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Connelly Skis 2018 NCWSA Nationals Picks!

The Connelly Skis 40th Collegiate Water Ski National Championships start in 12 hours at 7am CDT on Thursday October 11, 2018! If you are in Texas, head over to San Marcos River Ranch to experience the event live and in person, but if you cannot make it you can view the entire event on the webcast live at ncwsa.com/webcast. Remember, the skiing starts at 7am CDT!!

Earlier this week we asked our writers, various members of the media, water ski community, board members, and the world who they thought would win the 2018 NCWSA National Championship, the 2018 Division 2 Nationals Title, and the HO Skis 2018 NCWSA Spirit Award.

 

2018 Champion

D2 Winner

Spirit Winner

BallOfSpray

University of Louisiana at Monroe Clemson University

Brooks Wilson

Radar Skis

Texas A&M University

Adam Koehler

NCWSA.com

Iowa State University Clemson University

Natalie Marcus

NCWSA.com

University of Louisiana at Monroe University of Wisconsin - Madison

John Mommer

HO Skis
Syndicate Skis

University of Louisiana at Lafayette

Molly Voska

NCWSA.com

Purdue University Grand Valley State University

Collected Specialty Voters

University of Louisiana at Monroe Miami University

World Wide Vote

Miami University

 

Looks like the crowd and the experts have a dissenting opinion on the 2018 National Champion with the University of Alabama taking the worldwide vote and the experts banking on the University of Louisiana at Monroe. The top three HO Skis Spirit Award predictions were the same top three finishers from 2017 – Iowa State University, Texas A&M University, and Miami University – in a different order, so a bunch of teams picked by the experts including Clemson University have some work to do!

Expert Breakdown

 

Worldwide Breakdown

 

Watch live at San Marcos River Ranch in Martindale, Texas or stream the event live at ncwsa.com/webcast to find out which of our experts missed the boat on their predictions!

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.