2003 IWSA Fall Awards

Images of awards banquet

The 2003 IWSA Awards Dinner was held November 8, at the Holiday Inn Select in Indianapolis. A wine and cheese party was sponsored by Skier's Edge. Awards were sponsored by Bart's Water Sports and PineCrest Marina. Door prizes were sponsored by MD Boats and Skiers Edge. The event was attended by 88 members of the IWSA and awards were presented to the following skiers.

Skier of the Year - Cale Burdick

          Cale continues to excel in his skiing talents. His slalom is becoming world class, and has been invited to the Masters in Australia as well as the US. Finished 2^nd in slalom at Nationals and 2^nd overall holds a boys 3jump state record and his trick score keeps climbing every year.

Male Skier of the Year - Scott Tynan

          Scott has been working hard on his slalom the last few seasons and has had the 39 off blues for some time. Scott has been skiing very well in the slalom event, coming very close to running the 39 off pass just to come up a little short many times over again. He placed 2nd in the Nationals just ½ buoy behind the leader in the open 55K slalom division. He finally ran the pass in the last tournament of the year at his home site in Columbus In, at Sawmill Lake.
 

Female Skier of the Year - Prissy Edwards

          Prissy has been breaking records at the state tournaments for years. This year was no different breaking all the    records in the Women 5 division. Prissy also finished in 1^st overall at Nationals and Regionals.

Junior Male Skier of the Year - Nate Smith

          Nate swept the 1^st place slalom placements this year at Regionals and Nationals with 2 and 3 bouys at 35 off respectively. He moves up to Boys 3 next year and shows no sign of slowing down.

Junior Female Skier of the Year - Amanda Burney

           Amanda holds state records in slalom and overall. Finished 2^nd in slalom 3rd in jump and 2nd overall at regionals and a respective 7^th overall at nationals after a close run off for 5^th place in slalom which she ended 7^th.

Family Skiers of the Year - Kim and Casey Contos

           What a year for the Contos family. Casey skied first in the Nationals and placed 2nd in slalom with a score of 4 at 38 off, well above his seed. Then two days later Kim skies in the men’s 4 division and after a 4way tie placed 5th. This is the first time either had placed in the Nationals event and they both did it in the same event. It was quit dramatic.
 

Kneeboard Skier of the Year - Kevin Felver

            Kevin has been on the top of the wakeboard world for some time, and continues to dominate. He holds the record in the slalom event and swept the awards in this years Nationals with a win in Slalom tricks and overall.

Wake Board Skier of the Year - Nick Jarvis

            Nick has attended and help out at every wakeboard tournament this year, won the state wakeboard title and attended the 03 wakeboard nationals.

Ski Club of the Year - Hawthorn

          The Hawthorn Lake site was the host of this years state tournament. What a great job they had done. They also continue to hold many tournaments a year including NSL events jump and ski fly clinics and drivers clinics.

Official of the Year - Carl "BRC" Truesdale

          BRC is everywhere. Carl sits on the state board, organizes clinics and helps out in every way. He's helping out at the smallest events to running the show at the Regionals and Nationals.

NSL Skier of the Year - Dave Jarrett

           Dave is the kind of skier that you wish would come to your site. After his NSL slalom event at the state tournament at Hawthorn , he stayed and volunteered his time and helped dock start the events for the rest of the day. This is the kind of contributions that will keep the sport going.

Big Rig Jumper of the Year - Chase McCain

           Chase had an incredible year in the jump event. Having just started jumping this year, he went on to qualify for regionals in the state tournament. Jumped 83 feet at Regionals for 3^rd place and qualified for Nationals. Then went to Nationals and jumps 86 feet for 8^th place. That’s incredible for his first season on the ramp.

Most Improved Skier of the Year - Jared Sharkey

           Jared trick skis in the boys 2 division, having struggled a little this year finishing with a kind of disappointing 670 points in the Regionals for 5^th place and securing an entry to the Nationals.  His family decided   to take the trip to Texas and if nothing else it would be good experience. Jared held nothing back and placed 5th in the Nationals with a score of 2480. Then got on a new ski and went on to trick in the 4,000's by years end. What a great achievement.