2005 PineCrest Marine and MasterCraft

 IWSA Awards Dinner and Fall Banquet

Images of awards banquet

The 2005 IWSA Awards Dinner was held November 12th, at the Primo West Banquet Facility in Plainfield just west of Indianapolis.  The event was attended by 126 members of the IWSA and awards were presented to the following skiers.

The Barb Miller Memorial Scholarship was Awarded to Abby Schmitt

 The IWSA Hall of Fame Inductees were the Erickson Brothers

  Slalom and Trick Cup Awards

The Slalom Cup Series is in it's third season and becoming a popular event.   Total buoys from 5 different tournaments in Indiana were given in 3 different categories in both women and men divisions.  

               Expert Men Trick – Gene Lamberson

                Expert Boy Trick – Jared Sharkey

                Expert Women Trick – Abby Schmitt

                EP Women Slalom – Marla Schofield

                EP Men Slalom – Scott Tynan

                Masters Men Slalom – Jim Beck

Jr. Male Skiers of the Year

      John Reel - John had a great season, skiing his 35 off and a few at 38 off at Nationals to put him in first place till only a few came up with more buoys than he did. Placing at nationals also made John stand out and was recognized and got a place on the national jr. development team.

       Andrew Schmitt - Andrew has been coming along all season. Made an impression at nationals and was recognized as most improved jr. team skier.

Outstanding Male Trick Skier               

       Jared Sharkey - Jared's trick skiing continues to accelerate. Moving into the Boys 3 division and not showing any signs of slowing pushing his scores higher and higher, then scores well enough for 9th place at the Nationals in West Palm Beach.

Slalom Skier of the Year

         Casey Contos - Casey had an exceptional season, a tri-fecta maybe if you will. Fresh out of collegiate skiing he set a new mens 1 state record with a score of 2 at 39.5 off then went to the mid west regionals to place first there, then a week later won 1st place at the Nationals in West Palm Beach.

You can't accomplish much more than that in a season.

Female Skier of the Year

        Philippa Shedd - Philippa is only getting stronger and stronger every year in slalom, coming within a buoy of the women's 3 national record only to have broken her ankle trying.

Male Skier of the Year

        Tom Danford - Tom had a great season and topped it off with a great performance at the nationals in West Palm Beach. When the skiing was done Tom had emerged as the top overall skier in Men's 4.

Club of the Year

        WSI - WSI had their usual 2 record tournaments, 1 three event and the annual Labor Day slalom event all which include an NSL event. Plus they hosted the 05 State Championships, trying out a new format which included three events on each day. Then they hosted a weekly NSL learn to ski clinics and a NSL tournament on the last Tuesday of each month.

Officials of the Year

        Mike and Patty Patterson - You don't go to a tournament in the whole Indianapolis area with their 20 some lakes without these guys there to judge score or drive. If there's a tournament it wouldn't be happening without them there.

NSL Skier of the Year

        Dan Reed -  Dan has skied every NSL event at the Fairland ski site. He skied, tore up his equipment as well as himself and kept coming back for more.

Wakeboarder of the Year

        Chris Walker - Chris does allot of the scheduling of the wakeboarding events as well as a great competitor.

        Matt Steel - Matt has come a long way on his wakeboard, from just getting started in the event this year to throwing some of his first difficult tricks, Matt's become a natural.

Big Rigger of the Year

        Kurtis Threlkeld - When Kurtis started skiing for the Purdue Ski Team he was an accomplished jumper to say the least.  Now in his senior year, he's jumped a personal best of 149' at the collegiate nationals to contribute to the Purdue's 5th place team finish. Kurtis also won the Mark Wiggs Memorial Jump Trophy at the state tournament.

Outstanding Skier of the Year

         Cale Burdick - You have to wonder what more can Cale accomplish after last year. Well he's set more collegiate records, made the US jr. national team and won the slalom event as well as skiing in the open division at nationals and placing 3rd overall. His list of accomplishments continue to grow every year at a rate that we have a hard time keeping track.