Winners Announced For 36th Annual USTA LI Region Awards
The 36th Annual USTA Eastern’s Long Island Region Annual Awards Event is scheduled for Wednesday, October 14 at Sea Cliff Manor in Sea Cliff, N.Y, and today, the Region announced the award winners who will be honored.
The reception, including hors d’oeuvres, pasta, chicken, wine and beer, will start at 6:00 p.m. That will be followed by the awards ceremony at 7:00 p.m.
Long Island Tennis Magazine will be publishing the Journal and Congratulatory ads in the November/December print edition. Contact info@usptennis.com to learn more and purchase a congratulatory ad for an honoree!
The full list of award winners:
PRESTIGIOUS AWARDS
Hy Zausner Lifetime Achievement Award: Walter Staritsky
Vitas Gerulaitis “For the Love of Tennis” Award: Bill Levine
Rose Buck Scalamandre Tennis Family of the Year: The Green Family
Arthur Ashe Multicultural Award: Vanessa Miller
EXCELLENCE AWARDS
Adult Volunteer of the Year: Jacki Binder
Charles Karp Memorial Award for Overcoming Adversity: Anabel Van Cott, Jayne Alterman & Andrew Katz
Daniel Burgess, Sr. Community Service Award: Olivia Lichota
Junior Volunteer of the Year: Jake Klein
Press Service Award: Tony Bellissimo (Long Island Herald)
Tennis Club of the Year: Sportime Quogue
Outdoor Tennis Site of the Year: Smithtown East High School – Jason Lambert
Private Club of the Year: Southward Ho Country Club
Tennis Professional of the Year (Adult): Thiago Natale Dualiby
Tennis Professional of the Year (Junior): Simon Childs
Long Island High School Tennis Team of the Year: Syosset H.S.
Birdie Tarulli League Captain Sportsmanship Award: Jacki Mazzarone
Blane Magee League Captain Sportsmanship Award: John Ramo
Anuj Agarwal Junior Sportsmanship Award: Alexander Lerman
Jennifer Sherry Junior Sportsmanship Award: Emily Glass
Madeline Zausner Junior Tournament Director Award: Donald Jackson
Good Samaritan Award: Yuuki Donnelly
10 and Under Tennis Award: Ofir Solomon
Junior Team Tennis Award: Robert Hayden
Innovative Tennis Program: Love Serving Autism- Long Island Chapter
Special Service Award: Kitty Anderson-Galvez
2025-26 – High School Champions
Nassau County Boy’s Singles Champion: Wheatley H.S. – Saje Vijay Menon
NYS & Nassau County Boy’s Doubles Champions: Garden City – Christian Bravo & Ben Weise
Suffolk County Boy’s Singles Champion: Ross School – Ignacio Pena Lopez
Suffolk County Boy’s Doubles Champions: Shoreham Wading River H.S. – Ray Hidaka & Kai Hidaka
Nassau County Girls Singles Champion Syosset H.S. – Stephanie Marcheret
Nassau County Girls Doubles Champions: Port Washington H.S. – Evie Loewy & Brianna Lewis
Suffolk County Girls Singles Champion: Bayport-Blue Point H.S. – Lily Castka
Suffolk County Girls Doubles Champions: Ross H.S. – Lillie Weiss & Lola Dangin
Nassau County Coach of the Year: Cold Spring Harbor H.S. – Melissa McLees
Suffolk County Coach of the Year: Harborfields H.S. – Justin Stybel
National Rankings (as of 8/5/26)
Boys/Girls
Boys 12 singles: #1 Yifan Nie, #2 Shuo Li
Boys 14 singles: #1 Aidan Maddux, #2 Yifan Nie
Boys 16 singles: #1 Alexander Lerman, #2 Ben Weise
Boys 18 singles: #1 Jack Kennedy, #2 Giovanni Rezk
Girls 12 singles: #1 Aya Iwata, #2 Juliette Prince
Girls 14 singles: #1 Gabrielle Alexa Villegas, #2 Chloe Wang
Girls 16 singles: #1 Emily Glass, #2 Blake Chang
Girls 18 singles: #1 Paige Wygodzki, #2 Stephanie Marcheret
Men
Open: #1 Connor Plunkett
30+ Singles: #1 Russell Johns
35+ Singles: #1 Russell Johns
40+ Singles: #1 Don Lewis
45+ Singles: #1 Don Lewis
50+ Singles: #1 Robert Frydman
55+ Singles: #1 Gerry Bohner
60+ Singles: #1 Jeffrey Snow
65+ Singles: #1 Gerry Bohner
70+ Singles: #1 Steven Brill
75+ Singles: #1 Marshall Hubsher
Women
Open: #1 Christine Schottanes
30+ Singles: #1 Ivy Jiang
35+ Singles: #1 Morgan Milleisen
55+ Singles: #1 Ellen Markowitz
60+ Singles: #1 Ellen Markowitz
65+ Singles: #1 Lisa Jett
70+ Singles: #1 Lisa Jett
Family
Father/Son All Ages: Koichi Nakamura & Junji Nakamura
Father/Son 60+: Adam Rosen & Benjamin Rosen
USTA LEAGUE TEAM AWARDS – Eastern Sectional Champions
- 40 & Over Women 3.0 – Donna Healy (Christopher Morley) – Spring/Summer 2025
- 55 & Over Men 6.0 – Adam Moramarco (Christopher Morley) – Fall 2025
- 55 & Over Women 7.0 – Jacqueline Mazzarone (Eastern Athletic) – Summer 2025
- 55 & Over Men 8.0 – Matthew Crowley & Sarabjit Lamba (Sportime Syosset) – Summer 2025
- 55 & Over Men 9.0 – Lionel Goldberg & Robert Chesney (Robbie Wagner) – Summer 2025
- 40 & Over Mixed Doubles 6.0 – David Ng (Christopher Morley) – Spring 2025
- 40 & Over Mixed Doubles 8.0 – Terry Kossegi & Patricia Siler (Carefree) – Winter 2025
- 40 & Over Mixed Doubles 9.0 – Roslyn Chua-Mcalonie & Justin Laible (Deer Park) – Spring 2025
- 65 & Over Women 6.0 – Mary Alice Ruppert (Sportime Bethpage) – Summer/Fall 2025
- 65 & Over Women 8.0 – Lydia Eitel (Sportime Syosset) – Summer 2025
- 18 & Over 6.0 Mixed Doubles – David Ng and Sophia Yang (Christopher Morley) – Fall/Winter 2025-2026
- 55 & Over 6.0 Mixed Doubles –Donna Healy & Angelo de Bourg (Sportime Lynbrook) – Winter 26’
2026 Eastern Team Tennis Sectional Champions:
16U L6 Champions: Long Island Health and Racquet
