2001 U.S. Nationals & U.S. Team Trials
Las Vegas, Nevada • December 18-23, 2001

USA Table Tennis President

Sheri Soderberg Pittman

USA Table Tennis Executive Director

Dwight Johnson

Tournament Director

Allen Watson

Tournament Evaluation Director

Jimmy McClure

Special Guests

Adham Sharara, ITTF President

Miguel Delgado, ITTF Vice President for Latin America

Lloyd Ward, USOC CEO

Wes Barnett, USOC Sports Partnerships

Leslie Gamez, USOC Sports Partnerships

Facilities Director

Chris Burner

Editor, USA Table Tennis Magazine
Webmaster, www.usatt.org

Larry Hodges

Computer Operations Director

Marilyn Miller

Announcer

Richard McAfee

Chair, Disabled Athletes Committee

Sharon Brooks

Program Managers

Debbie Doney, Larry Hodges

Event Manager

Margaret Smith

USATT Headquarters Staff

     Director of Operations

Margaret Smith

     Director of Programs

Debbie Doney

     Ratings Coordinator

Fran Boardman

     Administrative Coordinator/ Bookkeeper

Dawn Simon

     Intern

W ade Shuman

Operations

     Conflict Resolution

Olga Feingold Kahan, David Huggins

     Operations Staff

Carlos Barrientos

Vern Boyce

Juan Escobedo

John Harris

Felisa Huggins

Xin Johnson

Les Kasowski

Stan Kahan

Ann Kesler

Bernard Kiel

Garwa Kong

Lai Kong

Kam Kong

Herbert Lau

Sarah McAfee

Bob Sanders

Suzanna Sanders

Jake Simon

Barry Schultz

Officials  

     Tournament Referee

Allen Barth

     Deputy Referee

Zhao Ming Yang

     Chief Umpire

Peter Chamberlain

     Assistant Chief Umpire

Joseph Yick

     USA Umpires

Irina Borisova

Patrick Collins

Wendell Dillon

Valeriy Elnatanov

Yuriy Elnatanov

Anisim Estrin

Dick Evans

Grady Gordon

Linda Hsing

Azmy Ibrahim

Yelena Karshtedt

Larry Kesler

Paul Kovac

Joseph C.H. Lee

Cindy Marcum

Tom Miller

Duke Stogner

Roman Tinyszin

Chris Williams

     Visiting Umpires

Norman Main (CAN),

Dave Walts (CAN),

Mustafa Erbas (CAN),

Yang Bin (CHN),

Hong Yu Fu (CHN),

Eric Pentland (ENG),

Jose Viacava (PER),

Oscar van der Biest (AHO),

Rigoberto Martina (AHO),

Oswin Benito (AHO)

Event Sponsors  

Butterfly

Las Vegas Convention &

Visitors Authority

Stratosphere Hotel and Casino

Nittaku

United Airlines

Suppliers  

Payless/Allstate Car Rental  

USATT Sponsors

Martin-Kilpatrick Company (Tables)

Paddle Palace/Nittaku (Balls)

Table Tennis Pioneers (Clothing)

Exhibitors

ASTI

California Table Tennis

Martin-Kilpatrick Company

Paddle Palace

Table Tennis International

Table Tennis Pioneers

THANK YOU!  

Thanks to all of the volunteers who provided invaluable work and unfailing support. Without you, the 2001 USA Table Tennis National Championships would not exist.