By Trey Kolhausen
The Westwood Waves definitely attacked the competition this season. They finished their summer league season UNDEFEATED in 2025. They were 7 and 0, the Waves got 1,211 best times, had 117 undefeated swimmers, achieved 207 BRONZE, 193 SILVER and 143 GOLD motivational time standards.
All Waves enjoyed an exciting celebration of the season at our awards banquet in June. After the award presentation and slideshow/video in Westwood’s dining room, the party moved to the pool area, where there was a water slide that the swimmers really enjoyed, the fun “bouncy house” was out for the swimmers to jump, then the swimmers did a raft race, a greased watermelon race and a relay where the swimmers put on heavy clothes and had to swim to the other side and pass off the clothes. The finale was a Westwood popular, as always, Soda Scramble. What a fantastic celebration highlighting a successful season.
At the Waves Banquet, Hayes Newberry received the coveted Price Malone Award for outstanding sportsmanship and leadership. The award is given to an 11 & up swimmer who is a team leader on the Waves. Hayes is an excellent athlete/student and all the swimmers on the team look up to him for advice, swimming help, and “fun.” In the past, Hayes received the Most Improved Award, Coaches Choice Award and Most Outstanding Swimmer award for 6 years in a row. Most deserving of his Price Malone Award, for sure, and we salute HAYES for a great accomplishment.
Again, this year, Westwood Waves hosted a GRAND PRIX swim meet. This was our swim league’s CHAMPIONSHIP swim meet. The league was divided into the Blue Team and the Gold Team. Westwood was part of the blue team along with Austin Country Club and the Hills Country Club. The gold team was Westlake Country Club, Barton Creek Country Club and Western Hills Athletic Club. 8 & under swimmers competed and the BLUE team trailed the GOLD team at the beginning of the meet, then the lead changed hands, and finally we ended the meet TIED 283 to 283. 9 & over swimmers competed on a different night and the BLUE team BEAT the GOLD team easily. Way to go BLUE!
High Point awards were given out at the GRAND PRIX event in all age groups. 😊 Julia Van Houten and Andy Stahlman (age 15-17), Hayes Newberry (age 13-14), Kenneth Uglietta (age 9-10) and Madeline Pierson (Age 9-10) won the High Point Award in their age groups. Charlotte Little (age 6 & under), Wren Hopping (Age 7-8), Clark Little (Age 7-8), Winn Fowler (Age 9-10), Lilly Embrey (Age 11-12), William Fowler and Collier Dipasquale (Age 11-12), Adelaide Cronin (Age 13-14), James Fox, Charlie Edmonds and Judah Schwartz (Age 13-14), Carson Dipasquale and Finley Perez (Age 15-17) and Miggs Thomas and Jackson Price (Age 15-17) finished in the high points runner up. Way to go Waves!! The Coaches were so proud of the team.
In our regular season, we swam Austin Country Club, Barton Creek Country Club, Westlake Country Club, Hills of Lakeway Country Club and Western Hills Athletic Club. Team camaraderie was at an all time high this season as it always is….the strength of the Waves, as many of our families say, is the cohesive spirit and loving atmosphere that we all have, swimmers, parents, and coaches. The swimmers are easily motivated to swim FAST! CONGRATS on a great season!!
Thanks to all our parent volunteers who help us have swim meets! Waves parent volunteers worked extra special hard. We appreciate you all. Our Waves President, Liz Opalka is INCREDIBLE! Thanks to her for an amazing year leading our team. Liz helped us organize and run our Waves with 296 swimmers and their parents. The coaches Love you, Liz, more than you know.
Waves Award Highlights - 2025
Most Outstanding Swimmers
Age 5 – Bre Prather & Mark Kay
Age 6 – Charlotte Little & William Duncan
Age 7 – Charlotte Mazzarella & Will Opalka
Age 8 – Virginia Fowler & Clark Little
Age 9 – Madeline Pierson & Luke Opalka
Age 10 – Caroline Fox & Kenneth Uglietta
Age 11 – Farrah Uglietta & William Fowler
Age 12 – Lilly Embrey & Collier Dipasquale
Age 13 – Maible Epp & Clay Schlicher
Age 14 – Adelaide Cronin & James Fox
Age 15 – Finley Perez & Miggs Thomas
Age 16 – Carson Dipasquale
Age 17 – Andy Stahlman
Coaches’ Choice Award
Age 5 – Cora Sayers & Peter Fluor
Age 6 – Collins Ley & Monte James
Age 7 – Sophie DeMeuse & Billy Hilliard
Age 8 – Quinn Smith & Sawyer Zandan
Age 9 – Scarlett Clauer & George Long
Age 10 – Ellie Romano & William Herman
Age 11 – Lillian Tierney & Yates Cowan
Age 12 – Tatum St. George & Forrest Johnston
Age 13 – Nora Hale & Talor Berra
Age 14 – Mamie Bowles & Judah Schwartz
Age 15 – Greta Wolfe & Jackson Price
Age 16 – Julia Van Houten
Most Improved Swimmers
Age 5 – Marcela Bridges & Bowie Hopping
Age 6 – Livy Rose Denham & Wyatt Szerlip
Age 7 – Cece Shands & Anthony Craig
Age 8 – Liana Lindsey & John Henry Sinacori
Age 9 – Annie Cardillo & Storm Crain
Age 10 – Maggie Kay & Archer Hopping
Age 11 – Rebecca Pierson & Charlie Clauer
Age 12 – Kendall Newberry & Tomas Romano
Age 13 – Eliza Miller
Age 14 – Mary Elizabeth Reynolds & Charlie Edmonds
Age 15 – Izzy Thomas
Tough as Nails
Age 5 – Madison Power & Kelt Caskey
Age 6 – Emerson Simms & Charles Fowler
Age 7 – Maggie Coover & Lochlan Caskey
Age 8 – Ava Nixon & Charlie Meltzer
Age 9 – Charlotte Sawyer & Walter Raden
Age 10 – Daphne Turner & Winn Fowler
Age 11 – Avery Chamberlin & Oliver Emerson
Age 12 – Leighton Laguarta & Cater Joseph
Wackiest Wave
Age 5 – Preston Anderson & J.T. Dillavou
Age 6 – Coco Smith & Gabe Frachtman
Age 7 – Ava Obianwu & Stone Crain
Age 8 – Jojo Kuntz & Luke Stewart
Age 9 – Shaila Bow & Aron Obianwu
Age 10 – Avery Schlueter & Jacob Schwartz
Age 11 – Hailey Decareau & Declan Dunigan
Age 12 – Genevieve Miller & Walker Lloyd
Undefeated Swimmers
Caroline Bell, Virginia Fowler, Wren Hopping, Marie Kay, Charlotte Mazzarella, Romilly Young, Elliot Tucker, Louise Cowan, Addie Craig, Georgie Epp, Caroline Fox, Madeline Pierson, Bennett Stinson, Daphne Turner, Hunt Deshields, Winn Fowler, James Hill, Archer Hopping, Miller Lloyd, Roman Lobosco, Luke Opalka, Jack St. George, Whit Stein, George Tucker, Kenneth Uglietta, Trip Webster, Hadley Matson, Gemma Polidore, Maggie Schlicher, Clara Schonert, Kate Swift, Charlie Clauer, David Coover, Yates Cowan, Collier Dipasquale, James Donoghue, William Fowler, Sam Fox, Forrest Johnston, Preston Johnston, Walker Lloyd, Beau Opalka, Hap Polan, Tomas Romano, August Seats, Ellie Berra, Mamie Bowles, Adelaide Cronin, Maible Epp, Nora Hale, Parker Laguarta, Eliza Miller, Mary Elizabeth Reynolds, Zoe Townsend, Taylor Berra, Charlie Edmonds, James Fox, Hayes Newberry, Clay Schlicher, Judah Schwartz, Carson Dipasquale, Finley Perez, Izzy Thomas, Julia Van Houten, Greta Wolfe. Jackson Price, Andy Stahlman, Miggs Thomas
