Coach Kyle’s book “Sydney’s Silver Lining”

The Stanford Girls Water Polo Club has a long history of hosting events and matches for the women’s national team and Olympic team. How long a history? Since the 2000 Sydney Olympic Games, the debut of women’s water polo in the Olympics, when we hosted Team USA and Russia for the “Sendoff to Sydney.” These two teams went on to win the silver and bronze medals at the Olympics.

The gold medal game in Sydney between the United States and Australia was played in front of the largest water polo crowd ever – 17,000 spectators – and the teams battled to the last second.

Kyle is dropping everything – teaching and coaching (except for the fall age group team!) – to write the story of women’s water polo’s long-overdue inclusion in the Olympics and Team USA’s journey to Sydney.

Stanford’s role as host of the Sendoff to Sydney will feature in the story!

Check out the book website and like the Facebook page. Please forward these links to your high school teammates and families. There will be a Kickstarter campaign launching on September 23 – the 15th anniversary of the gold medal game!

sydneyssilverlining.kickoffpages.com
www.facebook.com/Sydneys-Silver-Lining-1627547674194769/

Stay tuned for more!

Club players earn Academic All-America honors

USA Water Polo has released the list of Academic All-Americans. This honor is awarded to students in the 10th, 11th and 12th grades, who achieve a GPA of 3.6 or higher.

Sam Acker, Emma Allegrucci, Kate Atherton, Catherine Bick, Berkeley Cannestra, Kristen Denney, Alina Drebin, Claire Drebin, Audrey Flower, Kate Francis, Katie French, Alexa Grau, Maddie Higginson, Janis Iourovitski, Malaika Koshy, Jenna Kotcher, Jennifer MacAulay, Maddie Pendolino, Anna Rajaratnam, Medini Rastogi, Clara Romani, Samantha Stebbins, Carmen Steinmeier

Combined with the boys, Stanford’s 47 Academic All-Americans led the nation!

Congratulations and keep up your great work in the classroom!

2015 Collegiage All-Academic honors

Stanford club alumnae are excelling in the pool and in the classroom! Congratulations to our alums who earned ACWPC All-Academic recognition.

Outstanding (3.71-4.00)
Keri Clifford, Santa Clara
Emily Fong, Chapman
Sallie Walecka, Pomona

Superior (3.41-3.70)
Caroline Anderson, Michigan
Sami Strutner, Harvard

Excellent (3.20-3.40)
Cathy Cantoni, Santa Clara
Allison Larko, Michigan
Katherine Moore, Michigan
Pippa Temple, Princeton

Zoe Banks in action in Jamaica

Zoe Banks is representing the United States at the UANA Youth Pan American Championships this week. Zoe led the 16A team to 11th place at JO’s earlier this month. She is a sophomore at Gunn HS.

Team USA is undefeated and enters the quarterfinals as the tournament favorite on Tuesday. Keep up with the team’s games and results at usawaterpolo.com. Good luck, Zoe!

Clinic for Girls 2nd-8th grade, Aug 23rd

Water polo is a fun, fast paced, aquatic team sport.

Fall season is the perfect time to join Stanford Water Polo.  Try water polo at our FREE clinic for girls, Sunday, Aug 23rd, at Stanford’s Avery Aquatic Center, from 9-10:15 AM.

No experience necessary and girls with limited experience are welcome.

2015 Clinic Flier

Register by clicking here.

(this is not for current Stanford club players).

Our Fall season begins Sept 2 for both Jr Polo (2nd- new 5th graders) and Age Group (6th-8th graders).  Workouts will be Mondays and Wednesdays at Stanford (see earlier post on this site for more information about Fall polo for girls). 

2015 Age Group Fall Season (6-8th graders)

Below you will find the information for Fall water polo for girls.  Age Group is 6th-8th graders (and experienced 5th graders).  Jr Polo is 2nd-5th grade and Jr Polo will be posted shortly.  Both age groups will workout Mon & Wed nights.

Workouts begin Wed, Sept 2nd, 6:15 pm at Stanford’s Avery Aquatic Center.

Information regarding tournament details, registration info, workout times, and more can be found below.

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