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Tom Boice (Wayzata, Minn.), Tim Butorac (Rochester, Minn.), John Desmond (Minneapolis, Minn.), Nick Pappas (Minneapolis, Minn.), Mary Thompson (Sioux Falls, S.D.) and Greg Wicklund (Edina, Minn.) were inducted into the USTA Northern Hall of Fame October 14 at International Market Square in Minneapolis. These six tennis superstars joined 92 other members in the USTA Northern Hall of Fame, which is housed on the second level of the Fred Wells Tennis & Education Center in St. Paul, Minn. For photos from the evening, click here. Tom Boice Wayzata, Minn. Tom Boice has been one of USTA Northern's most innovative tennis professionals for over 40 years, while also being an outstanding player during his career. A 1962 high school state championship finalist in doubles, Boice was a four-year letterwinner at the University of Minnesota. After college, Boice was often ranked in the Section and won his first Section Championship in 1979 with Dixon Dahlberg. He then partnered with Fred King in 1983-84 where they won the Men's Doubles Section Championship and finished ranked #1 in USTA Northern. The partnership with King, also a USTA Northern Hall of Famer, would last for the next 20-plus years as the duo finished ranked #1 in the Section in 55s and won a number of Section titles from 2002-04. Boice has earned #1 section rankings in Men's Open Doubles (with Dahlberg), Open Mixed Doubles (with Sue Norsworthy), and Men's 35, 45 (both with King), 55 (with John Shannon), and 60 Doubles (with Dick Nelson) and is currently ranked #1 in the nation in doubles amongst teaching professionals in his age group. He has also played on several USTA Adult League teams that have advanced to Nationals, including winning the 4.5 Senior National Championship in 2002. Professionally, Boice has taught at many clubs throughout the country and served as the first Tennis Director at Hazeltine National Golf Club (Chaska, Minn.), White Bear Racquet Club (White Bear Lake, Minn.), Flagship Athletic Club (Eden Prairie, Minn.) and the Rochester Athletic Club (Rochester, Minn.). He also was the head coach of Pierce College in Los Angeles, where his teams won two state championships and he was named the Women's Tennis Coach of the Year by the California Community College Association. While in California, Boice and partner Angie Minissian won the Los Angeles Metropolitan Mixed Open Doubles Champions two straight years and have their names on the same trophy as tennis legends Jack Kramer and Pancho Gonzales. Very active within the USPTA, Boice has served as the President, Vice President and Treasurer of the Northern Division of the organization, and was the Regional Vice President. He continues to serve on several national committees, while winning many local and regional awards. He also was a member of the USTA Northern Hall of Fame and Awards Committees for many years and founded and published the state’s first tennis newspaper – Minnesota Tennis News. "I am humbled and deeply honored to join so many of my friends, mentors and students in the USTA Northern Hall of Fame," Boice said. Tim Butorac Rochester, Minn. For Tim Butorac, tennis is his passion and profession as he a great player, tennis entrepreneur and volunteer. As a 1975 graduate of Gustavus Adolphus College in Saint Peter, Minn., he was a three-time All-American, and he and partner Dave Peterson won the NAIA Men’s Doubles championship in 1973, and were finalists in 1974. He won his first Section title in 1981 with Kevin Ylinen, before teaming with fellow USTA Northern Hall of Famer Ron York and winning three consecutive Men’s 35 Doubles Sectionals from 1987-89. He was the Northwest Section Player of the Year in 1988. That year, Butorac was ranked #34 in the United States in 35 Singles and #13 with York in 35 Doubles. In 1992, Butorac won the Men’s 40 Doubles Section title and the National Public Parks Championship Men’s 35 and 40 Doubles with York and Peterson, respectively. In 1995, he was inducted into the Gustavus Adophus Hall of Fame, and that same year, won both the Men’s 35 Singles and Men’s 35 Doubles Section championships with Dave Pettengill. He has also had great success playing doubles with his son, Eric, winning two USTA National Father/Son Grass Court Championships and three Section titles. He still is an active USTA League and tournament player and was a member of the 2002 National Championship 4.5 Senior team. He won a silver ball with Tom Rettenmaier at the National 55 Indoors in 2009. Butorac has been the Director of Tennis at the Rochester Tennis Connection since 1979 and part owner since 1989. He also spent 24 years as the head coach of the Rochester John Marshall High School girls tennis team. In 2003, the Rochester Outdoor was named the USTA Organization of the Year and co-hosted the National Public Parks Tennis Championships. He has served on the USTA Northern Board of Directors (1982-90) and is also a member of the USPTA, where he has won several awards over the years including Rookie of the Year in 1976 and Professional of the Year in 1989. He and his wife Jan have two sons, Eric and Jeff. “I am happy to be inducted into the Hall of Fame and humbled to now be a part of such a prestigious group of people with a passion for tennis,” Butorac said. John Desmond Minneapolis, Minn. A Minnesota state doubles champion while playing high school tennis at Minneapolis John Marshall, Desmond went on to play tennis at the University of Minnesota from 1959-62. A captain of the Gopher tennis team, he played #1 singles and #1 doubles in 1962 and was a two-time NCAA Tournament participant as a junior and senior. Desmond was ranked in the top three in singles from 1961-63 and #1 and #2 in doubles in 1962 and 1963. A long-time player in the National Public Parks, he reached the semifinals in doubles twice. Upon leaving the University of Minnesota, Desmond was drafted into the Army. While stationed in Germany, he won the All-Europe Doubles Championship for the military. After his time in the Army, Desmond came back to the University of Minnesota as a graduate student and served as the freshman coach of the Gopher tennis team. After graduating, and a year of teaching at a high school in Indiana, he became the head Men's Tennis Coach at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Desmond then managed and taught at the L.E. Phillips Tennis Center in Eau Claire, Wis., (1972-74) before moving back to Minnesota and working at the Northwest Racquet Clubs. He would spend the next 27 years there as a Director of Tennis where he developed the tennis program at clubs such as 98th Street, Crosstown, Highway 100 and Midwest Clubs. While coaching, Desmond achieved great success as a player as well. He was ranked in the top five from 1968-74 in Wisconsin, plus played and won tournaments in Minnesota. When he moved back to Minnesota, he was ranked #1 in 35 & Over singles three times and was ranked high in doubles. Very active with the USPTA, Desmond volunteered as the head of the testing program for those who wanted to become certified. He also volunteered many hours teaching urban youth. He currently volunteers his time as a junior varsity girls tennis coach at Benilde-St. Margaret’s in St. Louis Park, Minn., for the past eight years with his daughter, Amy. In 1984, he was named the Northern Section USPTA Pro of the Year. "It is an honor to be in the USTA Northern Hall of Fame with great players such as Wendell Ottum, Kenny Boyum and Jack Roach," Desmond said. "I have always been passionate about the game of tennis." Nick Pappas Minneapolis, Minn. Nick Pappas has dedicated the majority of his life to the game of tennis as a player, coach, official and volunteer. Pappas attended Fort Dodge High School in Fort Dodge, Iowa, and then the University of Iowa. In 1940, he was crowned the Intramural Tennis champion at the University of Iowa. He spent time at Prince George Country Club in Washington D.C. as a teaching professional from 1957-62 and an assistant coach at Normandale College in Bloomington, Minn. in 1965. For 29 years, he was a tennis instructor with the Minneapolis Public Schools and Community Education where he taught school year and summer programs at 14 different schools and evening classes for Edina Community Education. Pappas was a co-founder of Minneapolis Urban Tennis (with fellow Hall of Famers Bernie Gunderson and Jack Thommen) and assisted with the founding of the Senior Tennis Players Club with Jack Dow. He has also served as the President of USTA Northern (1969-70) when it was the Northwest Tennis Association and was on the Board of Directors until 1985. He was the Tournament Director of the Aquatennial Junior Tournament for 14 years, and in 1971, Pappas was awarded with the Ward Burton Junior Development Award. Pappas has worked at the US Open as an official at both Forest Hills and the Billie Jean King National Tennis Center (1975-82), as well as an official at numerous local tournaments. He was a USTA volunteer for 32 years, serving on the National Ranking, Membership and Olympic Committees. Mary Thompson (Sioux Falls, S.D.) Mary Thompson has been a lifelong tennis teacher, player, coach, administrator and volunteer. She was the Director of Tennis at Woodlake Athletic Club from 1982-93, while also serving as the head coach of the Augustana College men's and women's tennis teams from 1985-92. In 1999, she was named the Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic Association’s Women’s Tennis Coach of the Year while at Luther College in an interim capacity, before coming back to Sioux Falls as the Assistant Director of Tennis at Westward Ho Country Club. In 2002, she won the Professional Tennis Registry South Dakota Member of the Year Award, the USTA Northern Wolfenson/Ratner Community Service Award, and was one of 28 people named to the USTA All-American Team. In 2003, she was inducted into the South Dakota Tennis Hall of Fame, and in 2004, won the USTA/PTR Community Service Award. In 1991, Thompson was named Executive Director of the Sioux Falls Tennis Association and served in that capacity for almost 20 years. With Thompson at the helm, the Sioux Falls Tennis Association was a two-time National Junior Tennis League Chapter of the Year Award winner, the USTA Northern Member Organization of the Year in 1998 and Sioux Falls was named Tennis Town USA in 1995. She was instrumental in bringing the National Public Parks Championships to Sioux Falls in 1995, as well as heading the group that put South Dakota on the 10 and Under Tennis map in 2008 by building only the third facility in the United States with permanent QuickStart Tennis Courts at Spellerberg Park. Thompson was a member of the USTA Northern Board of Directors from 2000-08, where she was secretary from 2002-04, President (2005-06) and Section Delegate (2007-08). She also was the Regional Coordinator for the USTA Pilot Program called One Player At A Time, is a member of the National Public Parks Tennis Association Board of Directors and is on the USTA Northern Nominating Committee. She has also served on various committees at the Sectional and National level. Not just a great leader in the game of tennis, Thompson also had success as a player. She has won nine titles at the National Public Parks Championships with partner Su Oertel, including the women's 45 & over doubles (1996-99, 2005) and 55 doubles in 2011. "Being inducted into the South Dakota Tennis Hall of Fame was an incredible honor," Thompson said. "Now to be inducted into the USTA Northern Hall of Fame is the highest honor I have ever, or will ever have. It is fabulous, but I am humbled to stand beside those I have always held in such high regard. To be considered a peer to those who have done so much for tennis in our Section takes my breath away." Greg Wicklund Edina, Minn. Greg Wicklund didn’t start playing tennis until the age of 16. He quickly made up for lost time after earning finalist honors at the Minnesota State Tournament as a senior and earning a scholarship to the University of Minnesota. There, he was a four-year letterwinner, amassing a career singles record of 80-35 and a doubles record of 45-19. In 1981, Wicklund was a Big Ten Singles Champion and helped lead his team to its first Big Ten Championship since 1933. He went on to be an assistant coach at Minnesota under USTA Northern Hall of Famer Jerry Noyce from 1982-88 and helped lead the Gophers to two Big Ten Team Championships, four runner-up titles and a #9 national ranking in 1986. Wicklund was ranked first in USTA Northern in Men’s Open Singles and Doubles four times. He achieved a world ranking of #482, playing on the professional tour for two years, and was a champion at the Houston Open. Wicklund has also won numerous local tournaments, including the Aquatennial Tennis Plaza Classic four times in singles and once in mixed, the St. Paul Men’s Open Clay Singles, the Rochester Men’s Open Singles and the Minnesota State Open Singles. Wicklund has won the Northwest Tennis Association Player of the Year Award and is a two-time winner of the USPTA Player of the Year. Wicklund is currently the Tennis Director and Head Pro at the Edina Country Club and a teaching professional at Life Time Fitness - Bloomington South. One of the most highly regarded coaches in Minnesota, he has worked with many of the Section’s best players over the years including David Wheaton, Whitney Taney, Chris Laitala, Ceasar Vargas, Ann Nguyen, Jeannette Cluskey, Jackie Moe and Justin Gaard. In 2010, he was named the USTA Northern Frank Voigt Pro of the Year. Also an avid writer, Wicklund wrote Edina Country Club's first tennis newsletter which has expanded from a summer-only publication to a year-round monthly newsletter. His written prose has appeared in local and national publications such as the Edina Sun Current, Tennis Midwest, Service Line, and TennisLife Magazine and in 2005, won the USTA Northern Bob Larson Media Award. “I was sitting in the Edina Country Club tennis shop and in walks Dave Mathews (fellow Hall of Famer and USTA Northern Hall of Fame committee chair),” Wicklund said. “I was wondering what he was up when he informed me I was selected to the USTA Northern Hall of Fame. I was very surprised and honored to be a part of this prestigious group.”','url':'http://www.northern.usta.com/six_inducted_into_usta_northern_hall_of_fame/','og_descr':'Tom Boice (Wayzata, Minn.), Tim Butorac (Rochester, Minn.), John Desmond (Minneapolis, Minn.), Nick Pappas (Minneapolis, Minn.), Mary Thompson (Sioux Falls, S.D.) and Greg Wicklund (Edina, Minn.) were inducted into the USTA Northern Hall of Fame on Friday, Oct. 14, at International Market Square in Minneapolis.
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