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DeHart, Mast, Waite elected to PTR Board
Professional Tennis Registry (PTR) is pleased to announce three new members of the PTR Board of Directors
were elected at the organization’s Annual General Membership Meeting. The new board members who will serve
three-year terms are Directors-at-Large Ken DeHart and Delaine Mast, and Jack Waite, who is serving as Secretary.
Ken DeHart, San Jose, Calif., is a Charter Member and former
Executive Director of the organization. He is PTR International
Master Professional and Clinician. DeHart was named PTR
Professional of the Year twice. Currently, he is Director of Player
Development at Alameda Valley Athletic Club. DeHart co-wrote
the International Book of Drills with Dennis Van der Meer, has had
numerous articles published in tennis magazines, and produces
seven coaching DVDs. A coach and a player, DeHart has earned
gold medals in the South Bay Senior Games and the Huntsman
World Senior Tennis Games.
Delaine Mast, Lancaster, Pa., has been National Director of WTT
Community Tennis and inner city high school boys’ and girls’ tennis
coach since 1986. Mast has become a household name within the
tennis community and embodies the slogan “growing the game”. She is
the Executive Director of Tennis Central, an NJTL chapter that combines
tennis and learning to change lives and serves more than 2,000 Lancaster
youth. Mast served as President of USTA Middle States, and was later
appointed as USTA National Chair of the USA Tennis 1-2-3 Committee. In
2010, she was elected to the USTA Board of Directors and was the Vice
Chair of the Strategic Planning and Creative Opportunities Committee.
Mast was inducted into the USTA Middle States Tennis Hall of Fame,
received the USTA Eve Kraft Community Service Award. A PTR member
for 25-plus years, Mast is prior Chair of PTR Women’s Committee, who in
2017, received the International Tennis Hall of Fame Educational Merit
Award and Tennis Industry magazine’s Grassroots Tennis Champion of
the Year.
Jack Waite, a native of Wisconsin, is currently residing in Riverside, Conn. Waite
played tennis for the University of Wisconsin, and after graduating embarked
on a 10 year professional tennis career where he reached a career high ATP world
doubles ranking of #44. He accumulated doubles wins over Roger Federer, Boris
Becker, Patrick Rafter, Michael Chang, Goran Ivanisevic, and the Bryan Brothers
among others. After retiring from the pro tour, Waite helped found Le Petit Tennis, a
company that specializes in teaching tennis to young children around the world, and
later joined PTR as their Director of Development. Currently, Waite serves as Director
of Racquet Sports at Burning Tree Country Club in Greenwich, Connecticut. His other
volunteer service includes roles as a member of the USTA Nominating Committee
and the Chair of the Pro Circuit Committee.
PTR is the largest global organization of tennis teaching professionals and coaches with nearly 16,500 members
in 125 countries. It has the greatest percentage of multicultural and women members of any such organization.
PTR is dedicated to educating, certifying and serving tennis teachers and coaches around the world in order to
grow the game.
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