PURCHASE, N.Y., August 14, 2023 – The USTA Basis, the charitable arm of the US Tennis Affiliation Included (USTA), introduced that it has granted 49 highschool college students quite a lot of school scholarships totaling $995,000.
Annually, the USTA Basis awards scholarships to deserving youth who’ve participated in organized youth tennis packages such because the USTA Basis’s Nationwide Junior Tennis and Studying (NJTL) community, have demonstrated excessive tutorial achievement and require monetary help for school matriculation.
“These 49 deserving student-athletes embody the core values of the USTA Basis,” stated Kathleen Wu, USTA Basis Board President. “We sit up for cheering them on throughout their school profession and wherever life takes them.”
Beneath is an inventory of this yr’s scholarships and awardees:
Marian Wooden Baird Scholarship Award (pupil receives a $15,000 award) Awarded to 1 highschool senior who has excelled academically, demonstrated achievements in management and took part extensively in an organized neighborhood tennis program, the Marian Wooden Baird Scholarship was created by the Baird household and named in honor of the late Marian Wooden Baird, who had been acknowledged by the USTA for greater than 40 years of volunteer service. The 2023 recipient is Jayna Dunwoody (XS Tennis Basis).
Dwight F. Davis Memorial Scholarship (college students every obtain a $20,000 award) The Dwight F. Davis Memorial Scholarship is granted to 2 highschool seniors who’ve carried out with distinction and have actively participated in extracurricular actions, neighborhood service and an organized tennis program. The award is called for Dwight Filley Davis, who started taking part in tennis on the age of 15 in 1894. In 1900, the yr he graduated from school, Davis bought a commemorative silver bowl as a prize for a global garden tennis competitors, marking the start of the Davis Cup. Davis grew to become president of the U.S. Garden Tennis Affiliation in 1923. His grandson, Dwight F. Davis III, created the scholarship to honor his grandfather’s achievements and contributions to tennis. The 2023 recipients are Gabrielle Henderson (MACH Academy) and Mohamed Shahabuddeen (15-Love/Capital Area).
Dwight Mosley Scholarship Award (college students every obtain a $20,000 award) This scholarship was named in reminiscence of Dwight A. Mosley, the primary African American elected to the USTA Board of Administrators. The Dwight Mosley Scholarship is accessible to highschool seniors of ethnically numerous heritage who’ve excelled academically and took part extensively in an organized neighborhood tennis program. Candidates should show sportsmanship on and off the courtroom. The 2023 recipients are Yasmin Fisher (James Lewis Tennis & Training) and Flex Howard (South Atlanta CTA).
Rosalind P. Walter Scholarship Award (college students every obtain a $20,000 award) This scholarship is called in honor of the late Rosalind Palmer Walter, who was accountable for funding the primary USTA Basis scholarship in 1994, effectively earlier than a complete program was put in place. Mrs. Walter’s dedication to tennis and schooling didn’t cease along with her service to the USTA Basis Board. She served on the boards of the Worldwide Tennis Corridor of Fame and Lengthy Island College, and was a trustee of WNET Channel 13 and the Paley Middle for Media. Throughout World Conflict II, Mrs. Walter was a riveter, the place she labored the evening shift on a Corsair, constructing the F4U marine gull-winged fighter airplane and is the inspiration for the 1942 music “Rosie the Riveter.” She took super delight in understanding that the laborious work, dedication and precision she put into her job helped save lives. The 2023 recipients are Angelei Kennedy (South Atlanta CTA) and Kaleem Muhammad (Washington Tennis & Training Basis/Junior Tennis Champions Middle).
Eve Kraft Training & Faculty Scholarship (college students every obtain a $20,000 award) The Eve Kraft Training & Faculty Scholarship is bestowed upon two highschool seniors who’ve excelled academically, meaningfully served their communities, performed tennis in an organized program and reside in an economically-disadvantaged neighborhood. This scholarship is called in reminiscence of Eve Kraft of Princeton, N.J., a tennis pioneer who launched hundreds of younger folks to tennis, significantly in deprived areas. The 2023 recipients are Yunuen Padilla (Marty Hennessy) and Carter Watson (Tennis Rocks).
FILA’s Jonathan G. Epstein Spirit of Tennis Scholarship and Martin Mulligan Sr. Spirit of Tennis Scholarship (college students every obtain a $15,000 award) The Spirit of Tennis Scholarships introduced by FILA present entry and alternative to college students by the USTA Basis’s NJTL community and had been named in honor of two people who helped FILA set up its roots in tennis: former President of FILA North America Jonathan G. Epstein, and longtime World Tennis Advertising Government Martin Mulligan Sr. The Spirit of Tennis Scholarships are awarded on an annual foundation to 2 highschool seniors who’ve excessive tutorial achievements and show good character, neighborhood management and sportsmanship. Every scholarship recipient receives $15,000 over the course of 4 years to cowl prices of tuition, school-based bills, and academic supplies. The 2023 recipients are Anthony Nguyen (Tenacity, Inc.) for the Jonathan G. Epstein Spirit of Tennis Scholarship and Imani Jean (Junior Tennis Champions Middle) for the Martin Mulligan Sr. Spirit of Tennis Scholarship.
Novo Nordisk Donnelly Scholarship (college students every obtain both a $10,000 award or a $5,000 award) This scholarship is called in honor of Tracey Donnelly Maltby and Diane Donnelly Stone, who together with their father, Bud Donnelly, all performed Division I collegiate tennis whereas affected by the challenges of Kind 1 diabetes. These scholarships are awarded to college students who answered an essay query and who’re getting into a four-year school or college program, meant to assist the scholar’s value of tuition, instructional supplies, and different associated bills on the school or college the scholar selects. Every nationwide scholarship recipient will obtain $10,000, and every regional scholarship recipient will obtain $5,000, paid on to the faculty or college by which the scholar is enrolled.
The 2023 nationwide recipients are Chelsea B. (Naples, Fla.) and Deuce D. (San Antonio, Texas). Chelsea and Deuce will each meet & greet with tennis legend Billie Jean King on the 2023 US Open.
The 2023 regional recipients are: Anna B. (Enfield, Conn.), Shelby F. (Kalamazoo, Mich.), John “Jack” G. (Martin, Ga.), Spencer Okay. (Yukon, Okla.), Ella Okay. (Forty Fort, Pa.), Isabella L. (Batavia, In poor health.), Gabriela M. (Miami), Ellizabeth M. (Syracuse, Utah), Kaylin S. (Toccoa, Ga.) and Lauren W. (Abingdon, Va.).
Nora McNeely Hurley Management Award (college students obtain both a $20,000 award or a $40,000 award) The Nora McNeely Hurley Management Award is bestowed upon highschool seniors who’ve demonstrated distinctive management and tennis expertise. The 2023 recipients are:
Donald Lawson Tisdel Scholarship
(college students every obtain both a $20,000 award or a $40,000 award)
The USTA Basis yearly awards the faculty schooling scholarship to highschool seniors who’ve excelled academically, demonstrated neighborhood service and took part in an organized tennis program. In 2017, the USTA Basis named its largest school scholarship fund the Donald Lawson Tisdel Faculty Scholarship Fund. Tisdel was a passionate proponent for the game and a staunch believer within the energy of tennis and schooling to the touch and improve lives. These scholarships are awarded yearly to highschool seniors who’ve excelled academically, demonstrated neighborhood service and took part in an organized tennis program similar to Nationwide Junior Tennis and Studying. This yr’s Donald Lawson Tisdel Scholarship recipients are:
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