Tennis Educational Merit Award
Tennis Educational Merit Award
The International Tennis Hall of Fame & Museum annually presents the Tennis Educational Merit Awards to citizens or residents of the United States. The Awards is presented to those who have made notable contributions in the tennis education field at the national level and have demonstrated leadership and creative skills in such areas as instruction, writing, organization and promotion of the game of tennis.
Nominations for the 2010 awards must be completed and mailed to the Tennis Hall of Fame no later than November 19, 2010. Click here to download the 2010 Nomination Form.
| Date | Men | Women |
|---|---|---|
| 1967 | Harry A. “Cap” Leighton | * |
| 1968 | William C. Lufler | * |
| 1969 | Dennis Van der Meer | * |
| 1970 | Harry James | * |
| 1971 | John Conroy | * |
| 1972 | Harry Fogleman | Eve F. Kraft |
| 1973 | Bill & Chet Murphy | Marion Wood Huey |
| 1974 | Victor Braden & Paul Xanthos | Margaret O. duPont |
| 1975 | Rolla Anderson & Clarence Maybry | Helen Lewis |
| 1976 | Robert Sassano | Pat Freebody |
| 1977 | * | Dr. Ann Pittman |
| 1978 | Jack Barnaby | Peggy Mann |
| 1979 | Ed Faulkner | Sarah Palfrey Danzig |
| 1980 | George Basco | Lois Blackburn |
| 1981 | Bill Tym | Dr. Marigold Edwards |
| 1982 | Dick Gould | Elaine Mason |
| 1983 | Tom Stow | Alice Tym |
| 1984 | Sean Sloane | Barbara Wynne |
| 1985 | Dr. Charles Wolbers | Mildred West |
| 1986 | Jim Leighton | Christine S. Beck |
| 1987 | Jim Reffkin | Emilie Burrer Foster |
| 1988 | Brad Parks | Pam Shriver |
| 1989 | * | * |
| 1990 | Arthur Ashe, Jr. | Jeanie Peabody |
| 1991 | Skip Hartman | Marceil Whitney |
| 1992 | Dr. Jack Groppel & Dr. Jim Loehr | * |
| 1993 | Doug MacCurdy | Zina Garrison Jackson |
| 1994 | Henry Talbert | Katherine Chabot Willette |
| 1995 | Peter Burwash | Kathy Woods |
| 1996 | Ronald B. Woods | Donna Floyd Fales |
| 1997 | Dr. Irving V. Glick | Helen Moser Petersen |
| 1998 | James R. O’Neill | Becky Desmond |
| 1999 | Nick Bollettieri | Dr. Ann Lebedeff |
| 2000 | David Benjamin & Dr. Howard Brody | Lisa Duncan |
| 2001 | Dr. Brian Hainline & Frank Brennan | Patricia Van der Meer |
| 2002 | Tim Heckler & Dr. E. Paul Roetert | * |
| 2003 | Kirk Anderson & Bob Greene | Pam Austin |
| 2004 | Dr. Allen Fox | Ann Valentine |
| 2005 | Daniel J. Santorum | Louise Gengler |
| 2006 | Dr. Marc R. Safran & Dr. David T. Porter | Barbara Fackel |
| 2007 | Dr. Todd S. Ellenbecker | Sharon Rosenburgh & Kathleen Stroia |
| 2008 | Rodney Harmon | * |
| 2009 | W. Ben Kibler and Steve Wilkinson | * |
* = Not Presented
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| 2009 recipient Steve Wilkinson (rear, center) along with previous Tennis Educational Merit Award recipients. |
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