Air Force Water Polo - · PDF fileAir Force water polo head coach, Jeff Ehrlich, came to the Air Force Academy in 1999 after a 25-year stay at Villa Park High School in Orange County,

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A i r F o r c e W a t e r P o l oA i r F o r c e W a t e r P o l oHead Coach Jeff Ehrlich - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 2Asst. Coach Capt. Brian Pendergast,Officer Representatives, Support Staff - - - - - - - 32003 Water Polo Preview - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 4Player Profiles - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 5-11

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2002 Individual Statistics - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 132002 Game Results - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 14Year-by-Year Record - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 15National Rankings - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 16Most Valuable Players - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 16Top 25 Career Scorers - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 17All-Americans - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 18All-WWPA Winners - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 19Career/Season Marks - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 20All-Time Letterwinners - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 21

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On the cover: Tri-Captains C1C (Sr.) Scott Butler, Micah Peterson and Brandon Shroyer

The 2003 Air Force Water Polo media guide is a product of the Air Force Academy athleticmedia relations office. Editorial content, layout and design by Athletic Media RelationsAssistant SrA Gilbert Boisson, using QuarkXpress software. Cover design by SrA GilbertBoisson. Additional editing by the water polo coaches and the athletic media relations staff.Photographs provided by water polo team and staff. Printing by McCormick Armstrong.Action photos by Margi Shroyer.

A c a d e m y Q u i c k F a c t sLocation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . USAF Academy, Colo.

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Enrollment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,000

Colors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Blue and Silver

Nickname . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Falcons

Affiliation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . NCAA Division I

Superintendent. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lt. Gen. John W. Rosa

Athletic Director. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Col. Randall W. Spetman

Vice Athletic Director. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bradley J. DeAustin

Director of Athletic Programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Col. Billy Walker

Athletic Phone. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (719) 333-4008

W a t e r P o l o Q u i c k F a c t sHead Coach . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jeff Ehrlich

Alma Mater/Year . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cal State-Long Beach/’74

Career Record/Yrs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63-50/4

AFA Record/Yrs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63-50/4

Coach Ehrlich’s Phone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (719) 333-6439

Coach Ehrlich’s Fax. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (719) 333-2599

Coach Ehrlich’s E-Mail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [email protected]

Assistant Coach . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Capt. Brian Pendergast

Team Captains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C1Cs Scott Butler, Micah Peterson and Brandon Shroyer

Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Western Water Polo Association

Stadium. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cadet Natatorium

2002 Overall Record . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16-12

2002 National Ranking. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16th

Starters R/L . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6/1

Officer Representatives. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Capt. Chuck Murnieks, Capt. Colin Knapp

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Athletic Trainer.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SSgt Joe Watts

Strength Coach. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Capt. Adam Edwards

Water Polo SID . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SrA Gilbert F. Boisson

SID Phone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (719) 333-9251

SID Fax.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (719) 333-3798

E-Mail. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [email protected]

Air Force Sports Homepage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . www.AirForceSports.com

Mailing Address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2168 Field House Dr., Ste. 100

USAF Academy, CO 80840-9500

Air Force waterpolo head coach, JeffEhrlich, came to theAir Force Academy in1999 after a 25-yearstay at Villa Park HighSchool in OrangeCounty, Calif. In hisfirst four years at AirForce, Ehrlich led theteam to a 63-50 recordand a top 20 finish inthe nation all fouryears with the highestfinish at 13th. In2002, the team fin-ished third in the 15-

team Western Water Polo Association when it defeated BYU-Hawaii, 9-6. In Ehrlich's four years the team has had 13players earn NCAA All-Academic honors and 16 playersmake the WWPA All-Association team. In addition, threeplayers, Casey Wood, Charlie Toth and Chris Smith werenamed NCAA All-Americans.

Over the past four years, Ehrlich and the water teamhave been involved in community service projects. Theentire team put on a water polo clinic and also helped ele-mentary students with reading and mathematics. The teamhas also helped local Boy Scout troops earn their meritbadges.

During his tenure at Villa Park, Ehrlich posted someimpressive numbers. He owned a 484-171 record, winningnine league championships and 25-straight city champi-onships. His teams qualified for the CaliforniaInterscholastic Federation playoffs 24 years in a row, makingit to the finals in 1980, 1981, 1982, 1989 and 1995. Theteam was CIF champions in 1981. Ehrlich was namedCIF Coach of the Year in 1979, 1981, 1989 and 1995.He has coached 56 All-Americans including 1988Olympic silver medalist, Doug Kimbell and Olympicathlete Gavin Arroyo who competed in 1996 and mostrecently 2000. Gavin recently retired from the Olympicteam and is now married and coaching water polo at theUniversity of California at Berkeley. Ashley and AmberStachowski, two women Ehrlich coached at Capo ValleyHigh School, have been named to the women's nationalteam roster. Amber Stachowski has been named to theOlympic roster and will be attending the 2004 Olympicsin Athens, Greece. The women brought back the silvermedal at the 2000 Olympics.

Ehrlich has taken all-star teams to Taiwan, Hong

Kong, China, West Germany, Australia and New Zealand.The high school team he coached traveled to Hawaii eighttimes winning the tournament two of those years. TheOrange Regional Competitive Aquatics team he coached wonthe 15 and younger national championship in Florida in 1995and two years later won the 17 and younger national champi-onship in El Toro, Calif.

His high school swim coaching record is 301-61, withseven boys league titles and six girls’ titles. His individualhonors include being named coach of the year in 1999 by theOrange County Register, as well as the Los Angeles Times.

Born in Baltimore, Md., the coach spent 12 years inWisconsin before finally moving to California, where hegraduated from Cal State University Long Beach with aBachelor of Science Degree in Business. He and his wifeRobin of 30 years reside in Monument, Colorado. Theirdaughter Cori is 21 and a member of the Air ForceAcademy's class of 2004. Their son Chris, 23, recently grad-uated from the University of Colorado at Colorado Springswith a Bachelor of Science Degree and is looking to go toOfficer Training for the United States Coast Guard.


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1. To help 100% of the water polo athletes graduate from the Academy 2. To continue adding Academic All-Americans3. To battle for the conference championship and qualify for the NCAA championships4. To establish one volunteer project for the team to accomplish in Colorado Springs5. To help the Academy develop Air Force officers with a vision for tomorrow

Daughter, Cori - Air ForceAcademy Class of 2004

Son, Chris - 2003 Graduateof University of Colorado atColorado Springs


AA ii rr FFFF oo rr cc ee WW aa tt ee rr PPPP oo ll ooCapt. Brian Pendergast Capt. Brian Pendergast joins the Air Force water polo coaching staff after an impressive playing

career at the Academy. Pendergast is a four-year letterwinner at Air Force and was named Team andWWPA MVP during the '94 and '96 seasons. He is a recipient of the AcademyAthletic ExcellenceAward and was a silver medalist at the ‘94 U.S. Olympic Festival and a U.S. Junior National teammember at the '95 World Junior Championships. Pendergast was also a member of the U.S. NationalTeam and World Class Athlete Program as well as a USWP Senior National Champion. In May of2003, Pendergast was inducted in the Illinois Water Polo Hall of Fame.

Pendergast served as the Chief of On-Orbit Operations and Software Support for the DefenseMeteorological Satellite Program. He was responsible for the sustainment of a weather satelliteconstellation valued at over $750 million and was a member of the launch and early orbit team.

Capt. Colin KnappThis is the first year Capt. Colin Knapp has been associated with Air Force water polo. He is an instructor in

the Academy's Department of Economics and Geography. He holds Bachelor's Degrees from Ohio Universityand a Master's Degree from the University of Florida. Prior to coming to USAFA, Capt Knapp served as afinancial management officer at a wide variety of locations and assignments.

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Capt. Jim CordeiroThis is the first year Capt. Jim Cordeiro has been associated with Air Force water polo. He is an instructor

of Multivariable Calculus in the Academy's Department of Mathematical Sciences. He holds Master's Degreesin Mathematics from the University of Washington and in Operations Research from AFIT and is a 1989graduate of the University of California at Berkeley.

Prior to arriving at USAFA, Cordeiro served as an Acquisitions Officer at the Standard Systems Group in Montgomery, Ala. and as an analyst at the AF Operational Test and Evaluation Center at Kirltand AFB, N.M.

He has a four-year-old son Ian and a two-year-old daughter, Kathryn.

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Capt. Craig Thomas - Volunteer Goalie Coach

Captain Adam Edwards - Strength and Conditioning Coach

SSgt Joe Watts - Head Athletic Trainer

Al Wile, Lt. Col. Michael Zupan and Lt. Col. Alan Arata - Human Performance Lab coaches

Capt. Chuck MurnieksCapt. Chuck Murnieks eneters his second year as an officer representative for the Academy’s water polo

team. Murnieks is an instructor of Management in the Academy’s Department of Management. He holds aMaster’s Degree in Business from UCLA and is a 1993 USAFA graduate.

Prior to returning to the Academy, Murnieks served as a civil engineer in a wide variety of locations andassignments.

Murnieks has a daughter, Ginger.

AA ii rr FFFF oo rr cc ee WW aa tt ee rr PPPP oo ll ooThe Air Force water polo team has compiled a 63-50 record

over the last four years under the direction of head coach Jeff Ehrlich.The Falcons have been ranked in the nation's Top 20 each of the pastfour seasons with 13th being their highest ranking. In 2002, Air Forcecompeted for the 15-team Western Water Polo Association champi-onship. The Falcons defeated Chaminade (Hawaii) 8-4 and lost tochampion UC San Diego, and then beat BYU-Hawaii 9-6 for the third-place trophy. Air Force finished the season 16-12 overall and ranked16th in the nation. The Falcons won ten of their last 12 games, losingonly to UC San Diego and Loyola Marymount, both of whom wereranked in the nation's top eight. According to Ehrlich, "You can playweak teams and look good or play strong teams and get good." TheFalcons once again had a very tough schedule in 2002.

Of Air Force's 12 losses last season, seven were to teamsranked in the nations top eight, two were to teams the Falcons defeatedlater in the season, and two were to the top teams in the East, includingEastern champion Queens College by a score of 8-6. Air Force hostedCal Baptist, UC Davis, UC Santa Cruz, and George WashingtonUniversity in its "East Meets West" tournament and beat #15 CalBaptist, 8-7, to capture the championship trophy. Junior goalie, C2CBrandon Shroyer, was named tournament MVP while senior, C1C ChasHorn was named to the all-Tournament team.

"We were able to take 22 players on at least one trip last yearand gave our JV squad three games against some excellent club teams,"said Ehrlich. "Of our 22 players who had a chance to travel in 2002 welost Chas Horn and team captain, Lowell Wallace to graduation. Wehave nine seniors who will be in the mix this year with captain ScottButler returning for his senior year." Butler was the leading scorer as asophomore with 51 goals for the Falcons. This is promising for 2003.

Air Force looks to its nine seniors to lead the team this seasonand to its three co-captains, offensive specialist C1C Scott Butler,defensive specialist C1C Micah Peterson, and goalie C1C BrandonShroyer. This should make Air Force very solid down the middle of thepool. Shroyer had a banner season in 2002 with 242 saves, 42 steals,and 15 assists. He was selected to the WWPA All-Tournament team atthe conference championships. Butler, in addition to leading the 2001team in scoring, also led the team in steals with 42. Peterson was sec-ond in assists with 34 and led the team in steals with 44. Other seniorswho are looking to contribute to the team are goalie Kelly Greiner, KirkReimer, Mitch Adams, Chris Palmer, Eric Baber, and Vincent Urso.Greiner has traveled with the team on most trips during his career andhad a great spring season. Reimer started the majority of the 2002 sea-son and was third in scoring with 40 goals. Adams will help Petersonguard the opponents' top offensive player and also had a tremendousspring season. Palmer will help with the Air Force counter-attack withhis left hand and quickness. Baber is recovering from elbow surgery butwas a key starter on last year's team with his 46+ speed in the 100 yd.freestyle. He won the majority of the sprints and will be another key onthe fast break. Urso, after taking a year off, will help with his excellentoutside shooting.

The junior class will also see some good travel time as theFalcons have seven players competing for top spots. Goalie Jared Joneshad 30 saves in 2002 and is looking to challenge Shroyer for the start-ing position. Murphey Morgan, a 6'6 lefthander with blazing speed wasa starter in 2002 with 41 goals, 52 assists, 37 steals, and 14 preventedscores. Josh Jewett, the team's most improved player last year startedand contributed with 29 goals, 26 assists, 36 steals and led the team indrawn ejections with 34. Chris Nary saw substantial playing time in2002 and is looking to start this upcoming season. Nary is from Hawaiiand his father is the head coach at Chaminade. Eric Swenson from SanClemente, Calif. and Brian Woolley, from Fresno, will use their quick-ness to draw the needed ejections and score the quick goals. Matt"Beef" Herrera will be looking to challenge Peterson andAdams for the 2-meter defender position.

Leading the sophomore class will be Jeff Donaldson, JustinPerkins and lefthander Zach Carey out of Houston, Texas. Donaldsonand Perkins both had a chance to travel in 2002 and all three will becompeting with the 16 juniors and seniors for one of the coveted travel-ing spots.

The freshman class will be 11-strong and could be the bestclass to enter the Academy in the last five years. Top recruit BrianMcShane from Chicago has traveled with the U.S. National Youth Teamand with his size, 6'4, 200 lb, and speed, 52+ in the 100 backstroke,should break into the team's top 10 by the San Diego trip. DannyKimmich played for one of the top teams in the nation, the BishopsSchool of San Diego, and has also proved he can put the ball in thegoal. Kimmich and McShane were both high school All-Americans.Kimmich will also compete for a spot on the 2003 team. Other solidfreshmen include All-CIF player Kyle Schaefer out of University HighSchool, Oregon MVP Dan Guidoux, Matt LeBlanc out of Loyola HighSchool, Blake Pickell from Foothill High School, Matt Adams out ofOrlando, Fla., and Christian Blume from Chicago. Air Force had threesurprise walk-ons in Matt Duncan from Clovis West High School, ChrisNitzel from Baltimore, Md., and Adam Smith out of Dallas, Texas."Our goal is to give six freshmen at least one trip this upcoming seasonwith at least two on every trip," said Ehrlich.

On the coaching side, Capt. Brian Pendergast returns for hissecond year as assistant coach at Air Force after replacing Craig Ackleylast season. Pendergast is one of the best water polo players to play atthe Academy. As a senior he received the Athletic Excellence Award,was a two-time MVP, three-time NCAA All-American, U.S. OlympicFestival silver medalist in 1994, and U.S. Junior National team memberin 1995. Pendergast still plays at a very high level and is in the waterdaily transferring his knowledge to the players.

Craig Thomas, a 1997 AFA graduate and 1996 MVP in thegoal will be back as a goalie coach and will eventually take the assis-tant reigns from Pendergast when his tour ends at the Academy.Thomas is second in saves at the Academy to Walt Heidmous with over690 saves during his career. Pendergast is second in scoring to BenPhillips (1972-75) with 234 career goals.

With respect to facilities, the new Air Force water polo poolhas been refurbished to include the following: A new filtration system,a new gutter system level with the pool water and deck, a toe ledge 360degrees around the pool for easy exit, a new deck and pool tiles forbrighter color, eight-lane markers at the bottom of the pool and an AFlogo in the middle, bulkheads removed to give the team the full 20 x 40yard water surface all seven feet deep, stadium-quality fold down seat-ing, two refrigerated drinking fountains, pull-up and bar-dip bars forlandwork, 18 speakers mounted throughout the new ceiling tiles,upgraded "white" lighting to double the brightness, and finally a newventilation system that controls air temperature and humidity. Logoswill be placed on the west wall along with a banner for each of the 15teams in the Western Water Polo Association. "This will be a greatvenue for future competitions and camps," said Ehlrich.

The 2003 schedule includes a trip to Princeton to play fiveEastern schools ranked in the top 25 and at least five trips to Californiato play several top 10 schools. The highlight will be a trip to NorthernCalifornia to play Cal Berkeley, University of Pacific, UC Davis, andPrinceton. Air Force also has five teams attending the "East MeetsWest" tournament in late October. "Our parent, relative, and friend sup-port will once again be a big factor in our success this season," com-mented Ehrlich. "Our goal is to always have more fans then our homeopponents. Health, attitude, and work ethic will lead the 2003 team to aWWPA Championship and a NCAA berth."

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2002 Season Highlights: Redshirted 2002 season... In 2001, was lead-ing scorer with 51 goals and Second Team All-WWPAAthletic/Academic High School Awards: All Southern California FirstTeam 1999... conference MVP 1999... All-American Summer Nationals1999... American Junior Olympic gold medalist in 97,98,99...U.S. National Youth Team in 98.Best Swimming Event and Time: 100 Backstroke 58.9 Major: Management Hero: My Mom Hobbies: Snow skiing, wakeboarding, investing, and playing waterpolo Favorite Quote: But I firmly believe that any man's finest hour, thegreatest fulfillment of all that he holds dear, is that moment when hehas worked his heart out in a good cause and lies exhausted on the fieldof battle - victorious." Lombardi.

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2002 Season Highlights: Starter every game, Defensive Player of theYear, Falcon Club, Earned team bench max (315), second team all-con-ferenceAthletic/Academic High School Awards: Two-time Defensive Playerof the Year, Two-time All-Conference Team, All-Star Team, Top 100Academic Student, Senior Student of the YearBest Swimming Event and Time: 50 Freestyle (21.23)Major: Computer ScienceCareer Goals after Graduation: Intel, OSI, cool spy stuff Hero: Mitchell T. AdamsHobbies: Computers, reading, working outFavorite Quote: “He has showed you, O man, what is good. And what does the LORD require of you? To act justly and to lovemercy and to walk humbly with your God. ”- Micah 6:8

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2002 Season Highlights: Ended the season with 242 saves, 42 stealsand 15 assists...Voted Team MVP, Academic All-American...SecondTime All-Conference Honorable Mention...Record holder in Vision forthe Falcon Club... Number one in my major with a 3.21 Cum. GPA...record on the team for squats (315) and cleans (220).Athletic/Academic High School Awards: CIF Champions, Division 1Player of the Year, First Team All-CIF, First Team All-League, U.S.National Youth Team Member, NORAM All-Tournament Team, JuniorOlympics 16 and under First Team All-American, Varsity Soccer MVP. Best Swimming Event and Time: 50 yd. Freestyle (23.8)Major: Legal Studies w/ a minor in Chinese.Career Goals after Graduation: pilot or lawyerHero: My fatherHobbies: Surfing, snowboarding,

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Best Swimming Event and Time: 100-yard breastroke (1:01), 100-yardfreeestyle (:48)Athletic/Academic High School Awards: 1998, 1997 All-AmericanhonorsMajor: ManagementCareer Goals after Graduation: UndecidedHero: FatherHobbies: Triathlons, SkiingFavorite Quote: “20 years from now you will regret the things you didn’t do more than the one's that you did.” -Anonymous

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2002 Season Highlights: Elvis award winner...Human Relations NCOAthletic/Academic High School Awards: MVP... best offense Best Swimming Event and Time: 50-yard freestyle (21+) Major: Environmental EngineeringHero: Micah Jonas PetersonHobbies: Snowboarding, skateboarding, HaloFavorite Quote: "If I'm not back in five minutes... just wait longer"-Anonymous

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2002 Stats: Sprint win percentage of 74%2002 Honors: Breaking AF record for 25 yards head up, and benchpress record (80% body weight for max reps).Best Game: Redlands Game 2002 seasonBest Swimming Event and Time: 50 free (21.0) 100 free (46.3)Major: EngineeringCareer Goals after Graduation: Fly the C-17Hobbies: Fly Fishing, Hiking

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2002 Season Highlights: Hold the goalie specialty record at 32... 2.63cumulative GPA... element leader in sq. 22 for fall 2003.Athletic/Academic High School Awards: Earned honorable mention at theJunior Nationals in 2000...Third team all-CIF in '99... First team all-SunsetLeague in '99... 3.80 GPA.Best Swimming Event and Time: 100-yard freestyle (50.8)Major: ManagementCareer Goals after Graduation: After graduation I would like to go intoacquisitions.Hero: Jim AbbottHobbies: Snowboarding, going to the beach, running, playing sportsFavorite Quote: "Don't sweat the small stuff." -Anonymous

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At Air Force: 2001: Had one attempt... scored one goal... had oneassist... had three steals.2000: Played in one quarter ... had one attempt, one goal and one steal. High School: Team was all-CIF ... played on all-star team ... highschool was CIF champions 1998.

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2002 Season Highlights: Scored one goal and had six steals High School: Played with Orca Water Polo Club... All-League... 100back (1:02 +); First team All-League and third team All-CIFMajor: Political ScienceAfter Graduation: I hope to become and intelligence officer and go tograduate schoolHobbies: Computers, sports, reading

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2002 Season Highlights: Won Most improved AwardAthletic/Academic High School Awards: Athlete of the YearMajor: Operations ResearchCareer Goals after Graduation: Hero: Fatty McGeeFavorite Quote: "Life's too short to rush" --Jonesy

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2002 Season Highlights: Team starter... scored four goals and threeassists in game to beat La Verne last year... Holds records in shot speed,peak power, hand-eye speed, and vertical jump.Athletic/Academic High School Awards: First-team all-CIF and first-team all-league during junior and senior years... Team captain and teamMVP during senior year… CIF finalists as a sophomore... GPA of 4.05Major: Math and PhysicsCareer Goals after Graduation: work as an engineer or scientific ana-lyst, interest in space and missile career field alsoHero: Lance ArmstrongHobbies: Basketball and golf, spending time with loved ones to includeall his family and fiance AmandaFavorite Quote: "Hope is a good thing, maybe the best of things, andno good thing ever dies."-The Shawshank Redemption

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2002 Season Highlights: Statistical MVP for AF home tournament...Team leader in assists... WWPA All-Conference Honorable MentionAthletic/Academic High School Awards: All-Conferenceswimming/water polo sophomore-senior year...Team captain swim-ming/water polo junior/senior year... All American Junior year... U.S.National Youth Team. Best Swimming Event and Time: 50 free (21.3)... 100 free (46.53)Major: Management Career Goals after Graduation: Undecided Hero: GrandfatherHobbies: SleepingFavorite Quote: “It doesn't hurt if you don't care.” -Anonymous

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At Air Force: 2001: Had six attempts... scored five goals... had twosteals. High School: First Team All-State... All-American... National Youthteam... 50 free (22.81)... (100 free: 51.7)... 100 back (56.7)

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2002 Season Highlights: Got bench up to 225... Traveled on the lastthree trips since I got my grades up... Scored four goals.Athletic/Academic High School Awards: All-league senior yearBest Swimming Event and Time: 100 back (58.2)Major: ManagementCareer Goals after Graduation: To flyHero: Anyone who has Micah's brain with Scotty's financial skillsHobbies: Surfing, skateboarding, snowboardingFavorite Quote: "Dude, I'm not laughing at you" Mitchell Adams toJared Jones after Jared said he didn't jump off the five-meter.

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2002 Season Highlights: Hardest Worker AwardAthletic/Academic High School awards: U.S. National Youth Team,2xAll-American, 2x1st Team All-C.I.F., Century League MVP forswimming and water polo, All-CountyBest Swimming Event and Time: 100-yard breaststroke (1:01.3), 200-yard IM (2:00.5) Major: Political ScienceCareer Goals after Graduation: President of the United States ofAmericaHero: Officer Dick Jones (ret.) - my dadHobbies: Surfing, making music with my band, ice skating at ChapelHills MallFavorite Quote: "A man who has never lost himself in a cause biggerthan himself has missed one of life's mountaintop experiences. Only inlosing himself does he find himself. Only then does he discover all thelatent strengths he never knew he had and which would otherwise haveremained dormant." Richard M. Nixon, Former President of the UnitedStates

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Air Force: Co-Rookie of the YearBest Game of 2002: vs. Pomona; scored first NCAA Div 1 goalBest Swimming Event and Time: 100 free (54.05) ... 50 free (23.40)Possible Majors: Political Science or EnglishGoals after Graduation: Pilot or IntelligenceHero: My fatherHobbies: Golf, Skiing, Basketball, Giants Baseball, X-boxFavorite Quote: "My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is madeperfect in weakness."- 2 Corinthians 12:9

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Athletic/Academic High School Awards: First team All-League... All-CIF... All City... three year letterwinner... Team offensive MVP and Co-Captain for Water polo... Four-year letterwinner... All-League and co-captain for swimming. Best Swimming Event and Time: 100 Breaststroke (1:02)Major: Operations ResearchCareer Goals after Graduation: Fighter PilotHero: My parentsHobbies: Skiing, hiking, camping,Favorite Quote: “Ooh, look at me! I'm making people happy! I'm themagical man from Happyland, in a gumdrop house on Lollipop Lane!Oh, by the way: I was being sarcastic.”- Homer Simpson

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High School: Texas State Champions... 2000 Most Imporved Player...50 free (22.8)Hobbies: Reading, mountaineer, scuba divingMajor: Political ScienceHero: Frank Peretti

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High School: Scholar-athlete of Arlington High School... Captain ofwater polo and swim teams... Water Polo team MVP... 1st Team All-League... 1st Team All-CIF... 50 free (22.8)Hobbies: Playing dominoesMajor: HistoryHero: All those serving their countries

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M a t t A d a m sEdgewater H.S. / Maitland, Fla.

5' 10" / 165 lbs.Most Valuable Player 2002, 2003

Captain 2003Navy Water Polo Camp 1998, 1999, 2000,

2002Azevedo High Impact Camp 2001

1st Team All-Metro 2002, 200350 free - 23+ / 100 free - 52 +

Eagle ScoutWorked on 6 Habitat for Humanity Houses

Career after graduation: PilotHero: His father

Favorite quote: "If a man does his best, whatelse is there?" General George Patton

C h r i s t i a n B l u m eNorthside College Prep / Chicago, Ill.

6' 5" / 1802003 Illinois All-Sectional teamMustang award for Swimming

Captain 2002,2003Leading scorer 2003

Most Valuable Player 2003Outstanding athletic achievement 2003

50 free - 23+ / 100 free 52+Played Hockey, Baseball and Golf

M a t t D u n c a nClovis West High School / Fresno, Calif.

6'2"/165 2002 Season Highlight: Leading my team in

prayer before every gameAthletic/Academic High School Awards:

Athletic Scholar Award, Scholar of Academic Distinction

Best Swimming Event and Time: 100-yard breaststroke - 1:03.8

Major: Would like to major in AerospaceEngineering

Career Goals after Graduation: I would like tobecome a pilotHobbies: Cars

Favorite Quote: Shoot for the moon. Even ifyou miss, you will land among the stars. - Les

Brown

D a n G u i d o u xWestview High School / Portland, Oreg.

6' 1" / 1853.6 GPA

All-State MVP on State Championship team,Junior Olympics 2002,

Tualatin Hills Club member,Captain 2002, 2003,

State Champions 2001, 2002,1st Team All-State 2001, 2002,

4-year starter,50 free - 22+ / 100 free - 51+,

Eagle ScoutNational Honor Society

D a n n y K i m m i c hThe Bishop's School / San Diego, Calif.

6’4”/1252002 Stats: 90 goals; 57 steals.

2002 Honors: First Team CIF San DiegoSection Water Polo; High-School Water PoloAll-American; First Team Western League

SelectionBest Game: The 2002 CIF Championship

where we beat Coronado, 17-6, and I scoredfour goals.

Athletic/Academic High School Awards: SanDiego Union-Tribune All-Academic First

Team Water Polo; Four-time All-CityAcademic Team

Major: EconomicsCareer Goals after Graduation: Pilot or

professional athleteHero: Alex Rodriguez

Hobbies: Surfing, athletics and carsFavorite Quote: "Live today as if there will be

no tomorrow."-Anonymous

M a t t L e B l a n cLoyola High School / Los Angeles, Calif.

6' 1" / 185Major: Civil Engineering or Management

Athletic/Academic High School Awards: BetaClub, National Honor Society, National

Spanish Honor SocietyCareer Goals after Graduation: Civil Engineer

Hero: My ParentsHobbies: Eating, swimming, snowboarding,

water polo, volleyball, sleeping

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B r i a n M c S h a n eBrother Rice High School / Chicago, Illinois

6'4"/1923.9 G.P.A, National Honors Society

Athletic/Academic High School Awards: All-State Water Polo (four years) All-

State Swimming (two years)All Conference (four years) All Sectional(three years) Second team All American

2000, MVP water polo sophomore year, TeamCaptain Senior Year, U.S. National Youth

B Team, best trip was with the National Teamto Brazil

Best Swimming Event and Time - 100 Backstroke - 52.9, 5th place in state

Major: EngineeringCareer Goals after Graduation: Go into

Special Operations or EngineerHero: John Wayne

Hobbies: GolfFavorite Quote: "Courage is being scared to

death, but saddling up anyway." - John Wayne

C h r i s N i t z e lCalvert Hall High School / Baltimore,

Maryland6' "1 / 1653.8 GPA

Goalie (205 saves - 2002),MIAA All-Conference 2001, 2002,

Team Captain Water Polo / Swimming 2002,2003,

State Champions 2001,2002,Cardinal and Gold Club team - 2 years,

Navy Camp 2002,Eagle Scout,

Career after Graduation: PilotMajor: Aerospace

Hero: father - accomplishes what he puts hismind to.

Quote: "The harder you work the luckier youget"-Anonymous

B l a k e P i c k e l lFoothill High School / Santa Ana, California

6' 0”/ 1653.7 GPA

North All-Star Team 2002One of top High School teams in the country

So Cal member - 8 yearsMajor: Politcal Science

Career Goals after Graduation: IntelligenceOfficer, CIA, Politician

K y l e S c h a f e r University High School / Irvine, California

6'2"/161Major: Aeronautical Engineering

2002 Highlights:Led team with 93 goals and 35 assists,

1st Team All Pacific Coast League,- 3rd Team All CIF,

Member of South Orange County Men's WaterPolo All-Star Team,

Swimming University High School record inthe 50 yd. Freestyle - 22.01

Swimming University High School record inthe 100 yd. Freestyle - 48.06Athletic/Academic Awards:

High School Water Polo: Most ValuableOffensive Player Award,

Varsity Water Polo and Swimming Co-Captain,

4-year Varsity Letterman, Men's Water Poloand Swimming,

4 yr. Principal's Honor Role,4 yr. Outstanding Academic Achievement

Award (GPA 4+),GPA 4.3

Intended Major: Aeronautical EngineeringCareer Goals after Graduation: I hope to

become either a pilot or navigator.Hobbies: Private pilot, swimming, movies,and spending time with friends and family.Favorite Quote: "Strength is a matter of the

made-up mind."- John Beecher


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25 Head-up Eric Baber 10.2950 Freestyle Charlie Toth 19.99100 Freestyle Charlie Toth 43.79Absolute Power (5 sec) Kirk Reimer 820Relative Power (5 sec) Chris Palmer 9.7Average Power (30 sec) Chris Palmer 6.8Treadmill (Time) Wade Grabow 11:03Max VO2 Ben Couchman 71.4Weightlifting (Bench 80% weight) Eric Baber 31 RepsPull -ups (PFT) 21-MaxPush-ups (PFT) 72-MaxSit-ups (PFT) 95-Max600 yd. run (PFT) Derek Argel 1:33.0Hand/Eye Speed Brandon Shroyer 51 (8)Vertical Reach (Water) AFT (1 1/2 miles) Derek Argel 8:35Shot Speed Kirk Reimer 50 mph25 lb. weight (legs) Chas Horn 279 sec.Goalie Specialty (1 min.) Kelly Greiner 32Grades (Cumulative) Mark McGill 3.84

5 points possible in every category80 points or above qualifies you for the Falcon Club

FALCON CCLUB RRECORDS

C1Cs Mitch Adams and Micah Petersondoing leg work

C1C Brandon Shroyer working the goalie specialty drill 2nd Lt. Chas Horn lobs one in


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Field Players

Season -1 3 3 -2 -3 -2 -3 2 -2 2 3Name Missed Goal Assist Bad Off. Stolen Man Drawn Eject. Steal Prevent Total

Pass Foul From Scored Eject. Score Points

Adams 6 4 1 1 1 3 4 1 7 9 1 -5Baber 45 17 15 17 2 9 7 6 22 36.5 1 31Carey 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -3Donaldson 2 1 2 1 0 1 0 1 2 1 0 3Ericksen 2 1 1 1 1 3 0 1 2 4 0 -1Herrera 3 1 1 3 0 1 1 0 2 6 0 0Jewett 40 29 26 8 9 5 7 34 23 36 11 178Morgan 96 41 51 26 0 6 7 9 15 36.5 14 195Nary 18 9 4 3 2 16 1 15 16 15 1 5Palmer 6 2 10 7 2 2 3 1 5 7.5 0 4Perkins 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 4Peterson 72 28 34 23 7 5 12 18 24 44 9 104Reimer 57 40 18 12 11 18 6 22 14 24.5 7 92Swenson 4 2 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 -2Warren 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 -5Woolley 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 -11

Totals 455 250 190 118 48 100 57 148 160 268.5 46 777

Shooting Percentage: 35%

Goalkeepers3 -3 -2 -2 2 -2 3

goalie name save reg G 6-5 G 4 mtr steal bad pass assist ejections total points1 Shroyer 242 130 34 13 42 4 15 2 3591a Jones 30 19 8 1 6 3 4 0 331aa Greiner 6 3 5 0 1 0 0 1 1

278 152 47 14 49 7 19 3 393

2nd Lt. Lowell Wallace with his father at theSpaghetti Factory in Northern California 2nd Lt. Chas Horn with his family in Northern California


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Conference: Western Water Polo Association

Wins: 16 Losses: 12 Pct.: .571 Home: 4-0 Away: 12-12

Day Date Opponent Location Time/Results Sat 8/31 Blue/Silver Game USAFA, Colo. 8:00 AM Sat 9/7 Triton Tournament UC San Diego, CA All Day

BYU-Hawaii L, 6-3USC L, 17-4

Sun 9/8 Triton Tournament UC San Diego, CA All Day Santa Clara W, 15-3Whittier W, 13-6

Sat 9/14 Princeton Tournament Princeton, NJ All DayIona L, 12-10Queens L, 10-8

Sun 9/15 Princeton Tournament Princeton, NJ All Day Princeton L, 11-6USMMA L, 11-10

Sat 9/28 Slug Fest Tournament UC Santa Cruz, CA All DayUC Davis W, 8-6 (OT)UC San Diego L, 9-2Pomona W, 13-4

Sun 9/29 Slug Fest Tournament UC Santa Cruz, CA All Day Santa Clara W, 13-1UC Santa Cruz W, 13-8

Sat 10/5 Nor. Cal. Tournament UC Berkeley, CA All Day UC Irvine L, 13-4UC San Diego L, 11-6

Sun 10/6 Nor. Cal. Tournament UC Berkeley, CA All Day UC Davis L, 7-6UC Santa Cruz W, 8-7 (OT)

Sat 10/26 AFA Tournament USAFA, Colo. All DayUC Santa Cruz W, 16-7UC Davis W, 12-7

Sun 10/27 AFA Tournament USAFA, Colo. All Day George Washington W, 12-7Cal Baptist W, 8-7

Sat 11/9 Loyola Marymount Los Angeles, CA L, 13-7 Sat 11/9 Redlands Los Angeles, CA W, 13-7Sun 11/10 La Verne La Verne, CA W, 9-5 Sun 11/10 Claremont Claremont, CA W, 11-6

Fri 11/22 WWPA Tournament UC San Diego, CA All Day Chaminade W, 8-4UC San Diego L, 10-4

Sat 11/23 WWPA Tournament UC San Diego, CA All Day BYU-Hawaii W, 9-6

Sat 12/7 NCAA Tournament Los Angeles, CA All Day Sun 12/8 NCAA Tournament Los Angeles, CA All Day


Did You Know ...

* 32 Seasons* 22 Winning Campaigns

*Five 20-win seasons* Two WWPA Titles

* 10 Straight Appearances in Western Water Polo Association Championships* Only five finishes in the WWPA below second

* Air Force was an independent from 1971-86 and then joined the WWPA


Year By Year Record

Year Won Lost Tied Coach Pct. Team Captain (s)1971 15 9 0 Capt Jim Marett .625 John Pate 1972 13 10 0 Maj Paul Aehnlich .565 Jim Thompson 1973 16 6 0 Capt Reggie Pasieczny .727 Kelly Kemp 1974 20 6 0 Capt Reggie Pasieczny .750 Ben Phillips1975 13 10 1 Capt Bruce Fisher .541 Walt Heidmous1976 15 7 0 Capt Bruce Fisher .681 Jeff Heidmous1977 13 6 0 Capt Bruce Fisher .634 John Wellsfry1978 14 8 0 Capt Ryan Davis .636 Mike Mullady1979 12 8 0 Capt Ryan Davis .619 Phil Heidmous1980 7 8 0 Capt Dennis Lombard .467 Joe Wotton1981 13 10 0 Capt Jeff Heidmous .565 Keith Limbird1982 7 8 0 Capt Jeff Heidmous .466 Jeff Wilkerson1983 8 13 1 Capt Jeff Heidmous .363 Gerry Veldhuizen1984 10 12 0 Capt Jeff Heidmous .454 Bob Pickrell1985 9 15 0 Capt Jim Hogue .375 Mark Crosby/

Tim Harris1986 8 19 0 Capt Jeff Heidmous .296 Dan Hancock1987 12 17 0 Capt Jeff Heidmous .413 Joe Roh/

Cy Whinnery1988 17 10 0 Maj Jeff Heidmous .629 Mike Schlacter1989 13 11 0 Maj Jeff Heidmous .541 Mark Baudendistel1990 20 8 0 Maj Jeff Heidmous .714 Brad Kremer1991 24 8 0 Maj Jeff Heidmous .750 David Chaney1992 10 12 0 Maj Jeff Heidmous .454 Ted Baudendistel1993 10 14 0 Lt Col Jeff Heidmous .416 Don Sheesley1994 19 11 0 Lt Col Jeff Heidmous .633 Garrett Lowe1995 20 10 0 Lt Col Jeff Heidmous .667 John Christ1996 14 10 0 Lt Col Jeff Heidmous .583 Mackie Contreras1997 12 16 0 Lt Col Jeff Heidmous .429 Jay Reeves1998 16 12 0 Lt Col Jeff Heidmous .571 Rob Mattivi/Jason Nolting1999 21 12 0 Jeff Ehrlich .667 Mark McGill2000 14 13 0 Jeff Ehrlich .518 Charlie Toth/Wade Grabow

2001 12 13 0 Jeff Ehrlich .480 Brian Hasbrouck

2002 16 12 0 Jeff Ehrlich .571 Lowell Wallace

Total 429 331 2 .563


Year MVP1971......................................................................................................................................John Pate1972 ................................................................................................................................Ben Phillips1973 .................................................................................................................................Rick Pilling1974 ................................................................................................................................Ben Phillips1975.........................................................................................................................Walt Heidmous1976 ...........................................................................................................................Jeff Heidmous1977 .............................................................................................................................John Wellsfry1978...........................................................................................................................Bruce Zelenka1979 ..........................................................................................................................Phil Heidmous1980 .................................................................................................................................Joe Wotton1981...........................................................................................Fred Logan/Gerry Veldhuizen1982 ....................................................................................................................Gerry Veldhuizen1983...............................................................................................................................Rob Hemker1984 ...............................................................................................................................Bob Pickrell1985...................................................................................................................................Tim Harris1986.............................................................................................................................Dan Hancock1987 ..............................................................................................................................Cy Whinnery1988.....................................................................................................................Steve Spanovich1989................................................................................................................Mark Baudendistel1990 .............................................................................................................................Dave Chaney1991 .............................................................................................................................Howard Redd1992 ...................................................................................................................Ted Baudendistel1993..............................................................................................................................Garrett Lowe1994 ...................................................................................................................Brian Pendergast1995.................................................................................................................................John Christ1996 ..................................................................................Craig Thomas/Brian Pendergast1997 ..................................................................................................................................Jay Reeves1998............................................................................................................................Jason Nolting1999 ..............................................................................................................................Casey Wood2000..............................................................................................................................Charlie Toth2001 ................................................................................................................................Chris Smith2002....................................................................................................................Brandon Shroyer

Year Rank

1981 ----------------------------------------------------------------------12th

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1984 ----------------------------------------------------------------------14th

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1987 ----------------------------------------------------------------------19th

1988----------------------------------------------------------------------14th

1989 ----------------------------------------------------------------------11th

1990----------------------------------------------------------------------10th

1991 ----------------------------------------------------------------------12th

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1995 -----------------------------------------------------------------------9th

1996 -----------------------------------------------------------------------9th

1997-----------------------------------------------------------------------17th

1998----------------------------------------------------------------------13th

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2000 ---------------------------------------------------------------------18th

2001 ---------------------------------------------------------------------20th

2002 ---------------------------------------------------------------------16th

S e a s o n - b y - s e a s o n S e a s o n - b y - s e a s o n M o s t V a l u a b l e P l a y e r sM o s t V a l u a b l e P l a y e r s

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ACADEMY MAJOR AWARD WINNERS

1977 Scholar-Athlete . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Armando Costales

1979 Scholar-Athlete . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Frank Snyder

1980 Scholar-Athlete . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Dirk Jordan

1992 Athletic Excellence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .David Chaney

1993 Athletic Leadership . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Ted Baudendistel

1994 Scholar-Athlete . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Don Sheesley

1997 Athletic Excellence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Brian Pendergast

2000 Athletic Achievement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Mark McGill

2001 Athletic Excellence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Charlie Toth


2002 lineup prior to “East Meets West” championship game

Mr. Shroyer (hard-working cameraman)

T h e L o n g B l u e L i n e . . . T o p 2 5 A i r F o r c e C a r e e r T h e L o n g B l u e L i n e . . . T o p 2 5 A i r F o r c e C a r e e r S c o r e r sS c o r e r s

Name Yrs Pld Att Goals Ast. Pts Pct

1. Ben Phillips (‘75) 4 680 339 103 442 .499

2. David Chaney (‘92) 4 460 211 136 347 .459

3. Brian Pendergast (‘97) 4 470 212 83 317 .457

4. Rob Mattivi (‘99) 4 322 157 120 280 .422

5. Bill Monroe (‘76) 4 368 166 79 245 .451

6. Steve Spanovich (‘89) 4 374 162 70 232 .433

7. Ted Baudendistel (‘93) 4 359 147 78 223 .409

8. Gerry Veldhuizen (‘84) 4 230 131 86 217 .570

9. Rhett Binger (‘91) 4 315 137 73 210 .435

10. Chris Smith (‘03) 3 342 110 86 196 .322

11. Brad Downs (‘96) 4 350 128 55 195 .366

12. Chad Simendinger (‘01) 4 331 137 50 194 .460

13. Garrett Lowe (‘95) 4 345 113 72 185 .319

14. Mackie Contreras (‘97) 4 221 94 86 181 .425

15. Jeff Heidmous (‘77) 4 204 88 89 177 .431

16. Cy Whinnery (‘88) 4 352 110 62 172 .313

17. Brent Reimer (‘01) 4 393 136 29 171 .350

18. Don Gresham (‘76) 4 211 95 69 164 .450

19. Chris Greene (‘89) 4 292 111 52 163 .380

20. John Wellsfry (‘78) 4 284 123 39 162 .433

21. Mark McGill (‘99) 4 236 89 68 159 .377

22. Neil McCafferty (‘93) 4 230 92 62 159 .400

23. Jason Golaboski (‘99) 3 248 100 58 158 .355

24. Brad Reed (‘93) 4 201 66 92 158 .328

25. Dan Hancock (‘87) 4 284 114 42 156 .401

25. Trevor Davis (‘95) 4 209 72 84 156 .301



The 2003 National Collegiate Men’s Water Polo Championship will be a four-team, single-elimination tournament (fourgames), with a losers’ bracket to determine places three and four. Automatic qualifiers will be provided by the Eastern Water PoloAssociation, Mountain Pacific Sports Federation and the Western Water Polo Association. The remaining team will be selected at-large without geographical restrictions. The following criteria will be utilized (not necessarily in preferential order): won-lost recordversus teams selected or seeded above the team being considered; head-to-head competition; end-of-season results (strong or weakfinish); and results against common opponents. Once the teams are selected, the NCAA Men’s Water Polo Committee will seed thefour teams.

ROAD TROAD TOO THETHE NCAANCAA TTOURNAMENTOURNAMENT

SELECTION PROCESS FOR THE CHAMPIONSHIPSELECTION PROCESS FOR THE CHAMPIONSHIP GAMEGAME

1981 HonorableMentionGerald

Veldhuizen

1988 HonorableMentionSteve

Spanovich

1989 HonorableMention

MarkBaudendistel


Howie Redd

1990 3rd Team1991 Honorable

MentionDavid Chaney


TedBaudendistel

1994 & 95Honorable Mention

1996 3rd TeamBrian Pendergast


John Christ

1994 & 95Academic

Brad Downs

1995 & 96Academic

Brian Groat

1995, 97 & 98Academic

Jason Nolting

1996, 97, 98 & 99Academic

Mark McGill

1997, 98, 99 & 00 Academic

Charlie Toth

1998Honorable Mention

Rob Mattivi

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Casey Wood

1999 Academic

Andres Guerra

1999, 00, 01Academic

Ben Couchman

1999 AcademicGreg Ebert

2000 Academic

Wade Grabow

2000 Academic

Micah Peterson


2000 Honorable Mention

Charlie Toth

1995 Academic

John Christ

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2001Honorable Mention

Chris Smith

1998, 00, 01 Academic

David Breitenbach

2002 Academic

Josh Jewett

2002 AcademicChris Nary


2002 AcademicBrandonShroyer

2001 Academic

Brian Hasbrouck

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19871987 1st Team - Cy Whinnery, C1C

Honorable Mention - Joe Roh, C1C, and Steve Spanovich, C2C

19881988 Co-MVP - Steve Spanovich, C1C1st Team - David Chaney, C4C, Steve Spanovich, C1C2nd Team - Mark Baudendistel, C2CHonorable Mention - Chris Greene, C1C

19891989 1st Team - Mark Baudendistel, C1C, and David Chaney, C3C 2nd Team - Brad Kremer, C2CHonorable Mention - Chad Matheson, C1C, and D.C. Conroy, C1C

19901990 MVP - David Chaney, C2C1st Team - David Chaney, C2C, Brad Kremer, C1C, and Howard Redd, C2C2nd Team - Ted Baudendistel, C3CHonorable Mention - Brad Reed, C3C

19911991 1st Team - David Chaney, C1C, and Howard Redd, C1C2nd Team - Ted Baudendistel, C2C and Dan Farrington, C2CHonorable Mention - Brad Reed, C2C

19921992 1st Team - Ted Baudendistel, C1C2nd Team - Dan Farrington, C1C, Brad Reed, C1C, and Don Sheesley, C2CHonorable Mention - Neil McCafferty, C1C

19931993 1st Team - Don Sheesley, C1C, and Garrett Lowe, C2C2nd Team - Brian Pendergast, C4CHonorable Mention - Trevor Davis, C2C

19941994 MVP - Brian Pendergast, C3C1st Team - Brian Pendergast, C3C, Garrett Lowe, C1C, John Christ, C2C and Craig Thomas, C3C Honorable Mention - Trevor Davis, C1C19951995 1st Team - Brian Pendergast, C2C, John Christ, C1C, Craig Thomas, C2C2nd Team - Brad Downs, C1C Honorable Mention - Mackie Contreras, C2C 19961996 MVP - Brian Pendergast, C1C 1st Team - Brian Pendergast, C1C, Mackie Contreras, C1C,Craig Thomas, C1C 2nd Team - Rob Mattivi, C3C Honorable Mention - Brian Groat, C1C

19971997 1st Team - Rob Mattivi, C2C2nd Team - Jayson Reaves, C1C, Jason Golaboski, C2CHonorable Mention - Jason Nolting, C2C19981998 1st Team - Rob Mattivi, C1C, Jason Nolting, C1CHonorable Mention - Casey Wood, C2C19991999 1st Team - Casey Wood, C1C 2nd Team - Chad Simendinger, C2C, and Charlie Toth, C2CHonorable Mention - Brent Reimer, C2C, and Mark McGill, C1C2000 2000 1st Team - Chad Simendinger, C1C, Charlie Toth, C1C2nd Team - Brent Reimer, C1CHonorable Mention - Derek Argel, C1C

20012001 1st Team - Chris Smith, C2C2nd Team - Scott Butler, C3CHonorable Mention - Brandon Shroyer, C3C

20022002 1st Team - Charles Horn, C1CHonorable Mention - Murphey Morgan, C3C, Micah Peterson, C2C, and Brandon Shroyer, C2C

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Don Sheesley, C3C 19921992 Don Sheesley, C2C; Tyler Rameson, C4C19931993 Don Sheesley, C1C; Trevor Davis, Benjamin

Glazer, Brad Downs, C2Cs; Brian Pendergast, C4C19941994 Trevor Davis, Benjamin Glazer, C1Cs;

Brad Downs, John Christ, C2Cs; Brian Pendergast, Brian Groat, C3Cs

19951995 John Christ, Brad Downs, C1Cs; Brian Groat, C2C;Jason Nolting, C4C

19961996 Jim Binns, Brian Groat, Brian Pendergast, C1Cs;Jay Reaves, C2C

19971997 Jay Reaves, C1C; Jason Nolting, C2C; Mark McGill, C3C; Charles Toth, Wade Grabow, C4Cs

19981998 Jason Nolting, C1C; Mark McGill, C2C; Charlie Toth, Wade Grabow, C3Cs; David Breitenbach, C4C

19991999 Mark McGill, Greg Ebert, Ron Garcia, C1Cs; Charlie Toth, Wade Grabow, C2Cs; Andres Guerra, Ben Couchman, C3Cs

20002000 Wade Grabow, Charlie Toth, C1Cs; David Breitenbach, Ben Couchman, C2C’s; Micah Peterson, Brandon Shroyer, C4Cs

20012001 David Breitenbach, Ben Couchman, Brian Hasbrouck, C1Cs, Lowell Wallace, C2C; Kirk Reimer, Brandon Shroyer, C3Cs

20022002 Lowell Wallace, C1C, Brandon Shroyer, C2C, Josh Jewett, Chris Nary, C3Cs

U.S. OOLYMPIC SSPORTS FFESTIVAL19901990

Mark Baudendistel/Rhett Binger/Ted Baudendistel/David ChaneyD.C. Conroy/Dan Farrington

19911991Ted Baudendistel/David Chaney/Mackie Contreras/

Neil McCafferty/Brad Reed

19941994Ted Baudendistel/Mackie Contreras/Trevor Davis/Garrett Lowe/

Brian Pendergast19951995

John Christ/Mackie Contreras/Brad Downs/Craig Thomas

U.S. JJUNIOR NNATIONAL TEAM1995 Brian Pendergast

NCAA POSTGRADUATE SSCHOLARSHIP2001 Charles Toth




Most Goals1. Ben Phillips (1971-74), 3392. Brian Pendergast (1993-96), 2343. David Chaney (1988-91), 2114. Bill Monroe (1972-75), 1665. Steve Spanovich (1985-88), 162

Most Assists1. David Chaney (1988-91), 1362. Rob Mattivi (1995-98), 120 3. Ben Phillips (1971-74), 1034. Brad Reed (1989-92), 925. Jeff Heidmous (1973-76), 89

Most Points1. Ben Phillips (1971-74), 442 2. David Chaney (1988-91), 3473. Brian Pendergast (1993-96), 3174. Rob Mattivi (1995-98), 2805. Bill Monroe (1972-75), 245

2-ppoint goals1. John Christ (1992-95), 322. Brian Pendergast (1993-96), 223. Jason Golaboski (1995-97), 124. Brad Downs (1992-96), 115. Casey Wood (1996-99), 11

Best Shooting Percentage1. Gerald Veldhuizen (1980-83), .5702. Ben Phillips (1971-74), .4993. Roger Rechsteiner (1972-75), .4854. Joe Wotton (1977-80), .4665. Chad Simendinger (1997-2000), .460

Most Steals1. Charles Toth (1997-00), 2572. Casey Wood (1996-99), 2153. John Christ (1992-95), 1904. Brian Pendergast (1993-96), 1895. Brad Kremer (1987-90), 180

Most Saves1. Walt Heidmous (1972-75), 7922. Craig Thomas (1993-96), 6903. Charles Toth (1997-00), 5864. Mark Baudendistel (1987-89), 5575. Howie Redd (1988-91), 550

Best Percentage Goal Saves1. Walt Heidmous (1972-75), .5952. Howie Redd (1988-91), .5693. Mark Baundendistel (1987-90), .5634. Brandon Shroyer (2000-02), .5465. Craig Thomas (1993-96), .529

Most GoalsBen Phillips (1972), 120

Most AssistsDavid Chaney (1991), 53

Most PointsBen Phillips (1972), 145

2-ppoint goals John Christ (1994), 18

Best Shooting PercentageGerry Veldhuizen (1981), .741

Most StealsCasey Wood (1999), 98

Best Percentage Goal SavesWalt Heidmous (1973), .623Best Save/Game Average

Fred Logan (1981) and Mark Baudendistel (1989), 11.56

Career Bests

Season Marks

Best Saves/Game Average1. Mark Baudendistel (1987-89), 10.822. Howie Redd (1988-91), 10.033. Don Sheesley (1990-93), 8.434. Walt Heidmous (1972-75), 8.435. Craig Thomas (1993-96), 8.31


AA ii rr FFFF oo rr cc ee WW aa tt ee rr PPPP oo ll ooADAMS, Mitch, 2001-02ALANIS, Daniel E., 1978ALKIRE, Joe, 1993ANDERSON, Kala D., 1982-83-84ARGEL, Derek, 1997-98-99-00AUBERRY, Thomas W., 1973

BABER, Eric, 2001-02BACKUS, Paul 1993BARTLEY, Michael L., 1980-81-82BAUDENDISTEL, Ted 1989-90-91-92 (Capt. ‘92, MVP ‘92)BAUDENDISTEL, Mark, 1987-88-89 (Capt. 89, MVP 1989)BELL, David, 1989-90BELL, Jason, 1994BINGER, Rhett L., 1987-88-89-90BINNS, Jim, 1991-92-95-96BIVANS, Ray A., 1978-79BOHLMAN, Lance, 1990-91BOOTH, Tony, 1986-87-88BREITENBACH, David, 1998-99-00-01BROWN, Michael L., 1983-84-85BROWN, Thomas L., 1985BUCHANAN, R.J.,1986-87BURGESS, John R., 1974-75BUSH, Robert W., 1972BUTLER, Scott, 2000-01

CALHOUN, Thomas J., 1971-72-73-74CALKINS, Josh, 1992CANALE, Richard M., 1975CARRILLO, Chris, 1985CHANEY, David C., 1988-89-90-91 (MVP 90, Capt. 91)CHASEN, Aaron, 1984CHRIST, John A., 1991-92-94-95 (Capt. ‘95, MVP ‘95)CHRIST, Brian, 1997, 98CHUN, Mark C., 1971-72CONROY, Blair, 1989-90CONROY, D.C., 1987-88-89COSTALES, Armando A., 1975-76COSTANZA, Kevin S., 1985-86CONTRERAS, Mackie, 1993-94-95-96 (Capt. ‘96)COUCHMAN, Ben, 1999-00-01CROSBY, Mark A., 1983-84-85 (Capt. ‘85)CRUZ, Steve, 1999

DERRICK, Marvin L., 1974DAVIS, Trevor, 1992-93-94DINGELDEIN, George, 2000-01DOWNS, Brad, 1992-93-94-95

EATON, Ellis, 1990EBERT, Greg, 1998-99EPPERSON, Dave, 1996

FARRINGTON, Dan, 1989-90-91FERGUSON, Paul, 1994-95

GARCIA, David A., 1988-89-90-91GARCIA,Ronald, 1998-99GLAZER, Ben, 1993-94GOLABOSKI, Jason, 1995-97GRABOW, Wade, 1997-98-99-00 (Capt. ‘00)GRAHAM, John G., 1971GREENE, Chris, 1985-86-87-88GREINER, Kelly, 2001-02GRESHAM, Donald D., 1972-73-74-75GROAT, Brian, 1993-94-95-96GUERRA, Andres 1999

HAMPSON, Robert J., 1971HANCOCK, Daniel, 1983-84-85-86 (Capt., MVP ‘86)HARBERG, Fred D., 1971HARRIS, Timmothy J., 1982-83-84-85 (Capt., MVP ‘85)HASBROUCK, Brian, 1998-99-00-01HATHAWAY, Patrick, 1972HEIDMOUS, Jeffery N., 1973-74-75-76 (Capt. ‘76, MVP‘76)HEIDMOUS, Philip N., 1976-77-78-79 (Capt. ‘79, MVP ‘79)HEIDMOUS, Walter N., 1972-73-74-75 (Capt. ‘75, MVP‘75)HEMKER, Robert B., 1980-81-82-83 (MVP ‘83) HENNEBERRY, Steven J., 1976-77-78-79HEPNER, Brian B., 1987HERRERA, Matt, 2002HOGUE, James R., 1972-73-74-75HOLLOWAY, Charles F., 1971HORN, Charles, 1999-00-01-02HUGHES, John S., 1972HURE, Michael, 1983-84

JACKSON, Richard W., 1971JEWETT, Josh, 2002JONES, Jared, 2001-02JORDAN, Dirk, 1977-78-79

KAPLAN, Pete, 1993KEMP, Kelvin P., 1971-72-73 (Capt. ‘73)KIMSEY, Edgar S., 1980-81-82KING, Steven B., 1976-77-78KREMER, Brad K., 1987-88-89-90 (Capt. ‘90)KRINO, Greg 1993-94-95-96

LARIVE, Ian, 1997LATAS, Dean, 1977-78-79-80LAYO, Frank, 1996LEGRAND, Steve, 1984-85-86LI, Steven, 1994-95-96LIMBIRD, Keith G., 1978-79-80-81 (Capt. ‘81)LIVESEY, Lance K., 1987LOGAN, Fred J., 1978-79-80-81 (MVP ‘81)LOWE, Garrett M., 1991-92-93-94 (Capt. ‘94)

MAGEE, Donald W., 1975-76MAGEE, John M., 1974MALONEY, Michael, 1984MANSARD, Jim, 1993MATHESON, Chad, 1986-87-88-89MATTIVI, Rob 1995-98 (Capt. ‘98)McCAFFERTY, Neil, 1989-90-91-92McCAFFERTY, Randy, 1986-87McCOY, Andrew S., 1988McGILL, Mark, 1996-98-99 (Capt. ‘99)McKEON, Mathew P., 1982MELVIN, James, 1997,98MERRIL, David L., 1972-73-74MOHLE, Dennis H., 1983MONROE, William R., 1972-73-74-75 MORGAN, Murphey, 2001-02MORGAN, Phillip B., 1977MULLADY, Michael C., 1976-77-78 (Capt. ‘78)

NARY, Chris, 2001-02NICHOLS, David A., 1977NOLTING, Jason 1995-98 (Capt. ‘98, MVP ‘98)

PALMER, Chris, 2002PATE, John R., 1971 (Capt. 71, MVP 71)PENDERGAST, Brian, 1993-94-95-96 (MVP ‘94PETERSON, Micah, 2000-01-02PHELAN, Fred D., 1991PHILLIPS, Benjamin Jr., 1971-72-73-74 (Capt. ‘74, MVP ‘72 & ‘74)PHILLIPS, Edward, 1977-78-79-80PICKRELL, Robert L., 1981-82-83-84 (Capt., MVP ‘84)PILLING, Richard A., 1971-72-73 (MVP ‘73)POGUE, Edwin B., 1980-81-82-83

RAMESON, Tyler, 1992REAVES, Jay, 1994-95-96 (Capt. 97)RECHSTEINER, Roger W.,1972-73-74-75REDD, Howard T., 1988-89-90-91 (MVP ‘91)REED, Brad, 1989-90-91-92REIMER, Brent, 1997-98-99-2000REIMER, Kirk, 2000-01-02RISHEL, Jason, 1993-94ROBERSON, Darryl L., 1979-80-81-82ROBERTSON, William B., 1990ROH, Joe, 1984-85-86-87 (Capt. ‘87)ROSS, James T., 1976-77

SCHLACTER, Michael N., 1988 (Capt. ‘88)SHADRICK, Josh, 2001SHEESLEY, Donald, 1990-91-92-93 (Capt. ‘93)SHEILDS, Timothy C., 1980-81-82-83SHROYER, Brandon, 2000-01-02SIMENDINGER, Chad, 1997-98-99-2000SIMPSON, James R., 1980-81SINCLAIR, Foster L., 1980SMITH, Chris, 1999-00-01SMITH, David, 1989-90-91SMITH, Steven B., 1976-77-78-79SNYDER, Francis F., 1976-77-78SPANOVICH, Steven N., 1985-86-87-88 (MVP ‘88)STEDMAN, Randall, 1977-78-79-80STODDARD, Steven P., 1980-81STRUBLE, James D., 1971-72-73SWENSON, Eric, 2002SZUCS, Joe, 1994-95

THOMAS, Craig, 1993-94-95 (MVP ‘96)THOMPSON, Eric W., 1974-75-76-77THOMPSON, James M., 1972-73 (Capt. ‘73)TOTH, Charles, 1997-98-99-00 (Capt. ‘00, MVP ‘00)

VANDAM, Richard A., 1971VELDHUIZEN, Frank T., 1983-84VELDHUIZEN, Gerald F., 1980-81-82-83(Capt. ‘83, MVP ‘81 & ‘82)

WALLACE, Lowell, 2000-01-02WARREN, Trevor, 2002WELLSFRY, John L., 1974-75-76-77 (Capt. & MVP ‘77)WETLESEN, David, 1976-77WEIGMAN, Fritz, 1976-77-78-79WHINNERY, Cyrus C., 1984-85-86-87 (Capt. ‘87, MVP ‘87)WHITEHILL, John, 2000-01WILKERSON, James T., 1979-80-81-82 (Capt. ‘82)WOOD, Casey, 1996-98-99WOTTON, Joseph , 1977-78-79-80 (Capt.’80, MVP ‘80)

YEE, Ken, 1993

ZELENKA, Alan J., 1978-79ZELENKA, Bruce J., 1978-79 (MVP ‘78)


L e t t e r w i n n e r s . . . L e t t e r w i n n e r s . . . Bold: Returning Letterwinners

UNITED STATES AIR FORCE ACADEMYQuick Look at the USAF Academy

HISTHISTORORYY: : The Academy is youngest of the four service acade-mies.

President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed the bill authorizingthe establishment of the Academy April 1, 1954.

The first class entered in July 1955 at temporary facilities at Lowry Air Force Base, Denver. Construction of the presentsite also began that year.

The Cadet Wing moved into its permanent home in August 1958.First class of 207 graduated in June 1959. President Lyndon

B. Johnson signed a bill in 1964 authorizing each of the threeAcademies to expand their enrollment from 2,529 to 4,417.Current legislation limits cadet wing enrollment to 4,000.

The first class with women entered in June 1976 and graduated in June 1980.

More than 35,000 cadets have graduated in 44 classes. Approximately 51.2 percent of those commissioned in the

Air Force are still on active duty.330 graduates have been commissioned by other services;

117 by the Marine Corps; 109 by the Navy and 103 by theArmy.

264 international cadets entered and 196 have graduatedfrom the Academy, while 15 cadets have graduated posthumously.

One graduate, Capt. Lance P. Sijan, received the Medal ofHonor.

359 graduates have become general officers, to include for-mer chiefs of staff, and former Air Force Academy superintend-ents, commandants of cadets, and deans of faculty.

128 graduates have been killed in combat36 graduates are repatriated prisoners of warTwo graduates are combat aces32 cadets have been selected as Rhodes ScholarsSix cadets have accepted Marshall ScholarshipsNine cadets have received the Harry S. Truman Scholarship92 cadets have been accepted as Guggenheim Fellows72 cadets have been selected as National Science Foundation Fellows31 cadets have accepted Fulbright-Hays Scholarships85 cadets have accepted scholarships to attend HarvardUniversity's John F. Kennedy School of Government36 cadets have been selected as Hertz Fellows593 cadets have entered medical school

Cadets must be between 17and 22 on July 1 of the year ofadmission.

Each must be a U.S. citizen,unmarried and have no depend-ent children.

Applicants must have goodgrades (generally ranked in atleast the top 20 percent of theirhigh school class), be active inathletic and non-athleticextracurricular activities, and bein good physical condition.

For information for admissionto the USAF Academy write to:

HQ USAFA/RRS2304 Cadet Drive, Suite 200USAF Academy, CO80840-5026

MISSION ... MISSION ... Inspire and develop outstanding young men and women to become Air Force officers with knowledge, characterand discipline; motivated to lead the world's greatest aerospace force in service to the nation.

The 10th Air Base Wing supports head-quarters, United States Air Force Academy. Located at the base of the Rampart

Range on 18,500 acres; elevation is 7,163feet above sea level at the Terrazzo level. Average cost to put one cadet through

the four-year program is $282,562; the edu-cation portion is valued at about $123,000. Approximately one million visitors

come to the Academy annually, includingup to 7,000 people per day at the VisitorCenter. Cadets are housed in two dormitories,

Vandenberg Hall (1,325 rooms) and SijanHall (936 rooms). Fairchild Hall contains classrooms, labs

and faculty/staff offices (250 classrooms, 45science labs, 13 lecture halls). Mitchell Hall dining area covers 1.7

acres; staff serves the entire cadet wing atthe same time, in and out in only 25 min-utes. The Air Force Academy Cadet Chapel

is the 1996 recipient of the prestigiousAmerican Institute of Architects' (AIA)Twenty-five Year Award. Arnold Hall houses a 2,900-seat

Broadway auditorium, ballroom, confer-ence rooms, restaurant and historical displays.

The Cadet Field House, is a tri-levelstructure, containing 250,579 square feet ofspace is a showcase for varsity athletic pro-grams. The $5.6 million Field House wascompleted in 1968. Clune Arena seats6,000; the Field House also has an indoortrack area, and a hockey rink, which seats2,502. The Cadet Gymnasium, completed in

1958, is a five-level structure. The $7.8 mil-lion gymnasium houses three completegyms, nine basketball courts, 12 squashcourts and 21 handball/racquetball courts,two swimming pools, an indoor rifle rangeand four indoor tennis courts, along withseparate facilities for gymnastics, cheer-leading, wrestling, fencing, boxing, aerobicfitness, weight lifting, scuba, baseball, vol-leyball and judo. Falcon Athletic Center, a four-level

structure, is 109,000 square feet of spaceand provides new athletic departmentadministrative office, ticket office, AthleticHall of Excellence, team meeting rooms,locker rooms, a centralized sports medicinearea, weight training facility and equip-ment storage areas.

ACADEMYACADEMY QUICK FQUICK FACTSACTSADMISSIONS CRITERIA

UNITED STATES AIR FORCE ACADEMYthe Academy Senior Leadership

BenefitsAll cadets are paid $558 per

month minus expenses for suchthings as books and a computer

The average cost to put one cadetthrough the Air Force Academy isestimated at over $285,000

A guaranteed job following gradu-ation

Free medical, dental and legalservices are available

Free space-available militaryflights worldwide

Four years after graduation, you’llearn approximately $45,000/year

Eligible for retirement at age 42(20 years of service)

Academics32 Rhodes Scholars. Nine were

varsity letter winnersOver 30 majors to choose fromLess than 25 to 1 student to

teacher ratioUsually up to five percent of

every graduating class is eligible togo straight to graduate school for amaster’s degree — fully paid

Every cadet is eligible to competefor a fully paid master’s programwithin their first 10 years of activeduty service

Academic MMajorsBasic Sciences, General Engineering,

Humanities, Social Sciences,Aeronautical Engineering,Astronautical Engineering,

Behavioral Sciences, Biology,Chemistry, Civil Engineering,

Computer Engineering, ComputerScience, Economics, Electrical

Engineering, Engineering Mechanics,English, Environmental Engineering,

Foreign Area Studies, Geography,History, Legal Studies, Management,Mathematical Sciences, OperationsResearch, Mechanical Engineering,

Meteorology, Military StrategicStudies, Physics, Political Sciences,

Space Operations

AviationOver 250 graduates attend pilot

training after graduationEvery cadet is eligible for flight

training in a sailplane, leading up toa solo flight75 percent of every class receives

parachute training, leading up to fivefree-fall jumps

ObligationsNon-flying Careers — Five years

active service after graduation fromthe Academy

Pilot — Ten years active serviceafter 10 months of undergraduatepilot training (UPT)

Navigator — Six years activeservice after nine months of navigator training

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Brigadier GeneralJohnny A. Weida isCommandant ofCadets andCommander, 34thTraining Wing, U.S.Air Force Academy.General Weida com-mands and adminis-ters the 4,000-mem-ber cadet wing, and

930 Air Force support people. His responsibili-ties include cadet military training and airman-ship education, supervising cadet life activities,and providing support to facilities and logistics.

General Weida was formerly the commander ofthe Squadron Officer College, Air University,Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama. The gener-al’s previous assignments have included com-mander of the 388th Fighter Wing, Hill AirForce Base, Utah, as well as flying as a memberof the Thunderbirds U. S. Air Force aerialdemonstration team at Nellis Air Force BaseNevada. He also served in staff positions withU.S. Forces Korea J3 and the Air Staff Plans andPrograms Directorate (XP).

The general received his commission from theU.S. Air Force Academy in 1978. He graduatedfrom pilot training in 1979. General Weida is acommand pilot with more than 4,000 flyinghours.

Brigadier General DavidA. Wagie is dean of thefaculty, U.S. Air ForceAcademy, ColoradoSprings, Colo. He com-mands the 700+ -mem-ber dean of the facultymission element andoversees the annualdesign and instruction ofover 500 undergraduate

courses for 4,000 cadets in 30 academic disci-plines. He also directs the operation of five sup-port staff agencies and faculty resources involvingover $250 million.

The general entered the Air Force in 1972 as a dis-tinguished graduate at the U.S. Air ForceAcademy. He flew as a KC-135 aircraft com-mander and an EC-135 research pilot. Later, at theAir Force Academy, he served as an associate pro-fessor and deputy head of astronautics. He alsoheld positions as deputy commandant, permanentprofessor for military instruction, director of theCenter for Character Development, and vice deanof the faculty. While at the academy, GeneralWagie served as a T-43 pilot, and he currently fliesas a T-41 instructor pilot.

The general is married to the former SusanKuczenski. They have three daughters, Angela,Megan and Tiffany.

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Lieutenant GeneralJohn W. Rosa issuperintendent of theU.S. Air ForceAcademy, ColoradoSprings, Colo. Hedirects a four-yearacademic, militarytraining, athletic andcharacter develop-ment program lead-

ing to a bachelor's degree and commission asan Air Force officer.

The general entered the Air Force in May 1973after receiving his commission from TheCitadel, Charleston, S.C. He has served previ-ously as an operations group commander andthree times as wing commander. He is a com-mand pilot with more than 3,600 flying hoursin the A-7, A-10, the Hunter and Jaguar air-craft, F-16, F-117A, HH-60G and HC-130.

The general’s military awards and decorationsinclude the Defense Superior Service Medal,Legion of Merit with oak leaf cluster,Meritorious Service Medal with four oak leafclusters, Air Force Commendation Medal andCombat Readiness Medal with two oak leafclusters.

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Mission ... Mission ... To provide all cadets a realistic lead-ership experience in a mentally and physicallychallenging environment. Prepare and motivatecadets for a lifetime of service through physicaleducation, fitness training and testing, and intramural and intercollegiate athletic competition.Generate a major portion of revenue necessary to operate a multimillion dollar athletic programPromote the Academy to the nation through athletics.

The Academy’s intercollegiate program has 17men’s and 10 women’s teams that compete on theNCAA Division I level. Both men's and women'sprograms compete in the Mountain WestConference.

The athletic facilities are host to the FalconSummer Sports Camps program, over 3,000campers converge on the Academy every June tocompete in 15 summer camps headed by theAcademy’s coaching staff.

The Cadet Gymnasium also contains an athletictraining room, human performance laboratory, lockers for all cadets/staff, and administrativeoffices of the physical education instructors andsupport staff. The facility is used for physical education classes, intramural and varsitypractice/competition. Outdoor facilities associatedwith the gym include 57 athletic fields (143 acres)for intercollegiate and intramural sports, two baseball diamonds, a 400-meter all-weather trackand a varsity soccer stadium with seating for morethan 800 fans. The two swimming pools utilizealmost 20,000 square feet of the facility. The intra-mural pool measures 7,154 square feet. It is primarily used by the water polo team for practiceand competition. The natatorium pool, measures11,928 square feet. The pool also has an 18-footdiving well equipped with two one-meter boards,two three-meter boards as well as a platform withlevels set at one, five and ten meters. The natato-

rium pool, has seating for more than 800 specta-tors, In addition to the indoor facilities on the southside of the gym are outdoor courts for tennis, bas-ketball and team handball.

The Cadet Field House, home to basketball,hockey and track contains 250,579 square feet ofuseable space. The multipurpose area contains aone-sixth mile six-lane tartan surfaced runningtrack, and an astroturf surfaced infield approxi-mately two-thirds the size of a standard footballfield. The netted area is approximately the size ofa baseball infield and is an ideal practice area forthe varsity baseball and lacrosse teams. The multi-purpose area is used for indoor track and fieldmeets, inclement weather practice sessions for alloutdoor varsity sports, instructional golf classes,aerobics conditioning and fitness testing. The icehockey arena seats 2,502 and accommodates thevarsity hockey program--a member of the CollegeHockey America Conference. The basketball arenaaccommodates 6,000 fans and is used not only formen’s and women’s basketball games but is alsothe venue for the annual Wing Open Boxing

Championship, an event that fills the facility tocapacity.

Falcon Stadium opened on Sept. 22, 1962. Thestadium was originally built solely for football, butseveral non-athletic events such as the Academy’sannual graduation are conducted there. In 1991,the Academy installed nine sky boxes and remod-eled the existing press box. The facility now seats450 people indoors, along with 88 in the skyboxes. In addition to its game-day uses, the pressbox is also used by the athletic department as abanquet/meeting room. The newest modification tothe stadium was completed in 2002 with the addi-tion of permanent lights. The lights were purchasedand installed with funds generated by the athleticprogram.

The Falcon Athletic Center, a $19 million athlet-ic complex, was completed in August 2003. Thefacility contains a two-story, 23,000 square footweight room with a 40-yard running track forweight training and exercising; a complete sportsmedicine area that contains a hydrotherapy areawith a Swim-Ex and lap pool, a rehabilitation area

and medical treatment/taping area.The facility contains administrativeoffices for the Director of Athleticsand the administrative staff, alongwith new ticket office facilities. Thenew Hall of Excellence spotlights thehistory of Academy sports, includingphysical education, intercollegiateand intramural competition. Thisexhibit (4,500 square feet) showcas-es the accomplishments of our gradu-ates and athletes and tells the storyof the athletic contributions to “build-ing leaders of character for the AirForce and the nation.”

UNITED STATES AIR FORCE ACADEMYthe Director of Athletics

Colonel Randall W.Spetman's influenceon the Air ForceAcademy has comefull circle.

As the only militaryathletic director in thenation at the Division Ilevel, Spetman is thefirst athletic director tohave been an athleteand a coach at theAcademy.

A 1976 graduate, Spetman's competitive spiritand warrior-like attitude earned him three letters infootball. The team co-captain as a senior, he alsocaptured the heavyweight Wing Open BoxingChampionship twice. After receiving his commis-sion, he served as an assistant football coach atthe Academy in 1977 under legendary coach BenMartin.

Originally from Council Bluffs, Iowa, Spetmanassumed his duties as athletic director on March 1,1996, with the task of administering the school's27-sport intercollegiate program as well as the

physical education and intramural programs. Afterseeing Academy athletics as a cadet, coach andnow as athletic director, Spetman constantly strivesto serve as a role model both as a military officerand as an athletic administrator to all cadets.

"I believe the trademark of Air Force athletes isthat they are tremendous competitors” Spetmansaid. “This competitive spirit has been and willcontinue to be our standard. No matter what theoutcome of any of our athletic contests, our ath-letes never give up. They play each contest withgreat sportsmanship and respect for their oppo-nents. This is the legacy of Academy athletics."

Spetman's own legacy at the Academy isalready taking shape. He is committed to assistingthe coaches in recruiting quality athletes and keep-ing the athletic facilities on par with the best in thecountry. For the first time in 30 years, a majorbuilding addition has been completed for thedepartment that includes a new weight room, train-ing room, locker rooms and administrative offices.

The new building is a prime example ofSpetman's foresight and commitment to a qualityathletic program. No stranger to being a leader,Spetman's military career has taken him around the

world and in a variety of positions. A command pilotwith over 3,000 hours in the T-37, T-38, KC-135A,UV-18 and the B-52 G/H aircraft, Spetman's rangeof positions have taken him from assistant footballcoach to a pilot and from the Chief of BomberPlanning in Desert Shield and Desert Storm toserving as Chief, Command and Control Division,Operations Directorate at the U.S. EuropeanCommand in Stuttgart, Germany.

A distinguished graduate from SquadronOfficer School, he attended the National WarCollege and earned a master's degree in NationalSecurity Strategy. Spetman also holds a master's inmanagement and supervision from CentralMichigan University.

A member of the Mountain West ConferenceChampionship Committee, Handbook Committeeand Television Committee, he is also the third vicepresident of the National Association of CollegiateDirectors of Athletics.

He is married to the former Rebecca Luhringof Des Moines, Iowa. They have two children, Brianand Kim.

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Documents

Air Force Water Polo - · PDF fileAir Force water polo head coach, Jeff Ehrlich, came to the Air Force Academy in 1999 after a 25-year stay at Villa Park High School in Orange County,