Please be sure to renew your USAWP membership today for 2010. Make sure you are affiliated with Stanford Water Polo Foundation as your club. Don’t delay. www.usawaterpolo.org
Winter polo information should be posted Friday. Due to winter overlapping 2009 & 2010 make sure you renew your USAWP now so your daughter is not held out of practice or games in January.
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Congratulations to all the players, coaches and parents on another great summer. Many of our teams are once again the top in the country or top in our zone. Here is a recap.
Junior Olympics & National Championships
12s – 9th place Platinum division: 3-3 record, won final game in a shootout.
14 Red- 13th Platinum division: 5-2 record
14 White – 9th Gold division: 4-3 record
16 Red – 11th Platinum division: 5-3 record
16 White – 9th Gold division: 5-4 on the weekend
18s -17th Platinum division: 6-3 record
20/U – National Champions: 7-0
National – National Champions: 7-0
Good luck to everyone this fall, whether going off to college, playing their high school season or playing age group.
These clinics are open to any girl going into 8th grade or younger.
Aug 16, Sun, 1:00-3:30 pm
Aug 18, Tue, 4-6:30 pm
Capping a great week of competition, Stanford wins another National Championship beating NYAC in overtime.
This is the second Open Championship and third 20/u Championship for the club.
Read more about the weekend click here
The Stanford 20/u team won the USAWP National Championship beating Santa Barbara in overtime in the title game. Congratulations to the entire team on a job well done.
Also competing was the White Team placing 13th with a strong showing winning both games on the final day.
The Senior team is currently competiting at the Open Nationals and are in the top 8. More to come…
We are proud of all the athletes from our club who go on to play college water polo. The following list is impressive as well – Stanford club players who earned Collegiate Academic All-American honors. Congratulations!
Outstanding: Beth Kwowa (Brown), Hallie Kennan (Bucknell), Lizzie
Abbott (Harvard), Nikki Perlman (Harvard), Monica Coughlan (Stanford),
Kim Krueger (Stanford)
Superior: Rita Bulwinkel (Brown), Allison Silver (Indiana), Kimberly
Benedetti (LMU), Catherine Anderson (Macalester), Emily Allen (Washington & Jefferson)
Excellent: Remy Champion (Cal), Lauren Wyckoff (Indiana), Tanya Wilcox
(Princeton), Laura Espinosa (Santa Clara), Kelly Eaton (Stanford)
July 8, Wednesday, 7:00 pm. Kissick Auditorium in Stanford’s Athletic Dept.
For our club players only – designed for those in the class of 2010 or 2011.
Learn about the college recruiting process. Everything you need to know from how to contact a college coach, what to include, what to expect as well as a brief tutorial on all the NCAA Rules. Athletes with their parents are encouraged.
If you plan to attend email Susan at sortwein@stanford.edu
What a great All Club BBQ. The family atmosphere, great raffle prizes and games (balloon toss especially) made for a great summer kickoff.
We figured that our entire club, the largest in USA Water Polo, has over 350 athletes, will run over 1000 hours of workouts, has 20 teams competing for a spot in the Junior Olympcis and 25 coaches. Good luck to everyone this summer.
1. NEW – June 7 at Sacramento. Everyone will compete on Sun, June 7, no one on Saturday the 6th.
2009 Tournament Schedule
2. No workout on Monday, May 25th, Memorial Day
3. June 4 ALL Club BBQ. 5:30 pm at Sacred Heart Prep. Buy tickets now click here JO BBQ
4. Junior Olympics July 20-Aug 2. If you do not plan on attending please notify your coach, otherwise you will be in consideration for the teams.
5. Age Group – here is the daily schedule for the first 4 weeks. Age Group Workout Schedule