Ralph W. Westcott Family of the Year Award
PRESENTED AT
The USTA Annual Meeting and Conference.
ELIGIBILITY
To be eligible for the award, a family must first be nominated by a USTA Section Association.
CRITERIA
All members of the family must be USTA members and must be active in volunteering in some or all of the following: Serving as a volunteer in fostering tennis in one or more of the age divisions and at least one or all levels of the USTA in such activities as conducting tournaments, developing and/or sustaining junior and adults programs, holding office(s) at any level of the USTA, volunteer coaching, competing in tennis, and enriching the game of tennis in other related activities.
SELECTION PROCESS
Each USTA Section Association submits its Family of the Year nominee to the USTA Awards Committee in accordance with the instructions forwarded from the USTA Office. The Awards Committee selects the USTA Family of the Year from those sections submitting nominations.
TIMETABLE
Follows the Spring Awards Timetable. See the Awards homepage for the standard timelines.
CONTACT
HISTORY
This award was initiated in 1965 by Martin L. Tressel, President of the USTA in 1965-66, to emphasize the theme that "Tennis is a Family Game."
YEARBOOK DESCRIPTION
This honor is awarded annually to the family who in recent years has done the most to promote amateur tennis, primarily on a volunteer basis. All members of the family should participate in some way, either as players or by offering their services in running programs or tournaments or in junior development activities. The selection of recipients is made by the USTA Awards Committee from nominations submitted by the 17 USTA Sections. The Award is presented at the Annual Meeting & Conference.
PAST WINNERS
1965 - The John F. Sullivan Family
1966 - The Will Rompf Family
1967 - The Charles Pasarell Family
1968 - The Bundy-Cheney Family
1969 - Not Awarded
1970 - Not Awarded
1971 - The James M. Gray Family
1972 - Not Awarded
1973 - The George Acker Family
1974 - The Forrest A. Hainline Jr. Family
1975 - The Joseph Garcia Family
1976 - The Francis Wilson Family
1977 - Not Awarded
1978 - The Herbert B. Gengler Family
1979 - The John Vest Family
1980 - The Leo Power Family
1981 - The Gideon Weber Family
1982 - The Joseph Donnovin Family
1983 - The Rolla Anderson Family
1984 - The Eugene S. Jung Family
1985 - The James Buck Family
1986 - The Warren Whitlinger Family
1987 - The Herbert Nakamura Family
1988 - The Dutch Vosters Family
1989 - The Russell Ball Family
1990 - The James Farley Family
1991 - The Thomas Lord Family
1992 - The Ron Bohrnstedt Family
1993 - The Joe Ed Burnam Family
1994 - The David E. Engle Family
1995 - The Richard B. Riley Family
1996 - The Brad Parks Family
1997 - The Thomas C. Balsiger Family
1998 - The Steven K. Champlin Family
1999 - The Hugh and Paddi Waters Family
2000 - The Lee Hammel Family
2001 - The Randy and Leslie Jackson Family
2002 - The J.C. and Donna Louderback Family
2003 - The Douglas and Delaine Mast Family
2004 - The Jon and Shari Vegosen Family
2005 - The George and Jeanne Austin Family
2006 - The Roy and Colleen Barth Family
2007 - The Don and Becky Cleveland Family
2008 - The Larry and Susan Kline Family
2009 - The Joe and Cindy Walz Family
2010 - The Illges Family
2011 - The Huether Family
2012 - The Osborn Family
2013 - The Stingley Family
2015 - The Powith Family
2016 - The Griffin Family
2017 - The Norman Family
2018 - The Tom and Ellen Fridinger Family
* 2014 not awarded due to a change in timeline
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