ANNUAL REPORT USA WATER POLO ANNUAL REPORT LETTER FROM THE CHAIRMAN FIRST OLYMPIC GOLD FOR support was bolstered by a special restricted fund WOMen’s WATER POLO IN 2012 established in 2011 to help support our players in the Olympic year. We closed out that fund in 2012, exactly as planned, which contributed an additional s you know, Team USA won its first ever gold $179,474 for our athletes to support their training. medal in Olympic women’s water polo at the The accounting for this fund added to revenue in XXX Olympiad in London. That success was A 2011, but added to expense in 2012. When exclud- the culmination of the work many of you have done ing the impact on our financial statement of this for our federation in helping our athletes, coaches restricted fund, our result for the year was a surplus and staff members achieve Olympic gold. Congrats of nearly $100,000. to all who supported and to our champions! We have no debts. Revenue grew by almost a mil- Water polo is a team game, and our national lion dollars to nearly $8.75 million and our overhead, governing body has many team members. In 2012, and general and administrative expenses were un- more members joined our federation than ever der control at 13% of revenue. Our policy remains before --- nearly 36,000. We believe our member- that we invest in our sport to the level our revenues ship reflects a growing trend across the nation, allow. There are many more investments we would with water polo clubs and programs opening in MISSION like to make and growing revenues will help us to new states from Tennessee to Alaska and con- do more for our members. tinued growth in our core west coast base. Our growth has provided a new challenge: creating This year we welcomed Victoria Rogers and Ryan more professional development and educational STATEMENT Bailey to the board of directors. Ryan was also opportunities. Through programs like ODP, we are elected as the new Athletes’ Advisory Committee sharing more skills across a broader geography SA Water Polo, Inc. is a non-profit corpora- MISSION STATEMENT: representative to the US Olympic Committee. Ed than ever before. We are also looking for new ways Reynolds’s term as a director expired this year. Ed tion organized for the purpose to serve to create playing opportunities for all age groups served two terms and made a major impact on our as the national governing body for the The Mission of USA Water Polo shall be to grow the from Splashball for the youngest to our masters U federation and board. We thank him for his service. athletes. sport of water polo in the United States under the sport of water polo throughout the United States and He always represented the best interests of our auspices of the United States Olympic Committee win medals in Olympic, World Championship, and clubs and our athletes. From a financial perspective, 2012 marked our (USOC). Pan American Games. fifth consecutive year with a surplus of revenue We are grateful to our members and supporters in excess of expense. For those that review our who have made USA Water Polo a gold medal-win- financial performance, summarized in Form 990 ning federation on a sound fiscal footing. The many posted on our website, you will see that the form volunteers in our clubs make excellence possible 2012 Board of Directors reflects a deficit. This is because our national team and we are thankful to our major events volunteers Michael Graff John Hendrickson Sandy Nitta William Smith for their selfless dedication and efforts. CHAIRMAN DIRECTOR DIRECTOR SECRETARY Thank you for your help and for the opportunity RoAnn Costin Jeremy Laster Edward Reynolds Robert Sternfels DIRECTOR ATHLETE REPRESENTATIVE DIRECTOR DIRECTOR to serve our sport. Richard Esterkin Ellen Estes Lee Victoria B. Rogers DIRECTOR ATHLETE REPRESENTATIVE DIRECTOR Michael Graff Chairman, Board of Directors 2 www.usawaterpolo.org www.usawaterpolo.org 3 USA WATER POLO ANNUAL REPORT 2012 US Men’s SENIOR NATIONAL TEAM 2012 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 '03 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 Attacker 6-5 New York Athletic Club USC '10 Tanya Gandy Attacker 5-7 S.D. Shores Water Polo Club UCLA '09 Peter Hudnut ^ Defender 6-5 New York Athletic Club Stanford '03 (BA), '11 (MBA) Sami Hill Goalkeeper 5-1 Santa Barbara WP Foundation UCLA '15 Tim Hutten ^ Defender 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 Chay Lapin Goalkeeper 6-6 Shore Aquatics UCLA '09 Heather Petri *#^! Attacker 5-11 New York Athletic Club UC Berkeley '02 John Mann ~ Center 6-6 New York Athletic Club UC Berkeley '07 Kelly Rulon #! Attacker 5-11 S.D. Shores Water Polo Club UCLA '07 Merrill Moses ^ Goalkeeper 6-3 New York Athletic Club Pepperdine '00 Melissa Seidemann ! Center 6-0 Stanford WP Foundation Stanford '12 Jeff Powers #^ Defender 6-7 Newport WP Foundation UC Irvine '03 Lauren "Lolo" Silver Attacker 5-9 New York Athletic Club Stanford '09 Jesse Smith #^ Utility 6-4 New York Athletic Club Pepperdine '05 Jessica Steffens ^! Utility 6-0 New York Athletic Club Stanford '09 Andy Stevens Goalkeeper 6-3 New York Athletic Club LMU '10 Margaret Steffens ! Defender 5-8 Diablo Water Polo Monte Vista H.S. Peter Varellas ^ Left-Handed Attacker 6-3 The Olympic Club Stanford '06 Brenda Villa *#^©! Attacker 5-4 Commerce/Olympic Club Stanford '03 Adam Wright #^ Attacker 6-3 New York Athletic Club UCLA '01 Lauren Wenger ^! Utility 6-3 New York Athletic Club USC '06 Elsie Windes ^! Defender 5-10 Tualatin Hills WPC UC Berkeley '07 Coaches © Captain Head Coach - Terry Schroeder ~ 2009 World Championship team Assistant Coach - Robert Lynn © Captain Coaches ^ 2008 Olympian (Beijing, China) - 2nd Place Finish Assistant Coach - Marco Palazzo 2012, 2011 & 2010 WLSF - 1st Place Head Coach - Adam Krikorian # 2004 Olympian (Athens, Greece) - 7th Place Finish Team Manager - Rick McKee 2011 Pan American Games - 1st Place Assistant Coach - Dan Klatt * 2000 Olympian (Sydney, Australia) - 6th Place Finish Trainer - Karen Bloch 2010 World Cup - 1st Place Assistant Coach - Heather Moody ! 2012 Olympian (London, England) - 1st Place Finish Team Manager - Jennifer Adams ^ 2008 Olympian (Beijing, China) - 2nd Place Finish Trainer - Shannon Walker # 2004 Olympian (Athens, Greece) - 3rd Place Finish * 2000 Olympian (Sydney, Australia) - 2nd Place Finish 4 www.usawaterpolo.org www.usawaterpolo.org 5 USA WATER POLO ANNUAL REPORT 6 www.usawaterpolo.org www.usawaterpolo.org 7 USA WATER POLO ANNUAL REPORT 8 www.usawaterpolo.org www.usawaterpolo.org 9 USA WATER POLO ANNUAL REPORT THE YEAR IN REVIEW 2012 MEMBERSHIP PROGRAMS Membership continued to grow in the Olympic allow all to watch our Olympic teams competing LONDON OLYMPIAD year, with our largest Junior Olympics in history in London. taking place simultaneous to the Olympiad in This year will forever be remembered as the London. Nearly 800 teams went through JO Feedback from JO’s was among the best ever, first year in the history of our women’s program Qualification tournaments around the nation and with high marks accorded for the venues, sched- where we captured the Olympic Gold medal. 549 teams travelled to Stanford for the finals. ule and special elements that make JO’s truly Led by Coach Adam Krikorian and his staff, a More than eight thousand athletes participated the largest and most exciting water polo tourna- remarkable team of women overcame every ob- in the JO’s in 2168 games held over eight days in ment of its kind. stacle to stand on the Olympic podium, hands 24 different venues, with the cham- over hearts, and listen to the Star Spangled pionships taking place at the Avery Banner. It was a moment that was accom- Aquatic Center at Stanford Univer- plished not only by the athletes but by many, decades) were the ones who delivered when sity. This was the first year for birth many people over many years. Our clubs, our the pressure was greatest. date verification of members, which pipeline programs, our sponsor partners and ensured that all players competed our donors, our staff, our board of directors, Our men’s national team, mostly intact from in the proper age groups. Positive and our coaches and officials all contributed their remarkable run to a silver medal at the Coaching Alliance workshops were elements that led to ultimate success. And of Beijing Olympic Games, started fast in London, held for coaches. A Jumbotron was course, our athletes---duly commited to excel- winning their first three games. However, their set up at the championship venue to lence (some of whom pursued this goal for bid ultimately fell short, finishing eighth overall. 10 www.usawaterpolo.org www.usawaterpolo.org 11 USA WATER POLO ANNUAL REPORT Masters nationals was CONSISTENT TOP LINE RESULTS hosted at the William FINA/OLYMPIC Woollett Jr. Aquatics YEAR REVENUE NET ASSETS ANNUAL FUND MEMBERSHIP ± MEDALS Ϯ Center.