The USA Water Polo Hall of Fame, located in

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dedicated to honoring players, coaches and officials who have contributed greatly to the game of

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in the

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. It was established in 1976 by the

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in the country.

Committee

* Brent Bohlender, Chair * Adam Wright *

Brenda Villa Brenda Villa (born April 18, 1980) is an accomplished American water polo player. She is the most decorated athlete in the world of women’s water polo. Villa was named Female Water Polo Player of the Decade for 2000-2009 by the FINA Aquatics Wo ...

* Dion Gray * Heather Moody * Kirk Everist * Natalie Golda Benson * Scot Schulte

Inductees

As of 2020, 230 individuals have been elected.

1970s

Charles Bittick Charles Greene Bittick Jr. (November 2, 1939 – April 28, 2005) was an American water polo player and swimmer. He was a member of the American water polo team that finished seventh at the 1960 Olympics. He played five matches and scored three goa ...

# Ralph Budelman #

James Gaughran James Alan Gaughran (born July 5, 1932) was an American water polo player, competitive swimmer, and former Hall of Fame Stanford Head Swimming and Water Polo Coach from 1960–73. Gaughran competed in Water Polo for the U.S. in the 1956 Summer O ...

# Fred Lauer

1980s

Class of 1980

# Bob Bray # Harry A. Bisbey # Harry Hebner # Charles McCallister # Francis McDermott # Charles McIlroy # George Mitchell # R. Max Ritter #

Clyde Swendsen Clyde Acle Swendsen (May 25, 1895 – December 1, 1979) was an American diver, water polo player and coach. He won the Amateur Athletic Union, AAU titles in the 10 m platform in 1918 and in the springboard in 1919–20 and competed at the 1920 S ...

# Donald Tierney

Class of 1981

Robert Frojen Robert "Bob" Charles Frojen (December 1, 1930 – December 11, 2005) was an American water polo player of German descent who competed in the 1956 Summer Olympics. Frojen was a member of the American water polo team which finished fifth in th ...

# Donald Good # Neil Kohlhase # Charlie Schroeder # Albert Schwartz #

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# Calvert Strong # William Vosburg

Class of 1982

# Carl Bauer # Steven Barnett # Andrew Burke # Elmer Collett #

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# Arthur Koblish #

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# Francis Moorman # John Parker #

Roy Saari Roy Allen Saari (February 26, 1945 – December 30, 2008) was an American swimmer and water polo player. He qualified for the 1964 Summer Olympics in both disciplines, and chose swimming, as the Olympic rules of the time did not allow him to c ...

# Gary Sheerer # Anthony Van Dorp # Dean Willeford

Class of 1983

# David Ashleigh # Devere "Chris" Christensen # Charles Finn # William Kelly # Bruce Kidder # Edwin Knox # Richard "Hoot" Newman # William Ross # Burton Shaw # Herbert Wildman

Class of 1984

# Peter Asch # Bruce Bradley # Stanley Cole #

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# Robert Helmick #

George Stransky George Stransky (born January 16, 1944) is an American water polo player. He competed in the Water polo at the 1964 Summer Olympics, men's tournament at the 1964 Summer Olympics. In 1984, he was inducted into the USA Water Polo Hall of Fame. Se ...

# Russell Webb # Barry Weitzenberg

Class of 1985

# A. M. "Pete" Archer # Heber Holloway # Marty Hull # Arthur Lambert # Terry Sayring

Class of 1986

# David "Jay" Flood

Class of 1987

# Peter Schnugg

Class of 1988

# Eric Lindroth #

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George Van Cleaf George W. Van Cleaf (October 8, 1879 – January 6, 1905) was an American water polo player and swimmer who represented the United States at the 1904 Summer Olympics in St. Louis, Missouri. At the 1904 Olympics, Van Cleaf was sponsored by the ...

Class of 1989

# Frank F. Connor # Christopher "Chris" T. Dorst # Ogden Reid # John Siman # Jon Svendsen # William Hale Thompson

1990s

Class of 1990

# John R. Felix # William "Bill" W.R. Schroeder # Ronald "Ron" L. Volmer #

Otto Wahle Otto Wahle (5 November 1879 – 11 August 1963) was an Austrian-American swimmer who took part in two Summer Olympic Games and won a total of three medals. Wahle coached the men's US swim team at the 1912 Olympics, and the men's US water polo t ...

Class of 1991

# Andrew "Drew" McDonald # Timothy A. Shaw

Class of 1992

# Gary Figueroa # Robert K. "Bob" Gaughran # Becky Shaw # Joseph Michael "Joe" Vargas

Class of 1993

# William "Buck" Dawson # Barbara J. Kalbus # William "Eagle" McMarthy # Kenneth M. "Monte" Nitzkowski # James W. "Jim" Schultz

Class of 1994

# Arthur D. "Art" Adamson # Jules J. Ameno # Douglas Lambert "Doug" Burke # Jody D. Campbell # Charles B. "Shorty" Dwight III # Steven "Harpo" Hamann # Charles "Chuck" Metz # George Ratkovic #

Kevin Robertson Kevin George Robertson (born February 8, 1959) is an American former water polo player, who won two Olympic silver medals during his career: in 1984 and 1988. He was affiliated with the University of California. In 1994, he was inducted into th ...

# Norton D. "Nort" Thorton

Class of 1995

# Paul "Bear" Barren # Peter J. "Pete" Cutino # Tom Hermstad

Class of 1996

# Charles H. "Charlie" Harris # Ralph W. Hale M.D. # Robert E. Lee Jr.

Class of 1997

# Andrew F. "Andy" Habermann # William U. "Bill" Harris # Stanley E. "Stan" Sprague # Kenneth "Ken" Lindgren

Class of 1998

# Greg Boyer # Richard J. Foster #

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# Janice Krauser # Sandra H. "Sandy" Nitta

Class of 1999

# Jane Hale # Edward W. "Ed" Reed Jr. # Terry A. Schroeder # James "Jim" Slatton # Craig "Willy" Wilson

2000s

Class of 2000

# William "Bill" Barnett # Peter Campbell # Dennis "Fos" Fosdick # William "Bill" Frady # Gordon "Gordie" Hall # Ken "Ham" Hamdorf # Richard F. "Doc" Hunkler # Douglas "Doug" Kimbell #

Craig Klass Edward Craig Klass (born June 20, 1965 in Wiesbaden, Hessen) is a former water polo player who won the silver medal for the United States at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. A graduate of Las Lomas High School in Walnut Creek, Cali ...

# John D. Williams

Class of 2001

# Brent Bohlender # Jeffery Campbell # Christopher D. "Chris" Duplanty # Mike "Evo" Evans # Roger Nekton # Michael "Mike" Schofield # Scott Schulte # Mary Sprague

Class of 2002

# James Bergeson # Donald H. Clooney # Dante Dettamanti # Jeffery N. Heidmous # Dr. Alan Mouchawar

Class of 2003

# William K. Anttila # Laura Baker # Theresa Bixby # Richard Draz # Dion Gray # Frank Hassett # David A. Heck # Kathy Jo Horne # Lynn Comer Kachmarik # Kelvin Parker Kemp # Maureen "Mo" O'Toole

Class of 2004

# Kirk Everist # Vaune Kadlubek # Maggi Kelly # Walter "Wally" Lundt # James "Moose" Mulcrone #

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# Lynn Wittstock

2010s

Class of 2010

# Bret Bernard # Heather Moody # Edward Rudloff # Kathy "Gubba" Sheehy #

Peter Ueberroth Peter Victor Ueberroth (; born September 2, 1937) is an American sports and business executive known for his involvement in the Olympics and in Major League Baseball. A Los Angeles-based businessman, he was the chairman of the Los Angeles Olymp ...

# Jamey Wright

Class of 2011

Robin Beauregard Robin Mary Beauregard (born February 23, 1979 in Long Beach, California) is an American water polo player, who won the silver medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics. She also won a bronze medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics. Beauregard plays the posit ...

# Michael Garibaldi # Jennie Jacobsen-Huse #

Kyle Kopp Kyle Kopp (born November 10, 1966) is an American water polo player. He competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics and the 2000 Summer Olympics. In 2011, he was inducted into the USA Water Polo Hall of Fame The USA Water Polo Hall of Fame, located in ...

Wolf Wigo Wolf Wigo (b. May 8, 1973) is an American water polo player and water polo coach. He has played competitive water polo at the national level since age 13. Wigo was a four-year All-America collegiate water polo player and led his Stanford Universi ...

Class of 2012

# Bill Brown # Ellen Estes Lee # Margo Miranda

Class of 2014

# Edward Newland # Jim Sprague # Andy Takata # Sandy Vessey-Schneider

Class of 2015

# Natalie Golda Benson # Richard Corso # Amber Drury

Class of 2018

Guy Baker Guy Baker was the head coach for the United States women's national water polo team competed in the 2008 Beijing Olympic games. He is now the Director Of Olympic Development of USA Water Polo. Baker had guided the team to a silver medal in the 2 ...

# Scott Hinman #

Chris Humbert Christopher A. Humbert (born December 27, 1969 in Modesto, California) is a former water polo center forward from the United States, who competed in three Summer Olympics ( 1992, 1996 and 2000) for his native country. He was part of the Unite ...

Heather Petri Heather Danielle Petri (born June 13, 1978) is an American water polo player, who won the silver medal with the US women's national team at the 2000 Summer Olympics, a bronze medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics, a silver medal in Beijing in 2008 ...

Class of 2019

# Elizabeth Armstrong # Ryan Bailey # Jeff Powers #

Jessica Steffens Jessica Marie Steffens (born April 7, 1987) is an American water polo player. She was a member of the United States national teams that won a silver medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics and a gold medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics. She also played ...

# John Tanner #

Lauren Wenger Lauren Ashley Wenger (born March 11, 1984, in Long Beach, California) is an American water polo player for the University of Southern California, who received the 2006 Peter J. Cutino Award as the best collegiate water polo player among Division ...

# Adam Wright

2020s

Class of 2020

# Gavin Arroyo # Gary Robinett #

Kelly Rulon Kelly Kristen Rulon (born August 16, 1984 in Point Loma, California) is an American water polo player. She won a gold medal with the United States at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the water polo competition. She is also a bronze medalist from the ...

# Bruce Wigo #

Elsie Windes Elsie Ann Windes (born June 17, 1985) is an American water polo player. After playing for the University of California, she joined the United States women's national water polo team, United States national team in 2006. She helped the U.S. win a ...

Class of 2021

Courtney Mathewson Courtney Lynn Kaiulani Mathewson (born September 14, 1986) is an American water polo player, part of the US team that won the gold medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics. She played water polo for the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) Brui ...

Kami Craig Kameryn Louise "Kami" Craig (born July 21, 1987) is an American water polo player. She was a member of the US water polo team that won a silver medal at the 2008 Beijing Olympics and a gold medal in London in 2012 and Rio in 2016. Craig attende ...

Ericka Lorenz Ericka Denise Lorenz (born February 18, 1981) is an American water polo player, who won the silver medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics. She also won a bronze medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics. Lorenz was born in San Diego, California. Nicknamed ...

Tony Azevedo Anthony Lawrence Azevedo (born November 21, 1981) is a Brazilian-born American water polo player. He is a 2008 Olympic silver medalist and a five-time Olympian (2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016). Azevedo ranks fourth on the all-time scoring list ...

Merrill Moses Merrill M. Moses (born August 13, 1977) is a United States Olympic silver medalist, three-time Olympian, and three-time Pan American Games gold medalist water polo goalkeeper. He played college water polo for Pepperdine University, where he ...

Class of 2022

Layne Beaubien Ronald Layne Beaubien (born July 4, 1976) is an American water polo player. He was a member of the United States men's national water polo team at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. In the championship game, the USA team won the silver medal, after defe ...

# Kelli Billish-Fitter # Bob Corb # Russ Hafferkamp #

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References

External links

Hall of Fame - USA Water Polo
{{United States men's national water polo team

Hall of Fame A hall, wall, or walk of fame is a list of individuals, achievements, or other entities, usually chosen by a group of electors, to mark their excellence or Wiktionary:fame, fame in their field. In some cases, these halls of fame consist of actu ...

United States The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It consists of 50 states, a federal district, five major unincorporated territorie ...

Water Polo Water polo is a competitive team sport played in water between two teams of seven players each. The game consists of four quarters in which the teams attempt to score goals by throwing the ball into the opposing team's goal. The team with the ...

Awards established in 1976