The Antigua Group, Inc., the maker of golf and sports apparel under its Antigua brand, has named Gary Chittenden its Salesman of the Year.

Chittenden�€”who represents the Upstate New York, Western New York sales territory�€”joins 13 other Antigua Group sales representatives who earned Territory Achievement Awards, company President and CEO Ron McPherson.

“I'm truly humbled to win Antigua's Salesman of the Year award,” Chittenden says. “Antigua is a genuine golf brand whose apparel performs better than any other apparel company's product, so working for this company is a labor of love for me.”

The Antigua Group, Inc.'s Territory Achievement Award winners are:

�€� Janis Armagost�€”Northern Florida
�€� Hugh Bell�€”North Carolina
�€� Neal Furlong�€”Ohio
�€� Grant Holcomb�€”Washington, Oregon, Northern Idaho, Montana
�€� Kevin Holt�€”Central Florida, West Coast Florida
�€� Jim Mayo�€”Connecticut, Western Massachusetts, Vermont
�€� Jeff Mauricio�€”Northern Florida
�€� Cyndi Millspaugh�€”Northern Illinois
�€� Jim Millspaugh�€”Northern Illinois
�€� Cathy Reynolds�€”New Jersey, Eastern Pennsylvania, Delaware
�€� Kelly Styslinger�€”South Carolina, North Carolina
�€� Terry Traynor�€”Georgia
�€� John Vetter�€”Northern California, Northern Nevada

“We're proud to honor Gary for the fabulous job he has done in his New York territories,” McPherson says. “The same holds true for our 13 Territory Achievement Award winners. Without the hard work and dedication exhibited by all of these outstanding sales professionals, Antigua would not be the company it is.”

Headquartered in Peoria, Ariz., The Antigua Group, through its license sports division, holds license agreements with Major and Minor League Baseball (MLB), the National Hockey League (NHL) and the National Basketball Association (NBA), along with numerous American universities and colleges for men's, women's and children's apparel, headwear and outerwear. Antigua additionally designs, produces and supplies product for corporate America and specialty retail managed under its corporate division. Its golf division also holds license agreements with the PGA TOUR, LPGA and the PGA of America.