10.17.24
YTA a Big Winner in USTA NorCal Awards!
YTA Named Chapter of the Year by USTA NorCal for 2024!
We are thrilled to share this news!
USTA NorCal Diversity & Inclusion ACES Awards go to Three YTA Staff!
USTA Northern California takes pride in recognizing individuals contributing to tennis through the ACES (Awards Celebrating Excellence in Service), celebrating players, program participants, volunteers and organizations for their dedicated service to tennis. In 2023, three YTA staff won an ACES award in the Diversity & Inclusion category. (We were just informed of this exciting news! NorCal had delayed extending the awards for '23 until this year.) Congratulations to Terry Stewart, Wing-Yan So, and Shahand Esmaeili!
DIVERSITY & INCLUSION
Awarded to those driven to create an organization and tennis community that is more inclusive. We pay tribute to those who have championed the cause for diversity and inclusion both on and off the tennis court.
Mark Manning Icon Award –Terry Stewart
For outstanding leadership and contribution at the national, sectional and local levels of the USTA for advocating, representing and contributing to Diversity & Inclusion issues and strategies.
Terry Stewart with two YTA Leadership Team students, Bushrod Park, Oakland
Service Award –Wing-Yan So
Recognition of individual, program or organization for lifelong service and/or groundbreaking service and for having made a significant impact on the lives of others in an organization/ program, individual and in the multicultural, LGBT and people with disabilities tennis communities.
Wing-Yan So, third from left, with Team YTA at the 2023 Impact Team Tennis Junior Nationals, Orlando, FL.
Leadership Award –Shahand Esmaeili
Recognition of individual, program or organization for a proven significant and outstanding leadership in the coaching, mentoring and/or volunteerism in the multicultural, LGBT and people with disabilities tennis communities.
Shahand Esmaili with two YTA Juniors at a tournament at Goldman Tennis Center, San Francisco