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2025-26 Executive Committee President Beth Causey
Secretary Kate Foss
First Vice President Kimberly Y. Hughes Gill
Treasurer Terry Jackson
Vice President Deborah Fabrizius
Immediate Past President & Delegate Alex Lee
Vice President Mallory Weber
2026 District Presidents & Administrators Heart of America Tracey Johnson President
Missouri Sean Terry President
St. Louis Paul Petruska President
Rebecca Axelrod Administrator 913-660-5199 ustaheartofamerica@gmail.com
Leslie Echols Administrator 417-501-6234 ustamissouridirector@gmail.com
Megan Kovacs Administrator 314-591-2222 director@ustastl.com
Iowa Jack Wardell President
Nebraska Matt Lunning President
Mark Blume Administrator 319-400-8857 usta.iowa@gmail.com
Lisa Thomas Administrator 402-290-5931 lisathomasusta@icloud.com
Kansas Cary Morris President
Oklahoma Peter McCorkle President
Amy Mathew Administrator 660-553-0111 ustakansased@gmail.com
David Minihan Administrator 405-413-7354 minihan@ustaoklahoma.com
JANUARY New Year’s Day Section Office Closed
Red - National Event Green - Section Event Blue - Section Office
Australian Open
USTA Missouri Valley staff meeting
MLK Day Section Office Closed
USTA MV L4 #1 - Junior Australian Open Lunar New Year/ Chinese New Year
Australian Open
Kansas Parks and Recreation Conference (Topeka)
2026
USTA Kansas District Awards Luncheon (Topeka)
USTA MV L4 #1 - Junior (HOA, IA, MO, OK)
USTA Oklahoma Awards & Hall of Fame (Edmond) USTA MV Indoor L5 #1 Closed Junior (HOA, IA, MO, NE, OK)
FEBRUARY
Winter Olympics Presidents’ Day Section Office Closed
Lunar New Year/ Chinese New Year Mardi Gras Ramadan begins
USTA MV Indoor L4 #2 Junior Winter Olympics
CTDW and Impact Conference (Gaylord Texan Resort in Grapvine, Texas) RSPA MV Conference (Quail Creek Golf Club Oklahoma City)
Missouri Parks and Recreation Conference (Columbia)
2026 Black History Month
USTA MV Indoor L5 #1 Closed Junior (HOA, IA, MO, NE, OK)
Winter Olympics Valentine’s Day
USTA MV Indoor L4 #2 - Junior (HOA, IA, NE, OK)
USTA MV Tennis on Campus Section Championship (Cooper Tennis Complex Springfield)
MARCH World Tennis Day (ITF sponsor)
USTA MV Indoor L5 #2 Open - Junior St. Patrick’s Day
Ramadan ends
Iowa Parks and Recreation Conference (Sioux City) USTA Annual Meeting (Orlando, Florida)
2026 Women’s History Month
USTA MV Tennis on Campus Section Championship (Cooper Tennis Complex Springfield) Daylight Saving Time Starts
USTA MV Indoor L5 #2 Open - Junior (HOA, IA, MO, OK)
Ramadan ends
APRIL Passover begins
Passover ends
Tax Day
Nominating Committee Meeting (Section Office Prairie Village)
USTA MV Outdoor L5 #3 Junior
USTA Missouri Valley Semiannual Meeting (Section Office Prairie Village)
2026 Good Friday Section Office Closed
Heartland Challenge (Woods Tennis Center - Lincoln, Neb.)
USTA MV Outdoor L5 #3 - Junior (Kossover Tennis Center - Topeka & USTA Heart of America Heartland Dwight Davis Tennis Complex Wheelchair Classic (Northland Racquet St. Louis) Club - Kansas City, MO)
Easter
MAY
Project Play Summit Boston
Memorial Day Section Office Closed
USTA MV Outdoor L5 #4 Junior French Open
2026 National Tennis Month Asian American Pacific Islander Month Mental Health Awareness Month
Mother’s Day
USTA MV Adult 5’s, 0’s & Open (St. Clair Tennis - O’Fallon, Illinois) French Open
USTA MV Adult L4 40+ NTRP & Open (Dwight Davis Tennis Complex St. Louis)
USTA MV Outdoor L5 #4 - Junior (Ralph Wulz Tennis Center - Wichita & Kossover Tennis Center - Topeka)
NAITA Tournament (LaFortune Tennis Center - Tulsa)
USTA MV Adult L4 55+ NTRP & Open (LifeTime - Des Moines, Iowa)
USTA MV L4 #3 - Junior (LaFortune Tennis Center - Tulsa & Dwight Davis Tennis Complex St. Louis)
JUNE Pride Month
USTA MV L4 #3 - Junior French Open
USTA MV L3 Closed #1 Junior (Edmond Center Court) USTA MV Outdoor L5 #5
USTA MV Flighted L5 Pilot Junior
Wimbledon
65 & Over League Section Invitational (Overland Park Racquet Club)
2026 USTA MV Adult L4 18+ NTRP & Open (LaFortune Tennis Center - Tulsa)
USTA MV Outdoor L5 #5 (Fremont High School - Fremont, Neb. & Cooper Tennis Complex Springfield)
USTA MV Adult L4 55+ NTRP & Open (Riverside Tennis Complex - Wichita) Flag Day
Juneteenth Section Office Closed
USTA MV L4 Family Championship (Fremont High School - Fremont)
Father’s Day
USTA MV Flighted L5 Pilot - Junior (Dwight Davis - St. Louis & Oklahoma City Tennis Center)
JULY Independence Day Section Office Closed National Parks and Recreation Month
Wimbledon
Wimbledon
USTA MV Junior Team Tennis Open (Kossover Tennis Center Topeka)
USTA MV L4 #4 - Junior
USTA MV Outdoor L5 #6 Junior
Independence Day Section Office Closed
2026 Independence Day Section Office Closed
USTA MV Adult L4 40+ NTRP & Open (Dwight Davis Tennis Complex St. Louis) USTA MV L5 Team #1 - Junior (LaFortune Tennis Center - Tulsa & Casady School in OKC)
League Section Championship I (Chesterfield Athletic Club)
USTA MV L4 #4 - Junior (Koch Tennis Center - Omaha & Oklahoma City Tennis Center) 55 & Over 6.0, 7.0, 8.0, 9.0
USTA MV L4 18+ NTRP & Open (Lifetime Fitness - Des Moines) St Louis Indoor Wheelchair Tennis Championships - Chesterfield Athletic Club) USTA MV L2 Intersectional: Battle of the Mississippi - Junior (Edmond Center Court)
USTA MV Outdoor L5 #6 - Junior (Dwight Davis Tennis Center St. Louis)
USTA MV L5 Team #2 - Junior (Genesis Tulsa & Koch Tennis Center Omaha) League Section Championship II (Kossover Tennis Complex - Topeka)
MW 18 & Over 2.5W, 3.5, 4.5
AUGUST
USTA MV Outdoor L5 #7 Junior
Women’s Equality Day
US Open - NYC
2026 USTA MV L5 Team #2 - Junior League Section Championship II (Kossover Tennis Complex - Topeka)
Husband & Wife Indoor Open & Combo Age Divisions - Overland Park Racquet Club) USTA MV Adult L5 5’s, 0’s & Open (Quad City Tennis Club - Moline, Illinois)
League Section Championship III (Cooper Tennis Complex - Springfield)
USTA MV Outdoor L5 #7 - Junior (Lafortune Tennis Center - Tulsa)
MW - 18 & Over 3.0, 4.0, 5.0
USTA MV Adult L4 40+ NTRP & Open (Cooper Tennis Complex - Springfield)
League Section Championship IV & V (Oklahoma City Tennis Center & Cooper Tennis Complex - Springfield)
MW - 40 & Over 3.0, 4.0 MW - 40 & Over 3.5, 4.5
MW 18 & Over 2.5W, 3.5, 4.5
SEPTEMBER US Open - NYC Labor Day Section Office Closed
USTA MV L3 Team Closed Junior US Open - NYC Hispanic Heritage Month begins
Rosh Hashanah ends
USTA MV L5 #8 - Junior
NRPA National Congress (Philadelphia)
2026 USTA MV Adult L4 18+ NTRP & Open (Overland Park Racquet Club)
USTA MV L3 Team Closed - Junior (Cooper Tennis Complex - Springfield & Kossover Tennis Center - Topeka)
Rosh Hashanah begins
League Mixed Section Championship I (Kossover Tennis Center - Topeka)
18 & Over 6.0, 7.0, 8.0, 9.0, 10.0
USTA MV Adult L4 55+ NTRP & Open (Cooper Tennis Complex - Springfield)
League Mixed Section Championship II (Plaza Tennis Center - Kansas City)
USTA MV Flighted L5 #8 - Junior (Edmond Center Court & Oklahoma City Tennis Center) 40 & Over 6.0, 7.0, 8.0, 9.0
OCTOBER NRPA National Congress (Philadelphia)
Men’s 80, 85, 90, 95 Indoors (Overland Park Racquet Club) Columbus Day / Indigenous Peoples’ Day
Diwali
USTA MV Outdoor L5 #8 Junior
USTA MV Indoor L4 #5 Junior
Hispanic Heritage Month ends
2026 Yom Kippur
USTA Missouri Valley Tennis On Campus Fall Invite (Noyes Tennis Center St. Joseph, MO)
Men’s and Women’s 45s (S-D-X) Indoors - OPRC)
USTA MV Outdoor L5 #9 - Junior (Dwight Davis Tennis Center St. Louis & Plaza Tennis Center Kansas City, MO)
USTA MV Indoor L4 #5 - Junior (HOA, IA, NE, OK) Halloween
NOVEMBER Election Day
Veterans’ Day
Thanksgiving Day Section Office Closed
2026 Daylight Savings Time Ends Native American Heritage Month
Diwali
USTA MV Indoor L4 Team Dom Duo (IA, MO, NE, OK)
Mixed 55 & Over Invitational (Cooper Tennis Complex Springfield)
Section Office Closed
USTA MV Indoor L5 #10 - Junior (HOA, IA, KS, MO, NE, OK)
DECEMBER USTA Missouri Valley Annual Meeting & Conference (Olathe Embassy Suites)
Christmas Eve
Christmas Holiday Section Office Closed
Christmas Holiday Section Office Closed
2026 Hanukkah begins
Hanukkah ends
USTA MV Indoor L5 #11 - Junior (HOA, IA, NE, OK, STL) Christmas Day
Kwanza begins
JANUARY
Australian Open MLK Day Section Office Closed
USTA MV Indoor L4 #1 Junior Australian Open
2027 New Year’s Day Section Office Closed Kwanza ends
League Tri-Level Section Championship (Overland Park Racquet Club)
3.0-4.0, 3.5-4.5, 4.0-5.0
USTA MV Indoor L4 #1 - Junior (HOA, IA, MO, OK)
Mixed Doubles 55+ League Invitational - TBD
USTA MV Indoor L5 #1 Open - Junior (HOA, IA, MO, NE, OK)
FEBRUARY Mardi Gras
Presidents’ Day Section Office Closed
USTA MV Indoor L5 #2 Junior Presidents’ Day Section Office Closed
2027 Ramadan begins
Super Bowl Super Bowl Valentine’s Day
USTA MV Indoor L5 #2 - Junior (HOA, IA, KS, NE, OK) Valentine’s Day
USTA MV Tennis on Campus Section Championship (Cooper Tennis Complex Springfield)
MARCH Ramadan ends
Mardi Gras
St. Patrick’s Day
St. Patrick’s Day
2027 USTA MV Indoor L5 #2 - Junior (HOA, IA, MO, OK) Daylight Time Starts DaylightSaving Savings Time Starts
Good Friday Section Office Closed
Easter
APRIL
Tax Day
Tax Day
Passover begins
Passover ends
USTA MV Indoor L5 #3 Junior
2027 Passover begins
Easter
Good Friday Section Office Closed
Passover ends
USTA MV Indoor L5 #3 - Junior (Kossover Tennis Center - Topeka & Dwight Davis Tennis Complex St. Louis)
MAY
French Open - TBA USTA MV Outdoor L5 #4 - Junior
USTA MV L4 #3 - Junior Memorial Day Section Office Closed
French Open
2027 Mother’s Day
USTA MV Adult 5’s, 0’s & Open (St. Clair Tennis - O’Fallon, Illinois)
USTA MV Adult L4 40+ NTRP & Open (Dwight Davis Tennis Complex St. Louis)
USTA MV Adult L4 55+ NTRP & Open (LifeTime - Des Moines, Iowa)
USTA MV Outdoor L5 #4 - Junior (Ralph Wulz Tennis Center - Wichita & Kossover Tennis Center - Topeka)
USTA MV L4 #3 - Junior LaFortune Tennis Center - Tulsa & Dwight Davis Tennis Complex St. Louis)
JUNE French Open
USTA MV Outdoor L5 #5 Junior Flag Day
USTA MV Flighted L5 Pilot Junior
USTA MV L3 Closed #1 Junior (Edmond Center Court)
2027 USTA MV Adult L4 18+ NTRP & Open (LaFortune Tennis Center - Tulsa)
USTA MV Outdoor L5 #5 - Junior (Fremont High School - Fremont, Neb. & Cooper Tennis Complex Springfield)
USTA MV Adult L4 55+ NTRP & Open (Riverside Tennis Complex - Wichita)
Juneteenth Section Office Closed
USTA MV L4 Family Championship (Fremont High School - Fremont, Neb.)
65 & Over League Section Invitational (Overland Park Racquet Club)
Father’s Day
USTA MV Flighted L5 Pilot - Junior (Dwight Davis - St. Louis & Oklahoma City Tennis Center)
Beth Azan Senior Manager, Junior Competition 913-322-4832 bazan@movalley.usta.com
Susan McClain Finance Director 913-322-4823 mcclain@movalley.usta.com
Jacob Beck Facility Manager, Plaza Tennis Center 816-531-2235 beck@movalley.usta.com
Casey McKenzie Manager, Regional Junior Team Play Missouri and Oklahoma 913-961-9035 mckenzie@movalley.usta.com
Marissa Brown Managing Director, Play and Competition 913-322-4822 brown@movalley.usta.com Mary Buschmann CEO and Executive Director 913-322-4824 mbuschmann@movalley.usta.com Manon Eilts Managing Director - Marketing, Communications and Membership 913-322-4826 eilts@movalley.usta.com Jaren Glaser Manager, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion 913-967-9929 glaser@movalley.usta.com Lindsay Hall Senior Manager - Community Play 913-216-5143 hall@movalley.usta.com Kara Heim Manager, Regional Community Play Iowa, Kansas and Nebraska 913-967-9452 heim@movalley.usta.com Scott Howes Manager - Adult Play 913-322-4821 howes@movalley.usta.com Laura Jager Manager, Administration 913-322-4852 laura.jager@movalley.usta.com Abigayle Lunsford Digital Content Producer and Web Administrator 913-322-4827 abigayle.lunsford@movalley.usta.com Caitee Margenthaler Coordinator, Junior Tournaments 913-340-3469 caitee.margenthaler@movalley.usta.com
Victoria Moore Digital Content Producer and Graphic Designer 913-322-4838 victoria.moore@movalley.usta.com Alywn Mushonga Manager, Regional Community Play Missouri, Oklahoma and St. Louis 913-967-9833 mushonga@movalley.usta.com Sam Owoo-Battlet Manager, Regional Junior Team Play Kansas, Nebraska and Iowa 913-961-5098 owoo-battlet@movalley.usta.com Laura Puryear Senior Manager, Coach Development and Training 913-967-9147 puryear@movalley.usta.com Josh Sellmeyer Digital Content Producer 314-825-8124 josh.sellmeyer@movalley.usta.com Alyssa Stelmach Manager - Adult Team Play 913-904-2852 astelmach@movalley.usta.com John Terpkosh Senior Manager, Tennis Venue Services 913-967-9926 jterpkosh@movalley.usta.com Tara Williams Senior Manager - Junior Team Play 913-302-5901 williams@movalley.usta.com
Section Staff
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Mission Statement
The mission of the USTA Missouri Valley is to grow tennis to inspire healthier people and communities everywhere.
Office Information: 4121 W 83rd St. Ste. 108 Prairie Village, KS 66208 913-322-4800