2005 Coaches of the Year

USATT is pleased to announce the 2005 Coaches of the year. They are:

USATT National coach of the year - Sean O'Neill
As the lead coach for U.S. Paralympic Table Tennis, Sean O'Neill was the head coach for the 2005 Para Pan Am Championships in Mar Del Plata, Argentina. The U.S. team brought home eleven medals and four players qualified for the 2006 World Championships to be held in Montreaux, Switzerland. In the final competition of the year, Sean led a twenty-eight player squad at the 2005 US Open Paralympic Championships in Las Vegas that garnered two Golds, one Silver and two Bronze Medals against a field of players from over twenty countries.

USATT Developmental coach of the year - Grace Lin
Grace Lin is a full time coach for the San Gabriel Valley Table Tennis Club. Several students from San Gabriel Valley Club, were members of the US Junior and Cadet National Teams. Players coached by Grace in 2005 include Jeff Huang, Steven Chan, Alicia Wei, Sophia Dan Dan Yi (members of 2005 cadet and Junior National Teams), Jonathan Chen, Christian Roberts, Anand Engineer, Ellen Hwang, Ethan Chua, Marielle Chua. Grace's students medaled in numerous age and rating events at the 2005 US Open and 2005 US Nationals.

USATT Volunteer Coach of the year - Daniel Rutenberg
Daniel Rutenberg is an active member of USATT for a good number of years. Mr. Rutenberg has been an active and competitive table tennis player and involved in helping the local table tennis clubs and organizations in the DFW area. Daniel volunteered as a coach to the 2005 Maccabi Games hosted in Dallas during the summer of 2005. Table Tennis Team Dallas won 16 medals during summer Jewish Community Center (JCC) Maccabi Games 2005.

"DOC" Counsilman Science Award - Robert Trudell
Rob Trudell has taken Video analysis to the next level. He spends countless hours filming and converting matches, lessons and warm-up into digital format and then posting them online or on CDs and DVDs for all players of all levels to learn from.

Congratulations to these four coaches!