NJTL Chapter of the Year
PRESENTED AT
The USTA Semiannual Meeting and Conference
ELIGIBILITY
All NJTL chapters submitting applications for the NJTL Chapter of the Year Award must have:
- Been a NJTL chapter for a minimum of three consecutive years prior to applying
- A current NJTL registration status
- A current USTA organization membership
- Not won the National level award within the past five years (since 2012)
CRITERIA
The NJTL Chapter of the Year criteria include: quality of on-court program, quality of management structure, involvement with other community organizations such as Schools, Parks, YMCA, YWCA, Boys & Girls Clubs, PALs, Boy/Girl Scouts, etc., support of the local business community and demonstration of financial sustainability.
SELECTION PROCESS
The pool of nominations comes from NJTL Chapter leaders, USTA Volunteers, USTA Section staff and National staff. The nominator must submit a narrative to the Selection Committee outlining how the organization exemplifies the spirit of the award, including scope, depth, and impact of on-court and off-court programs: number of instructors, sites, number of youth participants, dosage of programming (# hours/week and # weeks/year). Whenever possible, documentation to help the committee demonstrate the organizations impact will be considered, including articles, brochures, letters of support or other informative documentation.
TIMETABLE
Follows the Fall Awards Timetable - see Awards homepage for the standard timelines
CONTACT
HISTORY
Formerly known as the USTA National Junior Tennis League Chapter of the Year Award and the USA Tennis NJTL Chapter of the Year Award.
YEARBOOK DESCRIPTION
The National Junior Tennis and Learning (NJTL) is a network of over 350 community based organizations serving tennis and education to over 225,000 youth participants. The United States Tennis Association (USTA) continues its tradition of honoring outstanding chapter work in tennis and youth development by presenting the annual NJTL Chapter of the Year Award to chapters that demonstrate extraordinary community leadership and excellence in youth tennis and education programming. Each year the award criteria alternates to highlight chapters between two budget ranges. For 2018, chapters with a budget below $250,000 were eligible for nomination.
YEAR RECIPIENT
1978 Indianapolis
1979 Philadelphia
1980 Cleveland
1981 New Hampshire Seacoast
1982 Birmingham
1983 San Francisco
1984 Fargo
1985 Denver
1986 Chicago
1987 West Palm Beach
1988 St. Cloud
1989 Iowa City
1990 Salt Lake City
1991 Brookhaven
1992 El Paso
1993 Atlanta
1994 St. Louis
1995 Trenton
1996 Raleigh
1997 Bristol
1998 NJTL of San Francisco/Oakland
1999 NJTL of New Castle County
2000 USA Tennis NJTL Charleston
2001 Richmond Youth Tennis Center
2002 Tenacity, Inc.
2003 Washington Tennis & Education Foundation
2004 Dallas Tennis Association
2005
Arthur Ashe Youth Tennis & Education
MaliVai Washington Kids Foundation
Milwaukee Tennis & Education Foundation
Dallas Tennis Association
NJTL of Cedar Isle Estates in Apple Valley, MN
2006
Washington Tennis & Education Foundation
Greater Miami Tennis Foundation
Capitol Region Youth Tennis Foundation/15-LOVE
Net Results Junior Tennis
Vamos! NJTL of Albuquerque
2007
Rising Stars of Kentucky
NJTL of Trenton
Dallas Tennis Association
2008
City of Mobile New Lyons Park NJTL
NJTL of Indianapolis
MalaVai Washington Kids Foundation
2009
City of Reading, Pa. Recreation Department
MACH Academy, Inc.
An Achievable Dream
2010
R.A.L.L.Y: Racquet and Literacy League for Youth
New York Junior Tennis League
Saint Paul Urban Tennis
2011
Central Texas Tennis Association
Fred Wells Tennis & Education Center
Lobs & Lessons
2012-13
A's & Aces
Prince George's Tennis & Education Foundation
Olivencia Tennis
2013-14
Tennis Success
2015
Legacy Youth Tennis & Education
2016
Gainesville Area Community Tennis Association, Inc.
2017
East Palo Alto Tennis & Tutoring (EPATT)
2018
2019
Danbury Grassroots Academy
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