Award nominations due July 3
Nominate an inspirational USPTA Professional today!
June 2008 -- USPTA is looking for deserving tennis professionals who are growing the game of tennis as it accepts nominations for the 2008 national awards program. Awards are presented in every facet of the tennis business in which USPTA members work. Don't let your fellow USPTA professional go unnoticed. USPTA is accepting nominations for the 2008 National Awards Program through July 3. All Professional-level members are eligible. Award category definitions, nomination forms and guidelines are available at www.uspta.com, by calling 800-877-8248 or by sending a request to pr@uspta.org.
Award categories include: USPTA Stars are members who have dedicated many years to volunteering in grassroots tennis, and bring the sport and sportsmanship to the players they touch. Their giving spirits have made them heroes in their own communities. Many of us may not have heard of the people who receive this award, but their stories are inspiring, and almost all of us know at least one person who deserves a nomination.
The USPTA Industry Excellence Award is given to teaching professionals who take both an altruistic and entrepreneurial attitude toward their jobs. They use their own resources and those offered by the industry to build programs that bring tennis to more people. At the same time, they are successful in growing a tennis business. The recipient of this award will receive a $1,000 grant from the Tennis Industry Association and a Tennis Tutor ball machine from Sports Tutor for use in his or her grassroots programs.
The Alex Gordon Award for Professional of the Year recognizes a member who, over a career, has demonstrated exemplary achievement in seven areas, including: contributions to USPTA and USTA; as a teaching professional, player and coach; in education, research and publications; and with other organizations, achievements and contributions.
The only USPTA award available to nonmembers is for Facility Manager of the Year. Applicants/nominees must be the general manager (in function, if not in title) of a club or tennis facility.
College Coach of the Year and High School Coach of the Year award recipients are usually selected based on their results as team coaches, however individual coaches may be considered. The Touring Coach of the Year is selected on the basis of his or her work with professional-level players.
Players who have been the most successful at the USPTA International Championships, as well as international, national and sectional competition may apply for the Player of the Year award. The eight categories for this award are: Men's open, women's open, men's 35-and-over, women's 35-and-over, men's 45-and-over, women's 45-and-over, men's 55-and-over and women's 55-and-over.
The George Bacso Tester of the Year award recognizes the USPTA tester who does the most to advance certification opportunities and the certification process.
Division award recipients are not automatically nominated for national awards, and should ask division leaders if they should complete their own nomination forms.
National awards will be presented Sept. 18 during the 2008 World Conference on Tennis at the La Quinta Resort & Club in La Quinta, Calif.
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