Nate Dusing
Dusing came to Texas as an outstanding age group and high school swimmer, setting multiple age group national records as a butterflier and was named the 1997 USA High School Swimmer of the Year. He went on to become one of the University of Texas’s most versatile and outstanding swimmers… [Full Bio, Videos, Photos]
Jean Henry
Henry launched her pioneering swimming journey at Morris Swim Club in Pasadena, Texas. She swam her first meet at age five and set her first national record at nine. A backstroke specialist, she was TAGS champion for seven straight years and was named to all-state age group honor rolls multiple years… [Full Bio, Videos, Photos]
Vicki Loock Veris
A Texas trailblazer as a champion diver, SMU women’s head swimming and diving coach, and a lifelong career as a multi-sport athlete and coach. Coached by her father, TSDHOF legend Carl Loock, Veris began swimming in 1948. In her formative years, she performed in numerous diving events alongside her TSDHOF honoree brother and sister Cal and Christine… [Full Bio, Videos, Photos]
Jim Stillson
Born in Aberdeen, Maryland, Stillson attended Campbell High (Calif.) where he was a high school all-American diver. A 1974 graduate of Ohio State, Stillson earned NCAA All-American honors his senior year in the three-meter competition. He arrived in Texas as soon as he could to follow TSDHOF inductee Bryan Robbins at SMU. In his 33 years as head coach of the men's and women's diving teams, his athletes earned 88 all-America honors, and the men's and women's teams won 32 combined conference championships… [Full Bio, Videos, Photos]
Lifetime Achievement Award:
Emmett Hines
A pioneer in Masters swimming in the Houston area, Emmett served for more than 23 years on five different USMS committees and was a major figure in the development of masters swimming at the regional level. In 1980, Emmett founded a Masters swim team which grew into the largest in Houston, at times having over two hundred members. He was named USMS Coach of the Year in 1993… [Full Bio, Videos, Photos]
Wally Pryor Distinguished Team:
Aggie Swim Club
The Bryan/College Station community has a rich history in developing young swimmers. TSDHOF inductee and former Texas A&M coach Art Adamson taught swim lessons and club swimmers for many years. Texas A&M and the City of College Station Recreation Department hosted the first TAGS State Championship Meet, with Adamson as meet director. In the late 1960s, Pat Patterson was hired as Texas A&M’s head coach and volunteered for the College Station Swim Club. He was followed by Steve Montgomery, who coached the team until Mel Nash was hired as A&M’s head coach in 1980. As the A&M college team began summer practices under Nash, four local high school swimmers asked if they could train with the team. After welcoming them and their four younger siblings, a wave of new kids joined, and the team took off… [Full Bio, Videos, Photos]