Mueller Awards 

Participants in the Juniors Tournament, they were chosen for their fair play and courtesy on the court, striving spirit and graciousness in winning ... or losing.  

Aki Ota and Catherine Chou hard at work

Kylan Bennett, Sandell Bennett, Irfan Bhabhrawala, Sally Bowers, Elena Camara, Fred Chapman, Mike Chen, Cam Chicoine, KC Choi, Catherine Chou, Thomas Cocco, Heather Conway-Visser, Deb Crosby, Susan Cross, Sally DeLange, Christie Dickinson, Jim Douglass, Cynthia Ellis, Leigh Formicola, Gary DeGuzman, Vivien Gierach, Anne Giordani, Paul Gromer, Janette Haak, Kathleen Hadley, Julius Paulo Hernandez, Loida Jen Hernandez, Ann Hubbard, Steve Jensen, Michael Kappler, Nancy Kelley, Heidi Kerst, Anne-Marie Kim, Kevin Ko, Kathy Legatski, Jody Linn, George Lowe, Carol Luckenbach, Kavita Luthra, Middy Matthews, Leslie McGowan, Ralph McKee, Michael Merriweather, Karen Miller, Barbara Mueller, Christina Nedeltchev, James Nedeltchev, Monica Nedeltchev, Aki Ota, Helen Peters, Janet Popper, Tejas Rao, Janet Remen, Linda Reynolds, Jeff Rhodes, Scott Riedel, Susan Schultz, Lauren Segall, Vanda Shadigian, Barry St. Pierre, Lichee St. Pierre, Janya Somers, George Tam, Jeanne Tennis, Ruedee Vance, Kris Vilas, Arun Virender, Elizabeth Vlachak, Barbara Wasneski, Nancy White, Sue Wielenga, Tom Wielenga, Linda Woodland, Rosa Wu, Suzanne Yu, and the staff at Varsity Tennis Center. Thank you!

INTRODUCING THE 2012 TOURNAMENT COMMITTEE

Sandell Bennett, Irfan Bhabhrawala, Heather Conway-Visser, Susan Cross, Christie Dickinson, Jim Douglass, Leigh Formicola, Anne Giordani, Heidi Kerst, Anne-Marie Kim, Kathy Legatski, Jody Linn, George Lowe, Carol Luckenbach, Middy Matthews, Ralph McKee, Michael Merriweather (co-chair), Barbara Mueller, Helen Peters, Janet Remen, Jeff Rhodes, Susan Schultz (co-chair), Lauren Segall, Vanda Shadigian, Barry St. Pierre, Lichee St. Pierre, Barbara Wasneski (co-chair), and Linda Woodland. Thank you for all your hard work planning the Tournament!

THANK YOU ALSO TO OUR WONDERFUL TOURNAMENT DIRECTORS: 

Helen Giordani (Adults), Gary Deguzman (Site Director for Adult Singles), and Gordon Boettcher (Juniors)!

Congratulations to all of this year's winners, and thank you to everyone who played for supporting the tournament. Your names are forever in the archives of this great event. I'd also like to thank all of our wonderful sponsors, volunteers, and Ann Arbor Rec & Ed. Your continued support of the tournament makes it possible for AAACTA to carry out its mission of serving the tennis community throughout the year.

It takes the energy of many people to organize this event. We were fortunate to have Helen Giordani act as our Tournament Director again this year. I'd like to thank her for the tremendous job she did. The Tournament Committee that she oversaw was made up of a hard-working crew who met starting in February and continued through our wrap-up meeting in October. A complete list of this incredible group of people can be found in this newsletter. When you see any of them, I urge you to thank them for their hard work.

I hope you keep in touch through the winter with AAACTA activities by visiting our website and reading our e-newsletters, brought to you by our new Communications Director, Betsy Capelli. Betsy is replacing  Sandell Bennett, who has graciously been our communicator for many years, taking AAACTA's newsletter from mimeographed pages to 21st century technology. Thank you, Sandell, for all of your work, and welcome, Betsy!

We will start planning for the 2013 tournament in another month or so. Do you want to be a part of it? Stay tuned!

Sincerely,
Barbara Wasneski
President