NEW YORK, NY (Dec. 15, 2022) — Michael McNulty of New Orleans, the president and chairman of the board for the U.S. Tennis Affiliation (USTA), has been named “Particular person of the 12 months” for 2022 by Racquet Sports activities Business journal within the publication’s January 2023 issue. McNulty led off the journal’s twenty second annual “Champions of Tennis Awards,” which honor individuals, companies and organizations devoted to enhancing the game and enterprise of tennis.
McNulty’s lengthy historical past of volunteering within the sport of tennis and with the USTA started within the early Nineteen Eighties in Lake Charles, La., the place he helped to prepare the Lake Space Neighborhood Tennis Affiliation. He rose by means of USTA associations in Louisiana and the USTA Southern Part, and on the finish of 2022, he’ll end up a two-year time period as chairman and president of the USTA Board of Administrators, a volunteer place.
A key for this trade award is McNulty’s help for grassroots tennis, tennis suppliers and the tennis trade general. He was an essential voice within the new Tennis Business United (TIU), which was shaped in early 2020 to convey collectively the trade to climate the Covid pandemic.
“Due to Mike’s efforts and in working with the opposite entities on this sport, the TIU helped the trade cope with the various challenges posed by the pandemic and emerge stronger,” says Racquet Sports activities Business Editor Peter Francesconi. “Now, once more with Mike’s help and his understanding of grassroots tennis, the TIU will proceed on because the collaborative group in tennis to assist develop the sport.”
Along with its Particular person of the 12 months award, Racquet Sports activities Business additionally named winners in 26 different classes for its 2022 Champions of Tennis Awards (see the January 2023 Racquet Sports Industry digital version at www.tennisindustrymag.com for extra on these winners):
- Particular person of the 12 months: Michael McNulty, New Orleans, La.
- Tennis Business Service Award: Jeff Williams, Fort Lauderdale, Fla.
- Professional/Specialty Retailer of the 12 months: Recreation-Set-Match, Colorado
- Business Facility of the 12 months: Steamboat Tennis & Pickleball, Steamboat Springs, Colo.
- Municipal Tennis Facility of the 12 months: Barnes Tennis Middle, San Diego, Calif.
- Builder/Contractor of the 12 months: Troy Rudolph/Elite Sports activities Builders, Phoenix, Ariz.
- Business Govt of the 12 months: David Dwelle, Marietta, Ga.
- Tennis Advocate of the 12 months: Jodie Adams, Billings, Mont.
- Neighborhood Tennis Affiliation of the 12 months: CORTA, Columbus, Ga.
- Grassroots Tennis Champion of the 12 months: Laura Canfield, Langhorne, Pa.
- Nationwide Junior Tennis & Studying Chapter of the 12 months: MaliVai Washington Youth Basis, Jacksonville, Fla.
- Wheelchair Tennis Champion of the 12 months: Nick Taylor, Wichita, Kan.
- Junior Tennis Champion of the 12 months: Robert Sasseville, Fairburn, Ga.
- Racquet Technician of the 12 months: Albert Murata, Honolulu, Hawaii
- Park & Recreation Company of the 12 months: Metropolis of Los Angeles
- Excessive Faculty Coach of the 12 months: Delaine Mast, Lancaster, Pa.
- Youth Tennis Supplier of the 12 months: Grassroots Tennis and Training, Norwalk, Conn.
- Adaptive Tennis Champion of the 12 months: Joyce Dreslin, Arlington, Texas
- Grownup Tennis Supplier of the 12 months: Melissa McCorkle, Tulsa, Okla.
- Revolutionary Tennis Occasion of the 12 months: 2022 US Open Wheelchair Championships, New York, N.Y.
- Faculty Facility of the 12 months: Whitney Younger Excessive Faculty, Chicago, Unwell.
- Revolutionary Initiative of the 12 months: Women Rule the Court docket, USTA Mid-Atlantic
- Faculty Facility of the 12 months: College of Nebraska-Kearney
- On-line Retailer of the 12 months: Tennis-Level, Cincinnati, Ohio
- PTR Member of the 12 months: Nigel Pugh, San Ramon, Calif.
- USPTA Member of the 12 months: Carrie Zarraonandia, San Rafael, Calif.
- USTA Part of the 12 months: USTA Intermountain
Racquet Sports activities Business (previously Tennis Business), the most important racquet sports activities commerce journal on this planet, has been protecting the tennis enterprise and the game for 51 years. It’s printed 10 occasions a yr by Tennis Channel Inc. Obtainable in each print and digital editions, RSI is the official publication of the Tennis Business Affiliation, U.S. Racquet Stringers Affiliation and American Sports activities Builders Affiliation. Go to www.tennisindustrymag.com.
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