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Annual Report 2011 Anusanu Water Poloalreport2 011 USA Water Polo ANNUAL REPORT 2011 AnUSAnu Water PoloalReport2 011 2011 Board of Directors Michael Graff CHAIRMAN RoAnn Costin DIRECTOR Richard Esterkin DIRECTOR John Hendrickson DIRECTOR Jeremy Laster ATHLETE REPRESENTATIVE Ellen Estes Lee ATHLETE REPRESENTATIVE Sandy Nitta USAWP Board of Directors (left to right): Richard Esterkin, Edward Reynolds, Ellen Estes Lee, Michael Graff, William Smith, DIRECTOR Jeremy Laster, Robert Sternfels, RoAnn Costin, Sandy Nitta and John Hendrickson Edward Reynolds DIRECTOR William Smith 2011: A Solid Year SECRETARY Robert Sternfels 2011 marked another year that USA Water Polo 2011 was another year of prudence in our DIRECTOR made progress on its dual mission to both financial performance. We had another small grow the sport and to win medals in inter- surplus. We have no debts. Revenue grew by national competition while being financially almost a million dollars to over $7.6 million and prudent. Our membership grew to more than our overhead, and general and administrative 35,000, up almost 2000 members from 2010. expenses were under control at 11% of rev- We added new masters and age group com- enue. Our policy is to invest in our sport to the petitions, and significantly expanded Junior level our revenues allow. Olympics and The Olympic Development Program (ODP) again. We now have people Because of your generosity and the support of working with local clubs, high schools and col- the USOC, we were able to fully fund our na- leges in the Southeast and the Midwest. We tional teams’ training programs as well as our plan to deploy more people around the country pipeline and Olympic Development programs. to foster year-round play and increased com- We also significantly improved the quality of petition as funds allow. We continue to invest many events, especially the Junior Olympics in referee training and evaluation as well as in and Masters National tournaments. Our board coach development to improve the quality of remained stable this year, and I want to thank the training and competition experience for our each of our directors for their voluntary service, members. financial contributions and many other selfless contributions to our sport. 2011 was a gut check for USA Water Polo on the international stage. Although our women Thank you for your help and for the opportunity captured a gold medal at the FINA World to serve our sport. Mission Statement League Super Final, both our men and women USA Water Polo, Inc. is a non-profit corporation The Mission of USA Water Polo shall be unfortunately finished without a medal at the organized for the purpose to serve as the to grow the sport of water polo throughout the FINA World Championships in Shanghai. Im- national governing body for the sport of water United States and win medals in Olympic, World portantly, we won gold medals for both men polo in the United States under the auspices of Championship, and Pan American Games. and women at the Pan American Games in the United States Olympic Committee (USOC). Guadalajara, which qualified us to participate in Michael Graff the XXX Olympic Games in London. Chairman, Board of Directors 2 www.usawaterpolo.org www.usawaterpolo.org 3 AnUSAnu Water PoloalReport2 011 2011 US MEN’S SENIOR NATIONAL TEAM 2011 US WOMEN’S SENIOR NATIONAL TEAM Name Position Hgt Club College Name Position Hgt Club College Brian Alexander ~ Attacker 6-3 The Olympic Club UC Santa Barbara '05 Tumua Anae Goalkeeper 5-11 SOCAL USC '10 Tony Azevedo *#^© Attacker 6-1 New York Athletic Club Stanford '05 Betsey Armstrong ^ Goalkeeper 6-1 New York Athletic Club Michigan '05 Ryan Bailey *#^ Center 6-6 Newport WP Foundation UC Irvine '98 Kami Craig ^ Center 5-11 Santa Barbara WP Foundation USC '10 Layne Beaubien #^ Defender 6-6 New York Athletic Club Stanford '99 Annika Dries Center 6-1 Saddleback El Toro Stanford '13 Shea Buckner 2M Defense 6-5 New York Athletic Club USC '10 Tanya Gandy Attacker 5-7 S.D. Shores Water Polo Club UCLA '09 Tim Hutten ^ Center Defense 6-5 Newport WP Foundation UC Irvine '08 Courtney Mathewson Attacker 5-7 New York Athletic Club UCLA '08 JW Krumpholz ^ Center 6-3 New York Athletic Club USC '10 Juliet Moss Defender 6-1 New York Athletic Club SJSU '09 Merrill Moses ^ Goalkeeper 6-3 New York Athletic Club Pepperdine '00 Heather Petri *#^ Attacker 5-11 New York Athletic Club UC Berkeley '02 Jeff Powers #^ Defender 6-7 Newport WP Foundation UC Irvine '03 Kelly Rulon # Attacker 5-11 S.D. Shores Water Polo Club UCLA '07 Jesse Smith #^ Defender 6-4 New York Athletic Club Pepperdine '05 Melissa Seidemann Center 6-0 Stanford WP Foundation Stanford '12 Andy Stevens Goalkeeper 6-3 New York Athletic Club LMU '10 Lauren "Lolo" Silver Attacker 5-9 New York Athletic Club Stanford '09 Peter Varellas ^ Left-Handed Attacker 6-3 The Olympic Club Stanford '06 Jessica Steffens ^ Utility 6-0 New York Athletic Club Stanford '09 Adam Wright #^ Attacker 6-3 New York Athletic Club UCLA '01 Margaret Steffens Defender 5-8 Diablo Water Polo Monte Vista H.S. Chay Lapin Goalkeeper 6-6 New York Athletic Club UCLA '09 Brenda Villa *#^© Attacker 5-4 Commerce/Olympic Club Stanford '03 Peter Hudnut ^ Defender 6-5 New York Athletic Club Stanford '03 (BA), '11 (MBA) Lauren Wenger ^ Utility 6-3 New York Athletic Club USC '06 Elsie Windes ^ Defender 5-10 Tualatin Hills WPC UC Berkeley '07 © Captain Coaches: © Captain Head Coach - Terry Schroeder st Coaches: ~ 2009 World Championship team 2011 Pan American Games - 1 Place Assistant Coach - Robert Lynn st Head Coach - Adam Krikorian nd 2010 and 2011 WLSF - 1 Place ^ 2008 Olympian (Beijing, China) - 2 Place Finish Assistant Coach - Marco Palazzo 2010 World Cup - 1st Place Assistant Coach - Dan Klatt # 2004 Olympian (Athens, Greece) - 7th Place Finish Team Manager - Rick McKee ^ 2008 Olympian (Beijing, China) - 2nd Place Finish Assistant Coach - Heather Moody * 2000 Olympian (Sydney, Australia) - 6th Place Finish Trainer - Kyle Knox # 2004 Olympian (Athens, Greece) - 3rd Place Finish Team Leader - Jennifer Adams * 2000 Olympian (Sydney, Australia) - 2nd Place Finish Trainer - Shannon Walker 4 www.usawaterpolo.org www.usawaterpolo.org 5 AnUSAnu Water PoloalReport2 011 The Year in Review: 2011 Upward Trend Our women’s senior national team captured the gold medal at the FINA World League Super Final. Both In this year leading up to the 2012 Olympic Games in London, USA Water Polo continued its trend of our men’s and women’s teams captured gold medals at the Pan American Games in Guadalajara, which growing its membership base, fielding strong national teams and refining our programs to provide qualified them for the 2012 Olympic Games in London. Unfortunately, neither our men nor women were greater member value. able to medal at the FINA World Championships in Shanghai, China. Still, our pipeline teams competed successfully around the world and our Olympic Development Program fielded a record number of partici- SwimOutlet.com Junior Olympics in Irvine, Califor- pants, which we believe lays a concrete foundation for future results. USA Water Polo Annual Revenue nia set records for participation and raised the $9,000,000 bar for quality. The Junior Olympic tournament is Our 2011 general and administration costs is 11.06%. This ratio compares favorably with other national $8,000,000 the largest water polo event in the world. Many governing bodies. improvements to this year’s tournament were $6,000,000 Year Revenue Net Assets Annual Fund Member- FINA/Olympic the result of a comprehensive outreach to clubs, ship ± Medals Ϯ $4,000,000 coaches, officials, athletes and parents to take the 2006 $ 3,900,018 $ (636,690) $ 93,319 26,991 1 $2,000,000 event to a new level of excellence. As a result, we improved our tournament format, reinstituting 2007 Ф $ 4,709,511 $ (728,351) $ 138,375 26,945 2 $0 2008 ◊ $ 5,024,824 $ (430,285) $ 447,049 26,873 4 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 the “back door” of double elimination. We spent a great deal more time securing commitments in 2009 $ 5,431,042 $ 71,135 $ 341,097 30,928 3 advance and publishing tournament information, 2010 $ 6,533,252 $ 148,887 $ 644,568 33,766 2 such as venues and hotels, earlier on a special JO website. We invested more in referee operations, 2011 $ 7,654,133 $ 369,223 $ 711,952 35,580 1 including a “pay for performance” system, and required mandatory training for all score table person- nel. We adopted FINA standards, including 30 2012 (Forecast) $ 8,699,406 meter courses where appropriate, for our older age ± total 12 month individual members groups. And we paid more attention to production Ϯ Most total Olympic/World Championship water polo medals won by any nation during period values such as the vendor village, team introduc- Ф FINA Jr. World Hosting Obligation from 2005 tions and medal ceremonies. ◊ Olympics Virtually every aspect of Junior Olympics went The 2011 year marked another financially solid performance, in which we raised annual revenues 17% and finished the year with an increase in net assets of $220,336. Our total assets for 2011 were $1,808,822, up from $1,349,611 in 2010. up in member satisfaction from the previous year. When aggregating top categories from member evaluations, 80% of responders rated nearly all areas “very good” or “excellent.” 6 www.usawaterpolo.org www.usawaterpolo.org 7 AnUSAnu Water PoloalReport2 011 Hall of Fame Marketing, Sponsorship and Fundraising Sponsorship Water Polo is a special community and we added many new sponsors to our family in 2011. Among our new partners are American Pistachio Growers, Bare Fruit Snack Chips, Capital One, InterConti- nental Hotels Group, Keystone Industries (Pro- Form Mouthguards), Malibu Wellness, PowerBar, SwimOutlet.com and Turbo US.
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