It’s a definite dynasty. ULM’s water ski team has captured the national title-again. In an October competition, the Warhawk skiers won the championship for the 20th time in the 28-year history of the National College Water Ski Association.
“No one else in the country can compare,” says Tyler Collins, team co-captain and a senior aviation major from Murray, Kentucky. “ULM is right on the bayou. I can ski and walk to class with wet shorts five minutes away. It’s unbelievable.”
But skiing isn’t the most important thing team members, says Tyler Boyd, a graduate student in political communications and former college football player from Houston, Texas, Texas, who is team co-captain with Collins.
“ULM cares about student-athletes as people first and athletes second,” Boyd says. We want them to do well at their sport but excel at whatever they’re doing academically.”
Boyd plans to go into public service of some sort, perhaps in the military or a domestic political post. “Most people come to college with a dream to be somebody and that’s what we want them to be,” he says. “National Championships end- you have the ring on your finger or the trophy on the wall. But an education is forever.”
