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This year the USTA-Nevada Awards banquet and Nate Schulman Tennis Ball, sponsored by VegasTennis.com's Marty Hennessy Jr. Tennis Foundation, Winnie and Bob Schulman, www.TennisWarehouse.com , Las Vegas Skin & Cancer Clinics and Shutter Booth photo rental was highlighted by a special guest speaker, Glenn Trowbridge. In addition to this high level guest, the semi formal banquet included players from all of the clubs around town, their pros, family and friends. The evening was filled with inspired youth, awards, a sit down dinner, dancing and a traditional post party bowling celebration at the Suncoast Hotel. Awards were presented by USTA-Nevada President and UNLV NCAA Champion Tim Blenkiron, Marty Hennessy, USTA-Nevada Executive Director Ryan Wolfington, USTA-Nevada junior competition Coordinator Rob Merriman and High performance tennis Director for the City of Las Vegas Darling Tennis Center, Saad Ashraaf. The event Co-Chairs were Hilliary Heard, Rob Merriman and Ryan Wolfington. |
Awards winners PLAYER OF THE YEAR AWARD Kristofer Yee & Kimberly Yee, RUDY AWARD, Ed Ureta, JOSH MUTERSPAW AWARD Hadrien Saperstein, NO QUIT AWARD Mark Saperstein - Victoire Sapperstein - Josh Levinson, SCHOLAR-ATHLETE OF THE YEAR AWARD Brandon Parker (Harvard University) and Jessica Hsu, FAMILY OF THE YEAR AWARD Lisa and Dr. Jeff Parker Family, SPORTSMANSHIP AWARD Aashish Daulat and Sarah Lucas, MOST PROMISING AWARD Yannik Mahlangu & Sarah Toti, MOST IMPROVED AWARD Patrick Kawka & Raquel Lopez, ROOKIE OF THE YEAR AWARD Dylan Levitt & Veronica Joels, HIGH PERFORMANCE COACH OF THE YEAR Adam Carey - Agassi Foundation, DEVELOPMENTAL COACH OF THE YEAR Goradz Gavrilov, NJTL OF THE YEAR AWARD SNYTF: Sid Franklin & Sandy Camitto, RECREATIONAL COACH OF THE YEAR Rick Storozuk, |
#1 ranked players ? USTA-Nevada Boys 10s: Dylan Levitt Girls 10s: Elvena Gevargiz Boys 12s: Dylan Levitt Girls 12s: Raquel Lopez Boys 14s: Cody Miller Girls 14s: Raquel Lopez Boys 16s: Andre Walls Girls 16s: Victoire Saperstein Boys 18s: Patrick Kawka Men’s Open Singles: Eoin Collins Women’s Open Singles: Staci Holmes Men’s 3.0 Singles: David Miranda Women’s 2.5 Singles: Jamaica Tan Women’s 3.0 Singles: Lisa Davis-Wilson Men’s 3.5 Singles: Frank Guzman Women’s 3.5 Singles: Janet Savage Men’s 4.0 Singles: Hector Franco Women’s 4.0 Singles: Margaretha Breytenbach Men’s 4.5 Singles: Michael Linton Women’s 4.5 Singles: Claudia Scariot Men’s 40 Singles: Reed Radosevich Men’s 45: Jeff Wilbanks Men’s 55 Singles: Phil Aurbach Women’s 55 Singles: Annette Whiteside Men’s 60 Singles: Preston McDaniel Men’s 65 Singles: Larry Sherfield Men’s 70 Singles: Jack Largent Men’s Open Doubles: Eoin Collins Men’s 3.0 Doubles: Terry Sherman Women’s 3.0 Doubles: Cunningham, L./Pink, J. Men’s 3.5 Doubles: Frank Guzman Women’s 3.5 Doubles: Christina Greene Men’s 4.0 Doubles: Nevin Sahni Women’s 4.0 Doubles: Eileen Marasco Women’s 4.5 Doubles: Gina Lee Men’s 50 Doubles: Phil Aurbach Men’s 60 Doubles: Mark Logan Men’s 65 Doubles: Bob Randolph Men’s 70 Doubles: Donahoe, W.J./Largent, J.L. Ranking as of as of May 1, 2009 Full rankings on our web site www.nevadatennis.usta.com College Scholarships for tennis: Ed Ureta Hartford University Barndon Parker Harvard University Josh Levinson Hofstra University Dakota and Colton Pate Idaho State University |