Board of Directors Paul MacDonald

President Mark Putterman

1st V.P. Patty Lambropoulos

2nd V.P. Diana Bieniewski

Secretary Neal Zazove

Treasurer

Directors At Large Kevin Minor Julia Steele

Nancy Watland

Board Members Glenn Alfred Mark Baladad

LaMont Bryant Greg Contro Lisa Finke

Peter Flanzer Mike Haber Ryan Heller Bill Lange

Janice Lumpkin Shirley Roach Christina Scala Sue Sprovieri

Arnie Villagomez Laura Waggoner

Don Walton

Chicago District League Coordinator

Nancy Williford 630-778-7131 or

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Nancy Watland 708-799-1323 or

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Paul MacDonald John M. O’Driscoll

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Programs Supported by the Chicago Tennis Patrons

Bill Higgins (President) Don Kempster (Vice President)

Lisa Culp (Secretary) Judge James Zagel (Treasurer)

John Boaz (Immediate Past President)

C hicago Tennis Patrons, Inc. is the fund raising arm of the Chicago District Tennis Association (CDTA). It is

a separate not-for-profit tax-exempt corporation and as such, may accept tax-deductible contributions. The pro-ceeds from our Annual “EVENING OF CHAMPIONS” as well as any contribution you wish to make will benefit the many programs in which the CDTA and the CTP have been involved.

Your generosity is appreciated to help continue Junior tennis programs in the Chicago District.

Program 2009 Organization of the Year

The CrossCourt News Award is presented to an aggressive, well organize community based local tennis organization in the District. It honors a group who has supported and promoted the overall growth of the game, especially at a grass roots level. The award is sponsored by the CrossCourt News.

Member Organization of the Year 1976 Arlington Tennis Club 1977 Waveland Tennis Club 1979 Westchester Tennis Club 1980 Winnetka Tennis Association 1981 Downers Grove Tennis Asso. 1982 Chicago Park District 1983 Winnetka Tennis Association 1984 Chicago Prairie Tennis Club 1985 Des Plaines Tennis Club 1986 Mid-Town Tennis Club 1987 River Trails Tennis Club

1988 Beverly Hills Tennis Club 1989 River Forest Tennis Club 1990 Daley Bicentennial Plaza Chicago Park District 1991 Homewood-Flossmoor Park District 1992 West Suburban Tennis Patrons 1993 Woodfield Racquet Club 1994 The Meadow Club Member Organization of the Year CrossCourt News Award 1995 Tennis Opportunity Program 1996 Love To Serve, Inc. 1997 Stony Island Tennis Club

1998 Oak Park Tennis Club 1999 Love To Serve, Inc. 2000 Love To Serve, Inc. 2001 Love To Serve, Inc. 2002 Chicago Prairie Tennis Club 2003 Tennis Opportunity Program 2004 Oak Park Tennis Club 2005 West Suburban Tennis Patrons 2006 Glenbrook Racquet Club 2007 Maywood Tennis Association 2008 West Suburban Tennis Patrons

CrossCourt News Award Love To Serve, Inc.

Lori James Accepting

L ove To Serve, Inc. Tennis and Education Foundation (LTS) is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization whose mission is to provide an affordable tennis program and academic en-

richment to urban youth of all racial and socio-economic backgrounds in the greater Chicago-land area.

LTS was established in 1962 by its Founder and CEO L. LaMont Bryant, a tennis professional and former school teacher. Coach Bryant recognized the need for a program that would provide access to the non-traditional sport of tennis, particularly for underserved youth in Chicago. His goal was to establish an organization that would keep impressionable inner-city youth off the streets by creating an arena for them to participate in structured tennis and academic programs after school, weekends and throughout the summer. Through hard work, dedication and the development of strategic partnerships, LTS has become a nationally recognized organization serving thousands of student athletes annually.

The services provided by LTS are: setting up and administering tennis lessons and tennis pro-grams throughout the year including summers through a developmental program and their "schools" program; encouraging and developing community partnerships to maximize the de-livery of programs and services; administering after-school academic and educational enrich-ment programs, and hosting city-wide events such as Mayor Daley's Holiday Sports Festival.

Working in partnership with the Chicago Public Schools, LTS has developed an elementary tennis league beginning at the third/fourth grade level and continuing through to eighth grade.

As an approved First Serve Chapter, LTS is affiliated with a National Network of tennis organi-zations, tennis professionals, and community and business leaders. Their high school students participate in the "First Serve Student Athlete Program". The goal of the program is to recog-nize student athletes that receive good grades during the school year and compete in USTA sanctioned tennis tournaments. Winners will receive academic scholarships for college.

Since 1992, Love To Serve, Inc. has continually built on the successes of the previous year, and for this reason they were recipients of this same award in 1996, 1999, 2000 and 2001.

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Junior Player of the Year 1977 Paul Wei 1978 Mike Martin 1979 Ron Kowal 1980 Danny Arends 1981 Michael Kures 1984 Lee Hardman 1988 John James

1994 Martel Bufford Kevie Schwartz Memorial Award 1995 Andrew Witt 1996 Thomas Hanus 1997 Conner Murnighan 1998 Russell Bennett 1999 Matt Bruch 2000 Thomas Hanus

2001 Colin Foster 2002 Ryan Heller 2003 Donald Young, Jr. 2004 Spencer Vegosen 2005 Dennis Nevolo 2006 Evan King 2007 Denis Bogatov 2008 Michael Moore

2009 Junior Player of the Year

The Kevie Schwartz Memorial Award recognizes an outstanding boy in any junior division for the highest standards of tennis accomplishments, character, con-duct, sportsmanship and demeanor. Kevie Schwartz founded Tennis Corporation of America (TCA) and built the Midtown Tennis Club.

Kevie Schwartz Memorial Award Robert Stineman

R obert Stineman is known as an incredibly hard worker on the tennis court, and along with his attitude and sportsmanship, he is highly respected by his

fellow players and highly ranked at the District, Section, and National levels. In 2009 on the USTA circuit, Robert had tremendous accomplishments in the Boys' 16 & 18 divisions. In singles he placed 3rd at the National Open, and as an unseeded player in the National Championships in Kalamazoo, he placed 6th in singles, made it to the round of 16 in doubles beating the #1 seeds, and was named Player of the Day. Robert's other singles highlights are a Finalist at the Aurora Boys' Challenger and singles champion at the Midwest Indoor Open, Western Michigan Indoor, and Wisconsin Junior Indoor Championships. In doubles Robert earned three national titles, winning the Boys' 16 National Open and Boys' 18 Midwest Open in July, and the Boys' 18 National Open in November. Robert continued his high level of tennis in 2009 team competition. He was the Midwest Team Captain for the Boys' 16 Intersectional Team posting a 7 win - 1 loss record, and participated on the CDTA team at the Midwest Section Team Cup competition, winning 9 of his 10 matches. Robert was the MVP on his New Trier High School team with a 29-6 overall record, placed 6th in singles at the IHSA State Tournament, and helped his team place 3rd in State, two points out of 1st place. In addition to being an honors student with a 5.2 GPA, Robert has an extensive tennis volunteer history which includes organizing a Chicago event to help the victims of Hurricane Katrina. This past year he has been a volunteer ball boy for the USTA Challenger event at the Nielsen Tennis Center, a volunteer coach for the Northern Suburban Special Recreation Association (NSSRA), and just com-pleted his 3rd year as a Special Olympics volunteer.

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Sponsors & Award Winners

Gold-Mel Timmons Family Silver-Good Heart Work Smart-Mary Jo Schuler

Silver-USTA/Midwest Section Silver-Judge James Zagel

Bronze-Mary Seelig Family

2009 Tennis Official of the Year-5 John B. Coleman 2009 Junior Rec Player of the Year-6 Jaleyah Walker/ Khari Sanchez 2009 League Player of the Year-7 Colleen Lehman 2009 Tournament Director of the Year-8 Nancy Watland & Sylvia Gothard 2009 League Player of the Year-10 Roger E. Allen Hall of Fame - Janet French-11 Hall of Fame - Mary Seelig-12

Hall of Fame - David Muir -13 2009 Coach of the Year-14 Barry King 2009 Junior Player of the Year-15 Nida Hamilton 2009 Facility of the Year-16 Heritage Tennis Club 2009 Volunteer of the Year-17 Julia Steele 2009 Junior Player of the Year-18 Robert Stineman 2009 Organization of the Year-19 Love To Serve, Inc.

Trudy Brahin Family CrossCourt News Paul Dean Family

Midtown Tennis Club Tom Patterson

Alan G. Schwartz Family

Mary Seelig Family Helen Shockley Family John Shostrum Family Mel Timmons Family Jon Vegosen Family

I n August of 2004, the Chicago Tennis Patrons created the Chicago Tennis Hall of Fame, the purpose being to honor

tennis players, both men and women, who have achieved a special level because of their play, coaching or administration of our game. The Chicago Tennis Hall of Fame Inductees can be seen at: www.chicago.usta.com and click on the Chicago Tennis Hall of Fame tab on the left.

2004 Marian Baird

George E. Barnes Gene Buwick

Joseph E. Carrico Patricia Freebody

Grant Golden Seymour Greenberg

Andrea Jaeger George M. Lott, Jr.

Frank Parker Martin Reissen Helen Shockley

James C. Stewart 2005

Alan G. Schwartz

2006 Billie Jean King

Jay Kramer 2008

Katrina Adams 2009

Mel Timmons George J. Jennings, Jr.

Chicago Hall of Fame Past Inductees

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Volunteer of the Year 1992 Barry Batson 1993 Bill Lange 1994 Mary Seelig 1995 Julia Steele

1996 Judy Roller 1997 Richard Bradley 1998 Maggie Robinson 1999 Judy Willoughby 2000 Lynn Maloney

2001 Stephen Butzlaff 2002 Jon Vegosen 2003 Lori James 2004 Charles Granville 2005 Shirley Roach

2006 Mary Jo Schuler 2007 Constance Turner

Burkes 2008 Ron Mitchell

The Paul Dean Memorial Award is given to an active and effective volunteer in recognition of time, enthusi-asm and effort put forth in the District. Paul Dean was a past president of the Arlington Tennis Club and Di-rector of the Chicago District. The award is supported by his family and is presented by Mrs. Dean.

Paul Dean Memorial Award Julia Steele

J ulia Steele has been an avid tennis player for more than 25 years, and after 36-year career in the Chicago Public School system, her retirement

in 2006 allowed an even greater extension of her volunteer opportunities. Julia's former tennis affiliations include Rainbow Beach Tennis Club (President), Chicago Prairie Tennis Club (Vice President & Jr. Develop-ment/NJTL Instructor), American Tennis Association (Life Member), Love To Serve, Inc. (Board), Greater Chicago Community Tennis Association (Board) and Chicago Park District Tennis Association (President). Currently, Julia still volunteers her time as Stony Island Tennis Club Presi-dent, Rainbow Beach Tennis Club Tournament Director, Midwestern Tennis Association Tournament Director, USTA/Midwest Diversity and Inclusion Committee Chairperson, Chicago Tennis Patrons Treasurer and Board Mem-ber (8+ yrs.), Chicago District Tennis Association Officer and Board Mem-ber (10+ yrs.), and is a Chicago District Tennis Association Girls 12 Quali-fier Site Director. This 2009 recognition for Julia is the second time she has received the CTP Volunteer of the Year Award (1995) and will add to the numerous tennis awards she has received in the past: Chicago Prairie Tennis Club Jr. Devel-opment Committee Appreciation Award (1998), Love To Serve, Inc. Com-munity Service Humanitarian Award (2001), CDTA Tournament Director of the Year (2003), Rainbow Beach Tennis Club Appreciation Award (2005), and the USTA/Midwest Section Five Year Volunteer Pin (2006). Along with her many hours of volunteer time, Julia still manages to play tennis multiple times per week and is the captain of two USTA League ten-nis teams at Evergreen Racquet Club.

2009 Volunteer of the Year

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Midtown Award Heritage Tennis Club

Chris Nisbet Accepting

The Midtown Award is presented to an outstanding tennis facility that has supported and promoted the overall growth of the game. This award is sponsored by Midtown Tennis Club.

Facility of the Year 2000 Homewood-Flossmoor Racquet & Fitness 2001 North Shore Racquet Club

2002 Mid-Town Tennis Club 2003 Mid-Town Tennis Club 2004 East Bank Club 2005 Libertyville Tennis & Fitness

2006 Glenbrook Racquet Club 2007 Score Tennis & Fitness 2008 Homewood-Flossmoor Racquet 00000& Fitness Club

W ith 8 indoor top-condition courts and state-of-the-art lighting, Heritage Tennis Club (HTC) is a facility of Arlington Heights Park District and

serves as a vibrant spot for indoor tennis within the communities of Arlington Heights, Buffalo Grove, Wheeling, Mount Prospect, Prospect Heights, Palatine, Barrington, Hawthorne Woods, Lake Zurich and many others. Beyond the imme-diately surrounding areas, HTC is an attraction for the Northern Illinois tennis community as a whole, drawing players from Chicago, Rockford, Milwaukee and the North Shore. The club is available to members and non-members alike, creat-ing full accessibility to the sport of tennis for everyone. In 2009, with a dedicated pro staff of 6 full and part-time certified instructors (with combined service of 77 years at HTC), over 2,000 players were taught in indoor classes and 1,200 taught at Park District outdoor courts in Arlington Heights, Buffalo Grove, Wheeling, Prospect Heights and River Trails Park Dis-trict. In addition to the indoor and outdoor classes, HTC is home to 13 in-house leagues, 6 travel teams and 10 USTA League teams, including the 4.5 Senior Women National Champions. 2009 also saw the addition of the popular Cardio Tennis classes to the line up, and the implementation of an entertaining and informative new e-Newsletter. At Heritage Tennis Club, the motto is "We're All About Tennis!" and it is easy to see why.

2009 Facility of the Year

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The Tennis Official of the Year Award honors an ac-tive and highly rated tennis official working District, Sectional or National events. This award is sponsored by Tom Patterson.

Tennis Official of the Year 1996 Tom Patterson 1997 Joy Duerr 1998 Mike Sutko

1999 Charles Cunningham 2003 Sherry & Bob Sanford 2004 Pam Delnagro 2005 Janice Lumpkin

2006 Steve Menoff 2007 Joy Duerr 2008 Tina Herrera-Richards

Chicago Tennis Patrons Award John B. Coleman

2009 Tennis Official of the Year

J ohn Coleman became a certified USTA Official in 2002, and has worked District, Section, and National tennis events in the Chicago and Northern

Illinois area, including the junior Qualifier events. He has been an active member of the Chicago Tennis Umpires Council (CTUC) Board since 2003 when he became its Billing Director. He has served in many capacities on the CTUC Board and is currently President. John represents the Chicago and Northern Illinois Districts on the Midwest Section Officials Committee. He is responsible for the certification of all the district officials including organizing training sessions and validating all data cards for re-certification. He has been the collegiate coordinator of tennis officials in the area which assigns ITA certified officials for all the dual and conference matches for the area colleges. John has volunteered as a tennis official for the Illinois Special Olympics since 2003. He worked the US Special Olympics National Games in Ames, Iowa in 2006 and accompanied the team to Shanghai, China in 2007 where he served as an umpire and mentor to another Special Olympics tennis official. John has been asked to do the same at the Special Olympics National Games in Lincoln, Nebraska in 2010. John's many awards include Rookie of the Year in 2003, and Chair Umpire of the Year in 2004 and 2006. In 2008 he was awarded both the Ron Creager Tennis Umpire of the Year Award at the Kalamazoo boys' tournament, as well as the Paul Bennett Tennis Umpire Award. John brings dedication and attention to detail that makes him an excellent official both on and off the court.

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2009 Jr. Rec Player of the Year

Chicago Tennis Patrons Award Jaleyah Walker &

Khari Sanchez

J aleyah Walker for the past 9 years, has been a participant in the Love To Serve tennis program. She began at 5 years old in their developmental

program. Currently as a freshman at Morgan Park High School, Jaleyah was able to secure a doubles position on the varsity team, and finished in 2nd place in girls' doubles at the Chicago Public School City Championships.

As a USTA member and NJTL participant, this past summer Jaleyah was se-lected to participate in the USTA Tennis Leadership Camp in Denver, Colorado. This once in a lifetime opportunity was an intense week of training that empha-sized individual skill development, physical fitness, proper nutrition, good sportsmanship and other healthy attitudes.

Jaleyah is an excellent academic student and was accepted in the Love To Serve, Inc. Tennis and Education Foundation Student Athlete Program which prepares students as student-athletes for college. She also finds time to participate on her debate team at school, sings and dances at church, and volunteers when needed.

She was highlighted on a Chicago Public School Sports television episode on ME-TV, Channel 23.

K hari Sanchez has been playing tennis since he was 5 years old. Over the last 3 years he has improved his tennis skills dramati-

cally, playing in about 2 tournaments a month, along with Junior Team Tennis.

While experiencing significant adversity in his life with extensive sur-geries and hospitalization, Khari continues to strive and be self-determined in his tennis and academic pursuits. He has a special pas-sion for mathematics, and also participates in African drumming and swimming.

This award recognizes outstanding junior rec-reational players, who exhibit the love of the lifetime sport of tennis through their passion, enthusiasm, sportsmanship, and strong level of participation in a Patrons-sponsored program.

Junior Rec. Player of the Year 2007 Jazmin Hall & Kasey Burns 2008 Caitlyn Schaffer-Harris

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Junior Player of the Year 1976 Amy Williams 1982 Michelle Torres 1983 Katrina Adams 1985 Julie McKeon 1986 Stacey Berg 1987 Anne Mall 1989 Jennifer Nasser 1990 Jennifer Nasser

1991 Margie Lepsi 1992 Wendy Fix 1993 Margie Lepsi Helen Shockley Memorial Award 1995 Laura Granville 1996 Michelle Dasso 1997 Christine Nolan 1998 Laura Granville 1999 Christine Nolan

2000 Elizabeth Lumpkin 2001 Elizabeth Lumpkin 2002 Alexis Prousis 2003 Elizabeth Lumpkin 2004 Monica Milewski 2005 Taylor Marable 2006 Elizabeth Epstein 2007 Gia McKnight 2008 Hanna Mar

The Helen Shockley Memorial Award is presented to an outstanding girl in any junior division for the high-est standards of tennis accomplishments, character, conduct, sportsmanship and demeanor. Helen Shockley was a fine player who contributed much to tennis in Chicago, including her invention of the “feed-in” consolation.

Helen Shockley Memorial Award Nida Hamilton

S ince playing competitive tennis since age 11, Nida Hamilton's tennis accom-plishments have continued to grow, with her game getting stronger every year.

In 2009, playing in the Girls' 18 division in USTA tournaments and team events, her singles record is highlighted with winning the Chicago District Championship, placing 4th in the National Clay Championship, and 2nd in the Interscholastic Championships. As a National Team Championship player, she won all 4 matches at #3 singles. Nida's doubles play is also an important part of her playing record. She won the Midwest Closed, took 2nd at the Interscholastic Championships, and 3rd at the National Open. Nida's highest rankings include #19 in National Singles, and #1 in Midwest Dou-bles. Playing four years of tennis at Hinsdale Central High School, Nida was her Team's MVP and a key player in the team winning the IL State Team Championship and 1st Team All State honors all four years. She was named Fall 2009 Girls' All-Area MVP by Suburban Life Newspaper, and Singles Player of the Year by the West-Doings Newspaper. Nida's academic background is also a highlight. Taking mostly AP classes, Nida balances time for homework, family and friends. She has a GPA of 4.8, made the Dean's list all four years, was a nominee for the J. Kyle Braid Leadership Award, and is a member of the National Honor Society and A.C.E (Athletes Committed to Excellence). Nida has signed with Northwestern University to play tennis in 2010.

2009 Junior Player of the Year

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Coach of the Year 2005 Dave Muir

2006 Mark Bey 2007 Nancy Hoekstra

2008 Tyrone Mason

2009 Coach of the Year Vegosen Family Award

Barry King The Vegosen Family Award recognizes a teaching professional/coach who contributes to tennis in the community and the District by promoting and developing programs and players. This Award is sponsored by the Jon Vegosen Family.

B arry King was born and grew up in Rockford, Illinois. Start-ing at age 12, he played junior tennis in the Northern Illinois

District and attained District, Section, and National rankings throughout his junior career. Barry played on a Chicago elite junior team with Robbie and Danny Weiss, Michael and Peter Kures, and Andrea and Suzie Jaeger, which traveled to competition in Los Angeles, Houston, Australia and New Zealand. Barry progressed to the semi-finals of both sin-gles and doubles at the Australian Jr. Open in Sydney. He attended the University of Oklahoma and won the Big 8 Dou-bles Championship. 24 years as a tennis professional beginning in Oklahoma in 1986, he moved to Nebraska where he became the Junior Chairman for the State, and served on the USTA Missouri Valley Board for 6 years. Barry was a MVTA Sectional and USTA National Camp Coach. Currently the Director of Tennis at Score Tennis & Fitness Club, Barry has coached high level junior tennis for over 20 years. He is known for his expert technical and tactical coaching and for his even demeanor while coaching at junior tournaments. In his career, Barry has worked with countless sectional, national, and world-ranked juniors, and has personally helped over 175 juniors receive Division I NCAA tennis scholarships.

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2009 League Player of the Year

League Player of the Year 1992 Gillian McDonnell 1993 Lyn Tietz 1994 Nancy Watland 1996 Julie Roth

1997 Sharon Welch 1998 Marina Vecci 2000 Atsuko Kumagai 2001 Elvira Cridland 2003 Lisa Culp

2004 Lynn Daggett 2005 Mary Gallagher 2006 Dawn McMillin 2007 Dena Balzano 2008 Janelle Lobmier

Trudy Brahin Memorial Award Colleen Lehman

The Trudy Brahin Memorial Award is presented to an active and talented female league player in USTA Tennis or local club leagues. The award is based on participation, attitude and sportsmanship. Trudy Brahin played both league and tournament tennis in the Chicago District and is honored with a memorial fund established in 1992 by her family and friends.

C olleen Lehman has been a member in good standing of the USTA for 5 years and has demonstrated a great dedication

to tennis and to USTA Leagues in a short period of time. Since 2006, Colleen has joined 64 teams and played 222 league matches. In her second year playing in USTA Leagues, she reached the 6.0 Mixed Doubles National Championships and won the Midwest NTRP Indoor Championship tournament. In 2009 alone, Colleen played for 23 different teams totaling 78 league matches, and captained 11 of those 23 teams. In addition to going undefeated in her 3.5 Women's Summer League and helping her team to the playoffs, Colleen won the 3.5 Women's Doubles CCAC Championships. Other accomplishments of Colleen in 2009 were lobbying to cre-ate a new 7.5 Mixed League, and the important role she played in helping organize a 7.5 Mixed Doubles friendly round-robin event between the Chicago and Wisconsin Districts to promote this new league format. Colleen continues to enjoy the best parts of playing tennis; the people, the exercise and the competition. Her enthusiasm and welcoming smile are what make her matches as enjoyable for her opponents as they are for her.

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Tournament Director of the Year 1976 Walter Piekarski 1977 Marla Ward 1978 Tom Pitchford 1979 Carol Lieberman & Joan Goldberg 1980 Mary Berg 1981 Dave Williams & Martha Williams 1982 Lyden & Workman Families 1983 Mary Seelig 1984 Patricia Freebody 1985 Tom Lutze

1986 Marsha Marchese 1987 Grace Rimkunas 1988 Janet Murtaugh 1989 Sonja Fischer 1990 Jim Gelhaar 1991 Mary Seelig 1992 Sylvia Gothard 1993 Jerry Morse-Karzen & Mark Baladad 1994 Lyn Bruner 1995 Mary Seelig Tournament Director of the Year Mary Seelig Award

1996 Nancy Watland 1997 Sylvia Gothard 1998 Dave Evans 1999 Sylvia Gothard 2000 Marcy Hendricks 2001 Jim Musgrave 2002 Paul Burrus 2003 Julia Steele 2004 Nancy Watland 2005 Paul MacDonald 2006 Patty Lambropoulos 2007 Mary Shepherd 2008 Patricia Marshall

Mary Seelig Award Sylvia Gothard & Nancy Watland

The Mary Seelig award is presented to a tournament director who demonstrates a consistently high level of expertise in hosting tour-naments and an enthusiasm for all aspects of the game. This award honors Mary Seelig for her many years of supporting, directing and teaching the finer points of running a tournament.

2009 Tournament Director of the Year

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Chicago Tennis Hall of Fame

Dave Muir Inducted 2010

Introduction By: Alan Schwartz

D ave Muir is a USPTA Master Professional and has been on the Chicago area coaching scene for over 60 years, and has taught over 10,000 people to play

tennis. Dave has coached some of the top teaching pros in the Chicago area today, several national champions, and Illinois High School Champions. During at least one school season, he was the personal coach of the winners of both the Boys' and Girls' Illinois State High School Doubles Championships. Always gracious on and off the court, Dave is noted for his mental and psychologi-cal coaching abilities, providing his players with great strategic advice and finding the best way to motivate and inspire them. Dave is a certified high performance coach and holds a Level 1 & 2 USTA Sport Science Certificate. He continues to be an integral part of the local USTA Compe-tition Training Center Program, being a CTC coach for the last 20 years. Dave's many positions include President of the Midwest USPTA 1962-1966, USPTA National Board of Directors 1965-1974, USPTA National President 1970-1972, CDTA Board of Directors 1968-1970, CITA Board of Directors 1970-1976, Tournament Director 1973-1980 including the National USTA Boys' 12 Indoor Championship, and Head Coach of the USTA Competition Training Center at Homewood-Flossmoor from 1988-2009. Dave was inducted into the Midwest Professional Tennis Association Hall of Fame in 1991, and in 2005 was named the CDTA Coach of the Year. Dave is a highly accomplished tournament player, winning 11 National Doubles Championships. In addition to his talents as a coach and a player, he built one of the first indoor tennis clubs in the business, authored a book titled "Congratulations Pro", originated the Pro Penn tennis ball, and has patents on nu-merous inventions including a revolutionary tennis center strap design. In 1998 the Chicago Tennis Patrons established the Dave Muir Scholarship Fund to honor Dave's years of teaching, coaching, and mentoring others in the game of tennis. Dave has made an impact on tennis in Chicago as well as on each and every one of his pupils, partners, and business associates.

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Mary Seelig Inducted 2010

Introduction By: Steve Butzlaff

M ary Seelig has been affiliated with the Chicago District for many years. She had volunteered in many capacities with four different

organizations from administrative work to tournament directing. Mary has touched the lives of a great number of junior tournament players being affectionately called the "Gummy Bear Lady" by many who have gone on to receive high school, collegiate and national tennis honors. With the Chicago District Tennis Association, Mary was a member of the Board of Directors from 1993-2009, gave time on various committees including the Qualifier and Junior Competition, worked as a tournament director for local and Midwest events, and acted as the Head of Endorsers for the District. The Chicago Tennis Patrons included Mary on the Board of Directors from 1995-2009. Mary has been a volunteer with the Mid-west Section since 1996, including many years with the Junior Competi-tion and Tournament Approval & Scheduling committees. In 2006 she received a 10-year Volunteer Pin from the USTA/Midwest Section. Mary has been a tennis Official since 1965, becoming certified as an Offi-cial and Referee when certification was established in 1972. She has offi-ciated at amateur local (CDTA), Midwest (Western) and National junior events. Mary officiated on the Pro Circuit with the Virginia Slims, Women's Avon Circuit, Men's Volvo Circuit, and at the US Open in 1979 and 1981. Mary's many awards include Chicago Professional Tennis Umpires Asso-ciation Crew of the Year in 1976 and 1977, and three-time CDTA Tourna-ment Director of the Year in 1983, 1991, and 1995. In 1996 a CDTA/Patrons Award was re-named the Mary Seelig Award for Tournament Di-rector of the Year in her honor, which continues today. She was also named the Volunteer of the Year in 1994, and in 1996 was presented with a Lifetime Achievement Award.

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2009 Tournament Director of the Year

S ylvia Gothard and Nancy Watland are tennis administrators, promoters and teaching professionals at the Homewood-Flossmoor Racquet & Fitness

Club. Sylvia was a past recipient of this award in 1992, 1997, and 1999, and Nancy followed suit in 1996 and 2004. In 2009 at H-F, Sylvia and Nancy ran 22 tournaments ranging from QuickStart Championships to USTA/ITF National Senior Women's 35, 45, 55 Indoor Championships. Other events included USTA/Midwest Championship & Desig-nated events, CDTA Level 6 & Level 7 events for juniors, Little Mo Sectional & Regionals, the 53 event Tennisfest, and USTA Junior Team Tennis District play-offs. Sylvia is a 33 year employee of HF Racquet & Fitness and led the club to be a Top 50 Tennis Welcome Center for the past three consecutive years. She is a USPTA Master Professional, member of the US Racquet Stringers Association, USTA Life Member, and a USTA National Certified and ITF White Badge Referee. She has volunteered her services as a CDTA Board Member and Past President, Northern IL Professional Tennis Association Past President, a USTA/Midwest Section Communications Committee Chairperson, and is currently a Midwest Tennis Industry Committee member. Sylvia has been the USPTA Illinois State Professional of the Year (twice), was a Chicago Southland Aldo DeAngelis Award recipient, received the USPTA/Midwest Nancy Mickler Award (three times), USPTA 30 Year Service Award, USTA/Midwest 10-year Service Award, and has been inducted into the Midwest Division of the USPTA Hall of Fame. Nancy Watland continues to excel in encouraging youths and adults to have fun at all of the competitive events she runs and certainly excels in public relations and conflict management skills. She is an active USPTA teaching professional, has participated in the USTA Tennis Teachers Conference in New York, taken USTA Officials' Certification Training at the National Referee level, and is also certified as an ITF White Badge Referee. In addition to her tournament responsibilities, Nancy is a CDTA Board Member, CDTA Junior Team Tennis Coordinator, and a USTA/Midwest Adult Recreation Consultant. Some of the past awards she has received include the 2002 Chicago Southland Convention & Visitors Bureau Service Person of the Year, USPTA/Midwest Nancy Mickler Award (twice), and the Trudy Brahin Memorial Award for League Player of the Year in 1995.

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League Player of the Year 1995 Robert Zumph 1996 Norm Anderson 1997 Jerry Peel

1999 Bill Johnston 2000 John Wentworth 2001 Dave Stefan 2002 Marvin Cohen

2004 Alan Brodsky 2005 Robert Zumph 2006 Larry Levin 2007 Mike Gorski

Shostrum Family Award Roger E. Allen

The Shostrom Family Award is presented to an active and talented male league player in USTA Tennis or local club leagues. The award is based on participa-tion, attitude and sportsmanship. John Shostrom was a City and IHSA Champion and Division III coach.

2009 League Player of the Year

R oger Allen is an avid tournament tennis and league player, ac-complishing numerous #1 rankings in past District tournament

play, and currently has the distinction of participating in USTA Leagues in the Adult 3.5, Senior Men's 3.5, and Super Senior Men's Combo 7.0 levels. In 2009, Roger played on 6 USTA teams, winning 38 of his 50 com-bined matches. His Adult and Senior Men's teams advanced to the District playoffs, his Super Senior Men's Combo 7.0 team won the District, State, and Section Championship and will be going to Sur-prise, Arizona in May to play in the National Championships. Roger also participated in numerous other leagues where his Tam Mixed team won the Suburban League Championship, his Shoreline Men's B Team were league champions, and captaining a Men's B Team from Evanston, won the Chicago Park District Tennis Associa-tion Championship again in 2009, their 3rd title in the last 4 years. Adding to his active tennis tournament and league play, Roger serves as Vice President of both the Evanston Community Tennis Associa-tion and the Chicago Park District Tennis Association.

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J anet French has been an outstanding tennis role model for many people throughout her life and continues to show her

love for the sport of tennis. She has played the game at many levels and has encouraged thousands of young and not so young people to participate. Many have learned tennis fundamentals from her and she still continues to lead by example. She knows the sport and displays the highest level of sportsmanship that ten-nis players should exhibit. Janet has given her time to help others play through her involve-ment at the local, sectional and national level. She served as the Chicago District Executive Director from 1976-1990 using her experience and knowledge of players, coaches, and facilities to actively promote the game. In addition to her service as Chicago District Executive Director, Janet volunteered her expertise to the USTA/Midwest Section on the Sanction & Scheduling Committee from 1987-1992, and was the Tournament Administration Committee Chair in 1992. She served on the Adult Ranking Committee from 1992-1999, and the Adult/Senior Competition Committee for twenty years from 1989-2009. In 2006 Janet received a USTA/Midwest Section 20-Year Volunteer Service Award and in 2009, received the USTA/Midwest Section's most prestigious award, the Mel Bergman Award for continuous and distinguished service. Janet played in numerous Senior Team Championships, won a bronze ball in the 2003 USTA National Mother/Daughter Cham-pionships, and has represented the USTA/Midwest Section on the Senior Intersectional Team. Into her seventies she still plays a very competitive game.

Janet French Inducted 2010

Introduction By: Pat Freebody

Chicago Tennis Hall of Fame

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