Eve Kraft Outstanding Service Award

CRITERIA

Awarded to individuals who have made significant contributions over a long period of time to the development of tennis in their communities. Candidates must have at least four consecutive seasons of actual, "hands on" field work in the community and must be nominated by two people familiar with their work.

CONTACT 

Hector Gonzalez

HISTORY

The USTA Community Service Award was established in 1974 to honor persons for outstanding field work in recreational tennis. It was renamed the Eve Kraft Outstanding Service Award in 2001. The award is given for significant contributions by individuals actively involved in tennis development through community tennis associations, parks and recreation departments, schools or community centers.

PAST WINNERS:

2024 – Scott Hanover

2023 – Jim Flesch
2022 – Lisa Pugliese-LaCroix
2020 – Tim Blenkiron
2019 – Toni Wiley
2018 – Terri Florio
2017 – Hollis Smith
2016 – Delaine Mast
2015 – Carol Cohen
2014 – Rex Maynard
2012-13 – Celia Rehm
2011 – Cindy Harkins, Brenda Gilmore
2010 – Helen Moser Petersen, Bev Taylor
2009 – Hank Merges, Bill Humes
2008 – Nancy Horowitz, Suzanne Jollensten, Jamie Kaplan, Bob Phelps
2007 – Bonnie Sue Duncan, Cassandra Goodell, David Hartsek, Dee Henry, Emily Schaefer, Peggy Tice
2006 – Jake Agna, David Dantzer, Lena Elliott, Samuel Hopkins, Mary Moore, Darrel Thompson
2005 – Ricardo Fulgencio, Phyllis Greene, Jay Massart, Sherry Nordahl, Shirley Ruane, Robert Tapia
2004 – Christy Balsiger, Kerry Blum, Valerie Kreger, Yvette Marshall, Mark Platt, Lance Turner
2003 – Jeff D. Horn, Anne Krupp, Clare Maisel, Simon A. Menchaca, Susan V. Selke, Joe White
2002 – William Jacobson, Kathy Kim, Patty Mraz, Harry Shur, Carol Tolson, Johnny Van Session
2001 – Phil Bentancourt, L. LaMont Bryant, Lloyd J. Dillon, Delores B. Jackson, Williams J. Kellogg, Gwen Ramras
2000 – Not awarded
1999 – Marilyn Atkinson, Brent Frueh, Bennita Givens, Edward Hubbs, Mike Van Zutphen, Frederick B. Wells
1998 – Tom Breece, Linda Cobbs, Bonni Sue Hickson, Carol Osborne Reed, Gene Thompson
1997 – Barbara Fackel, Stanley Nagamatsu, James Richardson, Dawn Stevens, Rick Ward
1996 – Ulysses "Pete" Brown, Steve Doerrer, Janet Lefkowitz, Roland Roos, Judy Stark, Wesley Towner
1995 – Everett "B.B." Brown, Ernest Greene, Nancy Morgan, Sheila Pollard, Marie "Licky" Randolph, Terry Stewart
1994 – Jimmie "Doc" Horne, Mark Manning, James O’Neill, Helen Petersen, Joseph Seibel, Chuck Sanchelli
1993 – Jeffery Dong, Matt Krajewski, James Lewis, Perry Lin, Bill Ralf
1992 – Andrew Alexander, Samuel N. Burroughs, Scott Harrison, Mary Hatfield, Larry Kirkpatrick, Clare Lahey
1991 – Dave Beerman, Alex Johnson, Faith Jolley, Marcia Rodriguez, Neil Schilke, George Wallis, Tom Vozenilek
1990 – Kathy Willette, Patricia Thompson, John Hopkins, Rosemary Darben, Elsie Helme, Colonel Claude Sturm
1989 – Lloyd Dillon, Donna Floyd Fales, Roger Knight, Henry Harris, Doug Menke, Jim Murphy
1988 – Tom Mortimer, Julia A. Levering, Denis Quilligan, Eugene St. Martin, Bill Gill, Kenneth Hiatt, Harold McCollum, Jerry Peach, Dexter Fong, Jim Wright
1987 – Henry Cox III, Jim Fout, Dode Lipton, Oscar Sebastian, David Sixt, Roland "Dutch" Wilde
1986 – Skip Hartman, Diane Reynolds, Lynda Moseley
1985 – J.W. "Bill" Connelly, Jim Flynn, Patti Kelly
1984 – Hector L. Rodrigues Diaz, Donald Grensted, Pamela Simpson
1983 – Larry Hampton, Charles Arnold, Dan Hildebrant
1982 – David A. Markin, Shigesh Wakida, Bea Massman
1981 – Arvelia Myers, C.R. "Bob" Mapes, Charles "Chick" Messbarger
1980 – Barbara Wynne, Betty Rodgers, Brother George Roth
1979 – John Wilkerson, James Reffkin, Barbara Gallagher
1978 – Amy Yee, Arthur Richards, John Drew Smith, Donald Mercer, Christopher Scott, James Knarr, James A. Smith
1977 – Helene Hensel, Bob Curtis, Ken Carter
1976 – Fran Jennings, Virginia Glass, Denton Johnson
1975 – Chris Beck, Jeanne McLaughlin, Erich Werner
1974 – Jim Feaster and Doc Gittens, Stan Gibson, Mildred Southern