Eve Kraft USTA Community Service Award

The Eve Kraft USTA Community Service Award honors volunteer tennis leaders for significant contributions made to tennis development in their respective communities. Nominations must cover the following areas: description of tennis programs in the community, USTA programs implemented, depth of involvement, innovative programming ideas, ability to inspire and motivate others, impact of the program(s) on the community, involvement with other civic organizations, and association with USTA section/district.

Criteria

Persons who have made significant contributions over a long period of time to tennis development in their communities. Candidates must have at least four consecutive seasons of actual, “hands on” field work in the community and must be nominated by two people familiar with their work.

Selection Process

Applications are sent by the USTA office to section offices for distribution to leaders of the USA Tennis NJTL programs, Community Tennis Associations, and parks and recreation departments. Applications are returned to the USTA office. The USTA Community Tennis Association Committee selects the recipients. There is no set number of awards; rather, the number of recipients is determined by the strength and number of applications received. The section office is contracted before the recipients are notified.

History

The award was established in 1974 to honor persons for outstanding field work in recreational tennis.

Award Recipients

*1974
**Jim Feaster and Doc Gittens
**Stan Gibson
**Mildred Southern
*1975
**Chris Beck
**Jeanne McLaughlin
**Erich Werner
*1976
**Fran Jennings
**Virginia Glass
**Denton Johnson
*1977
**Helene Hensel
**Bob Curtis
**Ken Carter
*1978
**Amy Yee
**Arthur Richards
**John Drew Smith
**Donald Mercer
**Christopher Scott
**James Knarr
**James A. Smith
*1979
**John Wilkerson
**James Reffkin
**Barbara Gallagher
*1980
**Barbara Wynne
**Betty Rodgers
**Brother George Roth
*1981
**Arvelia Myers
**C.R. "Bob" Mapes
**Charles "Chick" Messbarger
*1982
**David A. Markin
**Shigesh Wakida
**Bea Massman
*1983
**Larry Hampton
**Charles Arnold
**Dan Hildebrant
*1984
**Hector L. Rodrigues Diaz
**Donald Grensted
**Pamela Simpson
*1985
**J.W. "Bill" Connelly
**Jim Flynn
**Patti Kelly
*1986
**Skip Hartman
**Diane Reynolds
**Lynda Moseley
*1987
**Henry Cox III
**Jim Fout
**Dode Lipton
**Oscar Sebastian
**David Sixt
**Roland "Dutch" Wilde
*1988
**Tom Mortimer
**Julia A. Levering
**Denis Quilligan
**Eugene St. Martin
**Bill Gill
**Kenneth Hiatt
**Harold McCollum
**Jerry Peach
**Dexter Fong
**Jim Wright
*1989
**Lloyd Dillon
**Donna Floyd Fales
**Roger Knight
**Henry Harris
**Doug Menke
**Jim Murphy
*1990
**Kathy Willette
**Patricia Thompson
**John Hopkins
**Rosemary Darben
**Elsie Helme
**Colonel Claude Sturm
*1991
**Dave Beerman
**Alex Johnson
**Faith Jolley
**Marcia Rodriguez
**Neil Schilke
**George Wallis
**Tom Vozenilek
*1992
**Andrew Alexander
**Samuel N. Burroughs
**Scott Harrison
**Mary Hatfield
**Larry Kirkpatrick
**Clare Lahey
*1993
**Jeffery Dong
**Matt Krajewski
**James Lewis
**Perry Lin
**Bill Ralf
*1994
**Jimmie "Doc" Horne
**Mark Manning
**James O’Neill
**Helen Petersen
**Joseph Seibel
**Chuck Sanchelli
*1995
**Everett "B.B." Brown
**Ernest Greene
**Nancy Morgan
**Sheila Pollard
**Marie "Licky" Randolph
**Terry Stewart
*1996
**Ulysses "Pete" Brown
**Steve Doerrer
**Janet Lefkowitz
**Roland Roos
**Judy Stark
**Wesley Towner
*1997
**Barbara Fackel
**Stanley Nagamatsu
**James Richardson
**Dawn Stevens
**Rick Ward
*1998
**Tom Breece
**Linda Cobbs
**Bonni Sue Hickson
**Carol Osborne Reed
**Gene Thompson
*1999
**Marilyn Atkinson
**Brent Frueh
**Bennita Givens
**Edward Hubbs
**Mike Van Zutphen
**Frederick B. Wells
*2000Not Awarded This Year
*2001
**Phil Bentancourt
**L. LaMont Bryant
**Lloyd J. Dillon
**Delores B. Jackson
**Williams J. Kellogg
**Gwen Ramras
*2002
**William Jacobson
**Kathy Kim
**Patty Mraz
**Harry Shur
**Carol Tolson
**Johnny Van Session
*2003
**Jeff D. Horn
**Anne Krupp
**Clare Maisel
**Simon A. Menchaca
**Susan V. Selke
**Joe White
*2004
**Christy Balsiger
**Kerry Blum
**Valerie Kreger
**Yvette Marshall
**Mark Platt
**Lance Turner
*2005
**Ricardo Fulgencio
**Phyllis Greene
**Jay Massart
**Sherry Nordahl
**Shirley Ruane
**Robert Tapia
*2006
**Bonnie Sue Duncan

External links

* [http://www.usta.com/home/default.sps United States Tennis Association]