Congratulations to all of the 2011 Senior, Open, and Family Player of the Year Recipients and the Pete Sharkey Award Recipient who were honored at the USTA NorCal Senior, Open and Family Awards Banquet held on Saturday, February 4, 2012 at the San Mateo Elks Club.
Austin Sellary received the Peter Sharkey Award in 2011. The Sharky award is presented annually to a male player, 55 years or older who qualifies by winning his first USTA Northern California singles tournament. Austin won the Men's 85 Singles title at the Foothills Mid Peninsula Senior Tennis Championships held at the Foothills Tennis and Swim Club in Palo Alto in August.
The Senior, Open, and Family Player of the Year is someone who is in good sportsmanship standing with USTA NorCal, has performed at a consistently high level throughout the season, and demonstrated tremendous dedication to Senior, Open, and Family tournament play. When the season ended on October 9th for Family divisions and on October 23 for Senior and Open Divisions, the Player of the Year amassed the most ranking points in his or her respective level.
USTA NorCal Senior, Open and Family Awards Banquet had great music, great food, and dancing. A good time was had by all. Thank you to Zales Racquet & Sports Shop, Swetka Tennis Shop, Tennis Station, Alpine Hills Tennis & Swim Club, Peninsula Tennis Club, Foothill Tennis Club, Seascape Tennis Club, Meadowbrook Tennis Club, Chico Racquet Club, Marin Senior Championships, and Whitlinger-Sarsfield - Stanford Clinic for your generous donations.
| Senior Player of the Year Recipeints |
| Men’s 30 Singles |
Women’s 30 Singles |
| Hunter Gallaway |
Romana Tedjaksuma |
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| Men’s 30 Doubles |
Women’s 30 Doubles |
| Sherif Zaher and Kevin Vierra |
Isabella Kling and Kelly Pace |
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| Men’s 35 Singles |
Women’s 35 Singles |
| Jake Bragonier |
Kelly Pace |
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| Men’s 35 Doubles |
Women’s 35 Doubles |
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Russ Garber and Andrew Ngo
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Leslie Rose and Alisa Yee |
| David Silesh and Pramote Phejtrakul |
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| Men’s 40 Singles |
Women’s 40 Singles |
| Brian Thomas |
Mai Ichikawa-Abel |
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| Men’s 40 Doubles |
Women’s 40 Doubles |
| Brian Cory and Brian Thomas |
Nicole Samuel and Christine Costamagna |
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| Men’s 45 Singles |
Women’s 45 Singles |
| Tom Cook |
Annie Yates |
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| Men’s 45 Doubles |
Women’s 45 Doubles |
| Byron Nepomuceno and Kevin Howard |
Tracy Houk and Judy Newman-Rakela |
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| Men’s 50 Singles |
Women’s 50 Singles |
| Albernette Scott |
Nancy Garcia |
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| Men’s 50 Doubles |
Women’s 50 Doubles |
| Byron Nepomuceno and Kevin Howard |
Anne Kerin-Payne and Mary Johnson |
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| Men’s 55 Singles |
Women’s 55 Singles |
| Dennis McClenahan |
Barbara Westergren |
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| Men’s 55 Doubles |
Women’s 55 Doubles |
| Tom Groat and Tom Issac |
Debbie Croft and Gail Murayama |
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| Men’s 60 Singles |
Women’s 60 Singles |
| Chris Iwata |
Sara Orban |
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| Men’s 60 Doubles |
Women’s 60 Doubles |
| Clinton Lukeroth and Ronald Wihlidal |
Marcia Hamburg and Leslie Zauher |
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Janet Balbutin and Leslie Zauher |
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| Men’s 65 Singles |
Women’s 65 Singles |
| Gary Pybas |
Mary Alice Pisani |
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| Men’s 65 Doubles |
Women’s 65 Doubles |
| Ken Robinson and Chuck White |
May Woon and Marianne Siegmund |
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| Men’s 70 Singles |
Women’s 70 Singles |
| Aman Kermaninejad |
Roberta Sung |
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| Men’s 70 Doubles |
Women’s 70 Doubles |
| Ralph Edfelt and Clifford Barrett |
Sally Mcelravey and Susan Bittner |
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| Men’s 75 Singles |
Women’s 75 Singles
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| Colin Armitage |
Dori Devries |
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| Men’s 75 Doubles |
Women's 75 Doubles |
| Everett Riggle and Martin Silverman |
Jeanne Bartlett and Elizabeth Cookson |
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| Men’s 80 Singles |
Mixed 45 Doubles |
| Martin Silverman |
Bill Johnston and Robin Johnston |
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| Men’s 80 Doubles |
Mixed 55 Doubles |
| Stanley Banta and Wayne Hippenstiel |
Cynthia Shannon and Don Scettrini |
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| Men’s 85 Singles |
Mixed 60 Doubles |
| Jorgen Hildebrandt |
Thomas Merrick and Yvonne Merrick |
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Mary Kay Beavers and James Walker |
| Men’s 85 Doubles |
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| Jack Hafner and Robert Johnson |
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| Open Player of the Year Recipients |
| Men’s Open Singles |
Women’s Open Singles |
| Brad Weston |
Sarah Hu |
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| Men’s Open Doubles |
Women’s Open Doubles |
| Philip Graham and William O'Shea |
Karina Jarlkaganova and Katsiaryna Zheltova |
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| Mixed Open Doubles |
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| Marisue Jacutin-Mariona and Pablo Schurig |
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| Family Player of the Year Recipients |
| Father/Daughter Open Doubles |
Father/Son Open Doubles |
| Rick Kepler and Haley Kepler |
Sidney Newcomb and Shepherd Newcomb |
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Michael Fischer and Michael Fischer Jr. |
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| Mother/Son Open Doubles |
Mother/Daughter Open Doubles |
| Alice Cory and Randy Cory |
Nancy Chung Hooper and Sophia Hooper |
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| Husband/Wife Open Doubles |
Grandfather/Grandson Open Doubles |
| Daniel Brandt and Yuki Brandt |
Paul Kepler and Devan Kepler |