The 2010 NCWSA Award Winners are:

Male Athlete of the Year: Storm Selsor of ASU

Storm has had an amazing year on the water. His year started by earning top honors at the 2010 All Stars in Elk Grove, CA at Shortline Lake in Slalom, Jump and Overall. This past fall he put out a record setting jump at the WCWSA fall opener in Arvin, CA at Ironwood Lake scoring 185’ after out jumping the 2^nd grid. He went on to medal in each event at Nationals, and went home with the Individual Overall Championship. This year he has also stepped up as a leader for his team, and shows off his team spirit at every tournament he attends.

Female Athlete of the Year: Alex Lauretano of ULM

After transferring to ULM, Alex has had an incredible year of athletic dominance. During the fall season she unofficially broke the NCWSA women’s trick record with a run of 4930 pts., followed by an approved jump record of 155’. At Nationals, she helped ULM to a 2^nd place finish with a 150’ jump after a horrific crash to win the event, followed by a brave 4^th place toe trick run the following day in a splint.

Male Outstanding Leader of the Year: Matt Knafla of Iowa State

Matt has been serving as AAC Chairman for the past 2 years, and has expressed a great interest in serving on the NCWSA board. As his own skills on the water have improved, he uses a leadership by example approach to motivate the rest of his team to better themselves, and helped earn them the fantasy regionals wildcard spot for this year’s past nationals, where they had a very strong showing.

Female Outstanding Leader of the Year: Stephanie Elhoffer of Missouri State

This was Stephanie’s second year of being nominated. In the last year she has stepped up her level of involvement within the MCWSA, to hold positions as both Awards Chairman and Officials Chairman. She has also been filling the role of Media Coordinator for USA Waterski, helping bring the NCWSA back into the mainstream media. For these reasons and more, Stephanie was the obvious choice for the award this year.

Team of the Year: the Ragin’ Cajuns, ULL

ULL went from last season where they weren't even in the hunt for the championship to a winning season with some new recruits and upper classmen that stepped up their game and came together as a cohesive team to win it all. This team performed as they needed to do on the day they needed to do it. Their tenacity as individuals brought a team spirit and drive together that couldn't be beat this year.