ITA/Arthur Ashe, Jr. Leadership & Sportsmanship Award winners and
the ITA All-Star Team were honored during a special awards luncheon
Hosted by the USTA during Arthur Ashe Kids' Day
Photo Gallery of Event
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College Tennis Finest Honored at ITA Awards Luncheon at FLUSHING MEADOWS, N.Y. – The Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) recognized recipients of the 2012 Arthur Ashe Jr. National Leadership and Sportsmanship Awards along with the 2012 ITA Collegiate All-Star Team at the ITA Awards Luncheon hosted by the United States Tennis Association (USTA). The presentation took place in the President’s Suite Dining Room as part of Arthur Ashe Kids' Day activities (Aug. 25) at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Flushing Meadows, N.Y. Jon Vegosen, Chairman of the Board and President of the USTA, David A Benjamin, ITA Executive Director, and David Dinkins, former Mayor of New York City and a member of the USTA Board of Directors, were on hand to present the awards. Those in attendance were Ashe recipients Simon Bardell, Gienna Gonnella, Caroline Newman, Tyler McCullough, Kara Murphy, Will Petrie, Cze-Ja Tam, David Spennare and Ryan Thacher along with All-Star Team members Beatrice Capra, Kerrie Cartwright, Kaitlyn Christian, Gabrielle Clark, Annie Hwang, Eric Quigley, Menford Owusu, Dillon Pottish, Georgi Rumenov and Sabrina Santamaria. The ITA/Arthur Ashe Jr. Award for Leadership and Sportsmanship Award takes into account a player’s tennis accomplishments, scholastic achievements and extracurricular endeavors. Just as Arthur Ashe was a great player and humanitarian, this award (which dates to 1984) recognizes players who excelled on and off the court during their college careers. Sportsmanship, leadership and character are also important criteria. The 29th ITA Collegiate All-Star Team includes the nation's top-ranked men's and women's players from the year-end Campbell/ITA College Tennis Rankings at the NCAA Divisions I, II and III, NAIA and NJCAA levels, as well as winners of the 2011 USTA/ITA National Indoor Intercollegiate Championships and 2012 NCAA Division I Championships.
Each year, the ITA/Arthur Ashe Jr. National Leadership and Sportsmanship Award is given to one outstanding male player and one outstanding female player from each division of college tennis. Recipients have exhibited excellent sportsmanship and leadership as well as scholastic, extracurricular and tennis achievements.
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Past ITA All-Star Teams |
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2003 All-Star Team |
2004 All-Star Team |
2005 All-Star Team |
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2006 All-Star Team |
2007 All-Star Team |
2008 All-Star Team |
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2009 All-Star Team |
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