2025
STAFF
HITS FOR HOPE 2025
RYAN J. KNARR: PRESIDENT USTA MIDDLE STATES 2025-2026
Ryan J. Knarr is the 47th President of the USTA Middle States Section as the youngest President in the
101- year history of the section. An experienced tennis administrator, event director, coach and entrepreneur, Knarr has served on the USTA Middle States Section Board of Directors in many roles in addition to serving on the USTA National High School and Adult Competition Committees.
Knarr is the Director of Tennis at the Conrad Weiser Tennis Association and Director of Racquet Sports for the Sinking Spring YMCA as well as President of the Berks County Tennis Association. As a high tennis school coach at Conrad Weiser, he was named the 2021 USPTA National High School Coach of the year, with an 80% career winning percentage as head coach, as well as the USPTA National U-30 Professional of the year in 2017.
As a tournament director, Knarr directs two pro tennis events, the Ellesse Pro Tennis Challenge in Wyomissing, PA that brings together professional men’s tennis players prior to the US Open as well as the Madison Keys Court of Dreams Celebration of Tennis in Iowa. He also directs the largest tennis tournament in PA, the Conrad Weiser Hits for Hope Tournament with 315 unique players and 34 different draws that benefits a different charity each year. He also serves on the administrative staff of the Salzburg Open ATP Challenger tournament each summer.As an accomplished player, Knarr has been ranked #1 in USTA Middle States adult year end rankings a total of 13 times in Men’s Open Doubles and Mixed Open Doubles. He holds over 50 USTA tournament titles in Singles, Doubles and Mixed Doubles & made his professional debut at the ITF F2 Futures in Austria in 2016. He holds the rare distinction of having played college tennis at the Division 1, Division 2 & Division 3 levels, helping lead Millersville University to a Division 2 NCAA Tournament berth in 2011.
He resides in Robesonia, Pennsylvania.
- Tournament Referee: Ralph Tutlane Jr.
- Tournament Operations Staff: Erin Perkins, Mandy Nelson, Kelly Wenrich