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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

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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 Sharf, California

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All-Tournament Teams

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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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

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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

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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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