USTA Eastern Long Island Region 26th Annual Awards Dinner Journal: May 3, 2016

USTA Eastern Long Island Region 26th Annual Awards Dinner Journal
May 3, 2016

Schedule
5:30 p.m.         Registration & Photos
6:00 p.m.         Cocktail Hour
7:00 p.m.         Awards Ceremony
8:00 p.m.         Dinner & Raffles

Want to see photos from tonight’s awards or events from past years? Need more information on our fabulous honorees and past awardees? Inspired to nominate someone for a 2017 award? Visit LongIsland.USTA.com for all you need to know about the Long Island Regional Awards Dinners from past to present!

Thank You!
We are grateful to all of our sponsors and supporters for helping to make the 26th Annual USTA Long Island Region Awards Dinner a success! Special thanks to:

►ProHEALTH Care Associates, sponsor of tonight’s awards ceremony
►​World Gym, sponsor of the 55-inch TV
►​Eastern Athletic Club, iPad sponsor

A complete list of sponsors will appear on LongIsland.USTA.com and in the July/August 2016 issue of Long Island Tennis Magazine. Proceeds from raffle ticket sales will be contributed to the Junior Tennis Foundation, which raises funds for junior tennis and tennis for special populations within the Eastern Section.

President’s Letter
Dear Members and Friends:
Welcome to the 26th Annual U.S. Tennis Association Eastern Long Island Awards Dinner. On behalf of the volunteers on the Long Island Regional Board of Directors, it is our pleasure to host this terrific celebration of the wonderful achievements of 2015.

One of last year’s highlights was the gala LI premiere of the documentary “Althea,” celebrating the life of tennis great Althea Gibson. It was an honor to host this star-studded event with the Gold Coast International Film Festival. Another 2015 highlight was the number of USTA League Teams who competed at their national championships—we had 10 teams!

We had a busy year, reaching out to kids, and were gratified to help our Junior Team Tennis program grow to more than 20 teams Island-wide along with the continuing expansion of 10-and-Under Red, Orange and Green Ball tennis. We introduced many children to the sport by partnering with the Inwood Country Club, Inwood Charities Fund and World Gym Setauket to host Nassau and Suffolk Kids Days, and by offering 10-and-Under lessons at events throughout the Region.

At the High School level, Long Island girls swept top honors in singles and doubles at the New York State Public High School Athletic Association championships, while our boys won second place in singles, and second and third place in doubles at their state tournament. It is always a pleasure to support these athletes by giving sweatshirts to all LI participants at States. Six LI students were chosen to participate in Camp Eastern, and more than three dozen of our high school tennis players committed to play on college tennis teams. Kudos to our many high school tennis teams who gave back last year, holding fundraising and awareness campaigns including the Commack girls, who raised $1,700-plus for breast cancer awareness; they also held a tennis clinic for student athletes with disabilities. The Manhasset girls held a clinic and fundraiser for the Crohn's & Colitis Foundation, and several Nassau girls teams wore pink for breast cancer awareness.

Our college teams enjoyed much success, headlined by the Farmingdale State Women, who won their third consecutive Skyline Conference Championship. Four players received all-conference honors and Head Coach Adam Waterhouse was named Skyline Conference Coach of the Year. The NYIT men captured their third straight East Coast Conference Championship; the women also topped the ECC. Stony Brook’s Women had their best showing in their fourth NCAA Tournament appearance, earned their first-ever national ranking and won their fourth straight America East Title.

In Community Action, we joined Carefree Racquet Club to host a CPR/AED training class, while Eastern Athletic Club Blue Point raised $13,500-plus at its Hope House Ministries Fundraiser. World Gym Setauket helped raise money for the St. Charles Foundation for Stroke Rehabilitation. We were pleased to support many programs by providing grants. We helped the Locust Valley Library Courts resurface their HarTru courts, supplied equipment to launch a new program for children at Circulo de la Hispanidad camps in Hempstead and Long Beach, and we helped Robbie Wagner’s with its 10U after-school program at several elementary schools.

Congratulations to the Port Washington Tennis Academy as it celebrates its 50th anniversary in 2016. Not only have the Academy and the Zausner family been fixtures in the LI tennis community for over five decades, but their contributions to the sport of tennis have been outstanding.

Looking ahead, we have many exciting programs and events on the horizon and look forward to continuing to support existing activities by providing grants, supplying volunteers and helping to promote and market your events. Check LongIsland.USTA.com for updates.

Thank you for your support of LI tennis. Congratulations to all of our award winners and thank you for your enthusiasm! Special thanks to the USTA Eastern Section and all of the volunteers on the USTA LI Regional Board of Directors.

Enjoy the evening and keep the last ball in play,

Sincerely,

Daniel Burgess, President
USTA Eastern Long Island Region

USTA Eastern Long Island Region 26th Annual Awards Dinner Honorees
Prestigious Awards
►Hy Zausner Lifetime Achievement Award: Roberta Feldman
►Vitas Gerulaitis for the Love of Tennis Award: Eddie Fishkind
►Arthur Ashe Multicultural Award: Victor (Tito) Perez

Sportsmanship Awards
►Birdie Tarulli League Captain Award: Gail Schor
►Blane Magee League Captain Award: Bruce Lindenman
►Anuj Agarwal Sportsmanship Award: Patrick Hannity
►Jennifer Sherry Sportsmanship Award: Denise Lai

Excellence Awards
►Adult Volunteer of the Year: Joseph McGorry
►Charles Karp Memorial Award for Overcoming Adversity: Anthony DeCico
►Community Service Award: Manhasset High School Girls Tennis Team/Coach Eileen Cuneo
►Corporate Award: Michael Dachs/Marquee Screen Printing
►Good Samaritan Award: Carefree Racquet Club (Nassau) & North Fork Tennis Tournament (Suffolk)
►Innovative Program of the Year: Darrell Lopez/Lakeview Tennis Association
►Junior Team Tennis: World Gym Setauket (Suffolk) & Point Set Racquet Club (Nassau)
►Junior Volunteer of the Year: Alex Benanti
►Madeline Zausner Junior Tournament Director: Kelvin Lastique
►Outdoor Site of the Year: Village of Port Jefferson/Mayor Margot Garant
►Press Service Award: Brian Coleman/Long Island Tennis Magazine
►Private Club of the Year: Crest Hollow Country Club
►Retailer of the Year: Julien Klein/Solow Sports
►Rose Buck Scalamandre Participating Family: Cichon Family (Nassau) & Kingsley Family (Suffolk)
►Special Service Award: Nassau County Legislator Laura Curran
►10-and-Under Award: Circulo de la Hispanidad/Gil Bernardino and Fabiana Rezac (Nassau) & Eastern Athletic Club Blue Point (Suffolk)

►Tennis Club of the Year: Bethpage Park Tennis Center
►Tennis Family of the Year: The Mosquera Family
►Tennis Professional of the Year: Ahsha Rolle
►USTA After-School Tennis Program: Robbie Wagner’s Tournament Training Center/Hilary Bressler

Special Recognition
Port Washington Tennis Academy in honor of its 50th anniversary.

USTA League Teams Participating in National Championships
18+
►Men’s 3.5/Sportime Lynbrook, Captains Miguel Gordon & Gabe Moreira
►Men’s 4.5/Long Beach Tennis Center, Captain Sid Siddiqui
►Men’s 5.0/Robbie Wagner’s, Captain Greg Lumpkin

40+
►Men’s 3.0/World Gym Setauket, Captain Phil Monticciolo
►Women’s 3.5/Carefree Racquet Club, Captain Mara Mazza
►Women’s 4.5/Carefree, Captains Donna Ryan & Sally Disabato

55+
►Women’s 6.0/Eastern Athletic Blue Point, Captain Kathy Sarli
►Women’s 7.0/Point Set Racquet Club, Captain Ann McGrath

18+ Mixed
►6.0/Christopher Morley Tennis Center, Captain Darlene Sotomayor
►8.0/Long Beach, Captains Andrew Camacho & Brian Connor

2015 High School Champions
New York State Champs
►Singles: Kseniya Zonova (Hewlett)
►Doubles: Celeste Matute/Courtney Kowalsky (Oyster Bay)

Nassau County Champs
►Girls Singles: Kseniya Zonova (Hewlett)
►Girls Doubles: Celeste Matute/Courtney Kowalsky (Oyster Bay)
►Boy's Singles: Yuval Solomon (Plainview JFK)
►Boy's Doubles:Dylan Granat/Daniel Shleimovich (Syosset)
►Nassau County Coach of the Year: Rhonda Barsel (Lawrence)

Suffolk County Champs
►Boy's Singles: Christopher Kuhnle (Shoreham-Wading River)
►Boy's Doubles: Dylan Davis/Duane Davis (Half Hollow Hills West)
►Girls Singles: Kimberly Liao (Commack)
►Girls Doubles: Danah Han/Mina Sarcevic (Half Hollow Hills West)
►Suffolk County Coach of the Year: Dennis Christofor (Port Jefferson)

Juniors
Eastern Section Boys
►10s: Jordan Reznik, Harrison Walker Gradin
►12s: Aman Sharma, Alexander Karman
►14s: Spencer Brachman, Billy Suarez
►16s: Yuval Solomon, Daniel Pellerito
►18s: Athell Patrick Bennett, Cuba Lubomir

Eastern Section Girls
►10s: Kira Sydney Kronenberg, Victoria Matos
►12s: Rose Hayes, Ivanna Nikolic
►14s: Maryam Beshir Ahmad, Rachel Arbitman
►16s: Lea Ma, Merri Kelly
►18s: Taylor Cosme, Claire Handa

Long Island Boys
►10s: Jack Kennedy, Avery Frekhtman
►12s: Jeremy Levine, Dylan D. Agate
►14s: Zachary Stern, Timothy Chiu
►16s: Avi Anand, Alexander Hazarian

Long Island Girls
►12s: Ines Roti, Jennifer Rabinowitz
►14s: Daniella Paikin, Alexis Huber
►16s: Kaitlyn Schwarz, Marina Hilbert

Adult Rankings
NTRP/Women
►3.0 Singles: Fran Breckon
►3.5 Singles: Deena Mavroudis, Maritoni Carlos
►3.0 Doubles: P Annemarie Mahoney/Fran Breckon
►4.0 Doubles: Maritoni Carlos/Susan Bacey
►4.5 Doubles: Ilana Cohen/Beth Mercante

NTRP/Men
►3.5 Singles: David Winnitzki, James Avallone
►4.0 & 4.5 Singles:  Brian Katz, Jack Eichler
►4.0 Doubles: Adam Lieberman/Andrew Camacho

Eastern Section/Women
Singles
►Open: Joan Manfredi-Carter, Nicole Kielan
►35s: Joan Manfredi-Carter
►50s: Rosemary Cosentino, Eileen Walker
►60s: Lydia Eitel
►65s: Peggy Gluck

Doubles
►Open: Julia Kielan/Nicole Kielan

Eastern Section/Men
Singles
►Open: Andrew Adler, Hleb Maslau
►25s & 30s: Rodolfo Novello, Jack Eichler
►35s: David Fischbach, Rodolfo Novello
►40s: Andrew Adler, Jack Eichler
►45s: Adrian Chirici, Andrew Adler
►50s: Jeffrey Snow, Lawrence Kramer
►55s: Walter Winnitzki, Mark Johns
►60s: John Titcomb, Steven Brill
►65s: Douglas Barrow, Jefry Rosmarin
►70s: Robert McKenna, Bob Hoffman
►75s: Raymond Rahbari

Doubles
►Open: Carlos Maldonado/Mclane Green, Amani Siddiqui/Naeem Siddiqui
►65s: Richard Bates/Ronald Kahn

Mixed
►Open: Nicole Kielan/Mark Julian Baker

USTA Eastern Long Island Region
Executive Board
►Daniel Burgess: President, 10 & Under Junior Team Tennis Chair
►Mike Pavlides: 1st Vice President, Web Site Manager, Scholastic Representative Chair (Nassau)
►Sunny Fishkind: 2nd Vice President, Public Parks Advocate, Facebook Manager
►Craig Fligstein: Secretary/Treasurer
►Scott Axler: Past President, Chair, Boys Ranking & Junior Competition

Regional Board
►Jacki Binder: Public Relations Chair, Web Site Manager
►Jay Binder: Legal Counsel
►Bob Coburn: Marketing Chair
►Terry Fontana: Chair, Kids Day, Awards Dinner, Community Tennis Association & National Junior Tennis & Learning Committees
►Herb Harris: Chair, Volunteer & Grant Committees
►Anneleis Karp: President Emeritus
►Jonathan Klee: League Liaison/League Appeals & Inquiries
►Eileen Leonard: Competition Training Chair
►Kathy Miller: USTA Leagues Coordinator
►Marian Morris: Events Planner, Awards Dinner Chair
►Melanie Rubin: Community Outreach (Nassau)
►Clark D. Ruiz II: Nassau County Delegate
►Akiko Tohmatsu: Suffolk County Delegate
►Randi Wilkins: Community Outreach (Suffolk) & Chair, Kids Day (Suffolk)

Committee Members
►Steve Abbondondelo: Junior Team Tennis
►Hilary Bresler: Awards Dinner
►Renaire Fierson: Diversity & Inclusion
►Steve Haar: PTR Liaison
►Emily Moore: Diversity & Inclusion
►Tito Perez: 10-and-Under Tennis
►Fabiana Rezac: Hispanic Outreach
►Denise Schmidt: Awards Dinner
►Ed Wolfarth: Member at Large-Membership, USPTA Liaison