The Tennis Center at College Park (TCCP), home of the Junior Tennis Champions Center, announced today that it has been recognized by the United States Tennis Association (USTA) as a 2013 Facility Award Winner.
The USTA awarded TCCP as the winner of the Private Facility category. Facilities were judged on the overall layout and adaptation to site, excellence of court surface and lights, ease of maintenance, accommodations for players, spectators and press/officials, aesthetics, graphics (including the use of signs and landscaping), amenities including casual seating for spectators, food services and social areas, and facility participation in USTA programs. Additionally, TCCP was praised for the implementation of USTA programs, including 10 and Under Tennis. The USTA will honor TCCP and other training facilities from around the county at the USTA semi-annual meeting in New York City on September 1, 2013.
“Great tennis facilities like the Tennis Center at College Park help us grow the game at the grassroots level, and we are proud to recognize them for their ongoing commitment to the sport of tennis and growing the game,” said Kurt Kamperman, chief executive, Community Tennis, USTA. “The Tennis Center at College Park has embraced many of our tennis initiatives, especially 10 and Under Tennis, introducing thousands of new players to the sport each year.”
“We are thrilled to be honored by the USTA,” said Ray Benton, chief executive officer of the Tennis Center at College Park Home of the Junior Tennis Champions Center. “It is a testament to the world-class facility and training center that we have built here, and we are ecstatic to be recognized as one of the leading facilities in the U.S.”
All 2013 award winners will receive a wall plaque and an all-weather sign. In addition, a one-year complimentary membership to the USTA will be awarded to each winning facility. TCCP was one of 19 facilities honored in the 2013 USTA Facility Awards Program.
