{"id":255731,"date":"2017-05-12T10:53:12","date_gmt":"2017-05-12T17:53:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=255731"},"modified":"2017-05-12T10:55:01","modified_gmt":"2017-05-12T17:55:01","slug":"international-swimming-hall-of-fame-announces-2017-paragon-award-recepients","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/international-swimming-hall-of-fame-announces-2017-paragon-award-recepients\/","title":{"rendered":"International Swimming Hall of Fame Announces 2017 Paragon Award Recipients"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sponsored by Pentair Aquatic Systems, the International Swimming Hall of Fame (ISHOF) announced today the recipients of the 22nd Annual Paragon Awards. The Paragon Awards are presented annually to individuals or organizations for outstanding contributions to aquatics in six categories. This year\u2019s recipients are <strong>Ron Van Pool<\/strong> for Competitive Swimming; <strong>Terry Sayring<\/strong> for Water Polo, <strong>Linda Paul<\/strong> for Competitive Diving;\u00a0 <strong>The National Swimming Pool Foundation<\/strong> for Aquatic Safety; <strong>Stefania Tudini (ITA) <\/strong>for Synchronized Swimming and <strong>Juliene Hefter <\/strong>for Recreational Swimming. This year\u2019s awards will be presented <span data-term=\"goog_830501271\">on Friday<\/span> evening <span data-term=\"goog_830501272\">August 25, 2017<\/span>, in ceremonies at the International Swimming Hall of Fame, in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPentair is honored to be associated with the International Swimming Hall of Fame and to recognize leaders in the aquatic industry who play a prominent role in the promotion of aquatics\u201d, said Jim Drozdowski, Institutional Aquatics Sales Manager for Pentair Aquatic Systems.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe annual Paragon Awards bring some of the most interesting and fascinating people each year to the Hall of Fame,\u201d said ISHOF President\/CEO <strong>Bruce<\/strong> <strong>Wigo<\/strong>. \u201cThese are the unsung heroes who make competitive and recreational aquatics possible, who save lives, who promote water safety and further aquatic education. \u201c<\/p>\n<p>The Paragon Awards are part of ISHOF\u2019s 53rd Annual Hall of Fame Honoree Weekend, <span data-term=\"goog_830501273\">August 25-27<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>About this years Paragon Award Recipients:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Competitive Diving<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Linda Paul (USA)<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Linda Paul has been a part of USA Diving for more than 16 years. She joined the organization as Director of Business Development in 2001 and since has been involved in nearly every aspect of the organization, from managing USA diving teams in international competitions and events, to coordinating sponsorship services and serving as a liaison between the national office and the U.S. Olympic Committee.\u00a0 In 2010 she was named President and CEO of the organization, leading a return to the podium in both the 2012 and 2016 Olympic Games.\u00a0 She announced her retirement in 2017, and will be remembered for assisting in the growth and success of the organization through many challenges.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Synchronized Swimming<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Stefania Tudini (ITA)<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Stefania Tudini has served on the FINA Technical Synchronized Swimming Committee (TSSC) since 1992 and has been their chairman since 2009. She was also the chairman of the LEN TSSC and was honored by them for her years of service. \u201cCicci\u201d is the director of Synchronized Swimming for the Italian Swimming Federation. Participation in the sport has grown exponentially in Italy under her leadership.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Water Polo<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Terry Sayring (USA)<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Terry started officiating Water Polo in 1963 and has officiated over 6,000 games, including FINA World Championships, FINA World Cups, FINA Jr. World Championships, Pan American Games, NCAA Championships and AAU National Championships. He was the manager of the 1980 and 1984 USA Water Polo Olympic Teams and was the competition manager for the 1996 Olympic Games. He was elected into the USA Water Polo Hall of Fame in 1986 and received the USA Water Polo Award in 1988, the organization\u2019s highest honor.\u00a0 In 2015, he founded American Water Polo Collections, Inc. a California non-profit dedicated to preserve the history of water polo in America.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Competitive Swimming<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Ron Van Pool (USA)<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Ron Van Pool has been a volunteer for USA Swimming for the past 30 years, serving as an official at high level meets such as the 1996 and 2000 Olympic Trials. He was elected to the USA Swimming Board of Directors in 1998 and served as President from 2002-2006.\u00a0 Ron also served as the USA Swimming representative to the USOC and the National Governing Body Council for over 10 years. He was also a member of the USSIC Board of Directors from 2002 to 2014.He was the founding director of USA Swimming Foundation in 2004 and has served on the Foundation BOD since 2010. In addition to serving on several committees, including International Relations and Task Forces , including Governance and the CEO Search, in which he is the chair. In 2013, he received the USA Swimming Award, considered to be USA Swimming\u2019s highest honor.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Recreational Swimming<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Juliene Hefter (USA)\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Juliene has a long and illustrious career in aquatics and park and recreation administration. She has been the Deputy Director for the Wisconsin Park &amp; Recreation Association for the past 8 years and is the Executive Director\/CEO for the Association of Aquatic Professionals. The AAP is a non-profit corporation that exclusively promotes and advocates policies, practices and procedures that contribute to safer and improved aquatic education, aquatic recreation activities, programs, and facilities; provides and supports quality aquatic education opportunities; coordinates and conducts research in the field of aquatic management and safety; promotes coordination and cooperation between established aquatic associations responsible for all aspects of aquatic programming, aquatic management, aquatic operation and maintenance and aquatic facility design, as well as providing and annual conference and educational workshops for communities on drowning prevention and education.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Water Safety:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>The National Swimming Pool Foundation\u2019s Step Into Swim\u2122 Campaign\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In 2012, The National Swimming Pool Foundation (NSPF) introduced its Step Into Swim\u2122 program, a 10-year, learn-to-swim initiative to create 1 million more swimmers in an effort to improve public health and reduce drowning by teaching children, adults and minority populations to swim. The campaign asks aquatic businesses, associations, and the public sector to sponsor organizations that are already teaching people to swim. To help the public and private sector understand the importance of learning to swim, the NSPF issued a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.stepintoswim.org\/pdf\/white_paper.pdf\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?hl=en&amp;q=http:\/\/www.stepintoswim.org\/pdf\/white_paper.pdf&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1494691978210000&amp;usg=AFQjCNEan8-Vuy63XA-9oi63EtPYagNPRQ\">white paper<\/a>, which explains the benefits of creating more swimmers, and how more people swimming can relieve increasing healthcare costs propelled by physical inactivity, an aging society and troublingly high drowning rates.<\/p>\n<p><i>The above press release was posted by Swimming World in conjunction with the International Swimming Hall of Fame.\u00a0<\/i><i>For press releases and advertising\u00a0inquiries\u00a0please contact\u00a0<u><a href=\"mailto:newsmaster@swimmingworld.com\" target=\"_blank\">newsmaster@<wbr \/>swimmingworld.com<\/a><\/u>.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sponsored by Pentair Aquatic Systems, the International Swimming Hall of Fame (ISHOF) announced today the recipients of the 22nd Annual Paragon Awards. 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