Plantation Bay Golf & Country Club Tennis Pro Honored as U.S. Professional Tennis Association’s Pro of the Year

ORMOND BEACH - The U.S. Professional Tennis Association (USPTA) recently honored Plantation Bay Golf & Country Club Director of Tennis David Brown as “pro of the year” for the Daytona Beach District.

Rosemary Messina, vice president of sales and marketing at ICI Homes, which is developing Plantation Bay Golf & Country Club, said Brown joined Plantation Bay in February, 2009
Brown has played an active role in professional tennis and local community organizations, Messina said.

Among Brown’s credits are:
•He ranks as a USPTA Master Professional;

•He served as tournament director for “USPTA Champion of Champions Tournament,” which raised more than $40,000 for United Way Charities;

•He served as president of “Greater Volusia Tennis Network,” the local Community Tennis Association that stages events for Junior Team Tennis, Volusia Middle School tennis, and the new Florida High School Athletic Association Junior Varsity team tennis program in Volusia County;

•He serves as program director for the Florida Tennis Center Foundation whose mission is to deliver a free after school tennis program to third, fourth and fifth graders.

•He played in the 2009 Father/Son Florida State Champion with USPTA member son, Aaron and won the championship.

Founded in 1927, United States Professional Tennis Association (USPTA) is the oldest and largest trade organization for tennis teaching professionals in the world. Of the 15,000 members approximately 13,500 live and work here in the United States . The remainder of the membership represents as many as 80 other countries worldwide. Professionals are rated at four levels, with Master Professional rated the highest based on test scores, education and specialty courses, service to the industry, publications, and player rankings
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For more information, contact: Lisa A. Egle, Marketing Manager ICI Homes-Daytona Beach, 386-236-4273; Rosemary Messina, Vice President of Sales & Marketing, ICI Homes, 386-236-4231

About ICI Homes: ICI Homes is ranked by Builder magazine as one of the top 100 privately owned homebuilders in the nation. The 30-year-old firm builds new homes and resort facilities in the Volusia-Flagler region as well as in Jacksonville, Orlando, Melbourne and Tampa.