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A very deserving Patty Patterson was given
the Rollie Williams Award at the 2001 Indiana State Waterski Championship
Awards Banquet. Mike Patterson received this award a few years ago and it
was only fitting that Patty receive this award as well. Although Patty was
a national competitor in roller skating events starting at a young age, it
became obvious to her that marrying Mike Patterson meant marrying
waterskiing. When Sugar Creek Ski Club was founded, Patty immediately began
pitching in to help with the jobs associated with hosting tournaments. She
received her ratings as scorer, judge and safety director so she would be
able to help wherever she was needed and she does. Not only does she
officiate at her home site tournaments (soon to include Silent Shores), she
has officiated at tournaments at Fairland, Champion Lake, Meski, Muncie, Ski
Klub of Indianapolis, and Hawthorn Lake. She has been Chief Scorer for the
State Championships multiple times. She has served as Assistant Chief
Scorer at Regionals. What non-scorers may not know is that the Chief Scorer
for a tournament has the responsibility to see that all tournament results,
officials and reports are submitted to USA Waterski complete and on time.
This enables the skiers and officials to receive credit for their work and
results. Such reporting requires meticulous attention to detail and takes
additional hours after the skiing is done. Check out your ratings card
and/or official’s record and we bet that you will have Patty Patterson’s
signature on it.
As for her own skiing, she is quite a fine
trick skier and skied at the nationals in 1996. A rumor was confirmed that
she had a brief run at slalom skiing in the late 80’s before giving it up
for good. In the off season she is quite the power walker. Her pace is
quite fast, so don’t be volunteering to go for a walk with her unless you
are in very good shape. As a side note, when Patty is in the real world,
she is a Field Service Representative for Bank One, responsible for getting
new bank machines (ATM’s) up and running. Patty is a tireless worker,
always cheerful and trying to help everyone; she embodies what the Rollie
Williams Award is all about. We appreciate her contributions to Indiana
waterskiing!!
What a nice surprise!
What a nice surprise! I would like to take this
opportunity to say “Thank You” for honoring me with the “Rollie Williams”
award in 2001. It was a wonderful surprise and one I will remember for a
long time. The past award winners as well as the rest of the Indiana Water
Skiers are a great bunch of people to be associated
with. I only hope that one day all Indiana
water skiers experience winning this award. As always the State tournament
was filled with lots of excitement, fun and friends and by ending the
weekend winning this award it was the best ever. The only bad part was you
taught my husband to lie to me. When I asked who won before we went down to
dinner he told me so and so and I thought that was a good pick because that
person does a great job. I even looked around at dinner to make sure this
person was there. If he can lie about this what else don’t I know? Just
kidding! I forgave him. Again Thank You, Thank You, Thank You.
Patty Patterson
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