The National Collegiate Water Ski Association is proud to recognize Stan Coppock as an Honorary National Director, recognizing his years of leadership, service, and dedication to collegiate water skiing. Stan Coppock was a professor of entomology at Oklahoma State University and founded the Oklahoma State University water ski team in 1976. He served as the […]
Category: South Central Region
The South Central Region is the local region for all teams and competitions in Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas.
Kelvin Kelm: The Man Behind the Screen
Kelvin Kelm has exemplified outstanding leadership and volunteerism in the NCWSA for over a decade. His interest in water skiing started at the University of Texas at Austin where he received his Bachelor’s degree. Later on, Kelvin began volunteering in the South Central region before his oldest daughter began school at Texas State University. Even […]
Phil Chase: Building the Future of Collegiate Water Skiing
NCWSA Pioneers The growth of collegiate water skiing can be traced to the vision and leadership of pioneers such as Elmer and Barbara Stailing, who helped establish the concept of collegiate teams competing in a format that emphasized team achievement rather than individual efforts. Collegiate skiing continued to grow under the direction of Ed and […]
2026 Seeding Show & Boat Draw
Congrats to the teams that are officially heading to Bell Acqua Lakes in California. Tune in tonight (October 6th) for the Seeding Show & Boat Show, where we’ll reveal the regional qualifiers! We’ll run a simulated tournament to decide the remaining qualifiers. Then teams will be seeded into D1 and D2 based on their scores. […]
Remembering Gordon Hall: Collegiate Skier to Hall of Famer
In 2017 Gordon Hall was granted the title of Honorary National Director. In 2022 he was inducted into the NCWSA Hall of Fame in recognition of his years of dedicated service and his contributions that went above and beyond. Gordon skied for the University of Texas and eventually became the South Central Region director/chairman (1978 […]