Heart of America

USTA Heart of America Hall of Fame



The USTA Missouri Valley Hall of Fame was founded in 1986. In 1999, USTA Heart of America started a district Hall of Fame. The USTA Heart of America Hall of Fame is used as a springboard to nominate selections for the USTA Missouri Valley Hall of Fame. 

 

Hall of Fame nominations are open until June 30, 2024. 

Nomination Guidelines

Nomination Form

 

An annual induction ceremony is held at the USTA Heart of America Annual Meeting in November of each year.

 

Approved by the Kansas City Parks & Recreation Department, a perpetual plaque is permanently displayed at the Plaza Tennis Center, a public facility. This traveling plaque can also be displayed at the home club of the inductees from that selection year for an amount of time as determined by the committee.

Inductees:

 

2023:

Pam Richmond

 

2022:

Sid Kanter

Cheryl Lady

Dan Wellington

 

2021:

Sam Fotopoulos

 

2020:

Karen Bunag

Susan True

 

2019:

Jennifer Hopkins Dent

Ben Ford

Kathy Loepp

 

2018:

Henry Graf

Mary Greef Harris

 

2017:

Pam Sloan

 

2015:

Bob Boulware
George Morton
Kilmeny Waterman-Connor

 

2013:
Scott Hanover
Ken Veney

 

2012:

Sue Krizman

John Shaw

 

2011:

Bob Bates

 

2010:

Helen Elliott

Glen Moser

Jennifer Waterman

 

2009:

Wilbur Jones

Jim Pfeffer

Pat Wiedenmann

 

2008:

Francis Lemery

Joseph McGuire

Mark Rosewell

 

2007:

Jim Mathis

Paul Smith

 

2006:

Patricia Graham

 

2005:

Billie Owen

 

2004:

John Bregin

 

2002:

Jacque Croft

Eva & Mary Etta Fine

Terry Miller

 

2001:

Bill Guilfoil

Gene Land & Marian Petersen

 

2000:

Wilbur "Junior" Coen

 

1999:

Ed Doane

Marvin Richmond

Lucile Davidson

Len & Nora Prosser

Keedy Campbell

Hal Surface

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