We Give Thanks to Your WETS Donations Coming in and Longhorn Swim and Dive Success
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Nov. 2010 Dear WETS, Happy Thanksgiving! We give thanks to your WETS donations coming in and Longhorn Swim and dive success. There is lot’s to cheer about at a Longhorn football game…as long as you come early to the Florida Atlantic game Nov. 20th to congratulate the newest UT Hall of Honor members PAT PATTERSON and CAROL BORGMANN ROBERTSON on the turf just before the game. Carol will be inducted at a luncheon Friday Nov. 19th at the Frank Erwin Center. See the link for full details http://www.texassports.com/genrel/090110aad.html Coach Pat’s induction will be Friday evening http://www.texassports.com/genrel/091110aaa.html There has been so much newsworthy material to brag about that I have been unable to get it all together. Please refer to the great swimming and diving coverage on the official UT website: www.texassports.com . Click the sports tab and select men or women. You will find the meet schedules, rosters and lots of great news and videos. Our Annual WETS banquet and Frank Erwin Awards was our best ever. Thanks to all the effort that Jill Sterkel and Ted Doyle put in to ensure a great event. We had a capacity crowd at the T-Room to honor 5 great Longhorn Legends. Jon Vegard and Christian Styren made the trip from Norway to be honored. Jeff Thibault, Jim Henry, Terrianne McGuirk Kingsburry and April Kubik all made entertaining and inspirational speeches. L to R: Jeff, April, Christian, Jon, Terrianne & Jim being congratulated as the latest recipients of The Frank Erwin Award Check out more great photos from the 2010 WETS Banquet and Tailgate - http://www.flickr.com/groups/wets/ ….And if you did not know who Frank Erwin was, we created a display for the banquet so folks would know why the award is named for this great man. Frank Erwin Jr. (1920-1980) In 1975 Tex Robertson created the FRANK ERWIN AWARD to signify outstanding achievements and contributions of individuals to Longhorn swimming and diving. The first recipient was, of course, Frank Erwin himself. Frank Erwin was born in Waxahachie, Texas in 1920. He enrolled in UT the same year that Tex Robertson became the Longhorn Swimming coach, 1937. They both joined the Navy in 1942 to interrupt their education and coaching careers to serve our country during WW II. Erwin returned to U.T. to earn his law degree in 1948. Although politics was important to his life, Erwin’s foremost passion was the University of Texas. From 1963 to 1975 he sat on the UT Board of Regents; he was chairman from 1966- 1971. Frank’s strong leadership and great accomplishments in every corner of the campus makes his contribution to swimming just one of many magnificent U.T. deeds. As president of the Longhorn Club, Erwin gave swimming’s very first scholarship to Skippy Browning after he was denied an athletic scholarship. He was instrumental in the hiring of Pat Patterson and was the force behind the building of the World’s finest swimming and diving facility. To top it all, he used his influence to get UT to go along with Pat Patterson’s recommendation in obtaining super coaches Paul Bergen and Eddie Reese and to get the athletics department to fully fund both programs. Any swimmer or diver to ever wet a foot in the Texas Swimming Center should remember this man and his contribution to the nation’s best collegiate swim programs. Come see the Horns in Action!! UT Women’s 2010-2011 Schedule 10/16/10 at California Berkeley, Calif. W, 156-144 10/29/10 at Indiana, Michigan Bloomington, Ind. UT 159 IU 99; UT 175.5 UM 82.5 10/30/10 at Indiana, Michigan Bloomington, Ind. UT 189 IU 173;UT 211.5 UM 150 11/05/10 at Texas A&M College Station, Texas 6:00 pm CT 12/02-4/10 TSDHOF Invitational Austin, Texas All Day 01/13/11 at Auburn Auburn, Ala. TBA 01/14-17/11 USA Swimming Austin Grand Prix Austin, Texas All Day 01/15/11 at Georgia Athens, Ga. TBA 01/28-29/11 vs. Arizona Austin, Texas 2:00 pm CT 02/05/11 vs. SMU Austin, Texas TBA 02/09/11 at Houston (Sprint for the Cure) Houston, Texas TBA 02/23-27/11 Big 12 Championships Austin, Texas All Day 03/04-6/11 American Short Course Championships Austin, Texas All Day 03/11-13/11 NCAA Zone "D" Diving Austin, Texas All Day 03/17-19/11 NCAA Championships Austin, Texas All Day UT Men’s 2010-2011 Schedule /01/10 Orange-White Meet E Austin, Texas 3:00 pm CT 10/29/10 Southwest Collegiate Plunge Mansfield, Texas 6:00 pm CT 10/30/10 Southwest Collegiate Plunge Mansfield, Texas 1st, 996.5 pts. 11/05/10 Indiana, Michigan Bloomington, Ind. 2:00 pm CT 11/06/10 Indiana, Michigan Bloomington, Ind. 9:00 am CT 12/02-4/10 TSDHOF Invitational Austin, Texas All Day 01/14/11 at Auburn Auburn, Ala. 1:00 pm CT 01/14-17/11 USA Swimming Austin Grand Prix Austin, Texas All Day 01/15/11 at Georgia Athens, Ga. TBA 01/28-29/11 vs. Arizona Austin, Texas TBA 02/04/11 vs. Texas A&M (State Farm Lone Star Showdown) Austin, Texas TBA 02/23-26/11 Big 12 Championships Austin, Texas All Day 03/04-6/11 American Short Course Championships Austin, Texas All Day 03/11-13/11 NCAA Zone "D" Diving Austin, Texas All Day 03/24-26/11 NCAA Championships Minneapolis, Minn. All Day A Thank you is Dews!!! Back to Thanksgiving! Our treasurer Marvin Rich reports a strong WETS treasury, thanks to the following 2010-2011 donors. If you don’t see your name on the list then please send you splash of cash (no more than $100.00) to: WETS, PO Box 6962, Houston, TX 77265 WET$ 2010-2011 Contributors – October 28, 2010 Thanks!! Anderson, Bruce $100 Hoffman, Bill & Paula $50 Santamaria, Richard $100 Steve & Nancy Beasley $100 Hubbell, Marty $50 Sacco, Tommy $10 Blanchard, Jennifer Barron $50 Hurwitz, Shawn & Debbie $100 Scoggin, Matt & Becca $100 Boss, Steve $30 Johnson, Bill & M.F. $100/ $50 Scott, Tony $100 Bostock, Ken & Amber $10 Karbach, Hyl $100 Smith, Pliny $100 Breazeale, Nathan $100 Kendricks, Sam $100 Smith, Stuart $100 Brodnax, Bobby $100 Kinney, Kathleen $10 Smith, Thomas $50 Brundage, Patrick $100 Kitzman, Robert $50 Smitherman, Macie P. $50 Bryant, Karmen Hendrix $50 Lajoie, Joe $100 Spann, Scott & Beth $100 Carter, Tim & Nancy $100 Leach, Annette $30 Sparks, Sam $100 Carr, Carol Klimpel $100 Lucksinger, Sally $50 Spillane, Jim & Carolyn $100 Chavey, Kara $100 Mactier, Scott $100 Stackle, Kirk $100 Cornmann, Chris $100 Machell, Fred & Claudia $100 Thibault, Jeff $100 Cox, John & Colleen (Lanne) $30 Mangenello, Lou & Lynn $100 Thompson, Greg $100 Cozby, Wilson $10 Manning, Bob & Nan $30 Vance, Brian $100 Crawford, Johnny $100 May, Rick & Dana Dutcher $100 Walker, Neil $100 Dersch, Hans & Jules $100 McAnally, Bruce & Tina $100 Welborn, Clarence $50 Dickson, Kent & Andrea $100 McCasland, Woody $100 Willerson, Jim $100 Doyle, Ted & Stacey McClamroch, Harris $10 Worrel, Dick & Michele $100 Duncan, Scott $50 Natenberg, Steve $50 Worthington, Ann Drolsom $100 Dunworth, Dru $20 Nunez, Sharon Smith $5 Yancey, Mark $100 Duwe, Doug $100 Ohalloran, Tyler $5 Elenz, Doug & Amber $100 Patterson, Kit & Jill $100 Esway, Brian $20 Plummer, George & Patty $10 Fick, Darrell $100/ $100 Rassmussen, Andee $100 Flodine, James $100 Rearick, Cathy $50 Flaherty, Kenneth & Karen $100 Reaves, Richard $100/ $100 Gjertsen, Doug $100 Reaves, Will & Denise $50 Goodwin, James $100 Rich, Marvin and Shirley $100 Gordon, Lance $100/$50 Robertson, Bill & Carol Hagstette, Guy $100 (Borgmann) $100 Hawthorn, Duncan & Sheri $30 Robertson, Pat $100 Hedgepeth, Whitney $10 Robins, Thurman & Doris $100 Heller, Jeff $100 We appreciate the support and will continue to build it up to promote UT swimming and diving causes. There is still talk of an outdoor pool to go along with the newly renovated swim center. The renovations include new air conditioning, sound system, color scheme, filtration system and more. Make plans to see the beautiful new (and still the best) pool, support our Horns and attend one of the best Collegiate Swimming and Diving meets in the USA. The Texas Swimming and Diving Hall of Fame Invitational it will be held Dec. 2nd-4th at the University of Texas. The TSDHOF will honor their 2010 Inductees (see list below) in a ceremony Dec. 4th at 5:45 pm just prior to the last night of finals of this 3 day Invitational. Please notice that some of our greatest Longhorn heroes will be honored.. WILLIAM PAULUS, WALLY PRYOR, JILL STERKEL and LAURA WILKINSON along with High School coaching legend Lanny Landtroop. More information including videos and previous inductees is available on the website: www.tsdhof.org. The TSDHOF is a non-profit organization that was created to enshrine the legends, pioneers and rich history of aquatics in the state of Texas. The TSDHOF has no paid employees and exists alone on donations from those that wish to honor the past to inspire the future of Texas aquatics. So please send in your annual splash to keep them afloat and honor the folks (many of them longhorns) that have brought notoriety to our great state. Invitational WHEN: Thursday, Dec. 2 - Saturday, Dec. 4; swimming preliminary rounds begin at 10 a.m. Central, and the finals sessions, with multiple finals heats in each event, begin at 6 p.m. WHERE: Lee and Joe Jamail Texas Swimming Center - Austin, Texas PARTICIPATING TEAMS:? LIVE RESULTS: http://www.tsc.utexas.edu/results/index.htm ADMISSION: Admission is free for all sessions TENTATIVE SCHEDULE OF EVENTS Thursday, Dec.