2009 California Men's Water Polo Information Guide

Men's Water Polo

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California Golden Bears Men’s Water Polo 1

2009 Golden Bear Water Polo

Media inforMationAll requests for information regarding the California water polo team should be directed

to Scott Ball, Water Polo Media Relations Director, University of California, 355 Haas Pavilion, Berkeley, Calif. 94720.

Mountain Pacific SPortS federationP.O. Box 850, Woodland, Calif. 95776-0850

Executive Director Al Beaird * Telephone: (530) 669-7600Mountain Pacific Sports Federation Water Polo consists of teams from the Pacific-10, Big West, West Coast and Western Athletic conferences. The MPSF for men consists of California, Long Beach State, Pacific, Pepperdine, Stanford, UC Irvine, UCLA, UC Santa Barbara and USC.

StanfordW-Polo SID: Aaron Juarez,

[email protected] Phone: (650) 725-7277

uc irvineW-Polo SID: Bob Olson,


uclaW-Polo SID: Alex Timiraos,


lonG Beach StateW-Polo SID: Todd Miles,


PacificW-Polo SID: Gwen Arafiles,

g_arafiles.eduOffice Phone: (209) 946-2479

PePPerdineW-Polo SID: Karen Costello,

[email protected] Office Phone: (310) 506-4160

uc Santa BarBaraW-Polo SID: Lisa Skvarla, lisa.


uScW-Polo SID: Darcy Couch,


non-leaGue oPPonentSDate Opponent SID SID TelephoneSept. 5 ............................. Iona .........................................Brian Beyrer .................................(914) 633-2334Sept. 5 ............................. Navy ........................................Chris Forman ...............................(410) 293-8774Sept. 6 ............................. Bucknell ..................................Jon Terry ......................................(570) 577-3121Sept. 10, Nov. 1 ............... UC Davis .................................Mark Honbo .................................(530) 752-3505Oct. 18, Nov. 15 ............... Santa Clara ............................Justin Muskivitch ..........................(408) 554-4670

creditSThe 2009 edition of the California

water polo information guide was written and edited by Scott Ball. Layout and composition by John Dunbar, Publications Director, and Publications Coordinator Evan Kerr. Photography by Kelley Cox, John Todd, Michael Pimentel, Richard Ersted, John Dunbar and Sean Nolan, among others.

on the coverCal’s 2009 senior team captains Mike Sample and Spencer Warden.

contentSFacts and Figures/Friends of Cal Aquatics/2009 MPSF Opponents ........... 12009 Season Outlook ..............................2-32009 Roster ................................................ 4The Coaching Staff ..................................5-6Golden Bear Profiles .............................7-152008 Season In Review............................ 162008 Final Stats, Results.......................... 172008 Final MPSF/NCAA Results & Honors ............................................... 18Year-by-Year Results ................................ 19California All-Americans/ Team Awards ........................................ 20Cal Water Polo History ............................. 21NCAA History............................................ 22Remember Cal Legends........................... 23All-Time Lettermen ................................... 24Strength & Conditioning/Rules and Regulations .................................... 25Spieker Aquatics Complex........................ 26This is Cal ............................................27-36

friendS of cal aquaticS

The Friends of Cal Aquatics is an orga-nization of alumni, parents, and supporters of all four Cal Aquatics programs-men’s and women’s swimming & diving and water polo teams.

The Friends of Cal Aquatics fundraising committee works in conjunction with the Department of Intercollegiate Athletics and the Cal Athletic Development office to raise necessary funds for the four Cal Aquatics programs. The support from the Friends of Cal Aquatics provides vital financial assistance in the form of annual gifts and contributions to endowment funds for student scholarships, as well as the day-to-day operating costs for the aquatics programs in perpetuity.

Friends of Cal Aquatics evolved from the efforts provided by four generous visionaries and alumni: Rick Cronk, Don Fisher, Warren Hellman and Ned Spieker, who founded the Splash Club Endowment Fund in the 1980’s by providing a leadership gift of matching funds which raised a total of $2 Million for the programs. Another prominent Cal Aquatics endowment fund was established in honor of the legendary Cal Swimming and Water Polo Coach Pete Cutino. The Peter J. Cutino Scholarship Fund enables the men’s water polo program the opportunity to attract nation-ally prominent water polo players to Cal.

The Cal Aquatics teams are traditionally the finest in the nation, but if these programs are to maintain the level of excellence they have enjoyed, new sources of revenue must be found. The only way to insure competitive funding for the aquatics programs in the future is through your support of the Friends of Cal Aquatics. For further information on Friends of Cal Aquatics, contact the Cal Athletic Development Office at 510-643-2746 or visit calaquatics.com.

factS and fiGureSLocation: Berkeley, CAEnrollment: 35,409Founded: 1868Nickname: Golden BearsColors: Blue and GoldConference: Mountain Pacific Sports Federation (MPSF)Pool: Spieker Aquatics Complex (2,000)Pool Dimensions: 50-meters by 25 yardsChancellor: Robert J. BirgeneauDirector of Athletics: Sandy BarbourHead Coach: Kirk EveristYears at Cal: Eighth seasonCareer Coaching Record: 159-49 (.764)Associate Head Coach: Boyd LachanceAssistant Coach: Sean NolanAthletic Trainer: Brian Schulman2008 Record: 19-9 (4-4 MPSF)Final National Ranking: SeventhLettermen: Returning - 11; Lost - 6Water Polo Media Relations Director: Scott Ball Cell Phone - (510) 334-0793SID Office Phone: (510) 643-1741Fax Number: (510) 643-7778Everist’s Office Phone: (510) 643-1465

2 California Golden Bears Men’s Water Polo

2009 SeaSon outlook

Senior co-captain Spencer Warden

After a one year hiatus from compet-ing for a national championship, the 2009 California men’s water polo

team is back and ready for another run at the NCAA crown. Kirk Everist’s squad was not able to make it three-straight in 2008 after winning back-to-back titles in 2006 and 2007, yet the Golden Bears return five players with championship rings and the knowledge of what it takes to capture a final, plus several other standouts ready to build on Cal’s legacy of 13 national titles.

Leading the Bears’ way to the top will be senior captain Spencer Warden, Cal’s most decorated returning player. Warden, a 6-4, 190-pounder, is a three-time All-Amer-ican and was a second-team All-America pick last season after leading the team of-fensively with 40 goals and defensively with 68 steals. He has been a clutch performer ever since his freshman season when he was MPSF Newcomer of the Year and pro-duced the match-winning assist against USC in the 2006 NCAA title match.

Two more stalwarts, senior captain Mike Sample and junior Brian Dudley, repre-sent the best in Cal’s athletic and academ-ic excellence. Sample gained valuable international experience this past summer as a member of the United State’s squad,

coached by Everist, which competed at the World University Games in Belgrade, Serbia. He is a two-time member of the ACWPC All-Academic team, and was a contributor on the 2007 NCAA title team, playing in 30 of the squad’s 32 matches that year.

Dudley, a 6-5, 210-pounder from Johan-nesburg, South Africa, is another two-time ACWPC All-Academic honoree and was a key player in the Bears’ 2007 NCAA cham-pionship run, scoring a goal against USC in the finals. He has notched 47 goals in two seasons, including 28 goals last year when he had the match-winning shot in overtime against Long Beach State, was selected the Nov. 17 MPSF Player of the Week and was an honorable mention All-American.

Junior center Zach White and junior goalie Jacob McIntosh are two more bearers of championship rings and both had busy summers. White, a 6-4, 220-pound left-hander, was an alternate on Everist’s World University Games team,

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2009 ncaa title

Senior co-captain Mike Sample


won a silver medal in July at the Maccabiah Games in Israel and helped the Lamorinda club team to second-place finish at the Men’s Senior Nationals. He has 33 goals in two sea-sons, and as a true fresh-man was the only player to compete in all 32 matches during the team’s 2007 na-tional title run. McIntosh is Cal’s incumbent at goalie, playing in 25 of 28 match-es last season, recording 212 saves with 31 steals and 23 assists. He excelled this past sum-mer, helping Lamorinda to a silver medal at Senior Nationals, and is a two-time first-team summer All-American.

There is no doubt additional fire-power will be provided by sophomores Ivan Rackov and Luka Saponjic from Bel-grade, Serbia. Rackov, a 6-2, 185-pounder and Saponjic, a 6-5, 225-pound left-hand-er, were immediate contributors last sea-son as true freshmen. Rackov was fourth on the team with 31 goals and also added a team-high 33 assists with 30 steals and 21 ejections earned, including four goals in the MPSF Tournament. He was a first-team summer All-American for Lamorinda as well. Saponjic tallied 24 goals in 19 matches last fall, then helped Serbia to bronze medals at both the FINA World League Champi-onships and the World University Games (held in his hometown of Belgrade) this past summer as one of the youngest players on the Serbian National Team.

The Bears’ talent pool continues to run deep with the return of key sophomores

Charlie Steffens and Cory Nasoff. Stef-fens, the son of Carlos Steffens (three-time Cal All-American, 1979 Pac-10 Player of the Year), is a 6-3, 190-pound attacker who scored 18 goals as a redshirt freshman, including goals against UCLA and Long Beach State in the MPSF Tournament. He is also a fine student, earning ACWPC and MPSF All-Academic honors. Nasoff, at 6-2, 190 pounds, notched 17 goals in 26 matches with 27 steals, 13 assists and 12 ejections earned as a redshirt freshman. He also scored three goals in the MPSF Tournament and this past summer was an All-American in helping Lamorinda to a sil-ver medal at Senior Nationals.

Cal has a slew of other players are as-sured of an opportunity to showcase their talents. Sophomores Zach Greenwood (6-4, 219) and Jack Stampfl (6-6, 215) will provide an inside presence after compet-ing in 24 and 21 matches, respectively, last season. Newcomers Iosefa Tuiasau (6-2,

240, junior from Wellington, New Zealand/West Valley College) and Marko Pance (6-2, 185, sophomore trans-fer from UC Santa Barbara) will be in the mix for play-ing time, as will sophomore center back Travis Bick-ham, redshirt freshman utility man Spencer White (brother of Zach White) and redshirt freshman attacker Mason Cox.

Nine more athletes are also in line for playing time this season – juniors Adam

Cline and Sandy French, sophomores Bryan Schnugg and Eric Johnson, and redshirt freshmen Brian Schmidt, Marin Balarin, Nathaniel Vail and Marker An-derson.

Besides McIntosh, there will be addition-al competition for starting duties manning Cal’s goal. The Bears have sophomore goalie Wil Toppen, who had 39 saves in seven contests last season, as well as talented true freshman Justin Parsons, freshman Steve Giahos and redshirt freshman Stephen Ambrose.

“We have a nice mix of younger and old-er players,” said Everist. “The team is hun-gry after a lot of close losses last season (five of nine losses were by one goal), but this is a talented group that has grown to-gether and gotten better. The team is now a year older and is finding ways to be more consistent. We have the ability to control the tempo of the game, both offensively and defensively, and the talent to defeat anyone we face. I am excited to see how it all comes together.”

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Zach White Brian Dudley


2009 Golden Bear roSter No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Yr. Hometown (Last School) 1 Jacob McIntosh G 6-1 175 Jr. Long Beach, Calif. (Wilson HS) 1 Justin Parsons G 6-5 205 Fr. San Diego, Calif. (Coronado HS) 1 Wil Toppen G 6-0 185 So. Camarillo, Calif. (Camarillo HS) 1 Stephen Ambrose G 6-5 217 Fr. New Canaan, Conn. (New Canaan HS) 1 Steve Giahos G 6-3 205 Fr. Modesto, Calif. (Johansen HS) 2 Luka Saponjic A 6-5 225 So. Belgrade, Serbia 3 Cory Nasoff A 6-2 190 So. San Diego, Calif. (Torrey Pines HS) 4 Mason Cox A 6-0 186 Fr. Placentia, Calif. (Servite HS) 5 Zach White C 6-4 220 Jr. Mission Viejo, Calif. (El Toro HS) 6 Ivan Rackov A 6-2 185 So. Belgrade, Serbia 7 Mike Sample A 6-3 190 Sr. Saratoga, Calif. (St. Francis HS) 8 Brian Dudley CB 6-5 210 Jr. Johannesburg, South Africa (St. John’s HS) 9 Zach Greenwood U 6-4 219 So. Sanger, Calif. (Buchanan HS) 10 Charlie Steffens A 6-3 190 So. Danville, Calif. (Monte Vista HS) 11 Travis Bickham CB 6-3 210 So. Half Moon Bay, Calif. (St. Francis HS) 12 Spencer Warden A 6-4 190 Sr. Soquel, Calif. (Soquel HS) 13 Jack Stampfl C 6-6 215 So. Davis, Calif. (Davis HS) 14 Iosefa Tuiasau U 6-2 240 Jr. Wellington, New Zealand (West Valley College) 15 Spencer White U 6-5 205 Fr. Mission Viejo, Calif. (El Toro HS) 16 Marko Pance A 6-2 185 So. Saratoga, Calif. (UC Santa Barbara) 17 Brian Schmidt CB 6-3 200 Fr. San Jose, Calif. (Bellarmine College Prep) 18 Adam Cline A 6-1 185 Jr. Santa Monica, Calif. (Santa Monica HS) 19 Sandy French A 6-0 180 Jr. Orinda, Calif. (Miramonte HS) 20 Bryan Schnugg A 5-10 190 So. Lafayette, Calif. (Acalanes HS) 21 Eric Johnson A 6-0 190 So. Moraga, Calif. (Campolindo HS) 22 Marin Balarin A 6-2 195 Fr. Berkeley, Calif. (Berkeley HS) 23 Nathaniel Vail A 6-2 180 Fr. Altadena, Calif. (La Canada HS) 24 Marker Anderson A 6-1 195 Fr. Atherton, Calif. (Deerfield, Mass., Academy)

Michael Boggan G 6-2 185 Fr. Burbank, Calif. (Harvard-Westlake HS) Tommy Briskey A 5-11 190 Fr. Orinda, Calif. (Miramonte HS) Danny Crocker U 6-0 190 Fr. Orinda, Calif. (Miramonte HS) Hunter Gettelfinger A 6-5 175 Fr. San Diego, Calif. (La Jolla HS) Tommy Gilfillan A 6-0 180 Fr. Pasadena, Calif. (Polytechnic HS) Matt Golden A 6-0 170 Jr. Danville, Calif. (West Valley College) Miguel Martin de Bustamante CB 6-3 195 Fr. Los Altos Hills, Calif. (St. Francis HS) Scott Siegel A 6-0 175 Fr. San Diego, Calif. (The Bishop’s School)

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Pronunciation Guide

Marin Balarin .................................. Ba-Lair-inSteven Giahos ............................... Ghee-OhsIvan Rackov .......................................Rack-offJack Stampfl ..................................Stamp-FullLuka Saponjic ............................Sa-Pown-itchIosefa Tuiasau ............ I-O-Sefa Two-E-Ah-So

Head Coach: Kirk Everist, Eighth year (California, ‘90)Associate Head Coach: Boyd Lachance, Eighth year (Pacific, ‘94)Assistant Coach: Sean Nolan, Fifth year (California, ‘95)

C - centerCB - center backA - attackerU - utility


coach than he was as a player,” said four-time NCAA Coach of the Year Pete Cutino, Ever-ist’s former Cal mentor who passed away in September of 2004. “He is a very intense person who has always been a student of the

game. Kirk is everything we would want in a coach.”

Everist lives in nearby Pleasant Hill with his wife, Kim, and daughter, Keira, born January 23, 2009.

head coach kirk everiStplayers went on to earn NCAA All-American recognition, while two ex-pupils have played on NCAA championship teams.

In addition to his work at Miramonte High School, Everist served as water polo commis-sioner at San Fran-cisco’s Olympic Club from 1999-2001, a period that produced a gold medal and two silver medals in FINA World Masters com-petition. Also, since 2000 he has been co-head coach for the Lamorinda water polo team, leading that club to the 2001, 2004 and 2005 USA Water Polo 20-Under na-tional championships, and the 2002 Northern California Zone Junior Olympic title. In January of 2005, Everist added to his duties the position of treasurer of the College Water Polo Coaches Association.

A 1990 Cal graduate, Everist propelled the Bears to national championships in 1987 and 1988 as a player. He earned NCAA All-American status from 1986-88 and was named the NCAA National Player of the Year in 1988. Everist went on to play for the United States National Team for nine years (1988-96) and was a member of the USA Olympic Team at the 1992 Barcelona and 1996 Atlanta Games. He also competed on America’s gold medal winning water polo teams at the 1991 World University Games and 1995 Pan American Games.

“Kirk has been an Olympian and an All-American, but I believe he is now a better

kirk everiSthead coach eighth year

Producing back-to-back NCAA titles, two Mountain Pacific Sports Federation crowns, 33 All-Americans and numerous

academic honorees, Kirk Everist has proven to be the perfect individual to perpetuate the tradition of excellence that defines California water polo. In seven seasons (159-49, .764) Everist has twice led the Golden Bears to the pinnacle of the sport; directing his alma mater to its NCAA-record 13th national crown with a 8-6 win over USC in 2007 after a thrilling 7-6 last-second national championship victory over the Trojans in 2006.

A former three-time All-American, 1988 NCAA Player of the Year and two-time United States Olympian, Everist, 42, earned the 2002 MPSF Coach of the Year honors in his inaugural season when he guided Cal to the MPSF Tournament title and a national runner-up finish. Then in 2004, he was inducted into both the Cal Athletic and the USA Water Polo Hall of Fames. In 2006, Everist was selected USA Water Polo’s Elite Co-Coach of the Year after leading the Bears to both the MPSF and NCAA titles. Most recently, he coached the United States’ World University Games team that competed this past summer in Belgrade, Serbia, mentoring five Bears, including senior Mike Sample and junior Zach White.

On July 29, 2002 Everist returned to his alma mater and immediately led the Bears to a 20-7 mark and Cal’s first MPSF title and national runner-up finish since 1995. Now after guiding the Bears to the school’s first back-to-back NCAA trophies since the early ’90s, Everist and his troops will be vying for another national crown in 2009.

Before his successful return to Berkeley, Everist had contributed to eight CIF North Coast championships as an assistant coach at Miramonte High School. During Everist’s 11-year tenure at Miramonte, the school also produced nine league titles and three third-place finishes in the California State Tournament. He helped develop 22 high school All-Americans, and three of his former

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Brian SchulManathletic trainer

Brian Schulman is in his sixth season as the head athletic trainer for the California men’s wa-ter polo program. Schulman, 30, has extensive experience in athletic training, having worked for the San Francisco 49ers, at Fresno State and UC Santa Barbara, and for the Los Angeles Dodgers. He is also the athletic trainer for the Golden Bears’ baseball and women’s soccer programs.

Prior to joining Cal in March of 2004, Schulman was an intern assistant athletic trainer for the San Francisco 49ers in 2003-04. He came to the 49ers from Fresno State, where he worked with the football and baseball programs while earning his masters’ degree in exercise physiology. As an undergraduate at UC Santa Barbara, Schulman was a student athletic trainer for the baseball, men’s basketball and men’s soccer programs. He graduated from UCSB in 2001 with degrees in political science, and health and exercise science. Schulman had an internship with the Los Angeles Dodgers in the summer of 2000 and is also a certified strength and conditioning specialist.

A native of Encino, Calif., Schulman and his wife, Megan, reside in Dublin.

Boyd lachanceassociate head coach

Boyd Lachance, a huge factor in the Golden Bears capturing the 2006 and 2007 NCAA titles, has been the associate head coach for the Cal men’s water polo since July 18, 2003 after playing a major role in the Bears winning the MPSF title and advancing to the NCAA title match in his first year as an assistant in 2002.

Lachance, 37, came to Cal after an outstand-ing water polo career at Pacific in the early ‘90s and seven years of coaching club, high school and community college water polo. As a two-year starter for the Tigers (1992-93), he was Pacific’s second leading scorer in 1992 (35 goals in 20 matches), finishing his career with a scoring aver-age of 1.09 goals per game. In addition, Lachance was a member of the only Tiger water polo team in school history to reach the NCAA tournament, achieving a No. 5 national ranking in 1993.

Transferring his skills from the pool to the pool deck, Lachance has coached in the national and international scene. He was added to the USA Men’s Senior National Team staff and coached the National B Team coach following the 2008 Beijing Olympics, working under national team coach Terry Schroeder. In 2002, Lachance was an assistant coach with the National Cadet Team in Serbia, the head coach of two Pacific Zone Divi-sion II Premier League championship squads and the assistant coach for the Pacific Zone Division I Premier League national championship team. He was also co-head coach at Campolindo High School from 1999-2000 and an associate head coach at Diablo Valley College in 2001.

Lachance has been part of 12 USWP na-tional championships (six 20-Under, four Premier League, two 18-Under) and two NCAA titles in his coaching tenure, while developing 79 USWP All-Americans, six high school All-Americans and three community college All-Americans along the way. Since joining the Cal program in 2002, he has helped coach 33 NCAA All-Americans.

In addition to his coaching duties at Cal, Lachance is the club director of Lamorinda Water Polo, which he founded in 1999. Since 2002, all members of the Bears’ water polo program have gone through the Lamorinda club system.

Lachance received a degree in sociology from Pacific in 1994. He resides in East Sacramento with his wife, Gretchen, and son, Carson, four; son Nolan, three and son, Kellan, born June 23, 2009.

Sean nolanassistant coach

Former Golden Bear goalie (1991-94) and 2000 Olympian Sean Nolan, 37, is in his fifth season as an assistant coach at Cal.

Nolan joined the Bears’ coaching staff after a successful national and international water polo career. A member of the USA Senior National team from 1994-2000, he competed in the 2000 Sydney Olympics, helping the United States to sixth place finish along with other former Cal stars Gavin Arroyo, Chris Humbert and Chris Oeding. Nolan was also on Team USA’s gold medal-winning squad at the 1993 World University Games in Buffalo, NY; was named Goalie of the Tournament at the 1997 Unicon Cup in Budapest, Hungary; and helped the United States to a gold medal at the 1999 PanAm Games in Winnipeg, Ontario, Canada. He played professionally in Greece for the club team, Naok, in the town of Corfu from 1996-97.

A three-time All-American (1992, 1993, 1994) at Cal, Nolan graduated in 1995 with a degree in political economies of industrial societies. He led the Bears to NCAA titles in 1991 and 1992, including making two match-saving blocks at the end of regulation in the ‘92 title match against Stanford. The 1992 NCAA championship match is considered by many to be the greatest title match in NCAA water polo history as Cal went on to win 12-11 in sudden death overtime to finish with a perfect 31-0 season record. Nolan was the recipient of the Peter J. Cutino Water Polo Trophy in 1992 as the team’s most improved player, and was the team’s Most Valuable Player in 1994.

aSSiStant coacheS & SuPPort Staff

Associate head coach Boyd Lachance breaks down the action on deck.


2009 athlete ProfileS

Stephen aMBroSe 1freshman Goalieheight: 6-5 Weight: 217hometown: new canaan, conn.high School: new canaanexperience: rS

Redshirted during the 2008 season…HIGH SCHOOL/PER-SONAL: At New Ca-naan High School in New Canaan, Conn. was a standout goalie, earning all-tournament honors at the 2006 Eastern High School

Championships and 2005 Connecticut High School Championships…was also the starting goalie for several Greenwich, Conn. Junior Olympic teams, and a Northeast Zone Team that competed at the National Zone Water Polo Championship, held May, 2007 at Cal…competed in swimming as well, recording a time of 24.04 in the 50 free as a senior…undeclared major with an interest in business...parents are Stephen and Victoria Ambrose...born April 14, 1990, in Norwalk, Conn.

Marker anderSon 24freshman attackerheight: 6-1 Weight: 195hometown: atherton, calif.high School: deerfield (Mass.) academy experience: rS

Redshirted during the 2008 season…was the recipient of the team’s Scholar-Athlete of the Year award with a 3.8 GPA…HIGH SCHOOL/PERSONAL: At Deer-field Academy in Deer-field, Mass. was a two-time NISCA third-team

All-American and the 2007 New England Preparatory Athletic Council MVP…lead his team to its first-ever NEPSAC title in 2007 with a 16-4 mark…undeclared major...parents are John and Judith Anderson...born February 17, 1989, in Palo Alto, Calif.

Marin Balarin 22freshman attackerheight: 6-2 Weight: 195hometown: Berkeley, calif.high School: Berkeley experience: rS

Redshirted during the 2008 season…HIGH SCHOOL/PER-SONAL: At Berkeley High School was a fifth-team All-American as a senior and re-corded a school-record 210 goals…was also first-team North Coast

Section, fifth-team NorCal and ninth-team All-California…competed on the 2008 North Coast Section All-Star Team and the 2007 Pacific Zone Team…undeclared major...parents are Felice and Verica Balarin...born October 8, 1990, in Zagreb, Croatia.

travis BickhaM 11Sophomore center Backheight: 6-3 Weight: 210hometown: half Moon Bay, calif.high School: St. francisexperience: Sq

Scored a goal against UC Santa Cruz and added two assists and an ejection earned in 2008…redshirted dur-ing the 2007 season…HIGH SCHOOL/PER-SONAL: At St. Francis High School was a fifth-team All-American,

earning first-team All-Central Coast Section, first-team All-WCAL and first-team All-San Jose Mercury News as a senior in 2006…averaged four goals a game as a senior, competing in the 2006 CCS Senior and Central Coast Section-North Coast Section Senior All-Star Games…was the MVP and helped his club team win the 2006 National Club Championship…majoring in English...parents are Randy and Marsha Bickham...born December 4, 1988, in Palo Alto, Calif.

GoalS2008 ............................1

adam cline 18Junior attackerheight: 6-1 Weight: 185hometown: Santa Monica, calif.high School: Santa Monica hSexperience: Sq

Recorded two ejec-tions earned, an assist and a field block last season as a sopho-more…had two goals in 2008 as a redshirt fresh-man, tallying scores against Santa Clara and UC Santa Cruz…also had a steal and a field

block…redshirted in 2006…HIGH SCHOOL/PERSONAL: At Santa Monica High School was first-team All-CIF and league MVP, help-ing his team to the CIF semifinals…averaged a school-record four goals per game during his high school career…also competed four years on the varsity swim team and was a CIF finalist...majoring in business administration…parents are David and Simone Cline…born February 27, 1988, in Los Angeles, Calif.

GoalS2007 ............................2

Mason cox 4freshman attackerheight: 6-0 Weight: 186hometown: Placentia, calif.high School: Servite experience: rS

Redshirted during the 2008 season…HIGH SCHOOL/PER-SONAL: At Servite High School was three-time first-team all-league selection, helping his team to three Serra League tit les…was first-team All-CIF in

2005 and second-team All-CIF as a junior and senior…was the MVP of the 2008 Junior Olympics…was also a member of the 2004 National Development Team and the 2005 National Youth Team that traveled to Croatia and Germany…undeclared major...parents are Brian and Lori Cox...born March 6, 1990, in Placentia, Calif.


Brian dudley 8Junior center Backheight: 6-5 Weight: 210hometown: Johannesburg, South africahigh School: St. John’s hSexperience: 2v

A returning All-Amer-ican and a two-time ACWPC All-Academic honoree…was a key player for the Bears in their 2007 NCAA cham-pionship run, scoring a goal versus USC in the national title match…was the 2008-09 Peter

J. Cutino Water Polo Trophy award winner as the team’s most improved player…AS A SOPHOMORE (2008): Scored 28 goals with 35 steals, 24 ejections earned and 14 assists…had six goals in the three MPSF Tournament matches, including a team-high three goals versus UC Irvine…was selected the Nov. 17 MPSF Co-Player of the Week after leading the Bears to victories over Long Beach State and UC Irvine, notching the match-winning goal in sudden death overtime at Long Beach State…was a ACWPC Academic All-American and an MPSF All-Academic selection for the second year in a row…AS A REDSHIRT FRESHMAN (2007): Scored 19 goals in 30 matches, includ-ing a goal and an assist versus USC in the NCAA title match, and three goals during the MPSF Tournament (two versus Long Beach State, one versus Stanford)…had 23 steals, 17 ejections earned, seven assists and four field blocks…was a ACWPC Academic All-American and an MPSF All-Academic selec-tion…redshirted in 2006…HIGH SCHOOL/PERSONAL: At St. John’s High School in Johannesburg, South Africa was team captain as a junior and senior... twice selected (2004-2005) MVP and best attacker of the United Schools of South Africa (USSASA) National Water Polo Tournament…as a member of the South African National Junior Team traveled to the 2005 Junior World Championships in Argentina…helped his South Africa Under 20 squad to a third-place finish at the 2003 Poland International Tournament...also trained with South Africa youth teams in Croatia, Bosnia, Hungary and Slovakia…competed in rugby and swimming as well…majoring in business administration...parents are Frank Dudley and Kate McMahon…born June 10, 1987, in Johannesburg, South Africa.

GoalS2007 ..........................192008 ..........................28Total ..........................47

Sandy french 19Junior attackerheight: 6-0 Weight: 180hometown: orinda, calif.high School: Miramonte hSexperience: Sq

Had three goals in seven matches last season, including two goals versus UC Santa Cruz…also added six steals and four as-sists…competed in two matches in 2007 as a redshirt freshman, scor-ing a goal against UC

Santa Cruz and tallying four steals and three assists…redshirted in 2006…HIGH SCHOOL/PERSONAL: At Miramonte High School played for former Cal water polo player James Lathrop and was a first-team All-American, first-team All-North Coast Section and North Coast Section MVP as a senior…also competed for the Lamorinda Water Polo Club and was a 2006 Summer All-American…competed on the varsity swim team as well…majoring in interdisciplinary studies...several relatives at-tended Cal, including parents John and Leslie French, and sister, Sarah French…grandfather, Gordon French, played water polo at Cal...born April 21, 1988, in San Mateo, Calif.

GoalS2007 ............................12008 ............................3Total ............................4

Steve GiahoS 1freshman Goalieheight: 6-3 Weight: 205hometown: Modesto, calif.high School: Johansenexperience: hS

HIGH SCHOOL/PERSONAL: At Jo-hansen High School in Modesto was an honorable mention All-American and first-team All-CIF Section goalie as a senior in 2008…was also a three-time all-league honoree…

competed three years on the varsity swim team as well…undeclared major...parents are Gregg and Stephanie Giahos...born December 21, 1989, in Turlock, Calif.

Brian Dudley


Zach GreenWood 9Sophomore utilityheight: 6-4 Weight: 219hometown: Sanger, calif.high School: Buchanan hSexperience: 1v

AS A REDSHIRT FRESHMAN (2008): Scored nine goals in 24 matches with 13 ejections earned and four steals…scored five goals in the four matches at the Navy Open…had a team-high three goals versus UC Santa Cruz…

scored a goal in an MPSF match at USC…redshirted during the 2007 season…HIGH SCHOOL/PERSONAL: At Buchanan High School in Clovis, Calif. was three-time first-team all-league and two-time first-team All-CIF in water polo…as a senior was a first-team High School All-American, CIF MVP and 2006 Buchanan High School Athlete of the Year…helped his team to CIF titles in 2003 and 2006…also com-peted in swimming where he was a nine-time All-American and a three-time CIF champion in the 500 free…was a member of the 2008 USA Senior National B Team and competed on the 2006 and 2007 USA National Youth Teams…in 2006 helped Team USA to a silver medal and was named tournament MVP in an international tournament in Germany…majoring in econom-ics...mom, Miram, swam at USC and competed in the 1976 Montreal Olympics, placing ninth in the 200-meter backstroke…father, Mark, also swam at USC where he was a member of four-straight NCAA championship teams…sister, Ashley, played water polo at UC Davis, and sister, Erinn, played water polo at San Diego State…parents are Mark and Miram Greenwood...born March 9, 1989, in Fresno, Calif.

GoalS2008 ............................9

eric JohnSon 21Sophomore attackerheight: 6-0 Weight: 190hometown: Moraga, calif.high School: campolindo hSexperience: Sq

Scored a goal against UC Santa Cruz last sea-son with two assists, an ejection earned and a field block…redshirted during the 2007 sea-son…HIGH SCHOOL/PERSONAL: At Cam-polindo High School was a three-time all-

league selection and two-time All-North Coast Section in water polo…was selected his school’s 2006-07 Scholar-Athlete of the Year…competed in the North Coast Section Senior All-Star Game in 2006…was a member of the Lamorinda 18 and Under Junior Olympic Team that won a gold medal in 2007…was a 16 and Under Junior Olympic All-American in 2005…majoring in economics...grandmother, Peggy McHugh, graduated from Cal in 1949 and mother, Jeannie, graduated from Cal in 1978…parents are Robert and Jeannie Johnson...born August 7, 1989, in San Francisco, Calif.

GoalS2008 ............................1

Jacob McintoSh 1Junior Goalieheight: 6-1 Weight: 175hometown: long Beach, calif.high School: Wilson hSexperience: 2v

Developed into Cal’s everyday goalie last season, competing in 25 of 28 matches…has 256 saves in 38 career matches…was a first-team All-American in the summer of 2008 and 2009, helping lead the Lamorinda club team

to a second-place finish at the Men’s Senior Nationals…AS A SOPHOMORE (2008): Had 212 saves in 790 minutes of action…also notched 31 steals and had 23 assists…AS A REDSHIRT FRESHMAN (2007): Played in 13 matches, recording 44 saves in 147 minutes of action…had a 4.35 goal against average…also added six assists and four steals…redshirted in 2006…in the summer of 2007 was the MVP of the 20-Under Nationals in Moraga...HIGH SCHOOL/PERSONAL: As a goalie at Wilson High School in Long Beach was second-team All-CIF and 2005 Moore League Co-MVP…prep team won four-straight CIF Division I titles…competed four years on the varsity swim team…majoring in the practice of art…parents are Duncan and Carla McIntosh...born October 1, 1987, in Long Beach, Calif.

SaveS2007 ..........................442008 ........................212Total ........................256

Kirk Everist and the Golden Bears


cory naSoff 3Sophomore attackerheight: 6-2 Weight: 190hometown: San diego, calif.high School: torrey Pinesexperience: 1v

Was an All-American this past summer, help-ing the Lamorinda club team to a second-place finish at the Men’s Senior Nationals…AS A REDSHIRT FRESH-MAN (2008): Scored 17 goals in 26 matches with 27 steals, 13 as-

sists and 12 ejections earned…scored three goals in the MPSF Tournament, including two goals versus UC Irvine…had a team-high two goals in an MPSF league match at UC Irvine…had a team-high three goals at Pomona Col-lege…redshirted during the 2007 season…HIGH SCHOOL/PERSONAL: At Torrey Pines High School lettered four straight years in both water polo and swimming…in water polo was a three-year All-CIF San Diego Section pick and the CIF Section Division I MVP as a senior…was selected as a two-time Cal-Hi All-Ameri-can…was a member of the USA Development, Cadet and Youth teams; traveling to Serbia, Croatia, Spain, Germany and Canada…was a gold medalist at the 2005 Junior Olympics, competing for the San Diego Shores…was a three-time All-American at the National Age Group and Junior Olympics competition…majoring in interdisciplinary studies...parents are Marc and Carla Nasoff...born March 19, 1989, in San Diego, Calif.

GoalS2008 ..........................17

Marko Pance 16Sophomore attackerheight: 6-2 Weight: 185hometown: Saratoga, calif.last School: uc Santa Barbaraexperience: tr

A sophomore trans-fer from UC Santa Barbara…played in five matches with the Gau-chos in 2008, tallying a goal against then-No. 2-ranked UCLA and adding two assists and an ejection earned…redshirted in 2007…

HIGH SCHOOL/PERSONAL: At Saratoga High School was two-time all-league and All-CIF Central Coast Section as a senior in 2006, scoring 106 goals in 22 matches…notched 65 goals as a junior…also earned All-America swimming honors in the 400 free relay dur-ing the 2006-07 season…competed for the Stanford Water Polo Club team, scoring 22

goals and earning first-team All-America hon-ors while helping his team to a bronze medal at the 2007 Junior Olympics…played for the Pacific Zone National Team in the 2006 Premier League and the Pacific Zone Youth National Team at the 2007 Zone Championships…undeclared major...parents are Aleksander and Gordana Pance...born May 10, 1989, in Rochester, N.Y.

Justin ParSonS 1freshman Goalieheight: 6-5 Weight: 205hometown: San diego, calif.high School: coronadoexperience: hS

HIGH SCHOOL/PERSONAL: At Cor-onado High School was an academic and athletic All-American, Union Tribune Player of the Year, 2008 CIF San Diego Section Player of the Year, first-team all-state, first-team All-CIF

and first-team All-Western League as a senior goalie…helped his team to the 2008 CIF title…as a sophomore set a school record for blocks in a match (23)…competed three years of varsity basketball and baseball as well…was a member of the Pacific Southwest Zone and Cadet Teams…undeclared major...parents are Tim and Kandee Parsons...born January 4, 1991, in San Diego, Calif.

ivan rackov 6Sophomore attackerheight: 6-2 Weight: 185hometown: Belgrade, Serbiaexperience: 1v

Was a first-team All-American this past summer, helping lead the Lamorinda club team to a second-place finish at the Men’s Se-nior Nationals…AS A FRESHMAN (2008): Was fourth on the team as a true freshman with

31 goals in 21 matches, including two goals against UCLA and two goals against Long Beach State in the MPSF Tournament…added a team-high 33 assists with 30 steals and 21 ejections earned…had a team-high three goals in an MPSF match versus UCLA…HIGH SCHOOL/PERSONAL: Along with fellow Cal sophomore, Luka Saponjic, led Serbia to the gold medal at the 2007 European Youth (Under 18) Championships in Malta…also with Sa-ponjic led Serbia to a fourth-place finish at the 2007 Junior World (Under 20) Championships in Long Beach, Calif….the tandem combined for 43 goals at the 2007 Junior World Cham-pionships, including 11 (Rackov, six; Saponjic, five) in the medal round matches – a 17-16 semifinal overtime loss to eventual World Champion Hungary and a 12-8 bronze medal loss to Croatia…undeclared major...parents are Aleksandar and Ljiljana Rackov... born May 12, 1989, in Belgrade, Serbia.

GoalS2008 ..........................31

Cory Nasoff


Mike SaMPle 7Senior attackerheight: 6-3 Weight: 190hometown: Saratoga, calif.high School: St. francisexperience: 2v

Joins Spencer War-den as one of the Bears’ 2009 team captains…competed for the United States this past summer at the World University Games in Belgrade, Serbia under head coach Kirk Everist…was the 2009 recipient

of the Walter A. Haas, Jr. Community Service Award given to a student-athlete for outstanding contribution to community service…is also a two-time member of the ACWPC and MPSF All-Academic Teams…was the recipient of the team’s 2008-09 Golden Bear Coaches’ Award…AS A JUNIOR (2008): Had 13 goals in 27 matches with 26 assists, 19 steals, 16 ejec-tions earned and four field blocks…notched a goal against UCLA in the first round of the MPSF Tournament…had a team-high three goals at UC Davis…scored a pair of goals during the Navy Open…was a ACWPC Academic All-American and an MPSF All-Academic selec-tion…AS A SOPHOMORE (2007): Played in 30 of the team’s 32 matches last season, record-ing 16 assists, nine field blocks, six ejections

earned, five steals and four goals…notched two goals against St. Francis at the Navy Open…was a ACWPC Academic All-American and an MPSF All-Academic selection…AS A REDSHIRT FRESHMAN (2006): Competed in 19 matches, scoring goals against MIT, UC Davis and Santa Clara…added six assists, six steals and five ejections earned…redshirted in 2005...HIGH SCHOOL/PERSONAL: At St. Francis High School was a third-team All-American and first-team All-NorCal, All-Central Coast Section and All-West Catholic Athletic League...scored 91 goals, leading his team to the 2004 Central Coast Section title…was the 2005 recipient of Stephen Jerry Memorial Award as his school’s outstanding athlete…represented the Pacific Zone from 2003-05 at the National Age Group Championships, help-ing his squad capture the 2005 national title...majoring in interdisciplinary studies...parents are David and Jane Sample...born February 17, 1987, in Palos Verdes, Calif.

GoalS2006 ............................32007 ............................42008 ..........................13Total ..........................20

luka SaPonJic 2Sophomore attackerheight: 6-5 Weight: 225hometown: Belgrade, Serbiaexperience: 1v

A 6-5 left-handed attacker who gained valuable experience this past summer, help-ing Serbia to bronze medals at both the FINA World League Championships in Mon-tenegro and the World University Games in

Belgrade…scored four goals in six matches at the World University Games…AS A FRESH-MAN (2008): Scored 24 goals in 19 matches with 23 assists, 22 steals, 10 ejections earned and three field blocks…had a team-high two goals against UCLA and notched a goal against UC Irvine at the MPSF Tournament…tallied a team-high three goals versus Stanford during the NorCal Tournament and had three goals versus Pacific…HIGH SCHOOL/PERSONAL: Won a bronze medal as a member of the Serbian team at the 2008 European Junior Championships in Istanbul, Turkey…along with fellow Cal sophomore Ivan Rackov led Serbia to the gold medal at the 2007 European Youth (Under 18) Championships in Malta…also with Rackov led Serbia to a fourth-place finish at the 2007 Junior World (Under 20) Championships in Long Beach, Calif….the tan-dem combined for 43 goals at the 2007 Junior World Championships, including 11 (Rackov, six; Saponjic, five) in the medal round matches – a 17-16 semifinal overtime loss to eventual World Champion Hungary and a 12-8 bronze medal loss to Croatia…also won gold medals with Serbia at the 2005 (Sofia, Bulgaria) and 2006 (Oradea, Romania) European Junior Championships…undeclared major...parents are Nebojsa and Tatjana Saponjic... born Janu-ary 6, 1990, in Belgrade, Serbia.

GoalS2008 ..........................24

Luka Saponjic


Brian SchMidt 17freshman center Backheight: 6-3 Weight: 200hometown: San Jose, calif.high School: Bellarmine college Prepexperience: rS

Redshirted during the 2008 season…HIGH SCHOOL/PER-SONAL: At Bellarm-ine College Prep was first-team all-league and team captain as a senior…helped team to the Central Coast Sec-tion title as a junior…

also competed in basketball and swimming, where he was an All-American in the 100 and 200 freestyle and was a member of the na-tion’s third-fastest 400 free relay as a junior (3:05.50)…undeclared major with an interest in business...brother, Kevin, played water polo at UCLA and is now a member of the Bruin’s men’s basketball team…parents are Chris and Beth Schmidt...born March 28, 1990, in Bethesda, Md.

Bryan SchnuGG 20Sophomore attackerheight: 5-10 Weight: 190hometown: lafayette, calif.high School: acalanesexperience: Sq

Notched a goal with two assists, two steals, an ejection earned and a field block against UC Santa Cruz last season as a redshirt fresh-man…redshirted dur-ing the 2007 season…HIGH SCHOOL/PER-SONAL: At Acalanes

High School was first-team all-league and first-team All-North Coast Section in 2006…finished high school career with 87 goals and competed in the 2007 North Coast Section-Central Coast Section All-Star Game…was a member of the Lamorinda Club Team that placed second in the 2006 Pan Pacific Games in New Zealand…majoring in economics...has several relatives (both parents) who attended Cal and competed in athletics, including father, John, who played water polo from 1977-80, and uncle, Peter, who was Cal’s first water polo NCAA Player of the Year in 1973…cousin, Charles Steffens, is also a sophomore on the 2009 Cal men’s water polo team…parents are John and Meg Schnugg...born December 12, 1988, in Berkeley, Calif.

GoalS2008 ............................1

Jack StaMPfl 13Sophomore centerheight: 6-6 Weight: 215hometown: davis, calif.high School: davisexperience: 1v

AS A REDSHIRT FRESHMAN (2008): Had six goals in 21 matches with six ejec-tions earned, five steals, three assists and a field block…scored a goal against UC Irvine in the MPSF Tournament…had a team-high three

goals versus UC Santa Cruz…notched a goal against Long Beach State in the NorCal Tour-nament…redshirted during the 2007 season…HIGH SCHOOL/PERSONAL: At Davis High School was a fourth-team All-American and a member of the USA Youth National Team…majoring in sociology...parents are Barry Stampfl and Celeste Cantu...born June 21, 1989, in Brawley, Calif.

GoalS2008 ............................6

Charlie Steffens

charlie SteffenS 10Sophomore attackerheight: 6-3 Weight: 190hometown: danville, calif.high School: Monte vistaexperience: 1v

AS A REDSHIRT FRESHMAN (2008): Scored 18 goals in 27 matches with 25 assists, 20 steals, 10 ejections earned and three field blocks…notched goals against UCLA and Long Beach State during the MPSF

Tournament…had a team-high two goals in an MPSF victory over UC Santa Barbara…had a team-high three goals versus Santa Clara…was a member of both the ACWPC and MPSF All-Academic Teams…redshirted during the 2007 season…HIGH SCHOOL/PERSONAL: At Monte Vista High School was a three-time High School All-American and four-time All-CIF selection in water polo…scored a school-record 156 single-season goals as a senior in 2006…was a member of the USA Youth National Team from 2003-07 and was the 2007 Junior Olympic MVP…majoring in ethnic studies…father, Carlos, was a three-time All-American water polo player at Cal, leading the Bears to the 1977 NCAA title and was the 1979 Pac-10 Player of the Year...has several other relatives who attend or attended Cal and competed in athletics, including uncle, Peter Schnugg, who was Cal’s first water polo NCAA Player of the Year in 1973…cousin, Bryan Schnugg, is also a sophomore on the 2009 Cal men’s water polo team…parents are Carlos and Peggy Steffens...born June 21, 1989, in San Francisco, Calif.

GoalS2008 ..........................18


Wil toPPen 1Sophomore Goalieheight: 6-0 Weight: 185hometown: camarillo, calif.high School: camarilloexperience: Sq

AS A REDSHIRT FRESHMAN (2008): Had 39 saves in 126 minutes of action (sev-en matches)…also re-corded eight assists and a steal…redshirted during the 2007 sea-son…HIGH SCHOOL/PERSONAL: At Cama-

rillo High School was league MVP as a senior in 2006…recorded a high school record 23 saves in a match in 2005 and was a first-team All-American…was a member of the USA Youth National Team in 2006...majoring in integrative biology…parents are David Toppen and Nina Klein... born April 5, 1989, in Butte, Mont.

SaveS2008 ..........................39

iosefa tuiaSau 14Junior utilityheight: 6-2 Weight: 240hometown: Wellington, new Zealandlast School: West valley collegeexperience: Jc

A junior col lege transfer from West Valley College in Sara-toga, where he was a 2007-08 All-Ameri-can Scholar-Athlete…HIGH SCHOOL/PER-SONAL: At Wellington College High School in Wellington, New

Zealand was the 2005 and 2006 recipient of the College Blues Award, helping his team to a second place finish at the 2005-06 New Zealand National Championships…also competed in rugby…is a member of the New Zealand Men’s National Squad…majoring in political science…parents are Fuimaono and Philippa Tuiasau...born August 27, 1988, in Wellington, New Zealand.

nathaniel vail 23freshman attackerheight: 6-2 Weight: 180hometown: Pasadena, calif.high School: la canadaexperience: rS

Redshirted during the 2008 season…HIGH SCHOOL/PER-SONAL: At La Canada High School was a three-time All-CIF se-lection from 2005-07, helping his team to CIF Division III titles in 2005 and 2007…undeclared

major…father, Lee, graduated from Cal in 1978 and brother, Devin McIntire, graduated from Cal in 2004…parents are Lee Vail and Emily Brockman...born July 28, 1990, in San Francisco, Calif.

Spencer Warden 12Senior attackerheight: 6-4 Weight: 190hometown: Soquel, calif.high School: Soquel hSexperience: 3v

A team captain and three-time All-Ameri-can…one of the nation’s top players who was a key to the Bears’ 2006 and 2007 national title runs...is outstanding both offensively and de-fensively…has 96 goals in three years at Cal,

earning honorable mention All-America honors as a freshman, third-team All-America honors as a sophomore and second-team All-America honors as a junior…in 2006 was named MPSF Newcomer of the Year and has been first-team All-MPSF the past two seasons…was named the team’s 2008-09 Most Valuable Player…AS A JUNIOR (2008): Was named second-team ACWPC All-American, leading the Bears with a team-high 40 goals in 27 matches…also paced the team with 68 steals, was second in ejections earned (27), second in field blocks (11) and third in assists (29)…scored five goals during the MPSF Tournament and was named first-team All-MPSF…AS A SOPHOMORE (2007): Was selected a 2007 ACWPC third-team All-American, first-team All-MPSF and second-team NCAA All-Tournament…scored two goals with six steals, two ejections earned and an assist in during the NCAA Tournament victories over Navy and USC…was the Nov. 5 MPSF Co-Player of the Week with three goals, six assists and five steals versus UC Irvine and UC Santa Barbara…scored the winning goal versus UCLA with 25 seconds left in the SoCal Open third-place match Oct. 14…had six goals, five steals, three ejections earned and two field blocks during the SoCal Open…scored three goals at the MPSF Tournament…led the team with 51 steals and scored 27 goals in only 24 matches…also had 23 assists, 14 ejections earned and eight field blocks during the sea-son…AS A REDSHIRT FRESHMAN (2006): Was an honorable mention All-American, MPSF Newcomer of the Year, Daily Californian Newcomer of the Year, MPSF All-Tournament and MPSF All-Academic...led the Bears with 61 steals, had 29 goals and the match-winning assist to Jeff Tyrrell in the NCAA title match victory over USC…finished with 30 assists, 11 field blocks and eight ejections earned…scored four goals during the MPSF Tourna-

Spencer Warden


ment, including a team-high two goals in the championship match victory over USC…tallied a goal against USC in the national title match as well…redshirted in 2005...was the 2005 recipient of the Cal Alumni Leadership Scholar-ship Award...HIGH SCHOOL/PERSONAL: At Soquel High School was league MVP, first-team All-SCCAL and second-team All-Central Coast Section as a senior...as a junior was first-team WCAL, second-team All-CCS and honorable mention All-NorCal...helped his team capture four consecutive league titles and a Central Coast Section championship in 2002…was a first-team All-American in the summer of 2008, helping lead the Lamorinda club team to a second-place finish at the Men’s Senior Nation-als in Moraga…in the summer of 2007 played on the USA U20 squad that competed at the Junior World Championships in Los Alamitos, Calif….in the summer of 2006 competed in the Memorial Tournament in Italy…also helped Team USA to a silver medal at the High Tatras Cup, July 7-9 in Slovakia; and a gold medal at the Junior PanAm Games in Montreal…was a second-team All-American as a member of a Pacific Zone team that captured the 2005 National Age Group championship...in the sum-mer of 2005 was a first-team All-American at the Junior Olympics, was an honorable mention All-American competing with the Lamorinda team that captured a bronze medal at the Men’s Senior Nationals in Davis, Calif., and was on the USA National Youth Team that traveled to Slovakia…earned High School All-America honors as a member of a 200 freestyle relay team in 2003…was the recipient of the 2005 President’s Award for Educational Excellence, and was his school’s 2005 Scholar-Athlete of the Year…majoring in American studies...father, Scott, graduated from Cal in 1976...parents are Scott and Elisabeth Warden...born March 31, 1987, in Berkeley, Calif.

GoalS2006 ..........................292007 ..........................272008 ..........................40Total ..........................96

Spencer White 15freshman utilityheight: 6-5 Weight: 205hometown: Mission viejo, calif.high School: el toroexperience: rS

Redshirted during the 2008 season…HIGH SCHOOL/PER-SONAL: At El Toro High School was a four-time Most Valuable Defen-sive Player, helping his team to the 2007 CIF Di-vision I title…concluded his high school career

with 136 goals and 134 steals…was a member of the United States’ National Youth Team…undeclared major…brother, Zach, is a junior on

the Cal men’s water polo team…parents are Kenneth and Donna White...born December 11, 1989, in Mission Viejo, Calif.

Zach White 5Junior centerheight: 6-4 Weight: 220hometown: Mission viejo, calif.high School: el toro hSexperience: 2v

Was an alternate on the United State’s 2009 World University Games team coached by Kirk Everist…was on a USA squad that cap-tured a silver medal in July at the 2009 Macca-biah Games in Israel…also an All-American

this past summer, helping the Lamorinda club team to a second-place finish at the Men’s Senior Nationals…a left-handed center who was instrumental in Cal’s NCAA title run as a true freshman in 2007…AS A SOPHOMORE (2008): Scored 25 goals in 27 matches with 32 ejections earned, 12 steals, five field blocks and four assists…had two goals in Cal’s victory over Long Beach State in the MPSF Tourna-ment…notched a team-high three goals in the Bears’ overtime victory over UCLA in the SoCal Tournament…had a team-high three goals versus Stanford in the NorCal Tourna-ment…AS A FRESHMAN (2007): Was the

only true freshman on the Bears’ NCAA squad and the only Cal player to compete in all 32 of the team’s matches…scored eight goals with 20 ejections earned, seven steals, four field blocks and two assists…had a goal in the Bears’ 8-7 win at UCLA…forced an ejection in the NCAA title match versus USC…HIGH SCHOOL/PERSONAL: At El Toro High School was a first-team High School All-American, first-team All-CIF, first-team All-County and first-team all-league as a senior, helping his squad to the CIF Division I Southern Section championship with a 31-4 record…was also All-CIF and all-league as a junior…was a four-year letterman in swimming as well…majoring in political science...brother, Spencer, is a red-shirt freshman on the Cal squad…parents are Kenneth and Donna White...born September 17, 1988, in Laguna Hills, Calif.

GoalS2007 ............................82008 ..........................25Total ..........................33

Zach White


Michael BoGGanfreshmanGoalie 6-2 185Burbank, calif.harvard-Westlake hS

tommy BriSkeyfreshmanattacker5-11 190orinda, calif.Miramonte hS

danny crockerfreshmanutility6-0 190orinda, calif.Miramonte hS

hunter GettelfinGer

freshmanattacker6-5 175San diego, calif.la Jolla hS

tommy Gilfillanfreshmanattacker6-0 180Pasadena, calif. Polytechnic hS

Matt GoldenJuniorattacker6-0 170danville, calif.West valley college

Miguel Martin de BuStaMante

freshmancenter Back6-3 195los altos hills, calif. St. francis hS

2009 neWcoMerS

Scott SieGelfreshmanattacker6-0 175San diego, calif.the Bishop’s School

“We are very excited about our incoming

class. We have players with a lot of

experience who are hungry to make an

impact. We are all looking forward to

seeing this group grow into the future of

our program.”– Head Coach Kirk Everist


2008 SeaSon in revieW

Although the 2008 California men’s water polo team did not achieve its goal of winning a third-straight

NCAA title, the Golden Bears still finished 19-9 overall (4-4 in Mountain Pacific Sports Federation play), No. 7 in the final national rankings and had four All-Americans. Junior attacker Spencer Warden was named a second-team All-American by the Associa-tion of Collegiate Water Polo Coaches, while three other Bears – seniors Frank Reynolds and Trent Calder, and sophomore Brian Dudley – were tabbed as ACWPC honor-able mention All-Americans.

Warden, a team captain along with Reynolds and Calder, led the Bear’s with 40 goals in 27 matches. He also paced Cal with 68 steals, was second on the team in ejections earned (27) and field blocks (11), and third in assists (29). Warden scored five goals during the MPSF Tournament and was named first-team All-MPSF. He now has 96 goals in three years at Cal, earning honorable mention All-America honors as a freshman and third-team All-America honors as a sophomore. As a freshman in 2006, Warden was named MPSF Newcomer of the Year and has been first-team All-MPSF the past two years.

Reynolds was the first MPSF Player of the Week selection of 2008 (Sept. 8) after lead-ing the Bears with 11 goals and adding four assists, three steals, three ejections earned and two field blocks during the Navy Open in Annapolis, Md. He finished second on the

team with 35 goals and had 30 assists, 20 steals, 11 ejections earned and seven field blocks. Reynolds ended up scoring 68 goals in his three seasons at Cal.

Calder, team captain in both 2007 and 2008, was third on the ‘08 squad with 33 goals and led the Bears with 14 field blocks. He added 21 steals, 18 assists and six ejec-tions earned, concluding his career with

96 goals. Both Calder and Reynolds were key players on Cal’s back-to-back national title runs.

Dudley, a two-time Academic All-America and MPSF All-Academic selection (3.42 GPA in business administration), scored 28 goals with 35 steals, 24 ejections earned and 14 assists in 2008. He was the Nov. 17 MPSF Player of the Week after leading the Bears to league victories over Long Beach State and UC Irvine, notching the match-winning goal in sudden death overtime at Long Beach State.

Juniors Mike Sample (3.26, interdisciplin-ary studies) and Scott Cruikshank (3.14, interdisciplinary studies), and redshirt fresh-man Charlie Steffens (3.35, undeclared) joined Dudley as Cal’s 2008 academic honorees. Dudley was placed in the Supe-rior Class with a GPA between 3.41-3.70; while Sample, Cruikshank and Steffens were members of the Excellent Class with GPAs between 3.20-3.40. Sample was also named the recipient of the Walter A. Haas Jr. Community Service Award given annually to a student-athlete for his or her outstanding contributions to community service.

Actually, the entire men’s water polo team contributed in the classroom as Kirk Everist’s squad had the highest team GPA of any of Cal’s men’s varsity sports with a 3.245 GPA during the 2008 fall semester. With the impressive team GPA during the fall, Everist’s squad was tops among all of the Bears’ men’s sports during the 2008-09 school year with a cumulative team GPA of 3.162. Frank Reynolds

Spencer Warden


2008 final StatiSticS

2008 StatiSticSNAME (Matches) ........................... GOALSSpencer Warden (27) ..............................40Frank Reynolds (27) ...............................35Trent Calder (25) .....................................33Ivan Rackov (21) .....................................31Brian Dudley (27) ....................................28Zach White (27) ......................................25Luka Saponjic (19) ..................................24Charlie Steffens (27) ...............................18Cory Nasoff (26) ......................................17Mike Sample (27) ....................................13Thomas Pearson (26) .............................10Zach Greenwood (24) ...............................9Jack Stampfl (21) ......................................6Scott Cruikshank (26) ...............................5Daniel Orloff (24) .......................................4Brian Roach (26) .......................................4Sandy French (7) ......................................3Travis Read (7) .........................................3Grant Mitchell (8) ......................................2Travis Bickham (1) ....................................1Nick Ferrif (1) ............................................1Eric Johnson (1) ........................................1Bryan Schnugg (1) ....................................1CALIFORNIA TOTALS .........................314OPPONENT TOTALS ...........................201

GOALKEEPER G Mins GA Svs AGJacob McIntosh 25 790 176 212 7.13Michael Okinczyc 1 6 1 0 5.33Wil Toppen 7 126 24 39 6.10CAL TOTALS 28 922 201 251 6.98

19-9 overall; 4-4 MPSf4-2 hoMe; 7-2 road; 8-5 neutral

Date Opponent Result Score Streak Scorers Sept. 6 vs. Bucknell% W 18-6 WON 1 Pearson 3, Reynolds 3, Dudley 3, Warden 2, Sample, Nasoff, Calder, White, Steffens, Greenwood, FrenchSept. 6 at Navy% W 13-4 WON 2 Reynolds 2, Warden 2, Calder 2, White 2, Greenwood 2, Cruikshank, Steffens, NasoffSept. 7 vs. St. Francis% W 10-6 WON 3 Reynolds 3, Calder 2, Cruikshank 2, Sample, Warden, SteffensSept. 7 vs. Johns Hopkins% W 18-4 WON 4 Calder 4, Dudley 3, Reynolds 3, Greenwood 2, Warden, Nasoff, White, Roach, Steffens, ReadSept. 20 vs. Cal Baptist^ W 11-4 WON 5 Rackov 3, Warden 2, Nasoff 2, Sample, Pearson, Steffens, StampflSept. 20 vs. Long Beach State^ W 8-4 WON 6 Rackov 2, Warden 2, Reynolds, White, Pearson, StampflSept. 21 vs. UCLA^ L 6-4 LOST 1 Rackov, Sample, Reynolds, WardenSept. 21 vs. Stanford^ L 11-10 (SDOT) LOST 2 Saponjic 3, White 3, Rackov 2, Pearson, RoachSept. 27 at Pepperdine* L 7-5 LOST 3 Roach 2, Reynolds, Calder, SteffensOct. 4 PACIFIC W 16-4 WON 1 Saponjic 3, Warden 3, Rackov 2, Calder 2, White 2, Sample 2, Orloff 2Oct. 11 vs. St. Francis# W 11-5 WON 2 Warden 3, Rackov 3, Steffens 2, White, Calder, CruikshankOct. 11 at Pepperdine# W 8-6 (OT) WON 3 Warden 2, Reynolds, Rackov, Saponjic Dudley, Calder, NasoffOct. 12 vs. USC# L 12-7 LOST 1 Reynolds 3, Calder, Pearson, Dudley, SampleOct. 12 vs. UCLA# W 12-11 (OT) WON 1 Reynolds 3, White 3, Dudley 3, Calder 2, WardenOct. 18 at UC Davis W 11-2 WON 2 Sample 3, Saponjic 2, Reynolds 2, Mitchell, Rackov, Nasoff, WhiteOct. 25 UCLA* L 11-10 LOST 1 Rackov 3, Saponjic 2, Warden 2, White 2, Reynolds Oct. 26 SANTA CLARA W 17-6 WON 1 Reynolds 3, Warden 3, Steffens 3 Saponjic 2, Rackov 2, White 2, Pearson Oct. 26 UC SANTA CRUZ W 16-5 WON 2 Stampfl 3, Greenwood 3, French 2, Read 2, Mitchell, Orloff, Bickham, Schnugg, Ferrif, JohnsonNov. 1 UC SANTA BARBARA* W 11-8 WON 3 Steffens 2, Rackov, Nasoff, Sample, White, Reynolds, Warden, Dudley, Saponjic, CalderNov. 8 at USC* L 11-9 LOST 1 Calder 2, Warden 2, Rackov, Greenwood, Pearson, Reynolds, SaponjicNov. 9 at Pomona College W 19-3 WON 1 Nasoff 3, Calder 2, Warden 2, Rackov 2, Saponjic 2, Steffens 2, White 2, Orloff, Cruikshank, Sample, DudleyNov. 15 at Long Beach State* W 11-10 (SDOT) WON 2 Dudley 4, Calder 3, Saponjic, Reynolds, Nasoff, WardenNov. 16 at UC Irvine* W 8-6 WON 3 Nasoff 2, Dudley 2, Calder, Reynolds, Rackov, SaponjicNov. 22 STANFORD* L 9-8 LOST 1 Calder 3, Rackov 2, Saponjic, Dudley, WardenNov. 23 at Pacific* W 10-7 WON 1 Warden 3, Dudley 2, Saponjic, Reynolds Calder, White, PearsonNov. 28 vs. UCLA& L 11-8 LOST 1 Saponjic 2, Rackov 2, Sample, Dudley, Warden, SteffensNov. 29 vs. UC Irvine& L 13-12 (SDOT) LOST 2 Dudley 3, Calder 2, Warden 2, Nasoff 2, Saponjic, Stampfl, ReynoldsNov. 30 vs. Long Beach State& W 13-9 WON 1 Dudley 2, Reynolds 2, Warden 2, White 2, Rackov 2, Nasoff, Calder, SteffensCaps indicates home match at Spieker Aquatics Complex*indicates MPSF Match, %indicates Navy Open, Annapolis, MD; ^indicates NorCal Open, Stockton, Calif.; #indicates SoCal Open, Malibu, Calif., &indicates MPSF Tournament, Malibu, Calif.

MiScellaneouS Ejections FieldName Assists Steals Earned BlocksTravis Bickham 2 0 1 0Trent Calder 18 21 6 14Adam Cline 1 0 2 1Scott Cruikshank 3 18 3 3Brian Dudley 14 35 24 1Zach Greenwood 0 4 13 0Nick Ferrif 0 0 2 2Sandy French 4 6 0 0Eric Johnson 2 0 1 1Jacob McIntosh 23 31 0 0Grant Mitchell 2 1 0 0Cory Nasoff 13 27 12 0Daniel Orloff 3 8 2 2Joe Ouadah 2 3 0 2Thomas Pearson 6 7 20 3Ivan Rackov 33 30 21 0Travis Read 3 2 1 1Frank Reynolds 30 20 11 7Brian Roach 6 14 11 2Spencer Rodman 2 5 1 8Mike Sample 26 19 16 4Luka Saponjic 23 22 10 3Bryan Schnugg 2 2 1 1Jack Stampfl 3 5 6 1Charlie Steffens 25 20 10 3Wil Toppen 8 1 0 0Spencer Warden 29 68 27 11Zach White 4 12 32 5TOTALS 287 381 233 75


2008 final MPSf reSultS & honorS

2008 individual honorS

SPencer WardenSecond-Team ACWPC All-American

First-Team All-MPSF2008 Most Valuable Player

Brian dudleyHonorable Mention ACWPC All-American

ACWPC Academic All-AmericanMPSF All-Academic

Peter J. Cutino Water Polo Trophy (Most Improved)

Nov. 17 MPSF Player of the Week

frank reynoldSHonorable Mention ACWPC All-American

Sept. 8 MPSF Player of the Week

trent calderHonorable Mention ACWPC All-American

Mike SaMPleACWPC Academic All-American

MPSF All-AcademicWalter A. Haas, Jr. Award

Golden Bear Coaches’ Award

Scott cruikShankACWPC Academic All-American

MPSF All-Academic

charlie SteffenSACWPC Academic All-American

MPSF All-Academic

daniel orloffMPSF All-Academic

Marker anderSonTeam Scholar-Athlete of the Year

Trent Calder

2008 MPSf tournaMent reSultS

noveMBer 28-30, 2008raleiGh runnelS MeMorial Pool,

MaliBu, calif. 1. USC 2. Pepperdine 3. Stanford 4. UCLA 5. UC Santa Barbara 6. UC Irvine 7. CALIFORNIA 8. Long Beach State

2008 MPSf co-PlayerS of the year

J.W. Krumpholz, USCJimmie Sandman, Stanford

2008 MPSf neWcoMer of the year

Joel Dennerley, USC

2008 MPSf co-coacheS of the year

Jovan Vavic, USCJack Kocur, Pepperdine

2008 MPSf all-federation teaM

firSt teaMPos. Player Year SchoolG Jimmie Sandman Jr. Stanford2M J.W. Krumpholz Jr. USCA Krsto Sbutega Sr. UCLAD Spencer Warden Jr. CaliforniaD Milos Golic So. UC Santa BarbaraD Sage Wright Jr. StanfordD J.P. MacDonell Jr. Pepperdine2MD Grant Miller Sr. Pepperdine


year-By-year reSultS1918..................................................... 1-01921..................................................... 0-11922..................................................... 3-1

Head Coach Jack Robinson

4-6 (.400) in four seasons.

1923 .................... 0-11925 .................... 1-11927 .................... 1-11929 .................... 2-3

Head Coach Tom Whitaker

6-16 (.273) in two seasons.

1931 .................... 5-71932 .................... 1-9

Head Coach Al Dowden 55-36 (.604)

in nine seasons.

1933 .................... 1-31934 .................... 3-71936 .................... 7-51937 .................. 10-2

1938................................................... 13-21939..................................................... 9-31940..................................................... 1-51941................................................... 10-41942..................................................... 1-5

Head Coach Hal Weatherbe

14-6 (.700) in two seasons.

1946 .................... 8-01947 .................... 6-6

Head Coach George Schroth 153-58-1 (.724) in 12 seasons.

1948 ............... 6-10-11949 .................. 10-41950 .................... 9-31951 ...................8-111952 .................. 12-5

1953................................................... 16-21954................................................... 17-11955................................................... 12-51956................................................... 14-31957................................................... 15-41958................................................... 17-51959................................................... 17-5

Head Coach Bill Phillips 40-15 (.727)

in three seasons.

1960 .................. 18-21961 .................. 16-21962 ...................6-11

Head Coach Pete Cutino

519-172-10 (.748)Eight NCAA titles

in 26 seasons.

1963 .................. 5-121964 .................. 7-151965 ................ 13-13

1966..................................................... 9-61967................................................... 15-41968................................................... 16-41969................................................... 16-61970..................................................11-101971................................................. 10-101972................................................... 16-71973................................................... 25-1*1974................................................... 25-2*1975................................................... 22-6*1976................................................... 18-61977................................................... 29-3*1978................................................ 25-6-11979................................................... 27-61980................................................ 31-4-31981.............................................. 19-11-11982.............................................. 20-10-21983................................................ 29-3-2*1984................................................ 26-4-1*1985................................................... 14-91986................................................... 31-81987................................................... 27-3*1988................................................... 33-3*

Head Coach Steve Heaston 224-56 (.800)

Three NCAA titles in 10 seasons.

1989 .................. 26-41990 .................. 29-1*1991 .................. 26-1*1992 .................. 31-0*

1993................................................... 21-91994................................................. 21-101995................................................... 20-71996................................................... 15-71997................................................... 22-61998..................................................13-11

Head Coach Peter Asch 46-26 (.639)

in three seasons.

1999 .................14-112000 .................. 17-82001 .................. 15-7

Head Coach Kirk Everist 159-49 (.764)

Two NCAA titles in seven seasons.

2002 .................. 20-72003 .................. 20-82004 ................ 20-10

2005................................................... 21-72006................................................... 31-4*2007................................................... 28-4*2008....................................................19-9

Total: ..........................1259-453-14 (.733)

*Denotes National Championship

A collection of rings and watches from the Bears’ first 11 NCAA championships.


california all-aMericanS

teaM aWardS

1965 Barry Weitzenberg, Ken High, Robert Clevenger

1966 Barry Weitzenberg, Jon Shores1967 Barry Weitzenberg, Anton Kajlich,

Jon Shores, Peter Asch, Ken High1968 Jon Shores, Mike Turner, Peter Asch,

Orb Greenwald, Jeff Reeder1969 Peter Asch, Orb Greenwald, Lance

Killoway, Mark Evans, Mike Morgan1971 Todd Healy1972 Peter Schnugg1973 Doug Healy, Jeff White, Doug Arth,

Tom Belfanti, Walter Bricker, Mile Ev-ans, Dean Crane, Peter Schnugg, Jon Svendsen

1974 Tom Belfanti, Walter Bricker, Doug Arth, Jon Svendsen, Mike Loughlin, Jim Parker, Randy Williams, Dean Crane, Miles Evans, Doug Healy

1975 Walter Bricker, Jon Svendsen, Joe Bogen, Tom Belfanti, Jeff Roy, David Post, Jim Purcell, John Pettibone

1976 Mike Loughlin, Jim Purcell1977 Mike Loughlin, Kevin Robertson,

Jim Purcell, Carlos Steffens, Dave Post1978 Mike Loughlin, Carlos Steffens,

Kevin Robertson, David Young1979 Kevin Robertson, Carlos Steffens,

Bob Diepersloot1980 Kevin Robertson, Bob Diepersloot

1994 Brent Albright, Sean Nolan, Mike Sparling, Clarke Tamariki

1995 Brent Albright, Nick Kittredge, Toby Dommer, Pat Cochran

1996 Brent Albright, Peter Stern, Brad Kittredge

1997 Brent Albright, Brad Kittredge, Peter Stern

1998 Ryan Flynn, Brad Kittredge, Jerry Smith1999 Jerry Smith, Albert Won2000 Attila Banhidy, Eldad Hazor,

Jerry Smith2001 Attila Banhidy, Spencer Dornin 2002 Attila Banhidy, Andrew Stoddard,

Russell Bernstein, Chris Lathrop2003 Attila Banhidy, Will Quist2004 John Mann, Marty Matthies,

Andrija Vasiljevic2005 John Mann, Nate Bennett, Michael

Sharf, Marty Matthies2006 John Mann, Brian Kinsel, Mark

Sheredy, Marty Matthies, Andrija Vasilievic, Jeff Tyrrell, Brian Bacharach, Adam Haley, Michael Sharf, Spencer Warden

2007 Michael Sharf, Zac Monsees, Mark Sheredy, Adam Haley, Jeff Tyrrell, Spencer Warden

2008 Spencer Warden, Trent Calder, Brian Dudley, Frank Reynolds

Bold denotes returning player

Peter J. cutino Water Polo

troPhy(MoSt iMProved)

1989-90 Pat Nelson1990-91 Nick Hume1991-92 George Pal1992-93 Sean Nolan1993-94 Mike Sparling1994-95 Brent Albright1995-96 Ryan Flynn1996-97 Ramsey Ross1997-98 No Award1998-99 Mike West1999-00 Joe Kaiser2000-01 Russell Bernstein2001-02 Todd Hylton2002-03 Will Quist2003-04 Jeff Leeper2004-05 Jonathan Richina2005-06 Zac Monsees/Jeff Tyrrell2006-07 Mark Sheredy2007-08 Scott Cruikshank2008-09 Brian Dudley

MoSt valuaBle Player

1985-86 Matt Biondi1986-87 Kirk Everist/Bill Schoening1987-88 Jeff Brush/Kirk Everist1988-89 Kirk Everist1989-90 Rich Ambidge

1990-91 Chris Humbert1991-92 Chris Humbert1992-93 Chris Oeding1993-94 Troy Barnhart1994-95 Sean Nolan1995-96 Brent Albright1996-97 Peter Stern1997-98 Brent Albright/Peter Stern1998-99 Ryan Flynn/Peter Keifer1999-00 Jerry Smith2000-01 Jerry Smith2001-02 Spencer Dornin2002-03 Attila Banhidy/Chris Lathrop2003-04 Attila Banhidy2004-05 John Mann2005-06 John Mann2006-07 the entire Cal 2006-07 team2007-08 Adam Haley/Michael Sharf2008-09 Spencer Warden

Scholar-athlete of the year

1985-86 John Felix1986-87 Tom Hermstad1987-88 Tom Hermstad1988-89 Michael Tillman1989-90 Jeff Weldon1990-91 Michael Tillman1991-92 Eriks Krumins1992-93 Jeff Weldon1993-94 Nick Kittredge/John Owens1994-95 Nick Kittredge1995-96 Nick Kittredge1996-97 Brad Kittredge1997-98 Ryan Feaver1998-99 Brad Kittredge1999-00 Jeff Green2000-01 Eldad Hazor2001-02 Attila Banhidy2002-03 Jason Malinsky2003-04 Jason Malinsky2004-05 Dan Werner2005-06 Brian Bacharach/Michael Sharf2006-07 Andrew Nesbit2007-08 Travis Read2008-09 Marker Anderson

Golden Bear coacheS’ aWard

2003-04 Beau Schuster2004-05 Marty Matthies2005-06 Jon Marshall2006-07 Trent Calder/Cameron Jones2007-08 Frank Reynolds/Marc Vacquier2008-09 Mike Sample

1981 Jay Cretcher, Kirk Erickson, Bob Diepersloot

1982 Peter Cutino, Alan Gresham, Alan Miller, John Thompson

1983 Peter Cutino, Alan Gresham, Shaun Cleary, Matt Biondi, John Gifford

1984 Alan Gresham, Matt Biondi, Shaun Cleary, John Felix, John Gifford, Bruce Perry

1985 Matt Biondi, Jeff Brush, John Felix1986 Kirk Everist, Bill Schoening, Jeff Brush,

Rich Ambidge, Rob Solomon1987 Kirk Everist, Pat Reid, Rick Ambidge,

Jeff Brush, Tom Hermstad, Matt Biondi1988 Kirk Everist, Jeff Brush, Rich Ambidge,

Julian Bailey, Chris Humbert, Ivan Ortiz1989 Rich Ambridge, Chris Humbert, Ivan

Ortiz, Julian Bailey, Bennett Indart1990 Chris Humbert, Eriks Krumins, Julian

Bailey, Jim Wagner, Chris Oeding, Lu-dovic Salles

1991 Chris Humbert, Erik Krumins, Chris Oeding, Dirk Zeien, Ludovic Salles, Troy Barnhart

1992 Chris Oeding, Dirk Zeien, Troy Barnhart, Sean Nolan, Gavin Arroyo, Russ Stryker

1993 Troy Barnhart, Gavin Arroyo, Sean Nolan, Tony Barnes

Mike Sample

Bold denotes current athlete


ncaa reSultS & hiStoryncaa chaMPionShiP reSultS

Year Champion Coach Score Runner Up1969 UCLA Bob Horn 5-2 California1970 UC Irvine Ted Newland 7-6*** UCLA1971 UCLA Bob Horn 5-3 San Jose State1972 UCLA Bob Horn 10-5 UC Irvine1973 California Pete Cutino 8-4 UC Irvine1974 California Pete Cutino 7-6 UC Irvine1975 California Pete Cutino 9-8 UC Irvine1976 Stanford Art Lambert 13-12 UCLA1977 California Pete Cutino 8-6 UC Irvine1978 Stanford Dante Dettamanti 7-6*** California1979 UCSB Pete Snyder 11-3 UCLA1980 Stanford Dante Dettamanti 8-6 California1981 Stanford Dante Dettamanti 17-6 Long Beach State1982 UC Irvine Ted Newland 7-4 Stanford1983 California Pete Cutino 10-7 USC1984 California Pete Cutino 9-8 Stanford1985 Stanford Dante Dettamanti 12-11** UC Irvine1986 Stanford Dante Dettamanti 9-6 California1987 California Pete Cutino 9-8* USC1988 California Pete Cutino 14-11 UCLA1989 UC Irvine Ted Newland 9-8 California1990 California Steve Heaston 8-7 Stanford1991 California Steve Heaston 7-6 UCLA1992 California Steve Heaston 12-11*** Stanford1993 Stanford Dante Dettamanti 11-9 USC1994 Stanford Dante Dettamanti 14-10 USC1995 UCLA Guy Baker 10-8 California1996 UCLA Guy Baker 8-7 USC1997 Pepperdine Terry Schroeder 8-7* USC1998 USC John Williams/ Jovan Vavic 9-8* Stanford1999 UCLA Guy Baker 6-5 Stanford2000 UCLA Guy Baker 11-2 UC San Diego2001 Stanford Dante Dettamanti 8-5 UCLA 2002 Stanford John Vargas 7-6 California2003 USC Jovan Vavic 9-7* Stanford2004 UCLA Adam Krikorian 10-9* Stanford2005 USC Jovan Vavic 3-2 Stanford2006 California Kirk Everist 7-6 USC2007 California Kirk Everist 8-6 USC2008 USC Jovan Vavic 7-5 Stanford* Denotes number of overtimes

ncaa chaMPionShiP hiStory

1969 California 5, UC Irvine 4 (OT) California 6, UC Santa Barbara 4 *UCLA 5, California 21973 California 8, New Mexico 1 California 4, UCLA 2 *California 8, UC Irvine 41974 California 12, Air Force 3 California 12, CS Fullerton 3 *California 7, UC Irvine 61975 California 9, Long Beach State 6 California 13, UCLA 9 *California 9, UC Irvine 61977 California 28, Bucknell 10 California 11, Pepperdine 10 *California 8, UC Irvine 61978 California 15, Texas A&M 6 California 7, UC Irvine 5 *Stanford 7, California 6 (3 OT)1979 California 19, Air Force 7 UCLA 10, California 9 Stanford 11, California 101980 California 11, UC Santa Barbara 7 California 9, UC Irvine 7 *Stanford 8, California 6

1981 California 10, UCLA 7 Long Beach State 11, California 9 California 11, UC Irvine 101982 California 7, USC 6 UC Irvine 8, California 5 UCLA 10, California 91983 California 15, Slippery Rock 2 California 8, Long Beach State 5 *California 10, USC 71984 California 11, Loyola of Chicago 3 California 10, USC 9 *California 9, Stanford 81986 California 11, Brown 4 California 11, UCLA 8 *Stanford 9, California 61987 California 18, Brown 3 California 7, UC Irvine 3 *California 9, USC 8 (OT)1988 California 17, Ark.-Little Rock 6 California 10, Stanford 6 *California 14, UCLA 111989 California 15, Brown 2 California 10, Pepperdine 9 *UC Irvine 9, California 8

1990 California 16, Brown 6 California 10, UCLA 8 *California 8, Stanford 71991 California 13, Navy 6 California 13, UC Irvine 10 *California 7, UCLA 61992 California 15, Navy 2 California 8, UC Irvine 5 *California 12, Stanford 11 (3 OT)1993 California 17, Massachusetts 4 USC 12, California 11 (OT) California 14, UC Irvine 61994 California 12, Massachusetts 7 USC 11, California 6 California 8, UCLA 51995 California 10, Massachusetts 6 *UCLA 10, California 82002 California 14, Queens 6 *Stanford 7, California 62006 California 17, UC San Diego 7 *California 7, USC 62007 California 8, Navy 5 *California 8, USC 6* Denotes Championship Match

cal’S ncaa year-By-year reSultS

tournaMent finiSheS

1969 Second Place1973 NCAA Champions1974 NCAA Champions1975 NCAA Champions1977 NCAA Champions1978 Second Place1979 Fourth Place1980 Second Place1981 Third Place1982 Fourth Place1983 NCAA Champions1984 NCAA Champions1986 Second Place1987 NCAA Champions1988 NCAA Champions1989 Second Place1990 NCAA Champions1991 NCAA Champions1992 NCAA Champions1993 Third Place

1994 Third Place1995 Second Place2002 Second Place2006 NCAA Champions2007 NCAA Champions

tournaMent MvP’S

1974 Doug Healy1975 Jon Svendsen1980 Kevin Robertson1983 Peter Cutino, Jr. and Alan Gresham1987 Jeff Brush1988 Kirk Everist1990 Chris Humbert1991 Chris Humbert1992 Dirk Zeien1995 Brent Albright2006 Mark Sheredy2007 Michael Sharf

Michael Sharf was the 2007 NCAA Tournament MVP and a final-ist for the Peter J. Cutino Award as national player of the year.


california Water Polo hiStory

quick factSFirst Team Organized: 1902First Official Game: California 3, Neptune Club 1Conference Championships: 35NCAA Championships: 13 (1973, ‘74, ‘75, ‘77, ‘83, ‘84, ‘87, ‘88, ‘90, ‘91, ‘92, ‘06, ‘07)Collegiate Players of the Year: 13Conference Players of the Year: 12All-Americans: 187Olympians: 25

california olyMPianS1956 Ivan Jasko (Hungary) Gold Medal1960 Joe Bordy (Hungary) Bronze Medal; Gordon Hall, Ron Volmer (United States) Seventh Place; Anton Kaljich (Czechoslovakia)1968 Barry Weitzenberg (United States) Fifth Place1972 Peter Asch, Barry Weitzenberg (United States) Bronze Medal1980 Kevin Robertson, Peter Schnugg, Jon Svendsen (United States) U.S. Boycott1984 Kevin Robertson, Jon Svendsen (United States) Silver Medal1988 Steve Heaston, Asst. Coach, Kevin Robertson (United States) Silver Medal 1992 Kirk Everist, Chris Humbert (United States) Fourth Place1996 Gavin Arroyo, Troy Barnhart, Kirk Everist, Chris Humbert, Chris Oeding (United States) Seventh Place2000 Gavin Arroyo, Chris Humbert, Sean Nolan, Chris Oeding (United States) Sixth Place

ncaa Player of the year(Peter J. Cutino Award

beginning in 1999)1973 Peter Schnugg1975 Jon Svendsen1980 Kevin Robertson1983 Peter Cutino, Jr. Alan Gresham1984 Alan Gresham1987 Jeff Brush1988 Kirk Everist1990 Chris Humbert1991 Chris Humbert1992 Chis Oeding Dirk Zeien1993 Troy Barnhart2006 John Mann

conferencePlayer

of the year1975 Jon Svendsen1977 Mike Loughlin1979 Carlos Steffens1980 Kevin Robertson1983 Peter Cutino, Jr.1984 Alan Gresham1988 Kirk Everist1989 Rich Ambidge1990 Chris Humbert1991 Chris Humbert1992 Chris Oeding1993 Troy Barnhart1995 Nick Kittredge

ncaa/national

coach of the year

1974 Pete Cutino1975 Pete Cutino1983 Pete Cutino1988 Pete Cutino1990 Steve Heaston1992 Steve Heaston2006 Kirk Everist

conference coach

of the year1974 Pete Cutino1975 Pete Cutino1983 Pete Cutino1988 Pete Cutino1989 Steve Heaston1990 Steve Heaston1991 Steve Heaston1992 Steve Heaston1995 Steve Heaston2002 Kirk Everist

Kirk Everist celebrates with his team after winning the national championship for the second straight year in 2007.

Following the 2006 season, John Mann became the first Golden Bear to win the prestigious Peter J. Cutino Award as the nation’s top men’s water polo player.

toP five cal SinGle-SeaSon ScorerS

Michael Sharf – 98 ........................................................... 2007Chris Humbert – 95 ......................................................... 1990Kevin Robertson – 83 ...................................................... 1978John Mann – 80 ............................................................... 2006Kirk Everist – 75 .............................................................. 1988

toP five cal career ScorerSChris Humbert – 296 .................................................. 1988-91John Mann – 218 ........................................................ 2003-06Kirk Everist – 205 ....................................................... 1985-88Michael Sharf – 196 .................................................... 2004-07Brent Albright – 178 .................................................... 1994-97


RemembeRing Cal legendsPete cutino and Steve heaSton:

11 ncaa Water Polo titleS

Peter J. cutino, 1933-2004Cal water polo coaching legend, Pete Cutino, passed

away Sept. 19, 2004. The Golden Bears’ coach from 1963-88 and winner of eight NCAA titles, Cutino has the distinction of the nation’s top female and male collegiate water polo players earn-ing a trophy in his honor – The Peter J. Cutino Award. The presentation of the Cutino Award is in conjunction with The Olympic Club of San Francisco. In 2006, John Mann became the first Cal athlete to win this prestigious award.

Steve heaSton, 1948-1999In honor of Steve Heaston, Cal’s men’s water polo coach from 1989-98, the annual

winner of the “Big Splash,” the water polo match between Cal and Stanford, will receive The Heaston Trophy. The Bears won the inaugural Heaston Trophy in 1999 with a 10-6 upset victory over then No. 2 ranked Stanford at Stanford’s deGuerre Pool.


all-tiMe letterMen- a -

Adam, Bruce, 1984-86Adams, Tom, 1988Aharonian, Vahe, 1997Ahasey, Kevin, 1998-99Albright, Brent, 1994-97Allen, Max, 1956Allred, Brad, 2001Alvarez, Dave, 1959Ambidge, Rich, 1986-89Andreyev, Vladislav, 2007Armstrong, Bill, 1952-53Arroyo, Gavin, 1990-93Arroyo, Rob, 1998-00, 02Arth, Doug, 1970, 72-74Arth, Lee, 1947Asch, Mike, 1969-70, 72Asch, Peter, 1967-69Ashe, Kevin, 1972Avanzi, Marco, 1994

- B -Bacharach, Brian, 2003-06Bailey, Julian, 1987-90Bainer, Matt, 1995Baird, Jim, 1961-63Baker, Jeff, 1963-64Baldauf, Bumps, 1949-50Banhidy, Attila, 2000-03Barnato, Mike, 1953-55Barnato, Peter, 1954Barnes, Tony, 1990-93Barnhart, Troy, 1990-93Bartels, David, 2002-03Bathgate, Kirk, 1955-57Beanston, Don, 1946Becker, Walt, 1952-53Begin, Ryan, 1994-97 Beilock, Steve, 1962-63Belfanti, Ed, 1975-77Belfanti, Tom, 1971, 73-75Bennett, Nate, 2002-05Bentley, Rod, 1964Bernstein, Russell, 1999-02Bevins, Vincent, 2002Biondi, Matt, 1983-85, 87Binder, Bill, 1965Blaber, Ben, 1994Blockhus, David, 1984-86Bloom, Jim, 1946Bogen, Joe, 1973, 75Booth, Newell, 1960Bordy, John, 1958-60Born, Joe, 2001-03Bowman, Jan, 1950-51Bowman, Walter, 1946Boyer, Bruce, 1960, 63Boyle, Bill, 1989-92Bozanic, Scott, 1981-82Bradbury, Ed, 1961-62Bradley, Mark, 1982, 84Brandt, Bill, 1967Bricker, Walter, 1973-75Brooks, Mike, 1975-76Brush, Jeff, 1985-88Buckner, Shea, 2005Bultena, David, 1959-60Bundy, Steve, 1971-72Burt, Robert, 1962Busalacchi, Brian, 1980-82

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Cronk, Rick, 1964Crosby, Bill, 1968Cross, Terry, 1969Crowley, Ryan, 2001Cruikshank, Scott, 2006-08Cunningham, George, 1947Curyea, Stuart, 1994Cutino, Peter, 1979-80, 82-83

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Bold Denotes Current Athlete


ruleS, reGulationS & terMSintroduction

Water polo, the oldest team sport in the Olympics, is a game of skill, endurance and swimming ability played in a 20 by 30 meter pool. There are seven players, six in the field and one goalkeeper. The object of the game is to shoot a the ball into a one-by-three meter goal. One point is scored for each goal. A player may shoot for a one-point goal, without a fake or a hesitation, after an ordinary foul outside of seven meters. The game consists of four, eight-minute quar-ters, with each team allowed 35 seconds to take a shot.

GaMe PlayThe game starts with both teams lined

up on the opposite ends of the pool. They sprint for the ball dropped in the middle of the field of play by the referee. Teams advance the ball by passing, or dribbling (swimming with it). Only one hand may be used on the ball at one time, with the exception of the goalkeeper. Defensively teams will play man-to-man and zone defenses. No player is allowed to hold, sink, pull back or otherwise interfere with the free limb movement of an opponent unless the player has his hand on the ball. It is the object of the defense to play the ball and not the man. The timing of the foul is critical in all defensive plays. Poor timing often results in ejection fouls.

foulSThe referee indicates a foul by blowing a

whistle and pointing with the hand toward the team that has possession, indicating the direction of the team’s attack. That team may receive a free throw. There are ordinary fouls and major fouls.

Ordinary fouls - offending team gets a free throw from the point of the infraction.

1. Two hand touch of the ball. 2. Taking the ball underwater and touched by an opposing player. 3. Impeding the progress of a player who does not have the ball. 4. Pushing off of an opponent. 5. Stalling.Major fouls - Offending player ejected

for 35 seconds or until a goal is scored or there is a possession change.

1. Kick/strike an opponent. 2. Interfere with a free throw. 3. Hold, sink or pull back an opponent without the ball. 4. Misconduct, disrespect. 5. Ordinary foul in dead time (the time between the call of the foul and the actual putting the ball into play).

terMinoloGyBack Door: An offensive drive from the

wing position on the weak side (away from the ball).

Ball Under: A minor foul (see #2 under ordinary fouls).

Center Throw: A free throw from in front of the goal at the two-meter line, awarded when the ball goes over the goal line last touched by a defensive player.

Counter Attack: A fast break.Dry Pass: Pass from one player to another

without the ball touching the water.Extra Man: A man up situation, usually six

on five and a “power play” situation.Inside Water: The offensive player has

an advantageous position in front of the defender, with nothing but open water in front of him and the goal.

Moving Pick: Moving screen intended to free an offensive player for a release pass and/or shot.

Natural Goals: Goals scored when both teams have an even amount of players.

Penalty Shot: A free shot taken by the offensive player from the five-meter line, awarded when a foul occurs inside the four-meter line preventing the probable scoring of a goal.

Point: Position at the top, of the 12 o’clock area of the offensive set-up, in the center of the pool.

Release: A player making himself avail-able for a pass.

Switch: Defenders switching defensive responsibilities.

Wet Pass: A pass from one player to another that lands near the receiver in the water.

Wet Shot: A shot attempt while the ball is controlled in the water, usually a quick wrist shot. Also called off the water shot.

StrenGth & conditioninGNick Folker (right) directs the men's water polo team through a focused training regiment.

nick folkerdirector of

aquatic Performance Sixth Season at california

Nick Folker enters his sixth year at the helm of the California Aquatic Strength Program. Since joining the Golden Bears, Folker has helped guide Cal aquatics

to three NCAA team champion-ships (men’s water polo in 2006 and 2007, women’s swimming in 2009), as well as developing numerous individual and relay national champions, and several Olympic medalists.

A native of Curry’s Post, South Africa, Folker swam for the Uni-versity of Hawaii under renowned sprint coach Dr. Samuel J. Freas and was a seven-time All-American and Hawaii’s first-ever individual first-team All-American. He also represented South Africa interna-tionally from 1996-2002 at such competi-tions as the Olympic Games, World Cham-pionships, Short-Course World Champion-ships, Commonwealth Games, All-Africa Games and the FINA World Cup.

Folker graduated from the University of

Hawaii with a bachelor’s degree in business administration, holds a master’s degree in kinesiology from Cal State East Bay, and owns certifications in strength and condi-tioning (CSCS) and swimming (USS).

Zac Monsees, Nick Folker and Mark Sheredy following the Bear’s 2007 NCAA title.


AcAdemic AchievementSPieker aquaticS coMPlex

Serving as home to the California water polo and swimming teams is the Spieker Aquatics Complex, one

of the finest outdoor facilities in the United States.

Located on the corner of Dana and Ban-croft on the south side of Haas Pavilion, the one million dollar facility was completed in the fall of 1982. It was made possible through

the Cal Sports ‘80s project and was named after former Cal water polo letterman Edward “Ned” Spieker, who provided the major por-tion of the funds for the project.

The facility replaced the antiquated Har-mon Pool, which served as the home for California aquatics for 50 years. The primary aspect of the extensive remodeling project was the joining of the two previously existing tanks to provide for the 50-meter by 25-yard pool of deep water, suitable for major national and international water polo and swimming championships. Spieker Aquatics Complex has served as the site of the United States Senior National Water Polo Championship in 1984 and ‘86, the National Qualifying Tournament for collegiate women’s water polo in 1997 and 2000, the women’s Moun-

cal’S year-By-year record at

SPieker aquaticS coMPlex

1982 ...............................................3-31983 .............................................13-11984 .............................................14-11985 ...............................................3-31986 ............................................. 11-21987 ............................................. 11-11988 ...............................................7-01989 ...............................................9-11990 ...............................................6-11991 .............................................10-01992 ...............................................9-01993 ...............................................7-41994 ...............................................7-21995 .............................................10-21996 ...............................................4-21999 ...............................................4-32000 ...............................................6-22001 ...............................................7-42002 ...............................................8-42003 ...............................................9-22004 ...............................................7-22005 ...............................................9-32006 ...............................................8-12007 .............................................14-22008 ...............................................4-2Totals ............................200-48 (.806)

tain Pacific Sports Federation Tournament in 2005, and the men’s MPSF Tournament in 2001 and 2007.

One thing that hasn’t changed with the Bears move into Spieker is Cal’s dominance at home. Between 1976 and ‘81, the Bears’ men’s water polo team lost just one league match at home. Since the Cal men played their first match in the Spieker Aquatics Complex in the middle of the 1982 season, the Bears have compiled a 200-48 (.806) record. In 1991 and ‘92, the Cal men went through the home season unbeaten, winning all 19 of their matches at Spieker.

The Bear women played their first home matches as a varsity sport in Spieker during the 1996 season and have compiled a home record of 75-24 (.758).


acadeMic GaMe PlanCOMPREHENSIVE PROGRAM FOCUSES ON GOLDEN BEAR ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT

While the California football program has produced school records of six straight bowl appearances and four consecutive bowl triumphs as part of

59 wins overall in the last seven years, the mission for Cal football is: To EDUCATE and GRADUATE all football student-athletes with a meaningful degree that will support their future successes in whatever field they choose.

Cal’s unique “Academic Game Plan” (AGP) is a program established by head coach Jeff Tedford to ensure success in the classroom as well as on the field. AGP, under the direction of Cal’s director of student-athlete development, consists of players meeting regularly with coaches and counselors to review coursework and assignments. Play-ers are given an “Academic Game Planner,” which they are required to keep up-to-date. The point of AGP is to ap-proach academics just like a game, with a plan. The play-ers would never go into a game situation without studying film, having a plan, practicing and preparation. Tedford and the Cal staff want student-athletes to approach academics the same way.

AcAdemic Achievement

ATHLETIC STUDY CENTERThe Athletic Study Center, which is

housed within the Division of Under-graduate Education, is the tutorial and academic support program for the nearly 900 student-athletes at Cal. Centrally located in the Cesar Chavez Student Center, the program provides a spacious and comfortable area for quiet study, individual classrooms for tutorials, and a computer lab for word processing and required course work.

TUTORIAL PROGRAMThe tutorial program promotes and

enhances students’ academics skills and progress by providing individu-al tutoring, group workshops, study groups, credit courses and intensive special programs. The Athletic Study Center has between 50-60 tutors on staff per semester to guarantee that students receive the best possible support. Tutorial sessions are offered at night to enable student-athletes to receive help after practices when they have more time to devote to studying.

Of the 18 players signed in 2002 in coach Tedford’s first class, 15 (83%) graduated within five years. A total of 20 players over the past 10 years have earned graduate de-grees while playing and 10 of those players who earned graduate degrees have gone on to play in the NFL, in-cluding Adimchinobe Echemandu, Tyler Fredrickson, Scott Fujita, Nick Harris, L.P. Ladouceur, Alex Mack and John Welbourn.

For the 2005-06 academic year, the Cal football team achieved the highest score possible (1000) in the Aca-demic Progress Rate (APR). This past year, Cal posted a multi-year score of 970, second among Pac-10 schools. In addition, 74 student-athletes on the football team have earned Pac-10 All-Academic honors in the Tedford era.

ADVISING PROGRAMSThe advising programs offer a broad

range of services to meet the unique needs of Cal’s student-athletes, which include assistance in understanding and complying with university, college and NCAA requirements, the devel-opment of time management skills and the resolution of personal issues unique to student-athletes.

Athletic Study Center Staff


Sandy BarBourdirector of athletics

As Director of Athlet-ics at the University of California, Sandy Barbour oversees an Athletic Department that ranks as one of the most successful in the country with a mission that seeks to match its

level of excellence with that attained by the University as a whole.

Under Barbour’s leadership, the Golden Bears have developed into a model pro-gram that has become a mainstay among the Top 10 in the annual NACDA Directors’ Cup standings. Cal once again matched the school’s best-ever finish in 2008-09 with a seventh-place standing, which was achieved with a national championship in women’s swimming, a runner-up finish in women’s tennis and women’s rowing, and top-five finishes in men’s swimming (4th), men’s gymnastics (4th) and volleyball (5th). The Bears were also seventh in 2006 and ’08.

“Sandy Barbour was my first appointment at Berkeley, and I consider it a privilege to have her as our athletic director,” Chancellor Robert J. Birgeneau said. “Under her leader-ship, our student-athletes are excelling on and off the field, supported by a department committed to excellence, equity and compre-hensive compliance with the rules.”

Since Barbour began her tenure in Berke-ley on Sept. 15, 2004, Cal programs have captured 10 national team championships and 43 individual titles.

In addition, the Golden Bear football team has won four consecutive bowl games – the Las Vegas Bowl in 2005, the Holiday Bowl in 2006, the Armed Forces Bowl in 2007 and the Emerald Bowl in 2008 – and shared the Pac-10 championship for the first time in 21 seasons in 2006.

Overall, Cal supports a 27-sport program with more than 800 student-athletes and a budget in excess of $60 million.

On the academic front, more than half of Cal’s 27 programs maintain a cumulative GPA of 3.0 or higher, with 11 of them earning cumulative GPAs higher than their histori-cal average last year. All Bear teams also surpassed the required minimum score in the most recent Academic Progress Report, and more than 175 student-athletes have earned academic all-conference recognition in each of the last five years.

One of the “100 Most Influential Women in Business” in the Bay Area according to the San Francisco Business Times, Barbour was

named a regional Athletic Director of the Year for 2008-09 by the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics (NACDA), and she was a finalist for National AD of the Year at the Sports Business Awards. Barbour was previously chosen a 2006 Woman of Distinction by the East Bay Busi-ness Times and the 2006 National Association of Collegiate Women Athletics Administrators (NACWAA) Division I-A National Administrator of the Year.

Barbour is an active member of sev-eral committees on both the national and conference levels. Currently chair of the Pac-10 Budget and Finance Committee, she is also a member of the Pac-10 Executive Committee and the Pac-10 Television Committee and served as vice president of the confer-ence for 2007-08. In addition, Barbour is on the NACDA Executive Commit-tee, the NCAA Diversity Leadership Strategic Planning Committee, the NCAA Women’s Basketball Discus-sion Group and the WBCA Defensive Player of the Year Selection Committee.

Prior to moving to Berkeley, Barbour was the deputy director of athletics at Notre Dame, serving as the university’s senior athletic administrator from July 2002 to September 2004. She previously held an associate athletic director position there starting in 2000.

Barbour’s career in intercollegiate athletic administration spans 28 years, beginning as a field hockey assistant coach and lacrosse administrative assistant at the University of Massachusetts in 1981. She has since served as assistant athletic director at North-western and in 1991 was recruited to Tulane as an associate athletic director.

In 1996, Barbour was appointed Tulane’s director of athletics at age 36, and during her three years overseeing the program, Green Wave teams won 12 conference champion-ships. In her first year in the position, the school captured four conference titles, a feat never before accomplished in Tulane history. She also hired Tommy Bowden as head football coach during her first year. Bowden proceeded in 1997 to post the Green Wave’s first winning season (7-4) in 16 years, and then directed the school to a 12-0 record, a Conference USA championship and a No. 7 national ranking the following season as the 1998 Liberty Bowl champions.

In her position at Notre Dame, Barbour oversaw facilities and event operations for the school’s 26-sport program, including football game management and the de-partment’s two golf courses. She was also

responsible for developing, maintaining and implementing Notre Dame’s $127 million athletics facilities master plan.

Additionally, her role at Notre Dame in-cluded responsibilities for women’s lacrosse, men’s and women’s cross country, indoor and outdoor track, men’s and women’s swim-ming and men’s golf. She also assisted with the administration of women’s basketball.

Born Dec. 2, 1959, in Annapolis, Md., Barbour grew up in a military family. Her father was a career aviator in the U.S. Navy, and her family lived in various U.S. loca-tions as well as in Western Europe during her childhood.

Barbour graduated cum laude in 1981 with a B.S. degree in physical education from Wake Forest, where she was a four-year letterwinner and served as captain of the field hockey team. She also played two varsity seasons of women’s basketball.

Barbour earned advanced degrees at both Massachusetts (an M.S. in sports manage-ment in 1983) and Northwestern’s Kellogg School of Management (an MBA in 1991).

Between master’s programs, Barbour served as assistant field hockey and lacrosse coach at Northwestern from 1982-84. She also held the position of director of recruiting services during that period, before being promoted to assistant athletic director for intercollegiate programs in 1984, a position she held until 1989.

Prior to joining Tulane, Barbour worked in programming and production for FOX Sports Net in Chicago during the summer of 1990.

director of athleticS


HELLMAN TENNIS COMPLEx

California tennis makes its home at the Hellman Tennis Complex, located on the southwest side of campus.

LEVINE-FRICKE FIELDLevine-Fricke Field is nestled at the base

of Strawberry Canyon and home to Cal soft-ball, winners of the 2002 NCAA title.

MAxWELL FAMILY FIELDMaxwell Family Field, located just north of

Memorial Stadium, serves as home to the Cal field hockey program.

MEMORIAL STADIUMMemorial Stadium is the home of the

Golden Bears football and lacrosse teams. It not only holds 71,799 spectators on game day, but also includes athletic administrative offices, training quarters, a weight room, equipment room and locker rooms.

T. GARY ROGERS BOATHOUSE

The renovated crew boathouse is located on the Oakland Estuary, where Cal men’s crew practices.

SPIEKER AqUATICS COMPLEx

Varsity water polo and swim team prac-tices and competitions are held at Spieker Aquatics Complex. Recreational swimming is also scheduled for the times when these teams are not hosting events or practicing.

WITTER RUGBY FIELDWitter Rugby Field is part of Strawberry

Canyon. The grass field is used for rugby practice and competition.

Spieker Aquatics Complex

Maxwell Family Field

Briones ResevoirWitter Rugby Field

Levine-Fricke Field

Edwards Stadium/Goldman Field T. Gary Rogers Boathouse Evans Diamond

Haas Pavillion Hellman Tennis Complex

Memorial Stadium

Athletic FAcilities

Student-ath letes at the University of California have the privilege of using quality

athletic facilities. Major athletic fa-cilities located on and around the Cal campus are listed below.

BRIONES RESERVIORCal women’s crew uses Briones Reservoir

as its dedicated practice site.

EDWARDS STADIUM/ GOLDMAN FIELD

Historic Edwards Stadium/Goldman Field, which opened in 1932, is home to the Cal’s track and field and soccer teams.

EVANS DIAMONDThis natural-grass facility seats over 2,500

people and is used Cal’s baseball team for practices and games.

HAAS PAVILIONWalter A. Haas Jr. Pavilion is the home for

Cal’s basketball, volleyball and gymnastics teams. The athletic director, student ser-vices, compliance offices and other depart-ments are also located in the pavilion.


B erkeley is a part of the San Francisco Bay Area major metropoli-

tan area of approximately 7.2 million people. The region is one of the most beautiful in the world and includes the major cities of San Fran-cisco and Oakland, as well as Berkeley, home of the world-renowned University of California. Just south are San Jose and the Silicon Valley, home to many of the world’s high-tech companies. The Bay Area also lies within easy driving distance of the high Sierra resorts of Lake Tahoe and Yosemite, the Monterey/Carmel peninsula, the world famous Napa wine country and the spectacular Mendocino Coast.

Everyone knows San Fran-cisco, a.k.a. “The City,” from the numerous photographs, movies and television shows that capture its magic and beauty. It is a city built on a series of more than 40 hills, offering panoramic views of every kind. The hub of a nine-county complex and the fi-nancial and insurance capital of the world, San Francisco has a resident population of just over 800,000 and is situated on a 46.7 square mile peninsula bounded on

TOP CITIES IN THE WORLD 1. Sydney, Australia 2. San Francisco, CA 3. Florence, Italy 4. Cape Town S. Africa 5. Charleston, SC 6. Bangkok, Thailand 7. Rome, Italy 8. Buenos Aires, Argentina 9. Vancouver, Canada 10. New York City, NYSource: Condé Nast Traveler, 2008 Readers’ Choice Awards

BERKELEY

OAKLAND

the west by the Pacific Ocean, the north by the Golden Gate strait, and from north to east by the San Francisco Bay. San Francisco has been named the world’s top city twice and the top city in the U.S. in 18 of the last 19 years by Condé Nast Traveler.

The San Francisco Bay is spanned by two landmarks, the Golden Gate and San Francisco-Oakland Bay bridges, and graced by four islands: Alcatraz, Angel, Yerba Buena and Treasure. The area is easily navigated by car, BART (Bay Area Rapid Transit), bus or ferry, making it easily accessible to all.

Berkeley And the BAy AreA

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Located across the Bay Bridge from San Francisco, Oakland is a city of over 400,000, jam-packed with exciting attractions, stimulating arts and an ideal climate. Oakland’s charm exceeds its man-made wonders, as its tumbling hills, vast forests, hiking and riding trails, beautiful lakes and numerous parks provide a natural escape for those who prefer nature over an urban environment.

Berkeley, just a 12-mile drive from San Francisco, is situated on 17.7 square miles with a population of just under 103,000 people. A study in contrasts, Berkeley is a small town with a big city character. With its world-renowned university, global population and rich diversity of cultural arts, Berkeley reflects and affects the rest of the country.

Sports fans can see it all in the Bay Area - professional football (San Francisco 49ers, Oakland Raiders), professional basketball (Golden State Warriors), professional baseball (San Francisco Giants, Oakland Athletics), professional hockey (San Jose Sharks) and outstanding collegiate com-petition (six Division I schools).

Sources: S.F. Convention and Visitors Bureau, Oakland Convention and Visitors Authority, Berkeley Convention and Visitors Bureau, and the California Trade and Commerce Agency.

SAN FRANCISCO

YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK

SIMPLY THE BEST• Money magazine chose San Francisco as “the best

place to live” among the 300 biggest U.S. metro-politan areas.

• Forbes.com has ranked San Francisco one of America’s “best cities for the outdoors” for each of the past two years while American College of Sports Medicine has consistently placed San Francisco among the nation’s Top 5 in fitness among the most populous cities.

• Readers of Travel + Leisure magazine selected San Francisco as their favorite city in 2008 for its “noteworthy neighborhoods.”

• San Francisco is rated the No. 1 city in the U.S. and the No. 2 city in the world by Condé Nast Traveler (October 2008).

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the University oF cAliForniA

SIMPLY ThE BEST

T here is no other way to aptly describe America’s top public university. There is no other way to describe one of the elite academic settings

in the world – especially one that also includes one of America’s most successful athletic departments.

The University of California blends the best of all worlds. Overlooking the scenic San Francisco Bay and ranked as the nation’s top public university by the U.S. News and World Report, the flagship campus of the state of California also features an athletic program that annu-ally finishes among the leaders in the Directors’ Cup standings, which rates the overall success of America’s collegiate athletic departments.

Cal attracts what many believe to be the finest applicant pool in the United States. The university features a diverse student body population. The University of California offers 351 degree programs, and 35 of the school’s 36 graduate programs are ranked among America’s Top 10. Cal’s 35 programs among the Top 10 is No. 1 among all universi-ties in the country, as is its 32 “distinguished” programs, as rated by the National Research Council.

The library is ranked third in the country, as judged by the Association of Research Libraries with 10 million volumes in 32 campus libraries.

The faculty features seven Nobel Laureates, 135 members of the National Academy of Sciences, 28 Mac-Arthur Fellows, 74 Fulbright Scholars, four Pulitzer Prize winners and more Guggenheim Fellows (359) than any other university in America.


AMERICA’S NO. 1 PuBLIC uNIvERSITY BY ThE NuMBERS

Student-to-Faculty Ratio

Nobel Laureates20 current and former faculty members

15-120

Degree Programs351ServiceThe University of California is the only school in the country to have produced more than 3,000 vol-unteers since the inception of the Peace Corps in 1961.

Universities With Highest Number of Top 10 Graduate Programs1. CALIFORNIA2. Stanford3. Harvard4. Columbia5. MIT

Universities With The Highest Number of “Distinguished Programs”1. CALIFORNIA2. Stanford3. Harvard4. Princeton5. MIT

In 2007, the Association of Research Libraries ranked Cal’s University Library as the No. 1 public research university library in North America.

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3000TOP PuBLIC uNIvERSITIES1. CALIFORNIA2. Virginia3. UCLA4. Michigan5. North CarolinaSource: U.S. News and World Report

Nobel Laureate George Smoot


cAliForniA Athletics

Winning is a Cal Tradition!

2008 FIELD HOCKEYNorPac Champions

2008-09 WOMEN’S SWIMMING & DIVINGPac-10 Champions

CURRENT CONFERENCE CHAMPIONS

RECENT TEAM NATIONAL CHAMPIONS

2004 MEN’S GOLF 2006 MEN’S CREW 2006 WOMEN’S CREW

Michael CavicMen’s Swimming & Diving2008 Olympic Silver Medalist

Nathan AdrianMen’s Swimming & Diving2008 Olympic Gold Medalist2009 National Champion50 Freestyle, 100 Freestyle

Natalie CoughlinWomen’s Swimming & Diving11-time 2004 & ’08 Olympic Medalist

Emily SilverWomen’s Swimming & Diving2008 Olympic Silver Medalist

Alex MackFootball2008 Draddy Trophy National Scholar-Athlete of the Year


Winning is a Cal Tradition!

2009 MEN’S CREWPac-10 Champions

2009 WOMEN’S CREWPac-10 Champions

2008-09 WOMEN’S SWIMMING & DIVINGPac-10 Champions

2006 WOMEN’S CREW 2008 RUGBY 2008-09 WOMEN’S SWIMMING & DIVING

Emily SilverWomen’s Swimming & Diving2008 Olympic Silver Medalist

Evan RothMen’s Gymnastics2009 National ChampionRings

Dana VollmerWomen’s Swimming & Diving2009 National Champion100 Freestyle, 200 Freestyle

Amanda SimsWomen’s Swimming & Diving2009 National Champion100 Butterfly

Damir DugonjicMen’s Swimming & Diving2009 National Champion100 Breaststroke

Martin MaricMen’s Track & Field2009 National ChampionDiscus

Mari Andersson Jana Juricova Women’s Tennis2009 National ChampionsDoubles

2002 SOFTBALL


Shareef Abdur-Rahim - NBA All-Star, 2000 U.S. OlympianLisa Arce - Pro beach volleyball starSteve Bartkowski - No. 1 overall pick in 1975 NFL DraftStephen Bechtel - Founder of world’s largest constructional engineering firm

Zulfikar Ali Bhutto - President and Prime Minister, Pakistan

Matt Biondi - Three-time Olympic swimmer, winner of eight gold medals

Rose Bird - Chief Justice, California Supreme Court

W. Michael Blumenthal - U.S. Secretary of the Treasury

Jerry Brown - State Attorney General, governor of California, mayor of Oakland

Thomas Cech - Chemist, Nobel Prize winnerPeter Chernin - Chairman and CEO, Fox Enter-

tainment GroupLeroy Chiao - First Chinese-American astronautChoon Kun Cho - President, Korean AirlinesRachelle Chong - Member, Federal Communi-

cations CommissionSteven Chu - U.S. Secretary of Energy Beverly Cleary - Author, “Ramona the Pest”Natalie Coughlin – Winner of 11 Olympic

medals in swimmingJoan Didion - Author, “Play It as It Lays”Brig. Gen. James H. Doolittle - World War II

hero, Medal of Honor recipientAdam Duritz - Lead singer, Counting CrowsMaria Echaveste - Deputy Chief of Staff,

Clinton AdministrationJoy (Biefeld) Fawcett – Member of three U.S.

Olympic soccer teamsDon Fisher - Founder and Chairman of the

Board, The Gap

John Kenneth Galbraith - EconomistTony Gonzalez - NFL All-Pro tight endWalter A. Gordon - Governor of the U.S. Virgin

Islands, U.S. District Court JudgeMichele Granger - Olympic gold medalist,

softball pitcherJennifer Granholm - Governor of MichiganAndrew Grove - President and CEO,

Intel CorporationWalter Haas Jr. - President, Levi Strauss & Co.;

owner of Oakland AthleticsPhilip Habib - U.S. Special Envoy to

Middle EastWilliam Randolph Hearst Jr. - Newspaper

publisherMarguerite Higgins - Journalist, Pulitzer

Prize winnerSusanna Hoffs - Lead singer of “The Bangles”Lance Ito - Superior Court Judge, presided over

1995 O.J. Simpson murder trialIda Jackson - United Nations observer, founder

local chapter of National Council of Negro Women

Jackie Jensen – 1958 American League MVPKevin Johnson - NBA All-Star, Mayor of

SacramentoEdgar F. Kaiser - Founder, Kaiser PermanenteJeff Kent - 2000 National League MVPClark Kerr - Chancellor, UC BerkeleyJason Kidd - NBA All-Star, U.S. OlympianMaxine Hong Kingston - Author, 1997

National Humanities MedalYuan T. Lee - Chemist, Nobel Prize winnerWillard Libby - Physical chemist, discovered

Carbon 14, Nobel Prize winnerTung Yen Lin - World-renown civic engineerJack London - Author, “The Call of the Wild”Wiley Manuel - First African American Supreme

Court of California JusticeJerry Mathers - Actor, “Leave it to Beaver”Brian Maxwell - Founder, PowerBarJohn A. McCone - Director of CIA, Atomic

Energy CommissionTerry McMillan - Author, “Waiting To Exhale,”

“How Stella Got Her Groove Back”Robert McNamara - U.S. Secretary of DefenseMary T. Meagher - U.S. Olympic swimmer, winner of three gold medalsNorman Mineta - U.S. Secretary of

TransportationGordon Moore - Co-founder, Intel CorporationJulia Morgan - ArchitectHardy Nickerson - NFL Pro Bowl linebackerSadako Ogata - U.N. High Commissioner for

Refugees

notABle AlUmni

Kevin Johnson

Jennifer Granholm Steven Chu

Gregory Peck Michelle Tafoya Adam Duritz

Helen Wills Moody Roark

Left to right: Natalie Coughlin, Tony Gonzalez, Margaret Rhea Seddon, Jeff Kent, Alice Waters, Chris Pine

Gregory Peck - Actor, Academy Award winner, “To Kill a Mockingbird”Chris Pine - Actor, “Star Trek”Kenneth Pitzer - Chemist, president of

Stanford UniversityRobert Raven - President, American Bar

AssociationHelen Wills Moody Roark - Winner of eight

Wimbledon championshipsGlenn Seaborg - Nuclear physicist, Nobel Prize

winner, co-founder of Element 106Margaret Rhea Seddon - AstronautMichael Silver - Yahoo! Sports sportswriterWilliam G. Simon - Director, FBISamuel Smith - President, Washington State

UniversityRobert Gordon Sproul - President, University

of CaliforniaLeigh Steinberg - Lawyer, sports

agentMichelle Tafoya - Sportscaster,

Monday Night Football sideline reporter

George Takei - Actor, Mr. Sulu on “Star Trek”

Roger Traynor - Chief Justice, Supreme Court of California

Eugene Trefethen Jr. - President, Kaiser Industries

Rex Walheim - Space Shuttle astronaut

Earl Warren - Chief Justice, U.S. Supreme Court

Alice Waters - Chef, restaurateur, “Chez Panisse”

Jann Wenner - Co-founder, “Rolling Stone” magazine

Lionel Wilson - First African American mayor of Oakland

Pete Wilson - Governor of California

Dean Witter - Founder, Dean Witter Financial Services

Steve Wozniak - Co-founder, Apple Computer, Inc.

James D. Zellerbach - U.S. Ambassador to Italy

William Randolph Hearst

Earl Warren

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2009 CALIFORNIA MEN’S WATER POLO SCHEDULEDate Day Opponent Site TimeSeptember5 Sat vs. Iona (Navy Open) Annapolis, MD 9:15 a.m. ET5 Sat at Navy (Navy Open) Annapolis, MD 7:15 p.m. ET (Doubleheader)6 Sun vs. Bucknell (Navy Open) Annapolis, MD 9:50 a.m. ET6 Sun vs. Toronto (Navy Open) Annapolis, MD 2:30 p.m. ET (Exhibition)10 Thu UC Davis Berkeley, CA 4:00 p.m.19-20 Sat-Sun at NorCal Invitational Stanford, CA TBA26 Sat at Pacifi c Stockton, CA 12:00 noon

October3 Sat USC Berkeley, CA 12:00 noon10-11 Sat-Sun at SoCal Invitational Irvine, CA TBA16 Fri at UCLA* Los Angeles, CA 7:00 p.m.18 Sun Santa Clara Berkeley, CA 12:00 noon24 Sat Pepperdine* Berkeley, CA TBA31 Sat UC Irvine* Berkeley, CA TBA

November1 Sun at UC Davis Davis, CA TBA7 Sat at UC Santa Barbara* Santa Barbara, CA TBA8 Sun at Long Beach State* Long Beach, CA TBA14 Sat Pacifi c* Berkeley, CA TBA15 Sun at Santa Clara Santa Clara, CA 12:00 noon21 Sat at Stanford* Stanford, CA TBA27-29 Fri-Sun at MPSF Tournament Los Angeles, CA TBA

December4-6 Fri-Sun at NCAA Tournament Princeton, NJ TBA ET

All times Pacifi c Time (unless noted) and subject to changeHome matches (bold) at Spieker Aquatics Complex*denotes Mountain Pacifi c Sports Federation match

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2009 CALIFORNIA GOLDEN BEARS

Front row (left-right): Adam Cline, Jacob McIntosh, Luka Saponjic, Ivan Rackov, Brian Dudley, Mike Sample, SpencerWarden, Zach White, Cory Nasoff, Charlie Steffens, Wil Toppen, Sandy French.Second row: Hunter Gettelfi nger, Michael Boggan, Tommy Gilfi llan, Spencer White, Zach Greenwood, Marker Anderson, Justin Parsons, Travis Bickham, Jack Stampfl , Steve Giahos, Iosefa Tuiasau, Brian Schmidt, Stephen Ambrose.Top row: Scott Siegel, Miguel Martin de Bustamante, Bryan Schnugg, Eric Johnson, Matt Golden, Nathaniel Vail, Mason Cox, Marko Pance, Marin Balarin, Tommy Briskey, Danny Crocker.

Documents

2009 California Men's Water Polo Information Guide