Award Winners

2024 South central zone jesse coon award winner!

Congratulations Alana Wilson of the Woodlands Masters Swim Team

Jesse Coon was well known as an amazing record-setting swimmer and a passionate advocate for Masters swimming. But most importantly Jesse Coon loved swimming and actively recruited others to join the sport he loved so dearly. Alana Wilson, the current President for the Woodlands Masters Swim Team (WMST), embodies the passion and spirit Jesse Coon portrayed. She is a fervent supporter of all things Masters swimming. The countless volunteer hours she donates in her role as WMST president and her contributions to USMS Gulf Swimming perpetuate and promote the altruistic mission of Jesse Coon. CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL NOMINATION LETTER.

South Central Zone Award Winners

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SOUTH CENTRAL ZONE JESSE COON AWARD

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2024 Alana Wilson - Gulf
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

USMS South Central Zone

Arkansas, Gulf, Oklahoma, North Texas and South Texas LMSCs

Nominations Needed for 2024 Jesse coon award winner. Send in by june 1, 2025.

2024 South central zone jesse coon award winner!

Congratulations Alana Wilson of the Woodlands Masters Swim Team

South Central Zone Award Winners

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