President's Message

MATT DAVIS

Hello USPTA Midwest Members,

It’s hard to believe Winter is coming to an end here in the Midwest in the next few weeks. Although, we have had snow in April before let’s cross our fingers the snow stays away. Spring weather means outside Tennis and Pickleball begin to get going again. The flowers start to bud, and racquets players start flocking to the courts.

Our USPTA Midwest Education started the year off with a bang. Last month, in Indianapolis we worked with the Indiana High School Tennis Coaches Association, Indiana President Tim Cleland, USPTA, and the Indianapolis Racquet Club to put on an excellent Midwest Winter Forum. There were over 200 coaches and pros in attendance for the event with two days of education and Tom Gullickson as our featured speaker. One of the highlights was the USPTA Midwest Division putting on a Pickleball social for coaches and pros. We also were able to certify 6 new USPTA Pickleball Pro’s with our tester Scott Ficks leading the way Thanks, to all of you who attended in Indiana and thanks to the Indianapolis Racquet Club for hosting us.

Speaking of Pickleball our tester Scott Ficks just completed another certification March 4th in Cleveland at the Cleveland Racquet Club, with 9 more pros’ getting certified during the weekend.

Looking ahead, in the not so distant future is our Summer Symposium! As most of you already know we will be going to downtown Cleveland this Summer, August 24th & 25th in conjunction with the Tennis in the Land tournament which is growing every year. Some of the highlights planned will be a TE3 workshop, Pickleball Certification, Hall of Fame Awards Luncheon and Speaker Presentations. We are putting the speaker list together now and will have more details soon on the Summer Symposium. I hope you will be able to attend the Summer Symposium in Cleveland, Ohio.

Please enjoy reading our Spring Newsletter and reach out to us if you are interested in contributing to the Newsletter by writing an article on something that interests you and would benefit the membership. I hope everyone has a wonderful Spring on the courts with your students.

Finally, help us recognize your fellow USPTA professionals for their accomplishments for 2022. Complete this Midwest nomination form by April 15th and give them the credit they deserve. There is no greater honor than being recognized by your peers.

Matt Davis

USPTA Midwest President

2022/2023 Midwest Officers

President

Matt Davis • 224-247-2483 tenace4@gmail com

Regional Vice President John Frausto • 920-860-0751 johnfrausto@gmail.com

Second Vice President Cathy Thomas • 513-218-0782 cthomas6@cinci rr com

Third Vice President Matt Boughton • 715-559-3168 mboughton@ymca-cv.org

Treasurer-Secretary Chip Fazio • 313-670-3277 chipfazio@gmail com

Past President Mike Graff • 248-866-0508 mike@baselinetennis net

Executive Director Greg Aten- 330-283-5837 greg.aten@uspta.org

State Presidents

Ohio

Todd Wojtkowski • 216-905-7463 todd wojtkowski@gmail com

Wisconsin

Dan Oliver • 920-227-7005 danonhgb@aol.com

Illinois

Andrew Coon • 314-814-7959 Andrew coonstl@gmail com

Michigan

Kyle Warner • 269-207-9236 kywar8@gmail.com

Indiana TBD • USPTA World Headquarters 407-634-3050 uspta@uspta org