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Ski Club of the Year - Silent Shores
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At this years state tournament, when
Patty Patterson showed up on the starting dock to get ready to slalom at 7
in the morning the whole state of Indiana knew something was up. Her
Ski Team, Silent Shores, hadn't ever won the
State Team
Trophy - , and when they were members of Sugar Creak they hadn't won a
state championship either, and they were bringing in all the forces to do
just that. With the help of every member of their ski club |
that could ski, Silent Shores won their first state team
trophy by 64 points. They went on to display their team pride hanging banners
and displaying their trophy at each of their local tournaments there after.
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Trick Skier of the Year - Howard Little - Howard Won the state
tournament in Men 7 trick, went on to regionals in Minnesota and finished a
very respectable 3rd. Then a week later he went on to finish 4th at the US
Nationals in Wilmington Illinois.
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Official
of the Year -
Patty Patterson -
Her nominator said it best, "when I'm on the radio, in any tournament, it is
always great to her her voice on the other end of the radio". Patty keeps a
tournament running smoothly, catching hick ups and errors before they turn
into bigger disasters and her persistence and feed back over the air waves
never breaks down communications. She is on site from beginning to end,
Keeps everything under control, gets the results posted, and is always
friendly and patient to everyone who works by her side.
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Family Skiers of
the Year - Team Sharkey's
- Out of 15 teams that were competing at the state tournament, with just 4
skiers, Team Sharkey's finished in 4th place. At state Jared was 1st in
Men's 1 tricks, Mason was 2nd in Men's 1 tricks, Cody finished 2nd in Men's
2 tricks and Randy was 1st in Men's 6 tricks and 1st in Men's 6 jump. At
regionals Jared was 1st in Men's 1 tricks with 7010 points which was 300
points from the regional record. Mason finished 2nd. At Nationals, Jared
went on to finish 6th in Men's 1 tricks and Mason finished 9th.
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Volunteer of the Year -
Jerry Hodges - As a result of unfortunate issues, the title
sponsor for the Indy Skiers couldn't provide a tow boat for to the club for
the 2011 season. It is critical to the success, and even existence , of the
Indy Skiers to be able to operate the Thursday Night Ability Series for Indy
Parks, and not having a tow boat available for the season would surely have
it's consequences if not for Jerry. For the majority of the Thursday nights,
Jerry had selflessly brought his trusty Malibu to the rescue and pulled many
skiers late into the evenings. There were many evenings where daylight would
run out before Jerry would get a ski ride in for himself. This giving
attitude and love for the sport exemplifies what Jerry, and the Indy Skiers
are all about. Indy Skiers club members and non-club members alike owe Jerry
a huge 'thank you' for another great season.
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Big Rigger of the Year Tom Eggers - Tom
had moved into a house on a ski lake just this spring. Only to see the site
almost totally destroyed and his house threatened a couple months later from
flash floods and high water. When the water spilled into the lake taking out
it's barriers, tom went out in the rapid waters to save the ski jump. As the
currents were trying to wash it away Tom got it untied just as a whirl pool
o water was forming around him. As Tom broke away from the jump in his row
boat and couldn't break away from the currents of the swirling waters. Tom
jumped ship and swam to shore only to turn and watch the boat get pulled
under water. After a year of work getting things back in order he started a
Wednesday night jump league with members and friends who would share a set
of jump every Wednesday pushing the interest of Jumping.
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Grassroots Skier of the Year
Nick Cooper - Nick first appeared at the Fairland Spring Fling on
June 5th. It took several tries but he finally made it up on a single ski
and around the tight turn islands. As the summer progressed so did Nick. On
a borrowed ski his ability improved to the point that he skied in several
sanctioned Grassroots Tournaments and participated in a Seth Stisher Clinic
at the end of the summer. Nick is a student at Trion University in Northern
Indiana and is our 2011 Grassroots skier of the year..
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Collegiate Skier of the Year
Paige Ruddick - Paige has lived on a private ski lake for over
13 years. After finally finding a renewed interest in sking after joining
the Purdue Water Ski Team her scores were soon to be improving. She started
the season at 26 mph @15 off. Her best tournament run was 2 @ 15 off at 34
mph. At the Collegiate Nationals she plaaced 9th out of 45 female skiers and
helped Purdue to a second place finish in the Division two Championships. |
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Most
Improved Jr. Female Skier Emma
Tynan - In just her
2nd season skiing, Emma is currently ranked 6th on the USA rankings list and
would really like to get back to 3rd where she was just a month ago. Her
best score is a full pass at girls 1 Max speed at 30 mph (long Line). she
got into 15 off at Silent Shores in August. In June she was skiing at 25 mph
and by August was skiing at 30 and running the full pass. She finished 2nd
at state, was 4th at Regionals and finished 18th at Nationals. She won the
Mid West Regional Most improved girls Slalom Award given at the Mid West
Regionals which was held in Minnesota this year. |
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Most
improved Jr. Male skier Blake
Miller - Blake skied 5 @ 32 mph at 15 off last year at the state
tournament and this year he ran 2 @ 22 off at 34 mph. Blake also went from
410 points in trick to 1110. Blake qualified for regionals in slalom trick
and jump. He skied in his first nationals and skied 2 @ 22off and out
skied his seed by 10 spots. He missed qualifying for Nationals in
tricks by 20 points. At the regionals this year he finished 8th overall, was
8th in slalom, 10th in tricks and 17th in jump, and is currently qualified
for the 2012 nationals in slalom and trick.
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Junior
Female Skier of the Year
Megan Lambert - Megan got a late start this season because she
qualified for the Track and Field Regionals where she broke her high schools
long jump record. Megan became and assistant judge, improved her tournament
average by over 6 buoys, she was Girls 3 state slalom champion, tied for 9th
at regionals and was named Midwest Regional Girls 3 Slalom Most Improved
Skier.
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Junior
Male Skier of the Year
Cameron Wischmeyer - Cameron skied in 8 tournaments this season. His
tournament best was 2 @ 28 off at 30 mph. He placed 1st at the Indiana State
, finished 1st at the Regionals and took 2nd place at Nationals. He lists
Chet Raley and Sam Jackson as his slalom Ski coaches/mentors, and loves to
ski behind his Ski Nautique.
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Most
improved Female
Michelle Bucher - Michelle only skied in four tournaments over the
summer, The Cindonway Open, State, Regionals and went on to Nationals. She
took 1st in all three events at state, Was third in all three at the
regionals, and in her second nationals she skied her personal best in all
three events and overall. she won a runoff in slalom to give her fifth place
on the podium at regionals, improving from 2 @ 32 off to 3 1/2 @ 32 off. In
tricks she improved from 940 to 1110, and increased her jump to an 81
footer.
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Most
Improved Skier of the Year
Matt Kelly - Matt has improved his skiing to another level in just a
short period of time. In his first tournament a few years ago he managed 2
buoys at 32 mph. He set some goal for 2010 and qualified for the Midwest
Regionals in just his second year skiing. This year he finds himself
qualified for the US Nationals for 2012 and has seen some action at 38 off.
He attributes his accomplishments to many trips with the family to the lake,
and gets to ski with some of the best talent in the state, Scott Tynan, Todd
Crow, and Nate Smith. He has helped out the water ski community in many
different ways and is a joy to be around.
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Most
Outstanding Achievement Award
DeeDee Tucker - Dee Dee Took a clean sweep at state, finishing first in
all three events. At regionals she was 6th in slalom 1st in tricks and 2nd
in Jump and ended up 1st overall. At Nationals, she was 8th in slalom, 2nd
in tricks and 2nd in jump which landed her 2nd overall. Dee Dee works
tirelessly at tournaments, specially her home site where the state was held
making sure everything runs smoothly , she's a great organizer and always
makes other feel welcome. Such as making kids feel good about their sking at
the state by giving out pop sickle awards...
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Slalom Skier of the Year Sam
Jackson - Sam has a string of National podium finishes and earned 3rd
this year at the Nationals. He qualified and competed with the USA JR. World
Team in Italy in 2010. He's an 8 time state slalom champ and 3 time regional
champ. This year he was 3rd at the Jr. US Open, 1st at state and 3rd at
nationals. His average score is 3.88 @ 38 off @ 36 mph. Sam also plays
varsity golf and plays high school basketball at Columbus East.
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Female
Skier of the Year Prissy
Edwards - Prissy continues to dominate where ever she goes. Almost took
a clean sweep in all three events at State, regionals and nationals. All
except the 2nd place finish in Slalom at regionals and a 3rd place finish in
slalom at nationals. Other than that she is 1st place everywhere else and
holds many state records.
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Male
Skier of the Year Dan
Reed - Dan has been working on skiing the outer buoy coarse all
year for participation at this year world tournament. Then 2 week prior to
the Worlds he injured his elbow, limiting any more practice till the week of
the big tournament. He went on to ski at the Worlds, and made 2 passes in
slalom and ran 3 buoys at 30 mph, and finished 3rd of the mini coarse, and
was 13th overall. Dan doesn't claim to be a tricker so we'll go on to jump.
Dan went on to jump and landed a personal best at the World tournament with
a jump of 57 feet. Dan increased the boat speed hoping for a 60 footer only
to crash hard, breaking his ski and finishing his day. As a result he helped
Team USA to a 2011 World Championship bringing home the Gold Medal. The US
Team was selected as USA Waterski's August "Team of the Month". Dan's story
of a paraplegic water skier was featured on the front page of the August
edition of the Indianapolis Star with articles and photos as well as a
multi-media video online at IndyStar.com. Dan was designated RHI Sports
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Skier of
the Year Nate Smith
- Nate has finished the season with a streak of running 37 consecutive
39 off passes. At Maiden NC, he skied 1 @ 43 off which was a new Natinals
Men's 1 record. Then June 22nd at the Sac Town Gold Rush in California he
won his first pro tournament event with a score of 1/2 @ 43 off, being
the only and youngest person to ever clear the 41 off pass twice at the same
tournament . and the condensed accompishments of the rest of his season is
this
- Worlds
in Dubna Russia - 3rd place - 1.5 @41
- Mid
West Regionals 1st place - 4.5 @ 41 off - a new Open Regional Record
- Malibu
Open 3rd behind Will Asher and Jamie Beauchene
- US
Nationals 2nd - 3 @ 41 off behind Chris Parish and a run off with Jonathan
Travers after a 2 1/2 hour rain delay
- U21
Worlds - Meuzac, France - 1st Place
- Diablo
Shores California, Pro tournament event, 3rd Place
- Katy
Ski Jam in Katy, Texas, Pro Tournament 1st place finish.
Nate's
list of great skiing is an endless list. But he hasn't finished less than
third all year in any event, and has skied 41 off 5 different sites, behind
5 different drivers.
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