Melanie Rubin was named Long Island Regional Volunteer of the Year at the recent Annual USTA Eastern Section 2012 Awards Dinner in White Plains, N.Y. Rubin is the community outreach coordinator for the Long Island Regional Board, bringing 10 & Under Tennis to street fairs and community events. In 2012, she coordinated the Region’s participation in…
Lori D’Antonio has been named Special Service Award winner at the Annual USTA Eastern Section 2012 Awards Dinner in White Plains, N.Y. Lori works behind the scenes to promote tennis on Long Island. Over the years, she has designed numerous flyers and posters, helping market events for the Long Island Region. At Long Beach Tennis Center, where…
Jacki Binder of Merrick, N.Y. received the USTA Eastern Section’s 2012 Press Service Award at the Section’s Annual Awards Dinner. Binder is not a tennis player but a dedicated tennis volunteer. A professional writer, Jacki serves as Public Relations Chair of the USTA’s Long Island Regional Board, where she has significantly increased awareness and raised the profile of the…
The USTA Eastern Section has named Ed Wolfarth of Syosset, N.Y. as its 2012 Leslie J. FitzGibbon Tennis Man of the Year at the Annual Eastern Section Awards Dinner, the evening’s highest honor. The Leslie J. FitzGibbon Tennis Man of the Year designation is awarded to a male USTA Eastern volunteer in recognition of long and outstanding service to…
The USTA Eastern Long Island Region will host its 23rd Annual Awards Dinner on Wednesday, May 1st, 2013 and is now accepting nominations for several of its awards. The Annual Awards Dinner is an opportunity for the LI Region to recognize the achievements of individuals, facilities and organizations who have gone above and beyond, both on…
Sunny Fishkind of Bethpage, N.Y. was been named 2012 Clinician of the Year by the USTA Eastern Section at its Annual Awards Dinner. Fishkind has had a long and outstanding career as a tennis clinician. For more than 25 years, she coached tennis at Bethpage High School, earning recognition as the High School Coach of the Year from…
The USTA Eastern Long Island Region is pleased to announce that its slate of executive officers, headed by Daniel Burgess, president, has been re-elected to a second two-year term by the members of the Long Island Region. All officers and members of the Regional Board are volunteers. In addition to Burgess, the Executive Board includes…
The USTA Eastern Long Island Region has announced that the latest issue of its quarterly digital newsletter, "On the Ball: News from LI," is now available. Included in the current issue are stories about: NCAA PAC-12 Commissioner Larry Scott, who got his start in Merrick; girls’ high school tennis player achievements; USTA Eastern Section award winners…
The USTA Eastern Long Island Region, along with United Way of Long Island, will hold the Second Annual Club & Corporate Tennis Challenge Fundraiser on Sunday, Dec. 9 from 4:00 p.m.-7:00 p.m. at the Port Washington Tennis Academy, located at 100 Harbor Road in Port Washington, N.Y. This event will raise money to provide rehabilitative and…
More than 100 high school student-athletes from across the USTA Eastern region showed off their talent and learned about a wide range of opportunities to play collegiate tennis on Nov. 11 at USTA Eastern’s 26th Annual College Showcase Day. The event, which was held at Saw Mill Club in Mount Kisco, N.Y., featured more than 60…