2017 Midwest Regional DII Champions

       In 2017, our land show director, Stef Brooks wrote our ski show, "The Night Before Ski-mas." With help on the water from Marty Pottebaum, these two led our team to victory with a total of seven different team awards as well as a Midwest Regional victory in Aberdeen, SD.

      Our acts would not be possible without the men and women in the boats. Winning best Towboat Crew (Left to Right): Lori Trenkamp (Spotter), Travis Burnett (Driver), Cody McDermott (Driver), and Kathie Rowray (Spotter).

      Keeping all of our skiers safe on the water, is our pickup boat crew consisting of: Zach McAllister and Mark Zieser. They had the highest scoring pickup boat at Regionals.

      Helping our shows flow as smoothly as possible on the land is our Dock and Equipment Crew. With the help of these men, we had all of our skis, pre-fab towers, ropes, and any other equipment right where we wanted it. The high scoring Dock and Equipment Crew consisted of (left to right): Andy Recker, Keith Brockhohn, and John Ulrichs.

      With help of our sound crew and announcers, our team was awarded the highest scoring sound crew consisting of (left to right): Announcers: Morgan Hermanson and Faith Hunt and Sound Crew: Stef Brooks and Angie Brockhohn.

    Our Opener Pyramid was the highest scoring act of the Midwest Regionals tournament. The pyramid team, consisting of (left to right): 4th- tier: Lili Bauers; 3rd- Tier: Kaelynn Schuster and Livia Hermanson; 2nd- Teir: Samantha Holub, Tiffany Leytem, Stacey McDermott, McKenzie Lansing, and Tanner DeMoss; Base Skiers: Marty Pottebaum, Ron Klinger, Mitch Tauke, Brian Wegmann, Mitch Tanner, Doug Bauers, Coy Roussell, and Nate Tauke. 

     Our 2017 jump team was the highest scoring jump team at Midwest Regionals. Consisting of: Left: (Front to back): Mitch Tanner, Doug Bauers, and Marty Pottebaum and Right: (Front to back): Mitch Tauke, Nate Tauke, and Ron Klinger.

2017 Team Award Banquet

Each year our show director(s) give out 9 awards during our Awards Banquet held at the end of the season.
​The 2017 recipients are highlighted in the slideshow below.