Congratulations to Josh Hagar for receiving the Bill Talbert Award for Sportsmanship in Newport, RI
Congratulations to Josh Hagar – former “Little Mo” player for receiving the 2011 Bill Talbert Junior Sportsmanship Award in recognition of his consistent display of outstanding sportsmanship.
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2011 Bill Talbert Junior Sportsmanship Award recipients: Whitney Kay, Sierra Halverson, Jack Hagar, and Andrew Ball. |
Josh Hagar has been an active player and leader in the USTA Texas section for many years. He received the Sportsmanship Award at the USTA National Open in 2006, and has been recognized with numerous sectional sportsmanship awards over the years, including the Clarence Mabry Sportsmanship Award in 2008, 2009, and 2010. Hagar recently graduated from the Austin Tennis Academy, where he was very involved in mentoring the younger students in the school and in the tennis program. In addition to his success and leadership on the tennis court, Hagar is very involved with various philanthropic works. He founded the Playing for Glimmer Campaign in 2008, which has raised more than $300,000 over 4 years to build 28 water wells, 2 schools, and 4 health facilities in rural Ethiopia. Hagar traveled to Ethiopia in 2009 to visit the people who were impacted by these efforts. A school in Ethiopia’s Wuhdut Village was named after Hagar, in appreciation of his work.