The University of Iowa

Current Members
Alumni

President, Danielle "D Money" Marchese
Hometown: Woodridge Illinois
Favorite Event: Jump because it scares me to death
I love getting to know people from all over the midwest. Tournaments are great because they're not about doing better than other teams. They're about cheering on everyone to do their best no matter what team they're on.

danielle-marchese@uiowa.edu
 
Vice President, Katie "KFM" Menning
Hometown: Denver, IA - The mile wide city.
"I just wanna swerve"
 
Captain, Bryson Winsky
Hometown: Kimball SD
Bryson is always near the starting dock supporting his team mates and making sure everyone is where they need to be. Without Bryson, a lot of people probably wouldn't make it to the docks on time and potentially miss their run.
 
Treasurer, Bridget Borden
-Marketing Major
-Favorite memory is learning to love camping :)
-Favorite part of the team is the WE!
 
Social Chair, Jake Bush
Ski House Owner
Favorite Event: Jump
Jake can't jump as far as Michael Arriola
 
Webmaster, Tom "Tom-Tom " Stelzer
Favorite Events: Slalom, Jump
Enjoys spending a lot of time on the res and avoiding all school work
 
Patrick "Patch" Cebrzynski
May 2010
Finance
Wakeboard & Slalom
I pretend to be good at skiing but I'm not!
DreamBoat: Mastercraft X-star......its a dreamboat for a reason!
 
Jim "Cline" Robbins
Not actually an active member on the team, but Jim attends almost every team meeting.
Jim can often be found at the ski house, usually eating pizza while sitting indian style on the couch.
 
Jes Bush
Lake Geneva WI
Communications and health and sports major
My favorite part of the team is the partying with all our balllllin teammates
My favorite thing to do is wakesurfing
 
Michael "Miguel" Arriola
Michael is an avid Louisville Chugger player. His style is aggressive and generally yields fantastic results with minimal injuries sustained. Also, Michael can jump substantially farther than Jake Bush.
 
Ty Culbertson
Likes wakeboarding and driving 1997 Moombas
 
Barry Garretson
Senior
Business Studies Major
Prefered skiing but like crashing off the jump too
Thing I liked most about the team is: expecting the unexpected and randomness from everyone
 
Amy Steger
NewVienna, IA
Integrative physiology major, pre-med
I love being a part of the team because everyone has a good time together, and at tournaments you get to meet/party with so many other fun midwest skiers!
 
Annie Hartmann
Annie enjoys losing her phone at nearly every event the ski team goes to and occassionally getting separated from the group for extended periods of time. Nonetheless, she will always have a smile on her face.
--Art and Communications Major
--Favorite Events: All Three!! I like to slalom, trick, and jump
--I love spending time with the team and getting out on the water during the school week and partying and competing on the weekends!
 
Emily Hesch
Emily likes sitting inside of clothes dryers whenever possible. Sometimes she'll stay inside of a dryer for multiple days because she finds them so comfortable.
 
Maggie McGinnis
Social Work Major
Loves all three events but is terrified of jump
Loves practicing, competing, and partying with the team
-Maggie wears dark colors at all times in order to show how much she hates the world. Her dark, emo tendicies are frequently made fun of by the rest of the UI Waterski Team. She's a good sport though and hasn't cut her wrist too many times because of the endless teasing.
 
Clay Hazelett
Grad student in Cell Biology
Enjoys workin' in the lab, liftin', waterskiing, wakeboarding, snowboarding, and rugby when he can
 
Kevin Kazmer
Hometown: Waukegan, IL
Major: Communications Minor: English
Something enjoyable about the team:
"I swam for 15 years and water skiing was always intermingled during the warmer seasons so it was an easy choice. You get to improve overall and meet new people all the time"
 

©The University of Iowa Waterski and Wakeboard Team, 2008