for (Rochester, Minn.) was awarded the Dale its pioneering role in the athletic club industry. US. Dibble Distinguished Service Award at The RAC is a leader in the construction of family the International Health, Racquet and Sportsclub locker rooms, a water park and devoting a major Association (IHRSA) convention in San Francisco focus to youth spaces. The open club design, cre- in April. IHRSA represents more than 10,000 high ated by the RAC, has been copied by dozens of quality athletic clubs worldwide. Lappin is currently clubs throughout the United States. In 2006, the the General Manager of the Rochester Athletic Club RAC introduced “The Neighborhood," a 35,000- (RAC) in Rochester, Minn. square-foot family entertainment center. This The Dale S. Dibble Distinguished Service Award is concept is not only unique to the athletic club the only industry award given to a club and/or club industry, but to the entertainment world as well. operator. It is presented to the person and/or organi- Lappin is a regular presenter at IHRSA meetings zation for their unique contribution to the athletic around the world. He just finished a four-year club industry and distinguished service to IHRSA. Lappin is term on the IHRSA Board of Directors. While on the board, only the sixth-ever recipient of the award in the 26-year his- Lappin completed several key assignments that will define tory of the organization. the course of IHRSA for years to come. Visit us online at: www.northern.usta.com 25 USTA Holds High Performance Coaches Seminar In Minneapolis 1001 West 98th Street, Suite 101 he United States Tennis Association (USTA) held a High Performance Coaching Bloomington, MN 55431 Program Seminar May 8-13 at the Baseline Tennis Center on the University of (952) 887-5001 • (800) 536-6982 TMinnesota campus. Tennis coaches from around the United States, including Fax: (952) 887-5061 14 from USTA Northern, were invited to the event after applying with the USTA. The week-long seminar was specifically for the coach who is working with players striving for excellence in competitive tennis. Members of USTA Northern who par- STAFF DIRECTORY ticipated in the seminar included: Glenn Allsop, Luciano Battaglini, Pat Colbert, Ryan Dussault, Brent Frueh, Craig Gordon, Brian McCoy, Gordon Reid, Felicia Kristi Bushinski (952-358-3280) Tebon, Michael Stenquist, Kevin Whipple, Ryan Myhre, Marc Stingley and Jeff Adult and Junior Tennis Assistant Nelson. [email protected] For more information about the High Performance Coaching Program Seminars or Christine Buysse (952-358-3290) Community Tennis Assistant/Jr. Team to apply for future seminars, please e-mail the USTA at [email protected] or by Tennis Coordinator visiting www.playerdevelopment.usta.com and downloading the program applica- [email protected] tion. Becky Cantellano (952-358-3291) Community Development Specialist [email protected] Pat Colbert (952-358-3283) Assistant Executive Director and Junior Competition Specialist [email protected] Patty Egart (952-358-3292) Corporate and Collegiate Tennis Coordinator [email protected] Mike Goldammer (952-358-3284) Executive Director [email protected] Cory Haugen (952-887-5001) Administrative Assistant Save The Dates: November 16-18! [email protected] Nancy Lundberg (952-358-3286) The 10th Annual USTA Northern Community Tennis Workshop will be November Community Tennis Assistant/Adult Tournament 16-18 at the Grand Rios Hotel in Brooklyn Park, Minn., and LifeTime Fitness – Moore Coordinator Lake in Fridley, Minn. The keynote speaker for 2007 is internationally renowned [email protected] speaker and tennis mind Peter Burwash. Look for more information in the next Lisa Mushett (952-358-3282) issue of Tennis Life Magazine or by visiting www.northern.usta.com. Director of Marketing and Communications [email protected] Kelley Okerman (952-887-5001) Corrections… Administrative Assistant In the 2007 Yearbook, we mistakenly omitted photographs of the 3.0 Senior [email protected] Women captained by Elizabeth Johnson and the 4.5 Senior Men captained by Dave James Poehler (952-358-3281) Kubes which advanced to 2006 USTA League Tennis presented by Chrysler National Administration Director [email protected] Championships. Kara Schmitz (952-358-3285) Adult Competition Specialist [email protected] Hayley Horning Shibley (952-358-3295) Tennis Service Representative [email protected] Ursula Shute (952-358-3287) Twin Cities Area League Coordinator [email protected] Sandy Smith (952-358-3288) Director of Membership and Sales [email protected] 3.0 Senior Women 4.5 Senior Men Tony Stingley (952-358-3289) Also in the 2007 Yearbook, the results of the Men’s 65 Indoor Sectional Championships Diversity Specialist [email protected] were reported incorrectly. George Roehrdanz defeated Bill Robertson 6-4, 5-7, 7-6. We regret the error. 26 tennislifemagazine august 2007 northern Hall Of Fame Six Selected For USTA Northern Hall Of Fame section Cliff Caine Dee Dolny Chris Dummermuth Bernie Gunderson Dave Mathews Jack Thommen Cliff Caine of St. Paul, Minn., Dee Dolny of Minneapolis, been named the South Dakota Coaches' Association Coach of the Chris Dummermuth of Sioux Falls, S.D., Bernard Gunderson Year seven times and is a member of the South Dakota Tennis Hall of Minneapolis, David Mathews of Eden Prairie, Minn., and of Fame and the South Dakota High School Activities Association Minneapolis resident Jack Thommen comprise the 2007 USTA Hall of Fame. In 2007, she was the winner of the South Dakota Northern Hall of Fame class. High School Activities Association Distinguished Service Award. The Hall of Fame dinner and social is scheduled for Friday, July Bernie Gunderson (Minneapolis, Minn.) - A former player 20, 2007, at the Minnesota Valley Country Club in Bloomington, at the University of Minnesota, Gunderson was sectionally-ranked Minn. Tickets for this prestigious event, which is open to the pub- in both singles and doubles, winning the men’s 55 singles title in lic, are $50 and are available by calling Lisa Mushett in the USTA 1983-84, the 60s crown in 1987 and 1989, the 65s championship in Northern office at 952-358-3282 or by e-mailing her at mushett@ 1992 and the 70s title four different times including 1999. He also northern.usta.com. has played in a number of national senior tennis tournaments. Off the court, he was the secretary/treasurer of the Northwest Tennis Cliff Caine (St. Paul, Minn.) - Caine was an extremely suc- Association in 1959 and 1960 before serving as president in 1961 cessful college and high school coach in his career.