Nominations Needed for 2024 Jesse coon award winner. Send in by june 1, 2025.
Jesse Coon was a man devoted to the sport of swimming, especially masters swimming. He encouraged swimmers at every level and promoted the sport to all around him. Past winners represent the heart of Masters Swimming and have been chosen because of their care and concern for others involved in the sport.
South Central Zone Award Winners
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SOUTH CENTRAL ZONE JESSE COON AWARD
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- 2023 Nicole Christensen - Gulf Presentation 7-27-24 During Champs
- 2022 Karlene Denby - Gulf Nomination Letter
- 2021 Lynn Morrison - North Texas Presentation 4-2-22 During Champs
- 2020 Kris Wingenroth - Gulf
- 2019 Dotty Burke - Arkansas
- 2018 DeEtte Sauer - Gulf
- 2017 Baker Shannon - Gulf
- 2016 Susan Ingraham - South Texas
- 2015 Tom and Carolyn Boak - Gulf
- 2014 Dirk Marshall - Gulf
- 2013 did not award
- 2012 Bruce Rollins - Gulf
- 2011 Bud Jackson - Arkansas
- 2010 Sandy Cattarin - Gulf
- 2009 Dave Young - North Texas
- 2008 Graham & Janice Johnston - Gulf
- 2007 Renee Prottopapas - Gulf
- 2006 Judy Wagner - Gulf
INTERNATIONAL SWIMMING HALL OF FAME HONOR SWIMMER
- 1998 Graham Johnston - Gulf
INTERNATIONAL MASTERS SWIMMING HALL OF FAME HONOR SWIMMERS
- 2023 Tom Wolf - North Texas
- 2017 Danielle Ogier - Gulf
- 2016 Joann Leilich - Gulf
- 2014 David Guthrie - Gulf
- 2012 Carolyn Boak - Gulf
- 2006 Sandy Neilson-Bell - South Texas
- 2003 Graham Johnston - Gulf
INTERNATIONAL MASTERS SWIMMING HALL OF FAME HONOR CONTRIBUTOR
- 2016 Tom Boak - Gulf
USMS CAPT. RANSOM J. ARTHUR, M.D. AWARD
- 2024 Kris Wingenroth - Gulf
- 2001 Carolyn Boak - Gulf
- 1991 Tom Boak - Gulf
- 1978 Hamilton & Mildred Anderson - Gulf
USMS COACH OF THE YEAR AWARD
- 2019 Richard Garza - North Texas
- 2013 Whitney Hedgepeth - South Texas
- 2010 Bobby Patten - North Texas
- 2008 Susan Ingraham - South Texas
- 2002 Jim Montgomery - North Texas
- 1993 Emmett Hines - Gulf
- 1988 Keith Bell - South Texas
USMS DOROTHY DONNELLY SERVICE AWARD
- 2024 Keving Lunsford - Gulf
- 2022 Mark Hahn - Gulf
- 2022 Stacy Abrams - South Texas
- 2022 Maddie Sibilia - Oklahoma
- 2021 Karlene Denby - Gulf
- 2020 Stacey Eicks - Gulf
- 2019 Nicole Christensen - Gulf
- 2018 Brian Albright - South Texas
- 2018 Mary Jurey - South Texas
- 2015 Ed Coates - South Texas
- 2014 Emmett Hines - Gulf
- 2005 Don Mehl - West Texas
- 2003 Kris Wingenroth - Gulf
- 1998 Carolyn Boak - Gulf
USMS KERRY O'BRIEN COACHES AWARD
- 2020 Greg Tharp - Gulf
- 2018 Elaine Valdez - South Texas
- 2014 Richard Garza - North Texas
- 2014 Dirk Marshall - Gulf
- 2013 Greg Orphanides - Gulf
USMS CLUB OF THE YEAR AWARD
- 2022 Masters of South Texas - South Texas
- 2008 The Woodlands Masters Swim Team - Gulf
USMS OFFICIALS EXCELLENCE AWARD
- 2020 Herb Schwab - Gulf
USMS JUNE KRAUSER COMMUNICATIONS AWARD
- 2022 Nicole Christensen - Gulf
- 2016 Karlene Denby - Gulf
USMS FITNESS AWARD
- 2024 Karlene Denby - Gulf
USMS DIVERSITY, EQUITY AND INCLUSION AWARD
- 2024 Anna Bass - Gulf
USMS TED HAARTZ STAFF APPRECIATION AWARD
- 2022 Stacy Abrams - South Texas
GULF EMMETT HINES AWARD
- 2024 Andreas Lorenz
- 2023 Nicole Christensen
- 2022 Kevin Lunsford
- 2021 Steve White
- 2020 Bruce and Elaine Rollins
- 2019 Mark Hahn
- 2018 Emmett Hines