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VegasTennis.com's Marty Hennessy Jr. tennis Foundation hosts and sponsors a tennis ball and awards banquet every year to bring the whole community together to celebrate a child's quest for excellence. This ball includes entertainment, a formal sit down dinner, awards, guest speakers and dancing. USTA-Nevada is also included with their Jr. Awards banquet teamed up the Indian Open jr tournament party to put together an end of year bash to celebrate the graduating tennis class, this years excellence award winners and special category awards for USTA-Nevada juniors. |
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Sponsored annually by the foundation the event is held at the home of advisory board members Winnie and Bob Schulman. We celebrate the parents, pros, programs and players that help our youth maximize their potential. Dr Jaldeep Daulat of Las Vegas Skin and Cancer Clinics and his brother Girish Daulat of Community Family Doctors once again were supporting sponsors as was Tennis Warehouse. Past guest speakers have included Commissioners Lawrence Weekly, Larry Brown, Glen Trowbridge and Film Director Alejandro Monteverde. "The parents, coaches and players work so hard their whole junior career and this party is a celebration of their dedication," said Saad Ashraaf USTA-Nevada Chair of the jr. competition Committee. "With over 250 people looking on, everyone dressed in coats and ties, it is an honor to get recognized in front of your peers like that." Being honored this year will be the USTA-Nevada senior class now going off to college, many of which received college scholarships to play tennis thanks to VegasTennis.com's Marty Hennessy Jr. tennis Foundation. Foundation graduates include Dillon Berkabile who will attend The Citadel in South Carolina on scholarship, Danica Ingwaldson, the University of Southern Utah on scholarship, Ashton Kalhorn, Patrick Kawka who got a scholarship to play for Brad Pierce at BYU, Anita Lee will play at University of Illinois on scholarship, Sarah Lucas for University of Seattle on scholarship, John C. Pauli for Hawaii Pacific University on scholarship, and Kristen Santero will attend USC and Nicole Santero UNLV. "There is no better feeling then seeing the foundations efforts result in a tennis scholarship," said Hilliary Heard the Executive Director. "I have the pleasure of seeing these children grow up and do amazing things. It does not end when they leave for college and I talk to past graduates like Ed Ureta and Trent Alenik almost weekly." |
This years special foundation awards winners are:
VegasTennis.com's Marty Hennessy Jr. Tennis Foundation Special honors: Dillon Berkabile Mike Agassi "No Quit" Award: Willie Sublette & Sarah Lucas Nate Schulman "Never Give Up" Award: |
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