Middle Tennessee Tennis Complex Receives 2024 USTA Outstanding Facility Award

ORLANDO, Florida – August 28, 2024 – The USTA today announced that the Middle Tennessee State Tennis Complex in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, is one of 41 winners of the USTA’s annual Outstanding Facility Awards program, which recognizes outstanding achievements in the construction and/or renovation of tennis facilities across the country.

The MTSU Tennis Complex is a state-of-the-art facility that serves as the campus home of Middle Tennessee’s men’s and women’s tennis programs and features new locker rooms, spectator areas for 250 Blue Raiders fans, eight state-grade tennis courts and new coaches’ offices, among many other amenities.

“Outstanding tennis facilities like the Middle Tennessee State Tennis Complex help us grow the game at the grassroots level, and we are proud to recognize them for their ongoing impact on the sport of tennis,” said Theodore Loehrke, Managing Director, Section Partnerships, USTA. “The great work of the Middle Tennessee Tennis Complex continues to support our shared mission to grow the sport of tennis to inspire healthier people and communities everywhere.”

Facilities were judged on the following criteria: overall layout and adaptation to the site, excellent quality of court surface and lighting, ease of maintenance, accommodations for players, spectators and press/officials, aesthetics, graphic design (including use of signage and landscaping), amenities such as spectator seating, food services and common areas, and the facilities’ participation in grassroots tennis programs.

“This is a great, nationally recognized award and it is great to accept it on behalf of the university,” said the head coach of men’s tennis Jimmy Borendame he said after receiving this year’s award. “We have a huge team and invested thousands of hours. It is a great honor for me to be involved in this project from start to finish.”

“We are honored and grateful to receive a USTA Outstanding Facility Award this year,” said the head coach of the women’s tennis team Tayo Bailey-Duvall said. “We have put in a lot of hard work to make our facility first class and one of the best in the region. We look forward to hosting community and local events in addition to our men’s and women’s games.”

Nominated facilities were voted on in the following categories: Public facilities that are either small tennis centers with 2-11 courts or large tennis centers with 12 or more courts; private facilities that offer both USTA and public programs designed to promote the sport of tennis (small: 2-11 courts; large: 12 or more courts); and educational facilities such as colleges, universities, public and private elementary schools, middle schools or high schools. All 2024 honorees will receive a wall plaque and an all-weather sign that can be placed at the facility.

The winners of the 2024 USTA Outstanding Facility Award are:

Public courts: Small tennis centers (2 to 11 courts)

Academia Puertorriqueña de Tenis (San Juan, PR)

Casper Tennis Complex (Casper, Wyoming)

Tennis courts at Center Recreation Complex Gallagher (Lexington, Mass.)

Littleton Golf and Tennis (Littleton, Colorado)

Schaumburg Tennis Plus (Schaumburg, Illinois)

Telluride Racquet Club (Telluride, Colorado)

Waveland Triangle Clay Tennis Courts (Minneapolis)

Public courts: Large tennis centers (12 or more courts)

Arthur L. Allen Tennis Center (Naples, Florida)

Cary Leeds Center for Tennis and Learning (Bronx, NY)

Darling Tennis Center (Las Vegas)

Denton Tennis and Pickleball Center (Denton, Texas)

Frank Veltri Tennis Center (Plantation, Florida)

HEB Tennis Center Harlingen (Harlingen, Texas)

Leftwich Tennis Center (Memphis, Tennessee)

O’Connor Tennis Center (Montgomery, Alabama)

Pelham Racquet Club (Pelham, Alabama)

Pompano Beach Tennis Center (Pompano Beach, Florida)

Sioux Park Tennis Facility (Rapid City, SD)

Washington Tennis & Education Foundation East Campus (Washington, DC)

*Chosen by the USTA as Facility of the Year

Small private facilities (2-11 pitches)

Alpine Hills Tennis & Swimming Club (Portola Valley, California)

CourtSense at Bogota Racquet Club (Bogota, NJ)

Dedham Health and Sports Complex (Dedham, Massachusetts)

Forest Highlands Golf Club (Flagstaff, Arizona)

Lifetime Frisco (Frisco, Texas)

North Carolina State University Club (Raleigh, NC)

Pearson Automotive Tennis Club (Zionsville, Indiana)

Sea Pines Country Club (Hilton Head Island, SC)

Tennis Addiction Sports Club (Exton, Pennsylvania)

Large private facilities (12 or more places)

Austin Tennis Academy (Austin, Texas)

Canebrake Country Club (Hattiesburg, Mississippi)

Genesis Health Clubs – Saw Mill Club (Mt. Kisco, NY)

Germantown Cricket Club (Philadelphia)

New Orleans Lawn Tennis Club (New Orleans)

Omni Amelia Island Resort (Fernandina Beach, Florida)

Educational institutions

Barbara S. Wynne Tennis Center (Indianapolis)

Grand Haven High School (Grand Haven, Michigan)

IMG Academy (Bradenton, Florida)

Lichtenberg Tennis Center (West Point, NY)

Mark Reilly Tennis Center (Jeffersonville, Indiana)

Middle Tennessee State University Tennis Complex

PayCargo Tennis Center (Miami)

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