USTA Long Island Awards Ceremony Set For Wednesday, September 18

The 34th Annual USTA Long Island Region Awards Ceremony will be held this Wednesday, September 18 at Sea Cliff Manor in Sea Cliff, N.Y.

With this event, the Long Island Region looks forward to recognizing the achievements of individuals, facilities and organizations that have gone above and beyond, both on the court and off. Some awardees will be honored for their tennis play and/or rankings, while our Prestigious and Excellence award recipients are nominated by the Long Island tennis community.

Long Island Tennis Magazine is offering the opportunity to take out ad space in the November/December edition to congratulate the award winners. Please contact info@usptennis.com or call 516-409-4444 for more information!

Below are the honorees:

PRESTIGIOUS AWARDS

Hy Zausner Lifetime Achievement Award

Dennis & Susan Erani

Vitas Gerulaitis “For the Love of Tennis” Award

Jonathan Klee

Rose Buck Scalamandre Tennis Family of the Year

The Donnelly Family

Arthur Ashe Multicultural Award

Glen Cove Summer City Rec Camp

EXCELLENCE AWARDS

Adult Volunteer of the Year

Sharon Rappaport

Charles Karp Memorial Award for Overcoming Adversity

Andy Funk

Lauren Norris

Daniel Burgess, Sr. Community Service Award

Hamlet Phillip

Junior Volunteer of the Year

Sanam Mehta

Press Service Award

Roger Rubin (Newsday)

Tennis Club of the Year

SPORTIME Port Washington

Private Club of the Year

Piquet Lane Tennis Club

Tennis Professional of the Year (Adult)

Russell Heier

Tennis Professional of the Year (Junior)

Justin Redlich

Long Island High School Tennis Team of the Year

Half Hollow Hills East Boys and Girls Teams

Birdie Tarulli League Captain Sportsmanship Award

Karen Cadorette

Blane Magee League Captain Sportsmanship Award

Alan Turkiewicz

Anuj Agarwal Junior Sportsmanship Award

Noah Martinez

Jennifer Sherry Junior Sportsmanship Award

Blake Chang

Madeline Zausner Junior Tournament Director Award

Jason Pasion

USTA Afterschool Tennis Program

James E. Allen Schools (Larry Cimino & Elissa Bestreich, Mike D’Agostaro)

10 and Under Tennis Award

Marilyn Superville

2023-24 – High School Champions

Nassau County Boys’ Singles Champion: Herricks – Samarth Deepudass

Nassau County Boys’ Doubles Champions: Syosset – Nikhil Shah & Devan Melandro

NYS Boys’ Doubles Champions: Ward Melville – Harshith Pennabadi & Shashank Pennabadi

Suffolk County Boys’ Singles Champion: Ross School – Eduardo Menezes

Suffolk County Boys’ Doubles Champions: Commack – James Yu & Eric Benderly

NYS & Nassau County Girls’ Singles Champion: Garden City – Nina Weise

Nassau County Girls’ Doubles Champions: Garden City – Kayla Castellano & Angelina Bravo

Suffolk County Girls’ Singles Champion: Smithtown East – Anya Konopka

NYS & Suffolk County Girls’ Doubles Champions: Westhampton Beach – Julia Stabile & Matilda Buchen

Nassau County Coach of the Year: John F. Kennedy High School – Brian DeGaetano

Suffolk County Coach of the Year: Elwood-John H. Glenn High School – Frank Schiraldi

National Rankings (as of 7/17/24)

Boys/Girls

Boys 12 singles: #1 Jacques Chen, #2 Keita Iwata

Boys 14 singles: #1 John Murphy, #2 Alexander Lerman

Boys 16 singles: #1 Jack Kennedy, #2 Zavier Agustin

Boys 18 singles: #1 Jack Kennedy, #2 Edward Liao

Girls 12 singles: #1 Gabrielle Alexa Villejas, #2 Chloe Wang

Girls 14 singles: #1 Sofia Kedrin, #2 Blake Chang

Girls 16 singles: #1 Sophia Holod, #2 Brooke Wallman

Girls 18 singles: #1 Sophia Holod, #2 Kady Tanenbaum

Men

Open Singles: #1 Adam Lee, #2 Amani Siddiqui

30+ Singles: #1 Ignacio Casali

35+ Singles: #1 Paul Koenke, #2 Jonathan Klein

40+ Singles: #1 Adrian Pagani

45+ Singles: #1 Gerry Bohner #2 Jonathan Klein

50+ Singles: #1 Jonathan Klein, #2 Jay Harris

55+ Singles: #1 Michael Davies, #2 Nick Haridopolos

60+ Singles: #1 Jeffrey Chu, #2 Steven Brill

65+ Singles: #1 Steven Brill

70+ Singles: #1 Steven Brill, #2 Marshall Hubsher

75+ Singles: #1 Marshall Hubsher

Women

Open Singles: #1 Elizabeth Kobak, #2 Rose Hayes

35+ Singles:  #1 Elizabeth Kobak

Family

Father/Son 60+: Adam Rosen & Benjamin Rosen

NTRP National Championship (Women)

Singles

18 & Over Women 3.0: Tammy Seongeun Lee

18 & Over Women 4.0: Betsy Bickar

40& Over Women 3.0: Tammy Seongeun Lee,

Doubles

18& Over Women 3.0: Tammy Seongeun Lee

NTRP National Championship (Men)

Singles

18 & Over Men 3.0: Martin Guichardo

18 & Over Men 4.0: Mikayel Ayvazyan

Doubles

18 & Over Men 4.0: Brian Yan

55 & Over Men 3.5: David Singer, Joe Shimer

USTA LEAGUE TEAM AWARDS – Eastern Sectional Champions

Fall 2023

18 & Over 2.5 Women – National Champions

Point Set – Captains – Laura Crain & Cristina Handal

18 & Over 4.5 Men – Sectional Champions

Long Beach Tennis Center – Captains – Mitchell Low & Amani Siddiqui

40 & Over 3.5 Men – Sectional Champions

Christopher Morley Tennis Center – Captain – Adam Moramarco

40 & Over 4.0 Women – Sectional Champions

Huntington Indoor Tennis – Captains – Lisa Newell & Tracy Kleinberg

55 & Over 6.0 Men – Sectional Champions

Long Island Health & Racquet – Captain – Robert Kronenberg

55 & Over 7.0 Men – Sectional Champions

Sportime Kings Park – Captains – Dan Marklin & Bill Carson

65 & Over 8.0 Men – Sectional Champions

Christopher Morley Tennis Center – Captains – Al Silverstein & Ken Luba

65 & Over 8.0 Women – Sectional Champions

Sportime Syosset – Captain – Lydia Eitel

40 & Over 9.0 Mixed Doubles – Sectional Champions

Deer Park Tennis – Captains – Roslyn Chua-Mcalonie & Justin Laible

2023 4.5/4.0/3.5 Tri-Level Men – Sectional Champions

Long Beach Indoor Tennis Center – Captain – Zane Siddiqui & Faran Nazir

Spring 2024

18 & Over 9.0 Mixed Doubles – Sectional Champions

Deer Park Tennis Center – Captains – Roslyn Chua-Mcalonie & Justin Laible

55 & Over 7.0 Mixed Doubles – Sectional Champions

Sportime Syosset – Captains: Jennifer Mao & Dawn Schosberg

2024 5.0/4.5/4.0 Tri-Level Men – Sectional Champions

Long Beach Indoor Tennis Center – Captain – Amani Siddiqui

2024 Eastern Team Tennis National Champions

18 & Under Impact Tennis Nationals – Long Island Health & Racquet Club: Tito Perez

2024 Eastern Team Tennis Sectional Champions

12 & Under L5 Division – Port Washington Ninjas: Rong Ma

14 & Under L5 Division – Sportime Aces: Jason Pasion