JAWS Water Ski Lake in Jacksonville, Illinois won the bid to be the host of the 2020 NCWSA All-Stars & Team Trials tournament. JAWS is the home site of the Leutz family. Savannah Leutz is currently co-chair of our NCWSA Awards Committee and is an alumna of University of Illinois, and her brother Ben Leutz […]
Author: Adam Koehler
I am Clinical Assistant Professor at the University of Illinois Chicago. I earned my Ph.D. from the University of California, Riverside and Bachelor's and Masters from Marquette University. I skied collegiately at Marquette and in 2009 I received the NCWSA Outstanding Leader Award. I was NCWSA Operations Committee Chair for 7 years, and the NCWSA Secretary for 8 years.
The Boarding School Wins Bid To Host 2020 NCWSA Nationals!
The Boarding School in Orlando, Florida will be the host of the 2020 NCWSA Nationals! We look forward to celebrating our 42nd NCWSA Collegiate Water Ski National Championships tournament at The Boarding School October 22-24, 2020. “You are in the wrong spot!” is what The Boarding School kept telling us (and anyone that listened) on social media, […]
Thoughts on Nationals by the Past Three Women’s Slalom Champions by HO Sports
At the Connelly Skis 2018 NCWSA Nationals HO Sports caught up with the past three NCWSA Nationals women’s slalom champions; 2016 champion Florida Southern College skier Allie Nicholson, 2017 University of Louisiana at Monroe skier Hanna Straltsova, and 2018 champion University of Louisiana at Lafayette skier Jamiee Bull. HO Sports interviewed the trio to get […]
AWSA Approves Four Towboats For 2019
Article originally published on USA Water Ski & Wake Sports website on December 11, 2018. Four competition towboats from three manufacturers have been approved to pull athletes in American Water Ski Association-sanctioned tournaments in 2019. The American Water Ski Association (AWSA) is one of nine sport discipline organizations of USA Water Ski & Wake Sports, the […]
Michigan State University Wins HO Sports #MostFunWins Video Contest
Michigan State University won the 2018 HO Sports Most Fun Wins Video Contest! The runner up to Michigan State was Texas A&M University, and an honorable mention was given to Miami University. Check out all the videos below!