Annual Report 2013 Usa Water Polo Annual Report 2013
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ANNUAL REPORT 2013 USA WATER POLO ANNUAL REPORT 2013 LETTER FROM THE CHAIRMAN USA WATER POLO: excess of expense. With our surplus we paid off the last remaining accumulated debt reflected in our unrestricted FORTY THOUSAND STRONG! net assets. Of course there is more to do, and we must still shepherd our resources carefully to meet the many ater polo is growing around the nation, needs of our members and national team programs. and USA Water Polo led the charge in 2013 by reaching nearly 40,000 mem- This year we put in place a stronger high performance bers. The California Interscholastic program that we believe will not only benefit our WFederation reported that water polo was the fastest national teams but also pay future dividends for our growing men’s varsity high school sport and second clubs by providing coaches and referees with greater fastest growing women’s sport. We also supported and opportunity for professional development. Database sanctioned high school all-star games in Texas, Georgia, refinements led to better compliance, ensuring that Tennessee and Florida. SplashBall programs continued rosters were correct and the rules of the game upheld. to form not only within USAWP clubs but also at other A terrific new Masters newsletter is getting the word multisport organizations around the nation. Taken to- out to our Masters community, and we invested more gether, this is hard evidence that water polo is gaining to reach new markets and help members and prospec- MISSION in participation and popularity. tive members across the nation. Your organization is in solid financial condition. This was John Hendrickson stepped off the board of directors af- our sixth consecutive year with a surplus of revenue in ter nearly four years of service. I want to thank John for his excellent contributions. John always represented STATEMENT the best interests of our clubs and our athletes. I also want to acknowledge the service of our current board, SA Water Polo, Inc. is a non-profit corpo- 2013 Board of Directors a truly remarkable group of people committed to water ration designated as the sport’s national polo’s growth and success. governing body by the United States Michael Graff Jeremy Laster CHAIRMAN DIRECTOR We are grateful to our members and supporters. Our Olympic Committee (USOC). family of contributors rose by 50 percent this year—a U Ryan Bailey Ellen Estes Lee strong endorsement of our mission. The generosity ATHLETE REPRESENTATIVE ATHLETE REPRESENTATIVE of so many in our sport who volunteer their time and MISSION STATEMENT: RoAnn Costin Victoria B. Rogers money is truly remarkable, and we deeply appreciate DIRECTOR DIRECTOR their contributions. The Mission of USA Water Polo shall be to grow the Richard Esterkin William Smith DIRECTOR SECRETARY Thank you for your help and for the opportunity to sport of water polo throughout the United States and serve our sport. win medals in Olympic, World Championship, and John Hendrickson Robert Sternfels DIRECTOR DIRECTOR Pan American Games. Board Member RoAnn Costin hosted a Mother’s Day brunch for 100 water polo moms of the participating teams at the NCAA Women’s Water Polo Championship at Harvard. RoAnn is seen here with Chairman Mike Graff, Secretary Bill Smith, Harvard Athletic Director Bob Scalise, CEO Chris Michael Graff Ramsey and women’s national team coach Adam Krikorian. Chairman, Board of Directors 2 www.usawaterpolo.org www.usawaterpolo.org 3 USA WATER POLO ANNUAL REPORT 2013 2013 US MEN’S SENIOR NATIONAL TEAM 2013 US WOMEN’S SENIOR NATIONAL TEAM NAME POSITION HGT COLLEGE CLUB NAME POSITION HGT COLLEGE CLUB Tony Azevedo ^! © Attacker 6-1 Stanford NY Athletic Club Tumua Anae ! Goalkeeper 5-11 USC '10 SOCAL Bret Bonanni Attacker 6-3 Stanford 2016 Stanford Betsey Armstrong ^ ! Goalkeeper 6-1 Michigan 2005 NY Athletic Club Alex Bowen Attacker 6-5 Stanford 2015 Stanford Kate Baldoni Goalkeeper 5-10 Stanford Stanford Shea Buckner ! Attacker 6-1 USC 2010 NY Athletic Club Matt DeTrane Lt. Attacker 6-5 Pepperdine 2013 NY Athletic Club KK Clark Defender 6-2 UCLA 2012 NY Athletic Club Greg Enloe Defender 6-5 UC Irvine SOCAL Kami Craig ^ ! Center 5-11 USC 2009 Santa Barbara WPF Tim Hutten ^ ! Defender 6-5 UC Irvine 2008 Newport WPF Annika Dries ! Center 6-1 Stanford 2013 SET JW Krumpholz ^ Center 6-3 USC NY Athletic Club Carmen Eggert Attacker 5-10 UC Davis Davis Water Polo Club Griffin Lerman Defender 6-3 UC Irvine Newport WPF Rachel Fattal Attacker 5-9 UCLA 2016 SOCAL JP MacDonell Attacker 6-0 Pepperdine 2009 Olympic Club John Mann ! Center 6-6 UC Berkeley 2007 NY Athletic Club Ashley Grossman Center 5-11 Stanford 2015 LA Water Polo Merrill Moses Goalie 6-4 Pepperdine 2000 NY Athletic Club Sami Hill Goalkeeper 5-11 UCLA 2015 Santa Barbara WPF Alex Obert Center 6-5 Pacific 2015 Sac Polo Jillian Kraus Attacker 5-10 UCLA 2008 NY Athletic Club Justin Parsons Goalkeeper 6-6 UC Berkeley Core Courtney Mathewson ! Attacker 5-7 UCLA 2008 NY Athletic Club Chancellor Ramirez Attacker 6-2 UCLA Bruin Paul Reynolds Attacker 6-1 UCLA Bruin Kelly Mendoza Defender 5-9 USC 2015 Diablo Water Polo Michael Rosenthal Attacker 6-3 USC 2013 Raider Water Polo Kiley Neushul Attacker 5-8 Stanford 2015 Santa Barbara WPF Jeff Schwimer Center 6-4 Stanford NY Athletic Club Colleen O'Donnell Attacker 5-10 USC 2014 LA Water Polo Jon Sibley Goalkeeper 6-6 UC Berkeley 2015 Lamorinda Priscilla Orozco Attacker 5-7 UCLA 2011 Commerce Collin Smith Attacker 6-1 UC Berkeley CORE Kelly Rulon # ! Attacker 5-11 UCLA '07 NY Athletic Club Andy Stevens Goalkeeper 6-3 LMU 2011 NY Athletic Club Jon Walters Attacker 6-5 USC Trojan Melissa Seidemann ! Defender 6-0 Stanford 2012 Stanford Chris Wendt Defender 6-3 UCLA 2014 Bruin Lolo Silver Attacker 5-9 Stanford 2009 NY Athletic Club Janson Wigo Attacker 6-3 Stanford NY Athletic Club Maggie Steffens ! Defender 5-8 Stanford 2016 Diablo Water Polo Mitch Wise Attacker 6-2 UC Irvine Newport WPF Monica Vavic Attacker 5-8 USC 2015 Trojan Water Polo © Captain Danielle Warde Defender 5-11 UC Irvine 2015 SOCAL ! 2012 Olympian (London, England) - 8th Place Finish ^ 2008 Olympian (Beijing, China) - 2nd Place Finish ! 2012 Olympian (London, England) - 1st Place Finish ^ 2008 Olympian (Beijing, China) - 2nd Place Finish Head Coach: Dejan Udovicic # 2004 Olympian (Athens, Greece) - 3rd Place Finish Assistant Coach: Jack Kocur Team Manager: Rick McKee Head Coach: Adam Krikorian Athletic Trainer: Matthew Brandt Assistant Coach: Dan Klatt Assistant Coach: Chris Oeding Team Manager: Jen Adams Athletic Trainer: Ashley Pierce 4 www.usawaterpolo.org www.usawaterpolo.org 5 USA WATER POLO ANNUAL REPORT 2013 THE YEAR IN REVIEW: 2013 or USA Water Polo, 2013 was a year year, reported $396,991 in net assets. Perhaps NET ANNUAL FINA/OLYMPIC of transition. Following our women’s most encouraging was a significant uptick in YEAR REVENUE MEMBERSHIP ± ASSETS FUND MEDALS gold medal performance from 2012, we membership to 39,715, a new high-water mark 2006 $ 3,931,118 $ (636,690) $ 93,319 26,991 1 further aligned our organization around for our federation. 2007 4,740,264 (728,351) 138,375 26,945 2 Fthe principles of Olympism, including a renewed Ф commitment to high performance, enhanced 2008 ◊ 5,053,880 (430,285) 447,049 26,873 4 services for our membership, a fresh investment 2009 5,467,340 71,135 341,097 30,928 3 in professional development, and the recruit- 2010 6,496,081 148,887 644,568 33,766 2 ment of outstanding individuals in key leadership 2011 7,654,133 369,223 711,952 35,750 1 positions. 2012 ◊ 8,774,557 289,462 690,145 35,794 2 Overall revenue following the Olympic year was 2013 8,312,190 396,991 577,348 39,715 * 1 $8,312,190. We were able to manage another ± total 12 month individual members positive change in net assets, retiring the last Ф FINA Jr. World Hosting Obligation from 2005 debt in our unrestricted funds. Since 2006, when ◊ Olympics USA Water Polo undertook governance reform, * Data reflects a change in membership accounting from a rolling average to the total number of individual USAWP has paid off all of its obligations and, this members who joined USAWP in a given year 6 www.usawaterpolo.org www.usawaterpolo.org 7 USA WATER POLO ANNUAL REPORT 2013 We began the year with a key strategic hire, Marty Junior World Championship, marking the first MEMBERSHIP PROGRAMS Samuels, who became the organization’s first Chief time we have won this competition since 2003. Operating Officer. An accomplished executive, The coaching staff selected this year for the next Overall, membership grew significantly in 2013, Samuels previously served as President of Quiksil- quadrennial is: for the first time approaching 40,000 members. ver, Americas. He has brought us a wealth of man- The numbers for growth benefited from a tech- agement experience and a keen focus on competi- Junior Men Junior Women nical change in the way members are counted, tive excellence. This also was the first full year for Head Coach: Alex Rodriguez Dan Klatt going from our past approach of using a rolling Stephanie London Krogius, hired at the end of 2012, Assistant Coach: Brian Flacks Brandon Brooks average to now reporting the total number of to put her stamp on our advancement effort. Aaron Chaney individuals signing up for membership during the course of the year. photographs of the champions, promoting the value We secured the long-term commitment of two Youth Men Youth Women of how club and high school programs can work world-class water polo coaches to lead our senior Head Coach: Brett Ormsby Marcelo Leonardi together.