2022 USA Water Polo Southwest Zone Award Winners
Congratulations to all of our 2022 Southwest Zone Award Winners. These recipients honor contributions in variety of areas including coaching, officiating, volunteering, masters water polo, and more. Our zone winners are now candidates for the USA Water Polo National Awards. Southwest Zone Winners are listed below and winners for all zones can be found here.
| Award | Recipient | Organization |
| Monte Nitkowski Award (Men’s Elite) | Wade Munger | University of Texas |
| Sandy Nitta Award (Women’s Elite) | Tyler Thames | Texas A&M |
| Bill Barnett Award (Men’s Scholastic) | Daniel Cox | Southside WPC |
| Doc Hunkler Award (Women’s Scholastic) | Scott Slay | West Houston WPC |
| Ted Newland Award (Boys Developmental) | Peter Hudak | Pegasus WPA |
| Brent Bohlender Award (Girls Developmental) | Chris Cullen | North Texas Thunder |
| Bret Bernard Award (Elite Referee) | Dustin Devaney | |
| Tom Hermstad Award (Scholastic Referee) | Andrew Pomier | |
| Aaron Chaney Award (Developmental Referee) | Morgan Madrid | |
| Barbara Kalbus Award (Volunteer) | Kristy Winkler | North Texas Thunder / SWZ Chair |
| Dion Gray Award (Female Masters Athlete of the Year) | Allie Hill | Longhorn Aquatics |
| Bryan Weaver Award (Male Masters Athlete of the Year) | Joseph Mahan | North Texas Thunder |
| Brenda Villa Individual Award (Diversity & Inclusion) | Angela Uno | DEI Taskforce |
| Brenda Villa Team Award (Diversity & Inclusion) | Southside WPC |