At an event in Natick earlier this month, the United States Tennis Association held a New England Tennis Weekend and handed out a small handful of awards.

Among the honorees were Monica Herman and the Lee Community Tennis Association.

The Lee CTA was awarded Community Tennis Association of the Year, while Herman was named Junior Provider of the Year.

“We’re grateful to have such a passionate community dedicated to growing the sport of tennis,” said USTA New England Executive Director and CEO Lindsey Keeler in a release. “These award winners have made tennis their life’s work, and we’re excited to celebrate them at Tennis Weekend.”

Per the release, “The Lee CTA strives to keep tennis alive and well in Berkshire County in an affordable and inclusive way. With programs for players of all ages and abilities, Lee CTA prides itself on recruiting local coaches from nearby high school teams and retaining them into college and even beyond.

Lee CTA provides youth lessons on centrally located courts in Lee and Lenox, accessible to youth all across the county. Adult lessons are run on both hard and clay courts in town in order to attract a wider audience.

The organization also offers Junior Team Tennis for middle and high school players in the 14U and 18U divisions, as well as a low-cost public World TeamTennis program.

Lee CTA provides up to four scholarships per year to graduating seniors who have given back to the Berkshire community.”

Herman is a recent transplant to Berkshire County, who took over as the Youth Tennis Director at the Lee CTA, while also serving as head coach of the Lenox High School boys and girls tennis teams the past two seasons. That includes this past spring’s run by the Lenox girls to the MIAA Final Four after capturing the PVIAC Western Mass. title.

“After making a career in Eastern Massachusetts that included stops at Sportsmen’s Tennis & Enrichment Center and Braintree High School, Monica moved west to grow tennis in the Berkshires,” reads the release.

“Monica worked as the Director of Tennis and Programming for Berkshire Moonball Tennis Academy while helping out with the Lee CTA, assisting high school players and coaches. She brought together new and experienced coaches to work as a cohesive unit to run a successful six-week youth summer program.

Monica now works as the Youth Tennis Director for Lee CTA, teaching, coaching and recruiting more area youth into the game. This past summer, she recruited one of her high school players, a native Spanish speaker from Ecuador, to intern for her to set up an outreach program to help attract more Hispanic players to the game.”

The other awards handed out were for: National Junior Tennis and Learning Chapter of the Year – Advantage Kids (Gilford, NH); Organization of the Year – Guilford Racquet and Swim Club (Guilford, CT); Diversity Champion of the Year – Regina Lawson (Norwell, MA); Junior Community Impact Award – Jolie Zink (Chestnut Hill, MA); Good Sport of the Year – Bea Molson (Jericho, VT).