The 29th Annual Hall of Fame
Induction Ceremony is gearing up for another exciting Weekend of
Champions.
This is the weekend when you
can rub shoulders and shake hands with legends of yesterday and
today. Plan today
for you and your family to attend one or more of the many events
during our 2012 Induction weekend!
Hall of Fame Honorees:
Wade Cox & Sherri Slone
Award of Distinction Recipients:
Bob Maher, Larry Meddock, Lance Renfrow, Don Thomson, Mike Tolzmann
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
Friday, April 20
Fundraiser - Golf Tournament &
Hall of Fame Social
6:30 - 9:00pm
$60 per person
Location: Water
Ski Hall of Fame and Museum
Sponsor:
Polk County Sports Marketing
Saturday, April 21
Open
House: The Water Ski Experience
11:00 am - 2:00
pm
Hall of
Fame Reception, Banquet &
Enshrinement Ceremonies
6:00 pm
$125 per person
Location:
Lakeland Center in Lakeland, Florida
701 West Lime
St., Lakeland FL
Interstate 4
Exit 31
SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES
Honoree
Table Sponsor
10 seats
Pays for honoree
and their family to attend the banquet at no cost. You receive
two (2) tickets at sponsors request to be seated at the table.
The remaining eight (8) tickets go to honorees choice of guest.
$1250
Diamond
Sponsor
Listing as a
Diamond Sponsor
Reserved Seating
for four (4)
Recognition in
the program
Recognition at
the reception
$1000
Sapphire
Sponsor
Listing as
Sapphire
Sponsor
Reserved seating
for two (2)
Recognition in
the program
$500
Ruby
Sponsor
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Sponsor
Recognition in
the program
Reserved seating
for one (1)
$250
Opal
Sponsor
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Sponsor
Recognition in
the program
$100
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Social, Reception, Banquet and Enshrinement Ceremonies Weekend Package Discount $175 |
Reception, Banquet & Enshrinement $125 |
Friday Night Hall of Fame Social $60 |
| Honoree Table Sponsor $1250 |
Diamond Sponsor $1000 |
Sapphire Sponsor $500 |
| Ruby Sponsor $250 |
Opal Sponsor $100 |
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Maher, a three-event water skier, started his ski company, Maherajah Skis, in 1950. Maherajah had some key skiers, such as the LaPoints, using his product. His innovations included beveled side edges, high-wrap bindings, and concave bottoms on their top quality wooden skis. Today, Maherajah Skis is mainly noted as a manufacturer of water ski racing skis.
Meddock’s water ski industry career spans almost 50 years, beginning with Medalist Water Sports, later at Correct Craft, and continuing today as executive director of the Water Sports Industry Association. He served as AWSEF trustee from 1986-92 and chairman of the board from 1990-93.
Renfrow has been an AWSEF trustee since 1986 and served on the Hall of Fame Selection Committee over three terms. He was an engineer by trade and was an early designer of a private lake in Newberry Springs, Calif
Thomson introduced back barefooting to the Cypress Gardens ski shows, was an endurance barefoot record holder and the first ever to do the doubles act (a girl riding on his shoulders) barefoot. He was instrumental in introducing the use of carbon fiber in molded skis and the “wing” to slalom ski fins.”
Tolzmann was a three-event water skier and show skier, but went into the freestyle event when it was featured on the Pro Tour for a few years. He was noted for putting out huge distances while doing tricks off the ramp. Distances became so long in the freestyle event that the rules were even modified to reduce the scoring bonus.
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| Bob Maher | Larry Meddock | Lance Renfrow | Mike Tolzmann | Don Thompson |
The American Water Ski Educational Foundation’s 10-member Hall of Fame Selection Committee has announced that former professional water ski athletes Wade Cox and Sherri Slone will be the 2012 AWSEF Water Ski Hall of Fame inductees. The 30th annual induction ceremony will take place April 21 at the Lakeland Center in Lakeland, Fla. Cox and Slone will be the 62nd and 63rd inductees into the AWSEF Hall of Fame, which is located in Polk City, Fla.
Cox
was perhaps the most successful U.S. slalom skier of his time.
He scored points and wins on the U.S. Pro Water Ski Tour, facing
tough competition from others such as Great Britain’s Andy
Mapple. He always credited the competition as incentive to
improve. He has more than 30 victories in professional water
skiing. He held the U.S. national slalom record at one time. In
1996 he won men’s slalom titles at the Masters and U.S. Open.
The high point of his career was in the late 1990s and early
2000s. He earned a bronze medal in men’s slalom at the 1995
Water Ski World Championships
Slone’s
skiing career had many honors and victories, even though
throughout most of her career shewas competing against other top
women who are now in the Hall of Fame. She co-held the U.S.
women’s jumping record at 156 feet (47.5 meters) before the ramp
for Open Women was raised to 5-½ feet. She was the world
champion in jumping in 1991. She won more than 20 pro
tournaments.
Although noted mainly for her jumping, she also was a three-eventer in traditional skiing. She was ranked in the top-three in women’s overall in the world for several years. In 1990, when there were competing pro tours, she accomplished a unique feat of winning two separate pro jumping titles on the same day. She contributed to the sport by serving on the American Water Ski Association’s International Activities Committee and becoming a rated judge
2012 AWARD OF DISTINCTION
