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NCAA Water Polo Championships

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The first NCAA water polo championship tournament was held November 28-29, 1969, at Long Beach, California.

Eight teams were selected to take part, including six from California. That pretty much summarizes the state of the collegiate sport, then and now. Not only have all the championships been won by California schools, no school from outside California has ever even reached the finals.

The women's championship tournament was inaugurated in 2001.

Water polo is a fall sport for men and a spring sport for women. Therefore, the men's championship tournament is in December, while the women's tournament is in May.

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Men's Championship Results

YearScoreWinning Coach
1969UCLA 5, California 2Bob Horn
1970UCal-Irvine 7, UCLA 6 (3 OT)Ed Newland
1971UCLA 5, San Jose St. 3Bob Horn
1972UCLA 10, UCal-Irvine 5Bob Horn
1973California 8, UCal-Irvine 4Pete Cutino
1974California 7, UCal-Irvin 6Pete Cutino
1975California 9, UCal-Irvine 8Pete Cutino
1976Stanford 13, UCLA 12Art Lambert
1977California 8, UCal-Irvine 6Pete Cutino
1978Stanford 7, California 6 (3 OT)Dante Dettamanti
1979UCal-Santa Barbara 11, UCLA 3Pete Snyder
1980Stanford 8, California 6Dante Dettamanti
1981Stanford 17, Long Beach St. 6Dante Dettamanti
1982UCal-Irvine 7, Stanford 4Ed Newland
1983California 10, Southern Cal 7Pete Cutino
1984California 9, Stanford 8Pete Cutino
1985Stanford 12, UCal-Irvine 11 (2 OT)Dante Dettamanti
1986Stanford 9, California 6Dante Dettamanti
1987California 9, Southern Cal 8Pete Cutino
1988California 14, UCLA 11Pete Cutino
1989UCal-Irvine 9, California 8Ed Newland
1990California 8, Stanford 7Steve Heaston
1991California 7, UCLA 6Steve Heaston
1992California 12, Stanford 11 (3 OT)Steve Heaston
1993Stanford 11, Southern Cal 9Dante Dettamanti
1994Stanford 14, Southern Cal 10Dante Dettamanti
1995UCLA 10, California 8Guy Baker
1996UCLA 8, Southern Cal 7Guy Baker
1997Pepperdine 8, Southern Cal 7Terry Schroeder
1998Southern Cal 9, Stanford 8 [2 OT]John Williams
1999UCLA 6, Stanford 5Guy Baker/Adam Krikorian
2000UCLA 11, U Cal-San Diego 2Guy Baker/Adam Krikorian
2001Stanford 8, UCLA 5Dante Dettamanti
2002Stanford 14, California 6Dante Dettamanti
2003Southern Cal 9, Stanford 7 (2 OT)Jovan Vavic
2004UCLA 10, Stanford 9 (2 OT)Adam Krikorian
2005Southern Cal 3, Stanford 2Jovan Vavic
2006California 7, Southern Cal 6Kirk Everist
2007California 8, Southern Cal 6Kirk Everist
2008Southern Cal 7, Stanford 5Jovan Vavic
2009Southern Cal 7, UCLAJovan Vavic

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Most Outstanding Player Awards

YearPlayer, School
1972Eric Lindroth, UCLA
1973No Selection
1974Doug Healy, California
1975Jon Svendsen, California
1976Chris Dorst, Stanford
1977Gary Figueroa, U Cal-Irvine
1978No Selection
1979Greg Boyer, U Cal-Santa Barbara
1980John Gansel, Stanford
 TIEKevin Robertson, California
1981James Bergeson, Stanford
 TIEJody Campbell, Stanford
1982James Bergeson, Stanford
 TIEPeter Campbell, U Cal-Irvine
 TIEJohn O'Brien, U Cal-Irvine
1983Peter Cutino, California
 TIEJeff Campbell, U Cal-Irvine
 TIEAlan Gresham, California
1984Mike Grier, Pepperdine
1985David Imbernino, Stanford
 TIEJeff Campbell, U Cal-Irvine
1986Fernando Carsalade, UCLA
 TIEDavid Imbernino, Stanford
 TIECraig Klass, Stanford
1987Giacomo Rossi, Southern California
1988Kirk Everist, California
1989Dan Smoot, U Cal-Irvine
1990Chris Humbert, California
1991Chris Humbert, California
1992Dirk Zeien, California
1993Larry Bercutt, Stanford
 TIEUzi Hadar, Southern California
1994Jack Bowen, Stanford
 TIEJeremy Laster, Stanford
 TIEFrank Schneider, Stanford
1995Brent Albright, California
 TIEJeremy Braxton-Brown, UCLA
 TIEMatt Swanson, UCLA
 TIEJim Toring, UCLA
1996Matt Swanson, UCLA
1997Alan Hermann, Pepperdine
 TIEMerrill Moses, Pepperdine
 TIEJeremy Pope, Pepperdine
1998Marko Pintaric, Southern California
 TIEChris Aguilera, Stanford
 TIEIvan Babic, Southern California
1999Sean Kern, UCLA
2000Sean Kern, UCLA
2001Tony Azevedo, Stanford
2002Tony Azevedo, Stanford
2003Tony Azevedo, Stanford
 TIEBozidar Damjanovic, Southern California
2004Brett Ormsby, UCLA
2005Adam Shilling, Southern California
 TIEJuraj Zatovic, Southern California
2006Mark Sheredy, California
2007Michael Short, California
2008J. W. Krumpholz,, Southern California

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All-Tournament Teams

1972

Eric Lindroth, UCLA
Bruce Black, UC Irvine
Kevin Craig, UCLA
Jack Dickmann, UC Irvine
Brad Jackson, San Jose St.
Jim Kruse, UC Irvine
Dennis Needleman, Southern California

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1973

Bruce Kocsis, Southern California
Bruce Black, UC Irvine
Jim Kruse, UC Irvine

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1974

Doug Healy, California
Mike Loughlin, California
Jon Svendsen, California

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1975

Jon Svendsen, California
Guy Antley, UC Irvine
Tom Belfanti, California
Walter Bricker, California
Gary Figueroa, UC Irvine
Boyd Philpot, UC Irvine
Tim Quinn, UC Irvine
Robert Webb, UCLA

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1976

Chris Dorst, Stanford
Rob Arnold, Stanford
Rick Johannsen, Stanford
Drew McDonald, Stanford
Boyd Philpot, UC Irvine
John Stephens, UCLA
Joe Vargas, UCLA

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1977

Gary Figueroa, UC Irvine
Marty Davis, Stanford
John Gansel, Stanford
Mike Loughlin, California
Jim Purcell, California
Kevin Robertson, California
Terry Schroeder, Pepperdine

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1978

Robby Arnold, Stanford
Doug Burke, Stanford
Peter Campbell, UC Irvine
John Gansel, Stanford
Kevin Robertson, California
Terry Schroeder, Pepperdine
Carlos Steffens, California

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1979

Greg Boyer, UC Santa Barb.
John Dobrott, UC Santa Barb.
Randy Kalbus, Stanford
Kevin Robertson, California
Rick Sherburne, UCLA
Carlos Steffens, California
Craig Wilson, UC Santa Barb.

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1980

John Gansel, Stanford
Kevin Robertson, California
James Bergeson, Stanford
Jody Campbell, Stanford
Peter Campbell, UC Irvine
Bob Diepersloot, California
Chris Kelsey, Stanford
Alan Mouchawar, Stanford
Terry Schroeder, Pepperdine

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1981

James Bergeson, Stanford
Jody Campbell, Stanford
Dave George, UC Santa Barb.
Chris Kelsey, Stanford
Alan Mouchawar, Stanford
Vince Vanelli, Stanford
John Vargas, UC Irvine

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1982

James Bergeson, Stanford
Peter Campbell, UC Irvine
John O’Brien, UC Irvine
Peter Cutino, California
Robin Leamy, UCLA
Michael Spicer, Southern California
John Tanner, Stanford
John Vargas, UC Irvine

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1983

Jeff Campbell, UC Irvine
Peter Cutino, California
Alan Gresham, California
Jim Birdsell, Long Beach St.
Shaun Cleary, California
Mike Evans, UC Irvine
Dan O’Connell, Loyola (Ill.)
Mike Spicer, Southern California

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1984

Mike Grier, Pepperdine
Shaun Cleary, California
Eric Davison, Southern California
Alan Gresham, California
Charlie Harris, Southern California
Craig Klass, Stanford
Mike Spicer, Southern California

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1985

Jeff Campbell, UC Irvine
David Imbernino, Stanford
John Anderson, UC Santa Barb.
Fernando Carsalade, UCLA
Phil Castillo, Long Beach St.
Craig Klass, Stanford
Mark Maizel, UC Irvine
J. R. Salvatore, UC Irvine

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1986

Fernando Carsalade, UCLA
David Imbernino, Stanford
Craig Klass, Stanford
Jeff Brush, California
Kirk Everist, California
Erich Fischer, Stanford
Robert Lynn, Southern California
Bill Schoening, California

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1987

Giacomo Rossi, Southern California
Jeff Brush, California
Fernando Carsalade, UCLA
Kirk Everist, California
Erich Fischer, Stanford
Keith Legget, Southern California
Sasa Poljak, Pepperdine
Alexis Rousseau, UCLA

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1988

Kirk Everist, California
Rich Ambidge, California
Zoltan Berty, Southern California
Jeff Brush, California
Fernando Carsalade, UCLA
Rob Carver, Southern California
Alexis Rousseau, UCLA

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1989

Dan Smoot, UC Irvine
Rich Ambidge, California
Geoffrey Clark, Pepperdine
Chris Duplanty, UC Irvine
Chris Humbert, California
Rick McNair, Stanford
Jeff Oeding, Stanford
Sasa Poljak, Pepperdine
Tom Warde, UC Irvine

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1990

Chris Humbert, California
Julian Bailey, California
Geoffrey Clark, Pepperdine
Dan Hackett, UCLA
Colin Keely, Stanford
Rick McNair, Stanford
Stefan Pollmann, UCLA

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1991

Chris Humbert, California
Jason Brown, UC San Diego
Mike Burke, Long Beach St.
Geoffrey Clark, Pepperdine
Steve Gill, UC Irvine
Dan Hackett, UCLA
Oliver Will, UCLA

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1992

Dirk Zeien, California
Troy Barnhart, California
Larry Bercutt, Stanford
Chip Blankenhorn, Stanford
Steve Gill, UC Irvine
Danny Leyson, Southern California
Chris Oeding, California

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1993

Mike Sealy, UCLA
Jeff Nygaard, UCLA
Kevin Wong, UCLA
Dan Landry, UCLA
Axel Hager, Cal St. Northridge
Ken Lynch, Cal St. Northridge
Coley Kyman, Cal St. Northridge

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1994

Jack Bowen, Stanford
Jeremy Laster, Stanford
Frank Schneider, Stanford
Brent Albright, California
Hrvoje Cizmic, Southern California
Drew Netherton, Southern California
Scott Turner, UCLA
Wolf Wigo, Stanford

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1995

Brent Albright, California
Jeremy Braxton-Brown, UCLA
Matt Swanson, UCLA
Jim Toring, UCLA
Pat Cochran, California
Nick Kittredge, California
Adam Krikorian, California
Luis Limardo, Massachusetts
Michael Nalu, UC San Diego

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1996

Matt Swanson, UCLA
Jeremy Braxton-Brown, UCLA
Simun Cimerman, Southern California
Hrvoje Cizmic, Southern California
Corbin Graham, UCLA
Brian Stahl, Massachusetts
Jim Toring, UCLA
Marko Zagar, Southern California

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1997

Alan Herrmann, Pepperdine
Merrill Moses, Pepperdine
Jeremy Pope, Pepperdine
Simun Cimerman, Southern California
Mike Gottelli, UC Davis
Marko Pintaric, Southern California
John Vasek, Queens (N.Y.)

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1998

Chris Aguilera, Stanford
Ivan Babic, Southern California
Marko Pintaric, Southern California
Layne Beaubien, Stanford
James Castle, Southern California
George Csaszar, Southern California
Brian Heifferon, Stanford
Ross Mecham, UC San Diego

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1999

Sean Kern, UCLA
Matt Armato, UCLA
Nick Ellis, Stanford
Brian Heifferon, Stanford
Pat Kain, Massachusetts
Ross Mecham, UC San Diego
Jonathan Samuels, UC San Diego
Jonathan Skaalen, Stanford

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2000

Sean Kern, UCLA
Ivan Babic, Southern California
Jason Boettner, UC San Diego
Brandon Brooks, UCLA
Brian Brown, UCLA
Predrag Damjanov, Southern California
Stever O’Rourke, Southern California
Brian Stahl, Massachusetts

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2001

Tony Azevedo, Stanford
Nick Ellis, Stanford
Matt Flesher, UCLA
Peter Hudnut, Stanford
Jeff Nesmith, Stanford
Brett Ormsby, UCLA
Kevin Witt, Loyola Marymount

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2002

Tony Azevedo, Stanford
Attila Banhidy, California
Nick Ellis, Stanford
Peter Hudnut, Stanford
Chris Lathrop, California
Andrew Stoddard, California
Michel Vieira, Queens (N.Y.)

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2003

Bozidar Damjanovic, Southern California
Tony Azevedo, Stanford
Predrag Damjanov, Southern California
Mike Derse, Stanford
Endre Rex-Kiss, Loyola Marymount
Peter Varellas, Stanford
Juraj Zatovic, Southern California

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2003

Brett Ormsby, UCLA
Joe Axelrad, UCLA
Tony Azevedo, Stanford
Greg Crum, Stanford
Albert Garcia, UCLA
Thomas Hopkins, Stanford
Endre Rex-Kiss, Loyola Marymount
Peter Varellas, Stanford

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2005

Adam Shilling, Southern California
Juraj Zatovic, Southern California
Peter Varellas, Stanford
Endre Rex-Kiss, LMU
Thomas Hopkins, Stanford
Juan Delgadillo, Southern California
Thomas Hale, Southern California

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2006

Mark Sheredy, California
Tommy Corcoran, Southern California
Juan Delgadillo, Southern California
Thomas Hale, Southern California
Brian Kinsel, California
John Mann, California
Andrija Vasiljevic, California

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2007

Michael Sharf, California
Tommy Corcoran, Southern California
J.W. Krumpholz, Southern California
Zac Monsees, California
Matt Sagehorn, Southern California
Mark Sheredy, California
Jeff Tyrrell, California

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2008

J. W. Krumpholz, Southern California
Shea Buckner, Southern California
Tim Hummel, Loyola Marymount
Matt Sagehorn, Southern California
Andy Stevens, Loyola Marymount
Drac Wigo, Stanford
Sage Wright, Stanford

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Women's Championship Results

YearScoreWinning Coach
2001UCLA 5, Stanford 4Adam Krikorian
2002Stanford 8, UCLA 4John Tanner
2003UCLA 4, Stanford 3Adam Krikorian
2004Southern Cal 10, Loyola-Marymount 8Jovan Vavic
2005UCLA 3, Stanford 2Adam Krikorian
2006UCLA 9, Southern Cal 8Adam Krikorian
2007UCLA 5, Stanford 4Adam Krikorian
2009UCLA 6, Southern Cal 6Adam Krikorian
2009UCLA 5, Southern Cal 4Adam Krikorian
2010Southern Cal 10, Stanford 9Jovan Vavic
2011Stanford 9, California 5John Tanner
2012Stanford 6, Southern Cal 4John Tanner

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Most Outstanding Player Awards

YearPlayer, School
2001Coralie Simmons, UCLA
2002Jackie Frank, Stanford
2003Robin Beauregard, UCLA
2004Brittany Hayes, Southern Cal
2005Natalie Golda, UCLA
2006Kelly Rulon, UCLA
2007Kelly Rulon, UCLA
2008Tanya Gandy, UCLA
2009Tanya Gandy, UCLA
2010Kami Craig, Southern Cal
2011Annika Dries, Stanford
2012Kate Baldoni, Stanford

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All-Tournament Teams

2001

Coralie Simmons, UCLA
Robin Beauregard, UCLA
Kelly Heuchan, UCLA
Jackie Frank, Stanford
Ellen Estes, Stanford
Brenda Villa, Stanford
Lucy Windes, Loyola Marymount

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2002

Jackie Frank, Stanford
Kelly Heuchan, UCLA
Ellen Estes, Stanford
Robin Beauregard, UCLA
Brenda Villa, Stanford
Lucy Windes, Loyola Marymount
Natalie Golda, UCLA
Amber Stachowski, UCLA

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2003

Robin Beauregard, UCLA
Natalie Golda, UCLA
Jessica Lopez, UCLA
Jackie Frank, Stanford
Julie Gardner, Stanford
Hannah Luber, Stanford
Brenda Villa, Stanford
Katie Hicks, Loyola Marymount
Krista Peterson, Indiana

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2004

Brittany Hayes, Southern California
Liz Simms, Southern California
Moriah Van Norman, Southern California
Kelly Graf, Southern California
Devon Wright, Loyola Marymount
Teresa Guidi, Loyola Marymount
Staci Peterson, Loyola Marymount

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2005

Natalie Golda, UCLA
Kelly Rulon, UCLA
Iefke Van Belkum, UCLA
Thalie Munro, UCLA
Moriah Van Norman, USC
Brittany Hayes, USC

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2006

Kelly Rulon, UCLA
Emily Feher, UCLA
Thalia Munro, UCLA
Scotti Shafer, Stanford
Anna Sieprath, Hawaii
Iefke Van Belkum, Hawaii
Moriah Van Norman, USC
Lauren Wenger, USC

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2007

Kelly Rulon, UCLA
Emily Feher, UCLA
Courtney Mathewson, UCLA
Jillian Kraus, UCLA
Kacy Kunkel, UCLA
Katie Hansen, Stanford
Christina Hewko, Stanford
Erika Figge, USC

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2008

Tanya Gandy, UCLA
Courtney Mathewson, UCLA
Jillian Kraus, UCLA
Veronika Bartunkova, USC
Tumua Anae, USC
Miranda Nichols, USC
Jacquelyn Gauthier, Stanford
Christi Raycraft, Cal-Davis

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2009

Tanya Gandy, UCLA
Tumua Anae, Southern Cal
Kami Craig, Southern Cal
Michelle Stein, Southern Cal
Lauren Silver, Stanford
Jessica Steffens, Stanford
Leonie Van Der Molen, Hawaii
Leah Robertson, Michigan

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2010

Kami Craig, Southern Cal
Tumua Anae, Southern Cal
Forel Davies, Southern Cal
Kristen Dronberger, Southern Cal
Camille Hewko, California
Jessica Steffens, Stanford
Melissa Seidemann, Stanford
Anne Scott, Loyola Marymount

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2011

Kate Baldoni, Stanford
Patricia Jancso, Southern Cal
Kaleigh Gilchrist, Southern Cal
Monica Vavic, Southern Cal

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