Adam Parker Is coming back to Hobson West Waves for his seventh coaching season. He welcomes all the new and returning swimmers to the team. Adam has been with the waves since the summer of 1996, starting off as a tiny five-year-old, swimming with the team for all thirteen years. Adam is currently enrolled in the University of Iowa as a sophomore majoring in elementary education with an emphasis on mathematics. At Iowa, Adam is a re-founding father for his Phi Delta Theta fraternity and is the current executive new member educator as well as parents club coordinator. He swam for Naperville central for all four years of high school, and swam for the varsity team his sophomore through senior years. He keeps busy at Iowa swimming in his free time and playing for the Iowa club water polo team. Adam is looking forward to a very successful season this year for the waves and is excited to get everything started for a successful year as head coach.

Jack Howenstine will be a second year lead assistant coach with the Waves 2011 Swim Team. A former Wave swimmer and water polo player, Jack is in his six year of coaching the Hobson West Water Polo teams. A 2009 graduate of NCHS, Jack was a 4 year member of the swim team. A varsity swimmer his junior and senior years on teams with 5 th and 6 th places finishes at state, Jack was honored as one of two NCHS boys named All-American Academic Swimmers his senior year. A four year water polo player as well, Jack was a captain his senior year. The NCHS water polo had 2 nd and 3 rd place state finishes Jack's junior and senior years. In May, Jack completed his second year at the Kelley School of Business and Hutton Honor College at Indiana University. A resident advisor his sophomore year, Jack plans on studying in Germany his junior year. He is a four semester Founders Scholar Award winner at IU.

Jay Howenstine graduated from Naperville Central HS in May. This past swim season with the Redhawks, Jay was a member of the Sectional winning and State RunnerUp Team, was Academic All Conference, a DVC Honorable Mention swimmer and closed out 4 years at NCHS winning Most Mischievous Swimmer a 4th consecutive time. In 2010 as a member of the State Champion Redhawks at NCHS, Jay earned a varsity letter, and was a member of the Sectional and State Teams, a State Qualifier, and recognized as   Honorable Mention DVC All Conference, and Academic All Conference.   Jay was the captain of the NCHS water polo team, 2011 Sectional Champion, a First Team Sectional Polo player, Academic All Conference, a pre-season Ill.polo honorable mention and a post-season Ill.polo award winner. Between swimming and water polo, Jay earned six varsity awards at NCHS and four state medals. Jay began swimming while living in Atlanta, failed miserably, stuck with it while living in California, and has been a Wave since 2001. Jay will attend the University of Kentucky in the fall.

Jen Schafman swam with the Hobson West Waves from the age of 5 until the age of
17 when she graduated from NCHS. Jen also played water polo for the Waves from their
inaugural season until she aged out. Jen has won awards for swimming and water polo
including Most Dedicated and Most Valuable. This is Jen's fourth year of coaching with the
Waves swim team. Jen was previously a Wave Runner for the team. She has also assisted
in coaching water polo. Additionally, Jen is a certified USA swim coach having coached pre-
core for the Maverick Swim Club in Naperville and coaching the novice age group for the
Bloomington Waves USA Swim Club while attending Illinois State University where she is
pursuing a degree in bi-lingual elementary education. Jen also is a certified YMCA Swim and
Dive Instructor. She also lifeguards and teaches swim lessons at Hobson West.
GO WAVES!

Katrina Walter started swimming at age seven with West Suburban Dolphins. That summer she joined Hobson West. She has been a member of Delta Aquatics and Maverick swim clubs. Katrina swam varsity for all four years at Waubonsie Valley High School. Achieving the sectional team all four years.   During her high school swimming career, Katrina earned Academic All-American each year and was awarded overall Academic All-American status her senior year. In addition to her swimming career Katrina played water polo for Hobson West for one year and JV/V water polo for WVHS her freshman and sophomore years. Katrina began working at Hobson West pool as a lifeguard during the summer of 2007 and started coaching, as a junior coach, the following summer. Last year, she was the assistant coach in charge of the six and under age group at Hobson West. She is very excited to be returning this year and to be working with the eleven/twelve age group.   She looks forward to a fun and successful summer!

Alex Walter has been swimming since the age of 7. He has been with Hobson West for seven summers. He currently swims with the Maverick Swim Club. Alex has also been a part of Team Illinois Midstate team. As a freshman this year, he swam on Metea Valley High School’s varsity team, and was a part of the state qualifying 200 Medley relay. Alex also likes to hang out with his friends, play water polo and sing with the Madrigal group at his high school. He is looking forward to coaching this summer!