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DATE Sept. 3 Sept. 3 Sept. 9 Sept. 9 Sept. 10 Sept. 10 Sept. 11 Sept. 23 Sept. 24 Sept. 25 Sept. 30 Oct. 7 Oct. 8 Oct. 8 Oct. 9 Oct. 15 Oct. 21 Oct. 23 Oct. 23 Oct. 29 Oct. 29 Nov. 4 Nov. 5 Nov. 6 Nov. 18-20 Dec. 1 Dec. 3-4
TIME 11:00 am 5:20 pm 1 pm 6 pm 9:15 am 2:15 pm 7:30 am TBA TBA TBA 7:30 pm 3 pm 12:40 pm 5:20 pm Noon Noon 1 pm 10:40 am 2:40 pm 10:30 am 7:30 pm 2 pm 1 pm Noon TBA TBA TBA
OPPONENT Cal Lutheran Univ.^ UC Santa Barbara^ UCLA (exh.)% Princeton Univ.% George Washington Univ.% Harvard Univ.% St. Francis College (N.Y.)% at Mountain Pacific Invite# at Mountain Pacific Invite# at Mountain Pacific Invite# UC San Diego* Loyola Marymount Univ.* Pomona-Pitzer University of Redlands Pepperdine Univ. Santa Clara Univ.* at UC Davis* Navy! Bucknell! Fresno Pacific Univ.* Chapman Univ. Cal Baptist* Concordia Claremont-Mudd Scripps WWPA Tournament NCAA Play-in Game NCAA Championships
SITE San Diego, Calif. San Diego, Calif. Princeton, N.J. Princeton, N.J. Princeton, N.J. Princeton, N.J. Princeton, N.J. Berkeley, Calif. Berkeley, Calif. Berkeley, Calif. USAFA, Colo. Los Angeles, Calif. Claremont, Calif. Claremont, Calif. Malibu, Calif. USAFA, Colo. Davis, Calif. Saratoga, Calif. Santa Clara, Calif. USAFA, Colo. USAFA, Colo. Riverside, Calif. Irvine, Calif. Claremont, Calif. Santa Clara, Calif. Berkeley, Calif. Berkeley, Calif.
^ Triton Tournament at UC San Diego, La Jolla, Calif. % Princeton Tournament in Princeton, N.J. # Mountain Pacific Invitational in Berkeley, Calif. & Gary Troyer Tournament in Claremont, Calif. ! Rodeo Tournament in Santa Clara, Calif. * Western Water Polo Association match HOME MATCHES are at the Cadet Natatorium - USAFA, Colo. FREE ADMISSION for all Air Force water polo home matches. All times are local to site Dates and times subject to change
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QUICK FACTS / TABLE OF CONTENTS GENERAL INFORMATION Location ........................................ USAF Academy, Colo. Founded...................................................................... 1954 Enrollment ................................................................ 4,000 Nickname ...............................................................Falcons Colors........................................................ Blue and Silver Superintendent ...............Lt. Gen. Michelle D. Johnson Athletic Director ....................................... Jim Knowlton Athletic Department Phone .................... 719-333-4008 COACHING STAFF Head Coach ............................................... Jeff Heidmous Alma Mater ..................................................USAFA, 1977 Career Record/Years ............................... 308-297-1/22 Air Force Record/Years ...........................................Same Heidmous’ Phone...................................... 719-333-2792 Heidmous’ Email ..................jeff.heidmous@usafa.edu Assoc. Head Coach ............Ryan Brown (Pacific, 2000) Athletic Trainer ............................................... Lisa Smith Strength and Conditioning Coach...... Mike McFadden TEAM INFORMATION Conference .............................................................. WWPA Western Water Polo Association Facility .................................................Cadet Natatorium 2015 Overall / Conf. Record ...........12-19 / 2-4 (T4th) 2015 Final National Ranking ...................................16th Letterwinners Returning ..............................................14 ATHLETIC MEDIA RELATIONS Asst. AD/Media Relations/Water Polo ..... Dave Toller Toller Office:.............................................. 719-333-3478 Toller Cell: ................................................ 719-396-0955 Email ............................................ dave.toller@usafa.edu Website ........................................goairforcefalcons.com Mailing Address ......................2169 Field House Drive, ............................................................. USAFA, CO 80840
TABLE OF CONTENTS Quick Facts/Table of Contents ..................................... 1 Head Coach Jeff Heidmous ........................................... 2 Assoc. Head Coach Ryan Brown ................................... 3 2016 Water Polo Outlook............................................... 4 2016 Roster ...................................................................... 5 Meet the Falcons ........................................................ 6-17 A Championship Season - 2012 .................................18 2015 Stats / Results......................................................19 Year-by-Year Records ...................................................20 Record Book ............................................................. 21-22 All-Americans .................................................................23 ACWPC All-Academic Team ........................................24 Honors/Awards ....................................................... 25-26 All-Time Letterwinners ........................................... 27-28 Falcon Facilities .............................................................29 All-Time Series ...............................................................30 Championship Results .................................................31 All-Time Results ...................................................... 32-39 Air Force Academy ........................................................40 Academy Leadership ....................................................41 Director of Athletics ....................................................42 Air Force Athletics ........................................................43 The Falcon.......................................................................44 CREDITS: The 2016 Air Force Water Polo media guide is a product of the Air Force Academy athletic media relations office. Editorial content, layout and design by Asst. AD/Media Relations Dave Toller. Additional editing by the water polo coaches and the athletic media relations staff. Photographs provided by Team DMI, Russ Backer, Paat Kelly and the families of the water polo players. ON THE COVER: Featured on the front cover are seniors Max Benson, Eric Curia, Brett Fogelberg, Zach Kamai, Bryce Leiter, Riley Quinlan and Erik Whyte
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COACHING STAFF
JEFF HEIDMOUS HEAD COACH
SEVENTH SEASON (24TH OVERALL) | (USAFA, 1977) Jeff Heidmous, the winningest coach in program history, is in his seventh year back at the helm of the Air Force water polo team. Heidmous returned to lead the Falcons’ water polo program in 2010 after spending the previous 11 years working as an administrator in the Air Force athletic department. Overall, he is in his 24th season at the head coach of the Falcons with an overall record of 308-297-1. In his first six seasons back with the Falcons, Air Force has compiled a 78-95 overall record. Last season, Air Force was the No. 5 seed in the WWPA Tournament, but ended up placing third at the conference championships. The Falcons were 16th in the nation in 2015 and 15th in 2014. Air Force had a breakout season in 2012, capturing their first WWPA Championship since 1994 and earning a trip to the NCAA Championship. The 2012 Falcons, who registered a 19-12 overall mark, posted their best-ever NCAA finish, taking fourth place at the national tournament, as Heidmous was tabbed the WWPA Coach of the Year for the third time in his career. Heidmous has coached 14 All-Americans during his career. Last season, Riley Thomas earned honorable mention All-America and first-team all-conference honors. The Falcons had a pair of players-Cruz Smithson and Josh Stedman--who earned honorable mention All-America accolades in 2012, with Smithson leaving the Academy as the fifth-leading goal scorer in Academy history. Meanwhile, Stedman earned his second honorable mention All-America nod in 2013, surpassing Smithson’s career goal mark and becoming just the third multiple All-America selection in program history. Stedman was selected to the U.S. Senior National Team and was in the Air Force’s World Class Athlete Program (WCAP). Heidmous, a 1977 USAFA graduate, began his Air Force coaching career in 1981, before heading to UC Santa Barbara in 1985 to pursue his graduate degree. While at UCSB, he helped coach the Gaucho water polo team, assisting them to a fourth-place finish in the NCAA Tournament, while earning his master’s degree in exercise physiology. He then returned to the Academy in 1986, where he coached until his military retirement in 1999. During his first 17-year tenure, Heidmous posted a 232-202-1 overall ledger. All 23 of his teams have finished the season nationally ranked in the top 20, including 16 top-15 rankings and five top-10 finishes. Before his arrival in 1981, no Air Force water polo team had ever been nationally ranked. In addition, between 1988 and 1996, Heidmous led the Falcons to nine straight appearances in the Western Water Polo Association championship game (then a conference record), winning a pair of WWPA titles (1990 and 1994). His 1994 team compiled a perfect 12-0 record in conference action. Heidmous has also led five teams to the NCAA Championship tournament and coached 14 players to 18 All-America citations. During his tenure, 40 players have earned a total of 68 All-WWPA selections, while four players earned league MVP accolades.
THE HEIDMOUS FILE HOMETOWN Lompoc, Calif. EDUCATION Undergraduate: U.S. Air Force Academy, 1977 B.S. in Management Graduate: UC Santa Barbara, 1987 M.S. in Exercise Physiology PLAYING EXPERIENCE U.S. Air Force Academy • Four-year letterwinner (1973-76) • Team captain/team MVP (1976) COACHING EXPERIENCE U.S. Air Force Academy • Head Coach, 1981-84 UC Santa Barbara • Assistant Coach, 1985 U.S. Air Force Academy • Head Coach, 1986-98 U.S. Air Force Academy • Head Coach, 2010MISCELLANEOUS • Chairman of NCAA Men’s Water Polo Championships Committee, 2010 • Inducted as a coach into USA Water Polo Hall of Fame in 2002 • Three-time WWPA Coach of the Year (1990, 1994, 2012) • Won three WWPA Championships (1990, 1994, 2012) • Led Falcons to five NCAA Tournament appearances (1981, 1986, 1990, 1994, 2012) • Coached five top-10 nationally ranked teams and 14 All-Americans
Heidmous’ players have also been recognized for their academic achievement, with a total of 53 academic all-conference honors (29 players) and eight honorees on the ACWPC All-Academic Team (16 awards), including 2011 team captain Danny Harold. Four of Heidmous’ players captured Academy Major Awards. David Chaney and Brian Pendergast were both recipients of the Athletic Excellence Award, the Academy’s second-highest athletic achievement award. Ted Baudendistel earned the Athletic Leadership Award, presented annually by the Commandant of Cadets to the cadet-athlete displaying the highest traits of character and leadership, while Don Sheesley was presented with the Scholar-Athlete Award, recognizing the Academy’s top graduating scholar-athlete. Heidmous also served as the head coach for the 1987 and 1988 U.S. Junior National Development water polo teams, winning two Can-Am-Mex tournaments, and led the South team at the 1990 and 1995 U.S. Olympic Sports Festivals, earning a silver medal in 1995. In 1987 he was honored as one of the original cadre of Elite-Level coaches certified by USA Water Polo and was later selected to the national team coaching pool from 1990-1994. During his first stint with the Falcons, Heidmous arguably developed the top collegiate program outside of California. In his last nine seasons (19901998), Air Force shocked the NCAA water polo world with 18 victories over more advantaged Mountain Pacific Sports Federation (MPSF) programs (23 total wins since 1981), more MPSF victories than all the other non-California teams combined, and five top-10 national rankings. For his coaching achievements, involvement in USA Water Polo, and contributions to the growth of water polo outside of California (especially at the collegiate level) he was inducted as a coach into the USA Water Polo Hall of Fame in 2002. In 2007, Heidmous was selected to the NCAA Men’s Water Polo Championships and Rules Committees and subsequently voted in as the Chair of the Championships Committee for 2010. Heidmous is one of three brothers to play water polo for the Falcons. All three brothers were four-year starters and earned team captain and team MVP honors as seniors. He and his older brother, Walt (Class of 1976), were members of Air Force’s first NCAA tournament team in 1974, while his younger brother, Phil (Class of 1980), was a member of Air Force’s 1978 and 1979 NCAA Tournament teams. Heidmous and his wife, Barb, have three children: Jodi (33), Bryan (31) and Briget (27).
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RYAN BROWN
ASSOCIATE HEAD COACH SIXTH SEASON | (PACIFIC, 2000)
Ryan Brown enters his sixth season with the Air Force water polo team and his third as the associate head coach. With his arrival at the Academy, Brown brought more than a decade of experience coaching at the high school, college and national levels. Brown has made an immediate impact on the Falcons’ program, particularly at the goalkeeper position, as he coached 2013 graduate Mike Fish to second-team All-Western Water Polo Association honors. Fish, who became just the second Air Force goalie in the past nine seasons to earn all-conference accolades, was also a first-team WWPA all-tournament selection and set the Falcons’ single-season record for saves per game (12.77). Prior to his arrival at the Academy, Brown spent five years as an assistant for the USA Men’s Senior National Water Polo Team, working with the program from 2006 until 2010. In 2008, Brown helped guide the U.S. team to a silver medal at the Summer Olympics in Beijing, its best showing in 20 years. Starting in 2009, Brown also served as the head coach of the USA Junior National Water Polo Team. Brown also spent four seasons as the head women’s water polo coach at the University of the Pacific prior to working with the men’s national team. In 2005, he led the Tigers to their highest win total in program history. Meanwhile, Brown also served as an assistant coach for the men’s team during the 2002 season and in 2003, served as the assistant men’s coach for the USA World University Games team. Brown, a two-year starting goalkeeper for the Tigers during his collegiate career, graduated from Pacific in 2000 with a bachelor’s degree in business administration, while receiving his MBA from UOP in 2001. During his time at Pacific, he started a water polo club team, serving as director and head coach from 1999 until 2006. Brown also served as the boys’ youth director and head coach for the SoCal Water Polo Club, as well as an assistant coach for the boys’ and girls’ water polo teams at Foothill High School in Santa Ana, Calif. Brown currently resides in Monument with his wife, Rebekah, and their sons, Reese (8) and Russell (5), along with two dogs (Dozer and Jewlz) and a cat (Wicket).
SUPPORT STAFF
LT. COL. JOHN SMITH Officer Representative
CAPT. DAVID WON Officer Representative
LISA SMITH Athletic Trainer
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MIKE MCFADDEN Strength and Conditioning Coach
DONALD THORNTON Manager
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2016 SEASON OUTLOOK How go you see Air Force stacking up in the conference this season?
After a strong finish to the 2015 season, the Air Force water polo team enters the 2016 season with a veteran squad. Last season, after several close losses, the Falcons were the fifthseed in the Western Water Polo Association Championships, hosted at the Academy. The Falcons rallied for a third-place finish and will look to build on that this season.
“We were picked third in the WWPA preseason coaches poll which is about what I expected. Our goal every year, like it is for every WWPA team, is to win the conference. Time will tell, but I think we can make a stronger push this year than we have the last three years.”
Q & A With Head Coach Jeff Heidmous
How does the team’s offense look this season?
What are the strengths of this season’s team?
“Our goal is to have balanced scoring. Our best teams have always been when seven or eight guys finish the year with double digits in goals and assists. I think we have a chance to create that type of balance this year.”
How does the team’s defense look this season?
Your thoughts on the strength of the schedule this season? “On paper, I like our schedule. It’s a good mix of games. We strive to schedule about 10-15 percent of our games above and below our level of play. Then balance the remaining 70-80 percent at our level. If we want a winning record, we need to win more than our share of these evenly matched games, which is what every competitor wants. We will be forced to perform at a high level to win. We are playing on the east coast for the first time in the fall. We have been going back east for spring training, so playing in the fall should be fun. And for the second year in a row, we are playing Navy at a neutral site. Service Academy games are always exciting and it looks like we are set to make the Air Force-Navy water polo game an annual event at a neutral site in California. The WWPA continues to get stronger, especially with the influx of more foreign players, so all our conference games will be very competitive. “
ZACH KAMAI
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“We had far too many defensive breakdowns last fall. Teams make us work for every goal we get, but we seemed to hand our opponents two to three “unearned runs” every game. It’s a work in progress, but if we can improve our defensive concentration and discipline, we can make defense a real strength for this team. That’s our challenge this fall. If we want to compete for a championship, we have to play championship defense.”
ERIC CUJRIA
Your thoughts on this year’s senior class? “We have seven seniors, which is the most we’ve enjoyed since 2012 and all seven have been great. They bring an incredible attitude and work ethic every day. Team chemistry and commitment is a strength this fall and it’s all because of their leadership.”
RILEY QUINLAN
“Nine of our top returning players are junior and seniors. That is the most returning upperclassmen since we won the WWPA Championship in 2012. Without red-shirts, transfers, or foreign players to more quickly bolster our roster, our best teams have always been laden with upperclassmen. We don’t have the natural talent level of most other teams, so we have to play well together. As expected, the longer we are together the better we execute and the more competitive we are.”
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2016 WATER POLO ROSTER No. 1 1A 1C 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 17 18 19 21 23 24 25
Player Max Benson James Rydjeski Phillip Rich Riley Quinlan (C) Zack Kamai Kevin Hansen Erik Whyte Garrett Fisk Reagan Pittman George Millard Luke Andres Brett Fogelberg Eric Curia Mike Miller Jacob Roberts Eric Kawecki Riley Thomas Max McDonald Jack Empey Owen Sedej Stanley Ocheskey Edward Smet Bryce Leiter Ryan Dorris Justin Harrison Nathan Kuypers Alec Niederland Head Coach: Associate Head Coach: Manager:
Pos. GK GK GK UT DF UT AT C AT UT AT AT UT AT UT AT UT AT UT AT DF AT AT DF C GK AT
Ht. 6-4 6-4 6-1 6-3 6-1 5-10 5-9 6-5 5-10 5-11 6-0 6-1 6-4 6-0 6-2 5-10 6-4 5-10 6-1 5-10 6-7 6-0 5-9 6-1 6-3 6-4 5-10
Wt. 203 188 178 204 218 183 165 216 170 220 177 185 193 170 192 152 194 150 212 172 190 184 170 182 203 165 182
Yr. Sr. So. Fr. Sr. Sr. Fr. Sr. Jr. Fr. So. Fr. Sr. Sr. Fr. Fr. Fr. Jr. Fr. Jr. Fr. So. So. Sr. So. Jr. So. So.
Hometown (High School) Ann Arbor, MI (Pioneer) Newport Beach, CA (Edison) League City, TX (Clear Falls) Los Altos, CA (Bellarmine College Prep) Irvine, CA (Irvine) Redwood City, CA (St. Francis) Irvine, CA (University) Davis, CA (Davis Senior) Irvine, CA (Woodbridge) La Puente, CA (Los Altos) Rancho Cucamonga, CA. (Los Osos) Merced, CA (Merced) Naperville, IL (Naperville North) Tustin, CA (Tustin) Fresno, CA (Clovis West) Rancho Cucamonga, CA (Los Osos) Laguna Beach, CA (Laguna Beach) Hemet, CA (Hemet) Arroyo Grande, CA (Arroyo Grande) San Diego, CA (Poway) Hood River, OR (Hood River Valley) Orangevale, CA (Jesuit) Villa Park, CA (Villa Park) Long Beach, CA (Lakewood) Huntington Beach, CA (Edison) San Diego, CA (Scripps Ranch) Huntington Beach, CA (Edison)
Jeff Heidmous – 7th/24th year (USAFA, 1977) Ryan Brown – 6th year (Pacific, 2000) Donald Thornton
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Pronunciation Guide
Seniors (7) Benson, Curia, Fogelberg, Kamai, Leiter, Quinlan, Whyte
Luke Andres ........................... AWN-drays
Juniors (4) Empey, Fisk, Harrison,Thomas
Brett Fogelberg ....................... FOE-gull-burg
Sophomores (7) Dorris, Kuypers, Millard, Niederland, Ocheskey, Rydjeski, Smet
Eric Kawecki ........................... KUH-weck-ee
Freshmen (9) Andres, Hansen, Kawecki, McDonald, Miller, Pittman, Rich, Roberts, Sedej
George Millard ........................ muh-LARD
Eric Curia................................. kerr-EE-uh Jack Empey ............................. EM-pee Zack Kamai ............................. kuh-MY Nathan Kuypers ..................... KY-purrs Bryce Leiter ............................. LEE-turr Alec Niederland ..................... NEE-durr-land Stanley Ocheskey ................... oh-CHESS-key James Rydjeski....................... ry-JESS-key Owen Sedej ............................. SUH-day
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MEET THE RETURNERS - TEAM CAPTAIN
2 Riley Quinlan UT, 6-3/204, Sr. Los Altos, Calif. (Bellarmine College Prep)
2015: Played in 28 games ... had 12 goals, 12 assists and 18 steals. 2014: Played in 30 games ... had 32 points on 19 goals and 13 assists ... seventh on the team in goals and points ... sixth on the team with 13 assists ... two goals against UC Davis and St. Francis. 2013: Played all 20 games of the season, one of which he started ... named to the WWPA allfreshman team ... recorded four goals and three assists for seven points on the season. High School: Earned two varsity letters for water polo ... team captain as a senior ... first-team WCAL and CCS D1 honoree in 2012 ... 2012 CCS All-Star ...team won the CCS Championship in 2011 and 2012 ... played for the College Park club team ... also lettered two years in swimming. Personal: Member of cadet squadron 30 ... son of Roger and Cathy Quinlan ... grandfather played baseball at Santa Clara, while uncle, Matthew, played tennis at UCLA ... major is civil engineering ... includes basketball as a hobby ... favorite quote: “You have to have the desire to be a champion.” -Larry Rogers ... this past summer, completed the powered flight program and also served as a commander during basic training ... is the Group One honor chairman in his squadron ... on the dean’s list and commandant’s list once each ... at the age of 17, survived a shark attack ... greatest individual moment in sports was winning the conference championship as a junior and celebrating with coach Larry Rogers ... greatest team moment was winning the conference title senior year ... long-term goal is to work as a civil engineer in the Air Force and then own his own company ... uncle, Matt Quinlan, played professional tennis ... grandfather served in the Army ... hobbies are hiking, water and snow skiing and anything outdoors.
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1 Max Benson GK, 6-4/203, Sr. Ann Arbor, Mich. (Pioneer)
2015: Played and started in 18 games ... made a team-high 194 saves ... season-high 18 saves against Pacific ... made 11 saves in the win over No. 16 Navy ... nine saves in the win over Whittier ... 16 saves in the win over No. 8 UC San Diego ... 11 saves in win over Cal Baptist ... made 10 saves in the win over Fresno Pacific in the WWPA Tournament. 2014: Played in 28 games and started 26 of them ... made 266 saves on the season ... ranked second in the conference with 10.62 saves per game ... named the Kap7 Western Water Polo Association player of the week, Oct. 15, as he helped lead the Falcons to three wins ... made 69 saves in the five games ... recorded 12 saves each against No. 4 USC and No. 12 Pepperdine ... 15 saves in the win over No. 20 St. Francis and 10 saves in the win over No. 17 Loyola Marymount ... made a career high 20 saves in the 14-10 win over Pomona-Pitzer, including three saves on five-meter penalty shots. 2013: Played six games between the pipes, four of which he started ... recorded 39 saves and one steal for the 2013 season ... recorded a season best of 12 saves in a single game against No. 15 Loyola Marymount. High School: Earned four varsity letters for water polo ... All-American ... played for the Great Lakes and A2 Water Polo Clubs ... member of the Midwest Zone ODP team ... also lettered four years in swimming. Personal: Member of cadet squadron 2 ... graduated from the Academy Prep School ... son of Peter Benson and Heidi Robb ... three uncles (John, Jim and Joel Robb) all attended the Academy ... major is biology ... hobbies include eating and traveling ... this past summer, completed the powered flight program and also worked basic cadet training ... has been on the commandant’s list three times for military excellence ... greatest individual moment in sports was earning All-America honors in high school ... greatest team moment was winning the state title as a senior ... long-term goal is to go to dental school ... both parents, both grandparents, several aunts and uncles have served in the military ... plans to go to pilot training after graduation.
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11 Eric Curia AT, 6-4/193, Sr. Naperville, Ill. (Naperville North)
2015: Named honorable mention all-Western Water Polo Association ... played and started all 29 games ... third on the team in goals (38), assists (19) and steals (31) ... two goals vs. UC Santa Barbara, Cal Lutheran and San Jose State .... two steals vs. San Jose State and UC Davis ... four goals, one assist and two steals in win over Navy ... four steals vs Pepperdine ... three goals and two steals in win over Whittier .... three goals and three steals against UC Davis .... three assists and three steals against Fresno Pacific in the WWPA Championships. 2014: Played and started all 30 games ... ninth on the team with 22 points on nine goals and 13 assists ... also had 12 steals ... two goals against Redlands, Whittier and Fresno Pacific. 2013: Played in three games and recorded one assist. High School: Earned four varsity letters for water polo ... team captain as a junior and senior ... two-time first-team all-state selection ... All-American selection in 2012 ... runner-up Illinois State player of the year (2013) ... second all-time in IHSA for most goals in a single season ... sectional MVP in 2012 and 2013 ... played for the West Suburban Water Polo Club ... member of the Midwest Zone ODP team ... chosen for the 2013 ODP National Selection and Training camp ... also lettered four years in swimming. Personal: Member of cadet squadron 28 ... son of Mike and Kim Curia ... father played basketball at Christian Brothers College ... major is civil engineering ... hobbies include playing water polo; spending time with family and friends; playing basketball, playing golf, eating and sleeping ... favorite quote is: “Great moments are born from great opportunity. This is your time, now go out there and take it.” - Herb Brooks ... this past summer, he served as an honor cadre for the Cadet Wing and during Basic Cadet Training, working with investigative teams, interpreting cases and educating cadets on the foundations of honor and character ... on the athletic’s list five times and the commandant’s list once ... long-term goal is to become a civil engineering officer in the Air Force ... was a high school AllAmerican in both water polo and swimming ... scored 162 goals in one water polo season, the second most goals in Illinois state history ... plans to go into the civil engineering career field after graduation ... has an uncle that served in the Navy.
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10 Brett Fogelberg AT, 6-0/185, Sr. Merced, Calif. (Merced)
2015: Played in nine games ... had two goals, three assists and three steals. 2014: Played in five games and had two goals. 2013: Earned a JV letter. High School: Earned four varsity letters for water polo ... three-year starter ... scored 308 career goals, including 130 in senior season ... two-time team captain and team MVP ... two-time first-team all-conference selection ... Central California Conference MVP in 2012 ... two-time Merced County Water Polo Player of the Year ... All-CIF San Joaquin Section honoree in 2011 and 2012 ... played for BAM club team ... also lettered four years in swimming and two years in wrestling ... two-time team MVP in swimming ... conference champion in both 50 free and 100 free in 2012 and 2013 ... set school and conference record in the 50 free ... two-time CIF San Joaquin Section bronze medalist in the 50 free ... 2012 Merced County and Stanislaus District swimmer of the year ... four-time academic all-conference honoree in both water polo and swimming ... class salutatorian ... Eagle Scout. Personal: Member of cadet squadron 26 ... son of Val and Cheri Fogelberg ... father, Val, played football at University of Wisconsin-Whitewater, while grandfather played golf at South Dakota State ... both parents are teachers ... older brother is currently a firefighter in the Air Force ... major is economics ... would like to become a special tactics officer after graduation ... hobbies include snowboarding, wakeboarding and ping pong ... favorite quote: “I must be willing to give up what I am in order to become what I will be.” -Albert Einstein ... on the athletic’s list four times and dean’s list once ... greatest individual moment in sports was breaking the school’s 50 freestyle record ... greatest team moment was going undefeated in conference his senior year.
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3 Zack Kamai DF, 6-1/218, Sr. Irvine, Calif. (Irvine)
2015: Played in all 29 games ... sixth on the team in goals (23), fifth in assists (13) and fifth in steals (21) ... two goals vs. San Jose State and Whittier ... two goals and two steals in win over UC San Diego ... three assists vs. Pepperdine ... two goals and two steals vs Santa Clara ... two goals vs Chapman ... three steals vs. Fresno Pacific in win in WWPA tournament. 2014: On medical leave from the Academy. 2013: Played in 20 games … notched five goals and two assists on the season … also recorded four steals. High School: Earned three varsity letters for water polo … two-time first-team All-Pacific Coast League honoree and two-time first-team All-Irvine City selection … second-team all-league and all-city honoree in 2008 … reached CIF post-season playoffs all three years … played for the Kahuna Water Polo Club and International Water Polo Club … also a member of the 2009-10 ODP SoPac Zone Junior Team and the 2008-09 ODP SoPac Zone Youth Team … won an ODP Youth Team national championship in 2008-09 … also lettered four years in swimming. Personal: Member of cadet squadron 11 … son of Marold and Kristen Kamai … attended Northwestern Preparatory School before coming to the Academy … majoring in behavioral science ... this past summer, worked as a safety medical officer and in the Cadet Wing operations center ... greatest moment in sports was winning the WWPA title his freshman year ... would like to work in the intelligence career field after graduation ... uncle and grandfather are both retired Army.
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24 Bryce Leiter AT, 5-9/170, Sr. Villa Park, Calif. (Villa Park)
2015: Played in 22 games and started in 12 ... had four goals, five assists and was eighth on the team with 14 steals. 2014: Played in 24 games and had four assists and two steals. 2013: Earned a JV letter ... saw action in two contests. High School: Earned three varsity letters for water polo ... team captain as a senior ... three-time league champion ... played for the Orca Aquatics club team ... also lettered four years in swimming. Personal: Member of cadet squadron 26 ... attended Northwestern Preparatory School ... son of Rob and Maleia Leiter ... brother, Robby, played water polo at Cal ... major is management ... hobbies include surfing, mountain biking and cooking ... favorite quote: “Bloom where you are planted.” -D. Durbeck ... this past summer, taught honor lessons to the incoming freshman class and also taught gun safety to other cadets in the ESET program ... on the dean’s list and commandant’s list one semester ... is the Group Three safety officer ... plans to work in the acquisitions career field after graduation.
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5 Erik Whyte AT, 5-9/165, Sr. Irvine, Calif. (University)
2015: Did not compete. 2014: Played in 19 games and had five goals, five assists and five steals. 2013: Played in one game. High School: Earned four varsity letters for water polo ... two-time team captain ... recipient of Hardest Worker Award in 2012 and Coaches Award in 2011 ... first-team all-city and all-league and third-team All-CIF in 2011 ... second-team All-Pacific Coast League in 2012 ... played for the Socal Water Polo club team ... National Junior Olympic 16U All-American in 2011 ... third-place at 16U Junior Olympics (2011) ... first-place at 18U US Club Championships (2012) ... placed fifth at 18U Junior Olympics in 2012 ... also lettered four years in swimming. Personal: Member of cadet squadron 32... son of Keith and Jennifer Whyte ... major is management ... this past summer, completed the powered flight program and also worked the assault course during Basic Cadet Training ... has been on the athletic’s and commandant’s list.
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18 Jack Empey
UT, 6-1, 212, Jr. Arroyo Grande, Calif. (Arroyo Grande)
6 Garrett Fisk
C, 6-5, 216, Jr. Davis, Calif. (Davis Senior)
2015: Did not see any game action.
2015: Played in all 29 games ... finished the season with 33 goals, fifth on the team ... also had 10 assists and 12 steals.
2014: Played in 19 games and started one ... 13 points on five goals and eight assists. High School: Lettered three years in water polo and volleyball ... first-team all-league and first-team All-CIF Div. IV as a junior and senior ... third-team all-section as a senior and sixth-team all-section as a junior ... USA Water Polo All-American and USA Water Polo Academic All-American as a senior ... Junior Olympics qualifier, ODP regional champs and honorable mention All-American as a junior ... second-team all-league as a sophomore and junior Olympics qualifier ... played club for Coastal Zone. Personal: Son of Jim and Karen Empey ... father played volleyball at Cal Poly ... member of cadet squadron 7 .. major is meteorology and hopes to work in the weather career field ... hobbies are surfing and snowboarding ... favorite quote: “Not all who wander are lost” -unknown.
2014: Played in 30 games and had 15 goals and one assist ... eighth on the team in goals ... also had 13 steals ... four goals in the season opener against fourth-ranked Cal ... also had two goals against UC Davis and USC. High School: Lettered three years in water polo and swimming ... one of 13 athletes selected nationwide to represent the U.S.A. in Buenos Aires, Argentina, at the Pam American Youth Men’s Water Polo Championship (U-17) ... played a key role in earning a silver medal and a berth to the Youth Men’s FINA World Championship in Istanbul, Turkey ... ODP National Team Selection Camp from 2011-2014 ... Central Zone Cadet Team from 2010-2013 ... Greater Sacramento Region All-City Athlete 2013, 2014 ... 2013 High School All-American second team ... 2013 Sac-Joaquin All-Section MVP ... 2013 Delta Valley Conference Player of the Year ... 2013 Davis Senior HS Water Polo MVP ... 2012 Sac-Joaquin First-Team ... 2012 and 2013 Sac-Joaquin Section Final Champions ... played club for Davis Water Polo Club ... played for the Central Zone ODP team. Personal: Son of Henry and Linda Fisk ... member of cadet squadron 4 ... hobbies are radio controlled aircraft and being a Special Olympics coach ... would like to pursue a career as a pilot ... favorite quote: “There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning through failure.” -Gen. Colin Powell .. this past summer, went to Schriever AFB, Colo., to learn about space operations ... also worked Basic Cadet Training.
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15 Riley Thomas
UT, 6-4, 194, Jr. Laguna Beach, Calif. (Laguna Beach)
2015: An honorable mention AllAmerican and first-team all-WWPA selection ... played and started in 28 games ... led the team with 46 goals and was second with 26 assists and 47 steals ... scored two goals in a game 11 times ... three goals against Long Beach State, Fresno Pacific, Concordia, Chapman and Brown ... season high four steals against Chapman ... career high four goals in the win over Cal Baptist in the third-place game of the WWPA Tournament ... seven goals, five assists and six steals in the WWPA Tournament to earn all-tournament team honors. 2014: Played in all 30 games ... fifth on the team with 43 points on 20 goals and 23 assists ... scored two goals in a game five times ... career best three assists against St. Francis .. two assists or more in a game four times ... four steals vs. Cal Baptist. High School: Lettered four years in water polo and two in swimming ... All-CIF in 2010 and 2012 ... second-team allcounty in 2011 and 2012 ... all-Irvine in 2010 ... played club for SET Water Polo. Personal: Member of cadet squadron 32 ... son of Stephen Thomas and Missy Hughes ... hobby is snowboarding ... major is systems engineering aeronautics... this past summer, went to Kirtland AFB, N.M., on Operation Air Force and also worked Basic Cadet Training ... is an element leader in his squadron ... has been on the superintendent’s list twice ... is an element NCO in his squadron ... on the athletic’s list ... greatest individual moment was playing the U18 Junior Olympic Championship ... graduated from the USAFA Prep School in 2014 ... plans to work in the space acquisitions career field after graduation ... grandfather was an aviator in the Navy during WWII.
25 Ryan Dorris
DF, 6-1, 182, So. Long Beach, Calif. (Lakewood HS) 2015: Played in six games.
High School: Four-time letterman in water polo and swimming … played for Coach Bahram Hojreh … first-team All-League and team MVP three times ...Lakewood Youth Hall of Fame Performer of the Year for water polo in 2013 and 2014… six-time scholar athlete. Personal: Member of cadet squadron 16 … son of Mort and Julie Dorris ... major is undeclared ... has one brother … credits his parents and his brother with the greatest impact on his athletic career … greatest individual moment of his athletic career was scoring 11 goals in a single game to bring his team to victory … greatest team moment was placing fifth at the Junior Olympics … two grandfathers served in the Air Force and had a great uncle and grandfather serve in the Army ... this past summer, completed Expeditionary Survival and Evasion Training and also learned to fly drones in the unmanned aircraft program.
8 George Millard
UT, 5-11, 220, So. La Puente, Calif. (Los Altos HS) 2015 Played in 14 games and had eight goals and three steals.
High School: Four-year letterman in water polo and swimming … All-CIF SS Div. 5 third team as a freshman ... second team as sophomore and first team, as junior and senior … all-CIF Div. 5 finalist junior and senior year … second-team All-Hacienda league freshman year ... first-team All-Hacienda league as a junior and senior. Personal: Member of cadet squadron 3 … son of George and Aline Millard ... has two older sisters … major is aeronautical engineering and plans to attend pilot training … greatest individual moment in sports was scoring the game-winning goal in the last seconds to win league finals … greatest team moment in sports was beating La Serna HS, a team they typically struggled against in the CIF semi-finals … credits his club water polo coaches with the greatest influence on his athletic career ... this past summer, completed Expeditionary Survival and Evasion Training and the soaring program ... on the dean’s list once.
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21 Stanley Ocheskey
DF, 6-7 / 172, So. Hood River, Ore. (Hood River)
23 Edward Smet
AT, 6-0 / 182, So. Orangevale, Calif. (Jesuit)
2015: Did not see any game action. High School: Lettered two years in water polo ... as a junior, named team offensive player of the year and was honorable mention all-conference ... first-team all-conference and player of the year as a senior .. team placed second in the Oregon state championships ... named first-team all-tournament at the state tournament ... member of National Honor Society ... named citizen of the year as a sophomore. Personal: Member of cadet squadron 36 … son of Brent and Emily Ocheskey ... has one younger sister ... major is management ... greatest individual moment in sports was being named conference player of the year ... greatest team moment was placing second at state tournament ... credits his high school water polo coach as having the greatest influence on his sports career ... this past summer, completed Expeditionary Survival and Evasion Training and the unmanned aerial program ... hobbies are fly fishing and bow hunting ... father is an Oregon state patrolman ... long-term goal is to fly remotely piloted aircraft ... great grandfather served in the Army Air Corps ... great uncle served in the Air Force.
2015: Named to the WWPA All-Rookie Team ... played in 28 games ... the Falcons’ top scoring freshman with 19 goals, 11 assists and seven steals ... ranked eighth overall on the team in goals and assists. High School: Lettered three years in water polo ... as a senior, was first-team All-American, first-team all-league, team MVP and team offensive MVP ... team was sectional champions. Personal: Member of cadet squadron 27 … son of David and Lisa Smet ... has one younger brother … considering a major in civil engineering and plans to attend pilot training.
1B James Rydjeski
GK, 6-4, 185, So. Newport Beach, Calif. (Edison) 2015: Did not see any game action. High School: Three-time letterman in water polo ... one letter in swimming … team captain as a sophomore ... first-team all-league as a junior ... third team all-conference and first-team all-league as a senior.
Personal: Member of cadet squadron 2 … son of Randall and Melissa Rydjeski, with three siblings … major is undeclared ... long-term goal is to be an air liaison officer ... has been on the dean’s list once ... this past summer, completed Expeditionary Survival and Evasion Training and the parachute program.
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9 Luke Andres
14 Eric Kawecki
High School: Earned four varsity letters for water polo ... played for the Foothill Water Polo club … high school team won the Baseline League championship twice in his four years and placed second the other two years … second team all-league twice and first-team all-league as a senior … named the Los Osos High School Male Athlete of the Year as a senior … club team placed third at the Junior Olympics in 2013 and 2014.
High School: Earned four letters in water polo … played for the Foothill club team … played for the Coastal California ODP team … team won two CIF championships, two Silver medals at the Junior Olympics, two Bronze medals at the Junior Olympics and two Gold medals at the Ironman Championships ... Academic All-American.
AT, 6-0, 177, Fr. Rancho Cucamonga, Calif. (Los Osos)
Personal: Member of cadet squadron 20 ... son of Art and Bridget Adams ... major is undecided … older brother, Nolan, is a second lieutenant in the Air Force and is attending medical school … older brother, Ben, plays water polo at Long Beach State …favorite quote is “you miss 100 percent of the shots you don’t take” – Wayne Gretzky
AT, 5-10, 152, Fr. Rancho Cucamonga, Calif. (Los Osos)
Personal: Member of cadet squadron 26 … son of Maria Kawecki … father, Steven, is deceased … plans to major in management … long-term goal is to work in security forces and then for the California State Patrol… hobbies are surfing and hanging out with friends … favorite quote is “limits, like fears, are often just an illusion” --- Michael Jordan
17 Max McDonald
4 Kevin Hansen
AT, 5-10, 150, Fr. Hemet, Calif. (Hemet)
UT, 5-10, 183, Fr. Redwood City, Calif. (St. Francis)
High School: Lettered three years in swimming and two in water polo ... water polo team was the league cochampions as a junior and senior ... in swimming, won the league title in the backstroke ... earned scholar-athlete honors in seven of the eight semes-
High School: Earned three letters in both water polo and swimming … played for the Stanford club. Personal: Member of cadet squadron 36 .. son of Roger and Maryann Hansen … plans to major in engineering … hobby is carpentry.
ters. Personal: Member of cadet squadron 19 ... son of Pat and Jill McDonald ... has three older siblings ... father is a West Point graduate ... mother also served in the Army ... major is economics ... plans to go to pilot training after graduation ... greatest moment in sports was scoring the game-winning goal in the first round of the CIF his senior year ... hobby is anything to do with cars and going to the beach.
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12 Mike Miller
... was a regional finalist swimming the 200 IM and 500 free three times ... president of the National Honor Society ... academic all-state and All-American.
AT, 6-0, 170, Fr. Tustin, Calif. (Foothill) High School: Earned four letters in both water polo and swimming … played for the SoCal club team … two-time high school All-American in water polo … two-time CIF champion … first-team all CIF twice … first-team all-league twice … earned two Bronze medals in the 14U
Personal: Member of cadet squadron 12 ... son of Phillip and Sara Rich ... considering a major in either physics or astronautical engineering ... long-term goal is to be a test pilot ... participated in choir and theatre in high school ... hobbies are singing, cooking and lifting weights.
13 Jacob Roberts
UT, 6-1, 192, Fr. Fresno, Calif. (Clovis West)
Junior Olympics. Personal: Member of cadet squadron 31 ... son of Tim and Julie Miller … major is undecided … long-term goal is to be a pilot … favorite quote is “accept the challenge so that you may feel the exhilaration of victory” – George Patton … hobby is surfing ... greatest moment in sports was scoring the game-winning goal in quadruple overtime in the CIF finals ... great uncle survived the attack on Pearl Harbor.
7 Reagan Pittman
AT, 5-10, 170, Fr. Irvine, Calif. (Woodbridge)
High School: Earned four letters in water polo and two in swimming … played for the SoCal club team and the SOPAC ODP team … named first-team all-league as a senior … club team placed fifth at the 2013 Junior Olympics … ODP team placed third at regional championships ... earned National Junior Olympics All-American honors ... high school team captain and MVP ... scholar-athlete and academic All-American all four years. Personal: Member of cadet squadron 24 … son of William and Danielle Pittman … plans to major is management … long-term goal is to work in the intelligence field … hobby is playing pickup basketball … favorite quote is “you miss 100 percent of the shots you don’t take” – Wayne Gretzky … father played golf at the University of Mississippi, uncle, John Cleve, swam at Notre Dame … cousin, Nikki Moran, played soccer at Michigan ... one grandfather served in the Army in WWII while his other grandfather served in the Marines.
1C Phillip Rich GK, 6-1, 178, Fr. League City, Texas (Clear Falls HS)
High School: Earned two letters in water polo and four in swimming … swimming team won the league title all four years and was CIF Champions three times ... academic scholar of distinction ... played for the Clovis club … team placed second in the gold division at the 2014 Junior Olympics. Personal: Member of cadet squadron 26 … son of Derek and Lisa Roberts … major is mechanical engineering … long-term goal is to be a pilot … hobbies are shooting and working on cars … favorite quote is “this nation will remain the land of the free only as long as it is the home of the brave” – Elmer Davis ... numerous family members have served and retired in the military ... can play the trumpet, piano and guitar ... greatest moment in sports was winning the 100 free and 100 backstroke as a senior in the CIF Championships.
19 Owen Sedej
AT, 5-10, 172 Fr. San Diego, Calif. (Poway) High School: Earned four letters in water polo and three in swimming … played for the Del Mar club team … first-team all-conference in water polo as a senior … second-team all-CIF as a senior.
Personal: Member of Cadet Squadron 17 … son of John and Nancy Sedej … hobby is spearfishing … favorite quote is “there’s no talent here, this is hard work. This is an obsession.” – Conor McGregor … sister, Sorelle, played golf at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo.
High School: Earned four letters in swimming and water polo ... water polo and swimming team captain as a senior ... named the team’s defensive MVP twice
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2012 - A CHAMPIONSHIP SEASON
A CHAMPIONSHIP SEASON
Air Force reached a significant team goal in 2012, capturing its first Western Water Polo Association title since 1994 and its third all-time. With their championship run, the Falcons became the first team other than Loyola Marymount or UC San Diego to win the conference title since 1997. The Falcons entered the WWPA Championship, hosted by Whittier, as the third seed, facing sixth-seed Claremont-Mudd-Scripps in the opening game. With a 14-6 victory over the Stags, Air Force advanced to a semi-final match-up with second-seeded Loyola Marymount. In a back-and-forth game that was knotted at 9-9 midway through the final period, senior captain Brad Rajchel led the Falcons to victory with a game-winning goal at the 3:31 mark. The Falcons’ win over Loyola Marymount snapped an 18game losing streak against the Lions, as Air Force advanced to the WWPA Championship title game for the first time since 1999. The championship game pitted Air Force against top-seed UC San Diego, a team which had defeated the Falcons three times earlier in the season. This time, Air Force would come out on top, earning a 9-7 victory. The Falcons were in control for most of the game, leading as many as three with 3:10 to play. Despite a UCSD score with just 15 seconds on the clock, Air Force was able to hold on for the championship victory and the automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament. At the conclusion of the championship game, the WWPA All-Tournament team was announced. Seniors Mike Fish, Rajchel and Cruz Smithson were each named first-team honorees, while Garrrett Womack was named to the second team. In addition, Smithson was tabbed the tournament’s Most Valuable Player.
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2015 RESULTS
2015 SCHEDULE (12-17 overall, 2-4 WWPA) DATE Sept. 5 Sept. 5 Sept. 6 Sept. 6
OPPONENT #7 UC Santa Barbara^ #8 Pepperdine^ #5 Pacific #9 UC Irvine
TIME/SCORE L 7-8 L 5-10 L 9-18 L 8-10
Sept. 19 Sept. 19 Sun. 20 Sun. 20
#6 UC Santa Barbara & #13 San Jose State & #10 UC Davis & #11 UC San Diego &
L 7-10 W 11-8 L 7-10 L 15-16
Sept. 25 Sept. 26 Sept. 26 Sept. 27 Oct. 3 Oct. 10 Oct. 10 Oct. 11 Oct. 11 Oct. 16 Oct. 22 Oct. 25 Oct. 25 Oct. 31 Nov. 6 Nov. 8 Nov. 13 Nov. 14 Nov. 20 Nov. 21 Nov. 22
Cal Lutheran #15 Navy # 8 Pepperdine Whittier College #10 UC Davis * #8 Long Beach State % Concordia % #15 UC San Diego % #9 Pepperdine % Loyola Marymount * #14 UC San Diego * #19 Harvard# #11 Brown# Cal Baptist * Fresno Pacific * Santa Clara * Chapman University Concordia University Fresno Pacific #16 UC San Diego #20 Cal Baptist
W 14-7 W 17-11 L 10-14 W 13-9 L 10-11 (3 ot) L 8-9 W 23-10 W 10-5 L 6-16 L 10-13 L 7-12 L 8-9 L 8-10 W 13-10 L 14-16 W 11-9 W 16-15 W 9-8 W 11-10 L 8-10 W 12-8
^ Triton Tournament at UC San Diego, La Jolla, Calif. & Nor Cal Tournament at Stanford, Palo Alto, Calif. % So Cal Tournament at Pepperdine, Malibu, Calif. # Rodeo Tournament at Santa Clara Univ., Santa Clara, Calif. * Western Water Polo Association match @ WWPA Tournament at USAFA, Colo.
GOALS (307) Riley Thomas Justin Harrison Eric Curia Robby Stiefel Garrett Fisk Zack Kamai Ben Rogers Edward Smet Oliver Carter Riley Quinlan George Millard Bryce Leiter Scott McDill Jason Lee Brett Fogelberg Alec Niederland Ryan Dorris Conrad McCarthy
46 39 38 37 33 23 21 19 16 12 8 4 3 2 2 2 1 1
ASSISTS (190) Robby Stiefel Riley Thomas Eric Curia Oliver Carter Zack Kamai Ben Rogers Riley Quinlan Edward Smet Garrett Fisk Justin Harrison Bryce Leiter Jason Lee Brett Fogelberg Connor Colas Scott McDill Conrad McCarthy Alec Niederland
44 26 19 15 13 13 12 11 10 7 5 5 3 2 2 2 1
HOME MATCHES are at the Cadet Natatorium. FREE ADMISSION for all water polo home matches. All times are local to site Dates and times subject to change.
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STEALS (315)
Robby Stiefel Riley Thomas Eric Curia Oliver Carter Zack Kamai Caleb Guarino Riley Quinlan Bryce Leiter Max Benson Garrett Fisk Ben Rogers Justin Harrison Jason Lee Edward Smet Scott McDill Conrad McCarthy Ryan Dorris George Millard Brett Fogelberg Alec Niederland
62 47 31 24 21 20 18 14 14 12 10 9 7 7 5 4 3 3 3 1
SAVES (305)
Max Benson Caleb Guarino
194 111
GOALS AGAINST (315)
Max Benson Caleb Guarino
GAMES Max Benson Caleb Guarino Bryce Leiter Garrett Fisk Ben Rogers Eric Curia Riley Thomas Robby Stiefel Zack Kamai Oliver Carter Justin Harrison Riley Quinlan Conrad McCarthy Edward Smet Scott McDill Connor Colas Alec Niederland George Millard Ryan Dorris Brett Fogelberg Jason Lee Tanner Housken
191 124
G/GS 18/18 13/11 22/12 29/22 22/22 29/29 28/28 22/22 29/6 29/14 29/7 28/0 15/0 28/0 9/0 8/0 7/0 14/0 6/0 9/0 14/7 1/0
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SEASON-BY-SEASON RECORDS
SEASON BY SEASON YEAR 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 TOTAL
WON 15 13 16 20 11 15 13 13 8 7 13 7 8 9 9 8 12 17 13 20 24 10 10 19 20 14 12 16 21 14 12 16 18 8 12 14 15 17 18 13 11 19 6 15 12 580
LOST 9 10 6 6 7 7 6 8 8 8 10 8 13 13 15 19 17 10 11 8 8 12 14 11 10 10 16 12 12 13 13 12 10 22 15 17 14 15 14 18 17 12 14 15 17 494
TIED 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
PCT. .625 .565 .727 .769 .563 .682 .684 .636 .600 .467 .565 .467 .386 .455 .375 .296 .414 .630 .542 .714 .750 .455 .417 .633 .667 .583 .429 .571 .636 .519 .480 .571 .643 .267 .444 .452 .517 .531 .563 .419 .393 .613 .300 .500 .387 .539
COACH Capt. Jim Marett Maj. Paul Aehnlich Capt. Reggie Pasieczny Capt. Reggie Pasieczny Capt. Bruce Fisher Capt. Bruce Fisher Capt. Bruce Fisher Capt. Ryan Davis Capt. Ryan Davis Capt. Dennis Lombard Capt. Jeff Heidmous Capt. Jeff Heidmous Capt. Jeff Heidmous Capt. Jeff Heidmous Capt. Jim Hogue Capt. Jeff Heidmous Capt. Jeff Heidmous Maj. Jeff Heidmous Maj. Jeff Heidmous Maj. Jeff Heidmous Maj. Jeff Heidmous Maj. Jeff Heidmous Lt. Col. Jeff Heidmous Lt. Col. Jeff Heidmous Lt. Col. Jeff Heidmous Lt. Col. Jeff Heidmous Lt. Col. Jeff Heidmous Lt. Col. Jeff Heidmous Jeff Ehrlich Jeff Ehrlich Jeff Ehrlich Jeff Ehrlich Jeff Ehrlich Jeff Ehrlich Jeff Ehrlich Jeff Ehrlich Jeff Ehrlich Jeff Ehrlich Jeff Ehrlich Jeff Heidmous Jeff Heidmous Jeff Heidmous Jeff Heidmous Jeff Heidmous Jeff Heidmous
TEAM CAPTAIN(S) John Pate Jim Thompson Kelly Kemp Ben Phillips Walt Heidmous Jeff Heidmous John Wellsfry Mike Mullady Phil Heidmous Joe Wotton Keith Limbird Jeff Wilkerson Gerry Veldhuizen Bob Pickrell Mark Crosby/Tim Harris Dan Hancock Joe Roh/Cy Whinnery Mike Schlacter Mark Baudendistel Brad Kremer David Chaney Ted Baudendistel Don Sheesley Garrett Lowe John Christ Mackie Contreras Jay Reaves Rob Mattivi/Jason Nolting Mark McGill Charlie Toth/Wade Grabow Brian Hasbrouck Lowell Wallace Scott Butler Josh Jewett/Jared Jones Jeff Donaldson Danny Kimmich/Blake Pickell Justin Berry/Clark Condict Kevin Williams Jason Fung/Jack Hines Bobby Geiger Danny Harold Dillon Fisher/Brad Rajchel Josh Stedman/Max Reilly Dominic Vicino Oliver Carter
FINAL RANKINGS WWPA NATIONAL — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 12 — 13 — 14 — 14 — — — 15 6 19 2 14 2 11 1 10 2 12 2 10 2 13 1 10 2 9 2 9 3 17 2 13 2 13 3 18 4 20 3 16 3 14 7 19 9 — 7 17 3 14 6 20 6 17 5 20 5 20 1 T11 5 20 5 15 3 16
DID YOU KNOW ...? • 45 Seasons • 25 Winning Campaigns • Two WWPA Titles • Nine Straight Appearances in Western Water Polo Association Championship Game (1988-1996) • Air Force was an independent from 1971-86 and then joined the WWPA
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INDIVIDUAL CAREER RECORDS MOST GOALS 1. Ben Phillips (1971-74) 2. Brian Pendergast (1993-96) 3. Bobby Geiger (2007-10) 4. David Chaney (1988-91) 5. Josh Steadman (2010-13)
339 234 214 211 184
MOST ASSISTS 1. David Chaney (1988-91) 2. Alex Churnside (2006-09) 3. Murphey Morgan (2001-04) 4. Rob Mattivi (1995-98) 5. Robby Stiefel (2013-15)
INDIVIDUAL RECORDS MOST STEALS 1. Charlie Toth (1997-00) 2. Casey Wood (1996-99) 3. Alex Churnside (2006-09) 4. John Christ (1992-95) 5. Brian Pendergast (1993-96)
257 215 198 190 189
136 131 130 120 121
MOST SAVES 1. Walt Heidmous (1972-75) 2. Mike Fish (2009-12) 3. Craig Thomas (1993-96) 4. David Ostrom (2006-09) 5. Brandon Shroyer (2000-03)
792 707 690 674 612
MOST POINTS 1. Ben Phillips (1971-74) 2. David Chaney (1988-91) 3. Brian Pendergast (1993-96) 4. Bobby Geiger (2007-10) 5. Rob Mattivi (1995-98)
442 347 317 286 280
BEST SAVE PERCENTAGE 1. Walt Heidmous (1972-75) 2. Howie Redd (1988-91) 3. Mark Baudendistel (1987-90) 4. Brandon Shroyer (2000-03) 5. Mike Fish (2009-12)
.595 .569 .563 .559 .550
BEST SHOOTING PERCENTAGE 1. Gerry Veldhuizen (1980-83) 2. Ben Phillips (1971-74) 3. Roger Rechsteiner (1972-75) 4. Joe Wotton (1977-80) 5. Chad Simendinger (1997-2000)
.570 .499 .485 .466 .460
BEST SAVES/GAME AVERAGE 1. Mark Baudendistel (1987-89) 2. Mike Fish (2009-12) 3. Howie Redd (1988-91) 4. Don Sheesley (1990-93) 5. Walt Heidmous (1972-75)
10.82 10.40 10.03 8.43 8.43
BEN PHILLIPS (‘75)
BOBBY GEIGER (‘11)
WALT HEIDMOUS (‘76)
BRANDON SHROYER (‘04) SEASON RECORDS Most Goals 120, Ben Phillips (1972) Most Assists 56, Robby Stiefel (2014) Most Points 145, Ben Phillips (1972) Best Shooting Percentage .741, Gerry Veldhuizen (1981) Most Steals 98, Casey Wood (1999) Best Save Percentage .623, Walt Heidmous (1973) Best Save/Game Average 12.77, Mike Fish (2012)
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TOP 20 CAREER SCORERS
NAME (CLASS YEAR) 1. Ben Phillips (‘75) 2. David Chaney (‘92) 3. Brian Pendergast (‘97) 4. Bobby Geiger (‘11) 5. Rob Mattivi (‘99) 6. Alex Churnside (‘10) 7. Murphey Morgan (‘05)
YEARS PLAYED 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
GOALS 339 211 212 214 157 145 125
ATT. 680 460 470 519 322 416 429
PCT. .499 .459 .451 .412 .488 .349 .291
AST. 103 136 83 72 120 131 130
PTS. 442 347 317 286 280 276 255
8. Josh Stedman (‘14) 9. Bill Monroe (‘76) 10. Clark Condict (‘08)
4 4 4
184 166 169
421 368 544
.428 .451 .311
67 79 73
251 245 242
11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20.
4 4 4 4 3 4 3 4 3 4
176 162 147 131 142 137 87 88 110 128
448 374 359 230 334 315 238 272 342 350
.393 .433 .409 .570 .425 .435 .365 .324 .322 .366
64 70 78 86 74 73 121 110 86 55
240 232 223 217 216 210 208 198 196 195
Cruz Smithson (‘13) Steve Spanovich (‘89) Ted Baudendistel (‘93) Gerry Veldhuizen (‘84) Scott Butler (‘04) Rhett Binger (‘91) Robby Stiefel (‘17) Tyler Hewko (‘09) Chris Smith (‘03) Brad Downs (‘96)
#1 - BEN PHILLIPS (‘75) (442 pts.)
#3 - BRIAN PENDERGAST (‘97) (317 pts.)
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#2 - DAVID CHANEY (‘92) (347 pts.)
#4 - BOBBY GEIGER (‘11) (286 pts.)
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ALL-AMERICANS
1981 HM Gerry Veldhuizen
1988 HM Steve Spanovich
1994-95 HM 1996 Third Team Brian Pendergast
1995 HM John Christ
2003 HM Scott Butler
2012 HM Cruz Smithson
ALL-AMERICANS
1989 HM Mark Baudendistel
1998 HM Rob Mattivi
2004 HM Murphey Morgan
1990 HM Howie Redd
1990 Third Team 1991 HM David Chaney
1992 HM Ted Baudendistel
1999 HM Casey Wood
2000 HM Charlie Toth
2001 HM Chris Smith
2007 Third Team Clark Condict
2012-13 HM Josh Stedman
2014 HM Robby Stiefel
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2009 HM Alex Churnside
2010 HM Bobby Geiger
2015 HM Riley Thomas
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ACWPC ACADEMIC ALL-AMERICANSACWPC ALL-ACADEMIC ALL-AMERICANS
1994-95 Brad Downs
1995 John Christ
1995-96 Brian Groat
1995-97-98 Jason Nolting
1996-97-98-99 Mark McGill
1997-98-99-2000 Charlie Toth
1998-2000-01 David Breitenbach
1999-2000-01 Ben Couchman
1999 Greg Ebert
1999 Andres Guerra
2000 Wade Grabow
2000 Micah Peterson
2001 Brian Hasbrouck
2002-03 Brandon Shroyer
2002-03-04 Josh Jewett
2002-03-04 Chris Nary
2003-04-05-06 Danny Kimmich
2003-04-05-06 Kyle Schafer
2007 Kevin McDonald
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2007 Miles McMullan
2007 Chris Pace
2007-08-09 Andrew Strawbridge
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ALL-CONFERENCE
ALL-CONFERENCE /NATIONAL HONORS
ALL-WESTERN WATER POLO ASSOCIATION TEAM 1987 1988
1989 1990
1991 1992 1993 1994
1995
1996
1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015
First Team - Cy Whinnery; Honorable Mention - Joe Roh, Steve Spanovich Co-MVP - Steve Spanovich; First Team - David Chaney, Steve Spanovich; Second Team - Mark Baudendistel; Honorable Mention - Chris Greene First Team - Mark Baudendistel, David Chaney; Second Team Brad Kremer; Honorable Mention - D.C. Conroy, Chad Matheson MVP - David Chaney; First Team - David Chaney, Brad Kremer, Howard Redd; Second Team - Ted Baudendistel; Honorable Mention - Brad Reed First Team - David Chaney, Howard Redd; Second Team - Ted Baudendistel, Dan Farrington; Honorable Mention - Brad Reed First Team - Ted Baudendistel; Second Team - Dan Farrington, Brad Reed, Don Sheesley; Honorable Mention - Neil McCafferty First Team - Garrett Lowe, Don Sheesley; Second Team - Brian Pendergast; Honorable Mention - Trevor Davis MVP - Brian Pendergast; First Team - John Christ, Garrett Lowe, Brian Pendergast, Craig Thomas; Honorable Mention - Trevor Davis First Team - John Christ, Brian Pendergast, Craig Thomas; Second Team - Brad Downs; Honorable Mention - Mackie Contreras MVP - Brian Pendergast; First Team - Mackie Contreras, Brian Pendergast, Craig Thomas; Second Team - Rob Mattivi; Honorable Mention - Brian Groat First Team - Rob Mattivi; Second Team - Jason Golaboski, Jay Reaves; Honorable Mention - Jason Nolting First Team - Rob Mattivi, Jason Nolting; Honorable Mention Casey Wood First Team - Casey Wood; Second Team - Chad Simendinger, Charlie Toth; Honorable Mention - Mark McGill, Brent Reimer First Team - Chad Simendinger, Charlie Toth; Second Team Brent Reimer; Honorable Mention - Derek Argel First Team - Chris Smith; Second Team - Scott Butler; Honorable Mention - Brandon Shroyer First Team - Charles Horn; Honorable Mention - Murphey Morgan, Micah Peterson, Brandon Shroyer First Team - Scott Butler; Honorable Mention - Josh Jewett, Murphey Morgan, Brandon Shroyer Second Team - Murphey Morgan; Honorable Mention - Josh Jewett Second Team - Kyle Schafer Second Team - Tyler Hewko; Honorable Mention - Kyle Schafer First Team - Clark Condict; Second Team - Justin Berry Second Team - Jack Hines; Honorable Mention - Alex Churnside First Team - Alex Churnside; Second Team - Jack Hines; Honorable Mention - David Ostrom Second Team - Bobby Geiger; Honorable Mention - Kurt Lemmen First Team - Josh Stedman; Honorable Mention - Cruz Smithson First Team - Josh Stedman; Second Team - Mike Fish, Cruz Smithson First Team - Josh Steadman; Second-Team - Andrew Hamilton First Team - Robby Stiefel; Second-Team - Petar Jackovich Honorable Mention - Dominic Vicino First Team - Riley Thomas; Honorable Mention - Eric Curia
WWPA ALL-FRESHMAN TEAM* 2007 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015
WWPA ALL-TOURNAMENT TEAM* 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015
ACADEMIC ALL-WWPA 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015
D.C. Conroy, Chad Matheson David Chaney Ted Baudendistel, David Chaney, Don Sheesley, Dave Smith Tyler Rameson, Don Sheesley Trevor Davis, Brad Downs, Benjamin Glazer, Brian Pendergast, Don Sheesley John Christ, Trevor Davis, Brad Downs, Benjamin Glazer, Brian Groat, Brian Pendergast John Christ, Brad Downs, Brian Groat, Jason Nolting Jim Binns, Brian Groat, Brian Pendergast, Jay Reaves Wade Grabow, Mark McGill, Jason Nolting, Jay Reaves, Charlie Toth David Breitenbach, Wade Grabow, Mark McGill, Jason Nolting, Charlie Toth Ben Couchman, Greg Ebert, Ron Garcia, Wade Grabow, Andres Guerra, Mark McGill, Charlie Toth David Breitenbach, Ben Couchman, Wade Grabow, Micah Peterson, Brandon Shroyer, Charlie Toth David Breitenbach, Ben Couchman, Brian Hasbrouck, Kirk Reimer, Brandon Shroyer, Lowell Wallace Josh Jewett, Chris Nary, Brandon Shroyer, Lowell Wallace Scott Butler, Josh Jewett, Murphey Morgan, Brandon Shroyer Matt Herrera, Josh Jewett, Damon Jones, Danny Kimmich, Chris Nary, Blake Pickell, Kyle Schafer, Brian Woolley Zach Carey, Danny Kimmich, Blake Pickell, Kyle Schafer Danny Kimmich, Blake Pickell, Kyle Schafer Danny Harold, Andrew Strawbridge Danny Harold Danny Harold, Max Reilly Andrew Hamilton, Mike Radosevich, Max Reilly, Garrett Womack Andrew Hamilton, Max Reilly Jantz Johnson, Dominic Vicino Caleb Guarino, Jason Lee, George Millard, Riley Thomas
NCAA POSTGRADUATE SCHOLARSHIP 2001 2007
Charlie Toth Kyle Schafer
COSIDA ACADEMIC ALL-AMERICA 2007
Kyle Schafer (second team)
U.S. OLYMPIC FESTIVAL 1990 1991
Bobby Geiger Cruz Smithson (Newcomer of the Year) Josh Stedman Petar Jackovich Ben Rogers Riley Quinlan Garrett Fisk and Riley Thomas Edward Smet
First Team - Justin Berry, Clark Condict; Second Team - Alex Churnside Second Team - Tyler Hewko, David Ostrom Second Team - Cruz Smithson Second Team - Danny Harold MVP - Cruz Smithson; First Team - Mike Fish, Brad Rajchel, Cruz Smithson; Second Team - Garrett Womack First-team - Robby Stiefel First-team - Riley Thomas
1994 1995
Mark Baudendistel, Ted Baudendistel, Rhett Binger, David Chaney, D.C. Conroy, Dan Farrington Ted Baudendistel, David Chaney, Mackie Contreras, Neil McCafferty, Brad Reed Ted Baudendistel, Mackie Contreras, Trevor Davis, Garrett Lowe, Brian Pendergast John Christ, Mackie Contreras, Brad Downs, Craig Thomas
U.S. JUNIOR NATIONAL TEAM
* The WWPA All-Freshman Team and WWPA All-Tournament Team both started during the 2007 season
1995
Brian Pendergast
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MAJOR AWARD WINNERS/FINAL NATIONAL RANKING
FINAL TOP-15 NATIONAL RANKINGS
MOST VALUABLE PLAYERS Year ................................................................ MVP 1971......................................................... John Pate 1972.....................................................Ben Phillips 1973..................................................... Rick Pilling 1974.....................................................Ben Phillips 1975................................................Walt Heidmous 1976................................................. Jeff Heidmous 1977.................................................. John Wellsfry 1978................................................. Bruce Zelenka 1979.................................................Phil Heidmous 1980.......................................................Joe Wotton 1981...................................................... Fred Logan .................................................... Gerry Veldhuizen 1982............................................ Gerry Veldhuizen 1983.................................................... Rob Hemker 1984.................................................... Bob Pickrell 1985....................................................... Tim Harris 1986...................................................Dan Hancock 1987................................................... Cy Whinnery 1988..............................................Steve Spanovich 1989.......................................... Mark Baudendistel 1990...................................................Dave Chaney 1991.................................................. Howard Redd 1992.............................................Ted Baudendistel 1993................................................... Garrett Lowe
FALCON HONORS
Year ................................................................ MVP 1994............................................. Brian Pendergast 1995...................................................... John Christ 1996..................................................Craig Thomas ..................................................... Brian Pendergast 1997.......................................................Jay Reaves 1998.................................................. Jason Nolting 1999.................................................... Casey Wood 2000.....................................................Charlie Toth 2001..................................................... Chris Smith 2002............................................. Brandon Shroyer 2003..................................................... Scott Butler 2004............................................ Murphey Morgan 2005....................................................Kyle Schafer 2006............................................. Denver Saunders 2007..................................................... Justin Berry .......................................................... Clark Condict 2008..................................................David Ostrom 2009............................................... Alex Churnside 2010.................................................. Bobby Geiger 2011 ..................................................Danny Harold 2012........................................................ Mike Fish 2013.................................................Josh Steadman 2014............................................... Petar Jackovich 2015.................................................. Riley Thomas
Year ............................................................... Rank 1981................................................................ 12th 1982................................................................ 13th 1983................................................................ 14th 1984................................................................ 14th 1986................................................................ 15th 1988................................................................ 14th 1989.................................................................11th 1990................................................................ 10th 1991................................................................ 12th 1992................................................................ 10th 1993................................................................ 13th 1994................................................................ 10th 1995.................................................................. 9th 1996.................................................................. 9th 1998................................................................ 13th 1999................................................................ 13th 2003................................................................ 14th 2007................................................................ 14th 2012.............................................................. T11th 2013................................................................ 20th 2014................................................................ 15th 2015................................................................ 16th
ACADEMY TOP 6 AWARD WINNERS 1977 SCHOLAR-ATHLETE 1979 SCHOLAR-ATHLETE 1980 SCHOLAR-ATHLETE 1992 ATHLETIC EXCELLENCE 1993 ATHLETIC LEADERSHIP 1994 SCHOLAR-ATHLETE 1997 ATHLETIC EXCELLENCE 2000 ATHLETIC ACHIEVEMENT 2001 ATHLETIC EXCELLENCE
Armando Costales Frank Snyder Dirk Jordan David Chaney Ted Baudendistel Don Sheesley Brian Pendergast Mark McGill Charlie Toth
Brian Pendergast (‘97) was a three-time All-American, two-time team MVP and recipient of the Academy’s Athletic Excellence Award in 1997.
A TRIBUTE TO
CAPT. DEREK ARGEL Capt. Derek Argel, a four-year letterwinner for the Falcons from 1997-2000, was killed on May 30, 2005, along with three other U.S. Airmen and an Iraqi airman, when an Iraqi Air Force Comp Air 7SL aircraft crashed in eastern Diyala province during an operational mission. Argel, promoted to captain just hours before his death, was stationed with the 23rd Special Tactics Squadron at Hurlburt Field, Fla., and left behind his wife, Wendy, and son, Logan. Argel earned All-WWPA honors as a senior for Air Force. During his senior year, he tried out for the boxing team, making it all the way to the heavyweight finals in the annual Wing Open, before dropping a split decision in the championship bout. “I’ll remember Derek most for his undying spirit and his endless sense of humor and contagious laugh,“ said Air Force head coach Jeff Heidmous. “His family, friends, classmates, Falcon Polo brothers and the STO (Special Tactics Operations) community are deeply saddened – Derek was a great man, dedicated to serving his nation at the very tip of the spear.” The 2005 season marked the conception of the Capt. Derek Argel Memorial Award, given annually at the team’s awards banquet to the athlete who demonstrates perseverance and an incredible work ethic, those attributes which most exemplify the character of Argel. Peter Larsen was the inaugural recipient of the Derek Argel Memorial Award in 2005. Danny Kimmich (2006), Chris Pace (2007), Tyler Hewko (2008), Kevin Williams (2008), Jason Fung (2009), Bobby Geiger (2010), Danny Harold (2011), Brad Rajchel (2012), Max Reilly (2013) and Jantz Johnson (2014) have also been honored with the award.
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LETTERWINNERS •A• B •
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ADAMS, Mitch, 2001-02-03 ALANIS, Daniel E., 1978 ALKIRE, Joe, 1993 ANDERSON, Kala D., 1982-83-84 ARCIDIACONO, Alex, 2009-10-11-12 ARGEL, Derek, 1997-98-99-00 AUBERRY, Thomas W., 1973 BABER, Eric, 2001-02-03 BACKUS, Paul, 1993 BARTLEY, Michael L., 1980-81-82 BAUDENDISTEL, Mark, 1987-88-89 (Capt., MVP ‘89) BAUDENDISTEL, Ted, 1989-90-91-92 (Capt., MVP ‘92) BEEMAN, Mark, 2008-09 BELL, David, 1989-90 BELL, Jason, 1994 BENSON, Max 2013-14-15 BERRY, Justin, 2004-05-06-07 (Capt., MVP ‘07) BINGER, Rhett L., 1987-88-89-90 BINNS, Jim, 1991-92-95-96 BIVANS, Ray A., 1978-79 BOHLMAN, Lance, 1990-91 BOOTH, Tony, 1986-87-88 BREITENBACH, David, 1998-99-00-01 BREWER, Joseph, 2005-06-07-08 BROWN, Michael L., 1983-84-85 BROWN, Thomas L., 1985 BUCHANAN, R.J., 1986-87 BUNGCAG, Eric 2013 BURGESS, John R., 1974-75 BURTON, Nick, 2005 BUSH, Robert W., 1972 BUTLER, Scott, 2000-01-03 (Capt., MVP ‘03)
HAMILTON, Andrew, 2010-11-12-13 HAMPSON, Robert J., 1971 HANCOCK, Daniel, 1983-84-85-86 (Capt., MVP ‘86) HARBERG, Fred D., 1971 HAROLD, Daniel, 2008-09-10-11 (Capt., MVP ‘11) HARRIS, Timothy J., 1982-83-84-85 (Capt., MVP ‘85) HARRISON, Justin 2014-15 HARVEY, Anson, 2008-09-10-11 HASBROUCK, Brian, 1998-99-00-01 (Capt. ‘01) HATHAWAY, Patrick, 1972 HAYLETT, Marshal T., 1999-2000-2001 HEIDMOUS, Jeffery, 1973-74-75-76 (Capt., MVP ‘76) HEIDMOUS, Philip, 1976-77-78-79 (Capt., MVP ‘79) HEIDMOUS, Walter, 1972-73-74-75 (Capt., MVP ‘75) HEMKER, Robert B., 1980-81-82-83 (MVP ‘83) HENNEBERRY, Steven J., 1976-77-78-79 HEPNER, Brian B., 1987 HERRERA, Matt, 2002-03-04 HEWKO, Tyler, 2005-06-07-08 HINES, Jack, 2006-07-08-09 (Capt. ‘09) HOGUE, James R., 1972-73-74-75 HOLLOWAY, Charles F., 1971 HORN, Charles, 1999-00-01-02 HOUSKEN, Tanner 2015 HUGHES, John S., 1972 HURE, Michael, 1983-84
•C• CALHOUN, Thomas J., 1971-72-73-74 CALKINS, Josh, 1992 CANALE, Richard M., 1975 CAREY, Zachary, 2004-05 CARR, Landon 2013 CARRILLO, Chris, 1985 CARTER, Oliver 2014-15 CHANEY, David C., 1988-89-90-91 (MVP ‘90, Capt. 91) CHASEN, Aaron, 1984 CHRIST, Brian, 1997-98 CHRIST, John A., 1991-92-94-95 (Capt., MVP ‘95)
JOHN CHRIST CHUN, Mark C., 1971-72 CHURNSIDE, Alex, 2006-07-08-09 (MVP ‘09) COLAS, Connor 2014-15 CONDICT, Clark, 2004-05-06-07 (Capt. ‘07) CONROY, Blair, 1989-90 CONROY, D.C., 1987-88-89 CONTRERAS, Mackie, 1993-94-95-96 (Capt. ‘96) COSTALES, Armando A., 1975-76 COSTANZA, Kevin S., 1985-86 COUCHMAN, Ben, 1999-00-01 CROSBY, Mark A., 1983-84-85 (Capt. ‘85) CRUZ, Steve, 1999 CURIA, Eric 2014-15
•D•E•F• DAVIS, Trevor, 1992-93-94 DERRICK, Marvin L., 1974 DINGELDEIN, George, 2000-01 DONALDSON, R. (Jeff), 2004-05 (Capt. ‘05) DOWNS, Brad, 1992-93-94-95 DUNCAN, Bradley, 2012-13 DUPUIS, Ryan, 2005 EATON, Ellis, 1990 EBERT, Greg, 1998-99 EMPEY, Jack 2014 EPPERSON, Dave, 1996 FARRINGTON, Dan, 1989-90-91 FERGUSON, Paul, 1994-95 FISH, Michael, 2010-11-12 (MVP ‘12) FISHER, Dillon, 2009-10-11-12 (Capt. ‘12) FISK, Garrett 2014-15 FORD, Charley, 2008-09-10 FOGELBERG, Brett, 2015 FUNG, Jason, 2006-07-08-09 (Capt. ‘09)
•J•K• JACKOVICH, Petar, 2011-12-13-14 (MVP, 2014) JACKSON, Richard W., 1971 JEWETT, Josh, 2002-03-04 (Capt. ‘04) JOHNSON, Jantz, 2011-12-13-14 JONES, Arthur (Jared), 2001-02-03-04 (Capt. ‘04) JONES, Damon, 2004-05-07 JORDAN, Dirk, 1977-78-79 KAMAI, Zachary, 2012-13, 15 KAPLAN, Pete, 1993 KEMP, Kelvin P., 1971-72-73 (Capt. ‘73) KIMMICH, Daniel, 2003-04-05-06 (Capt. ‘06) KIMSEY, Edgar S., 1980-81-82 KING, Steven B., 1976-77-78 KONISHI, Nicholas, 2011 KREMER, Brad K., 1987-88-89-90 (Capt. ‘90) KRINO, Greg, 1993-94-95-96
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ALEX CHURNSIDE
GARCIA, David A., 1988-89-90-91 GARCIA, Ronald, 1998-99 GEIGER, Robert, 2007-08-09-10 (Capt., MVP ‘10) GLAZER, Ben, 1993-94 GOBRECHT, Robert (Eric), 2006-07 GOLABOSKI, Jason, 1995-97 GRABOW, Wade, 1997-98-99-00 (Capt. ‘00) GRAHAM, John G., 1971 GREENE, Chris, 1985-86-87-88 GREINER, Kelly, 2001-02-03 GRESHAM, Donald D., 1972-73-74-75 GROAT, Brian, 1993-94-95-96 GUARINO, Caleb, 2012-13-14-15 GUERRA, Andres, 1999
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LETTERWINNERS
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CRUZ SMITHSON
LARIVE, Ian, 1997 LARSEN, Peter, 2005 LATAS, Dean, 1977-78-79-80 LAYO, Frank, 1996 LeBLANC, Matt, 2005-06 LEE, Jason 2015 LEITER, Bryce 2014, 15 LeGRAND, Steve, 1984-85-86 LEMMEN, Kurt, 2007-08-09-10 LI, Steven, 1994-95-96 LIMBIRD, Keith G., 1978-79-80-81 (Capt. ‘81) LIVESEY, Lance K., 1987 LOGAN, Fred J., 1978-79-80-81 (MVP ‘81) LOWE, Garrett M., 1991-92-93-94 (Capt. ‘94, MVP ‘93)
•M• MAGEE, Donald W., 1975-76 MAGEE, John M., 1974 MAHAN, Kyle, 2012-13 MALONEY, Michael, 1984 MANSARD, Jim, 1993 MATHESON, Chad, 1986-87-88-89 MATTIVI, Rob, 1995-98 (Capt. ‘98) McCAFFERTY, Neil, 1989-90-91-92 McCAFFERTY, Randy, 1986-87 McCARTHY, Conrad 2015 McCOY, Andrew S., 1988 McDONALD, Kevin, 2006-07 McGILL, Mark, 1996-97-98-99 (Capt. ‘99) McKEON, Mathew P., 1982 McMULLAN, Miles, 2006-07-08 McSHANE, Brian, 2003 MELVIN, James, 1997-98 MERRIL, David L., 1972-73-74 MILLARD, George 2015 MOHLE, Dennis H., 1983 MONROE, William R., 1972-73-74-75 MORGAN, Harrel (Murphey), 2001-02-03-04 (MVP ‘04) MORGAN, Phillip B., 1977 MULLADY, Michael C., 1976-77-78 (Capt. ‘78)
• N • O • P •Q NARY, Chris, 2001-02-03-04 NELSON, Daniel, 2008-09 NICHOLS, David A., 1977
SNYDER, Francis F., 1976-77-78 SPANOVICH, Steven N., 1985-86-87-88 (MVP ‘88) STEDMAN, Joshua, 2010-11-12-13 (MVP ‘13) STEDMAN, Randall, 1977-78-79-80 STIEFEL, Robert 2013-14-15 STODDARD, Steven P., 1980-81 STRAWBRIDGE, Andrew, 2008-09 STRUBLE, James D., 1971-72-73 SWENSON, Eric, 2002-03-04 SZUCS, Joe, 1994-95
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NITZEL, Chris, 2004-06 NOLTING, Jason, 1995-98 (Capt., MVP ‘98) OSTROM, David, 2006-07-08-09 (MVP ‘08) PACE, Chris, 2006-07 PALMER, Chris, 2002 PATE, John R., 1971 (Capt., MVP ‘71) PATINO, Taque, 2008-09-10-11 PENDERGAST, Brian, 1993-94-95-96 (MVP ‘94, ‘96) PETERSON, Micah, 2000-01-02-03 PHELAN, Fred D., 1991 PHILLIPS, Benjamin Jr., 1971-72-73-74 (Capt. ‘74, MVP ‘72, ‘74) PHILLIPS, Edward, 1977-78-79-80 PICKELL, Blake, 2005-06 (Capt. ‘06) PICKRELL, Robert L., 1981-82-83-84 (Capt., MVP ‘84) PILLING, Richard A., 1971-72-73 (MVP ‘73) POGUE, Edwin B., 1980-81-82-83 QUINLAN, Riley 2013-14-15
•R• RADOSEVICH, Michael, 2010-11-12 RAJCHEL, Brad, 2009-11-12 (Capt. ‘12) RAMESON, Tyler, 1992 REAVES, Jay, 1994-95-96 (Capt., MVP ‘97) RECHSTEINER, Roger W., 1972-73-74-75 REDD, Howard T., 1988-89-90-91 (MVP ‘91) REED, Brad, 1989-90-91-92 REILLY, Max, 2010-11-12-13 (Capt. 13) REIMER, Brent, 1997-98-99-2000 REIMER, Kirk, 2000-01-02-03 RISHEL, Jason, 1993-94 ROBERSON, Darryl L., 1979-80-81-82 ROBERTSON, William B., 1990 ROGERS, Benjamin, 2012-13-14-15 ROH, Joe, 1984-85-86-87 (Capt. ‘87) ROSS, James T., 1976-77
THOMAS, B. Riley 2014-15 THOMAS, Craig, 1993-94-95-96 (MVP ‘96) THOMPSON, Eric W., 1974-75-76-77 THOMPSON, James M., 1972-73 (Capt. ‘72) TOTH, Charles, 1997-98-99-00 (Capt., MVP ‘00) VANDAM, Richard A., 1971 VELDHUIZEN, Frank T., 1983-84 VELDHUIZEN, Gerald , 1980-81-82-83 (Capt. ‘83, MVP ‘81, ‘82) VERSAGE, Matthew, 2007-08-09-10 VICINO, Dominic, 2011-13-14 (Capt 2014) WALLACE, Lowell, 2000-01-02 (Capt. ‘02) WALLIN, Kurt, 2007-08-09-10 WARREN, Trevor, 2002 WEIGMAN, Fritz, 1976-77-78-79 WELLSFRY, John L., 1974-75-76-77 (Capt., MVP ‘77) WETLESEN, David, 1976-77 WHINNERY, Cyrus C., 1984-85-86-87 (Capt., MVP ‘87) WHITEHILL, John, 2000-01 WHYTE, Erik 2014 WILKERSON, James T., 1979-80-81-82 (Capt. ‘82) WILLIAMS, Kevin, 2005-06-07-08 (Capt. ‘08) WOMACK, Garrett, 2009-10-11-12 WOMACK, Kevin, 2012-13 WOOD, Casey, 1996-98-99 (MVP ‘99) WOOLLEY, Brian, 2003-04 WOTTON, Joseph , 1977-78-79-80 (Capt., MVP ’80) YEE, Ken, 1993 ZELENKA, Alan J., 1978-79 ZELENKA, Bruce J., 1978-79 (MVP ‘78)
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SANTALA, Andrew, 2012-13 SAUNDERS, Denver, 2004-05-06 (MVP ‘06) SCHAFER, Kyle, 2003-04-05-06 (MVP ‘05) SCHLACTER, Michael N., 1988 (Capt. ‘88) SHADRICK, Josh, 2001 SHEESLEY, Donald, 1990-91-92-93 (Capt. ‘93) SHEILDS, Timothy C., 1980-81-82-83 SHIELDS, Matthew, 2007-09 SHROYER, Brandon, 2000-01-02-03 (MVP ‘02) SIMENDINGER, Chad, 1997-98-99-2000 SIMPSON, James R., 1980-81 SINCLAIR, Foster L., 1980 SMET, Edward, 2015SMITH, Chris, 1999-00-01 (MVP ‘01) SMITH, David, 1989-90-91 SMITH, Steven B., 1976-77-78-79 SMITHSON, Christopher (Cruz), 2009-10-11-12
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WATER POLO FACILITIES CADET NATATORIUM - THE HOME OF THE FALCONS The Falcons play their home contests in Cadet Natatorium (left and below), which seats approximately 1,000 spectators. The natatorium recently received extensive renovations during the 2010-11 season. The Cadet Natatorium was the site of the 2015 Western Water Polo Association Championships.
The water polo team facilities are among the best in the nation. In August 2009, the Falconsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; new locker room (below) was completed. The weight room and sports medicine area utilized by the Falcon water polo team are at the bottom of this page.
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ALL-TIME SERIES RECORD Team Alberta Arizona Arkansas-Little Rock Army Brown Bucknell BYU BYU-Hawaii Cal Baptist California Cal Lutheran Cal Poly-Pomona Cal Poly-SLO Cal State-Fullerton Cal State-Hayward Cal State-Los Angeles Cal State-Northridge Cal Tech Chaminade Chapman Claremont Colorado Colorado State Concordia Dayton Denver Diablo Valley College Dominican Florida Fordham Fresno Pacific Fresno State George Washington Harvard Humboldt State Idaho Illinois-Chicago Circle Indiana Iona Iowa State Johns Hopkins Kentucky La Verne Long Beach State Loyola (Chicago) Loyola Marymount Massaschusetts Merchant Marines
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Record 1-0 7-9-1 7-1 9-0 10-12 6-6 5-1 2-5 18-12 0-26 7-0 1-1 1-0 4-2 0-1 8-5 1-1 1-0 6-0 19-0 34-6 16-2 12-4 3-4 1-0 16-0 1-0 1-0 1-0 2-0 6-1 2-10-1 7-0 4-1 1-0 1-0 1-1 11-0 10-2 1-0 4-1 1-0 18-1 8-31 7-7 25-29 3-2 1-0
First Mtg. 1971 1971 1983 1974 1979 1978 1971 2001 1999 1974 2007 1971 1980 1979 1980 1985 1973 1993 1991 1972 1976 1971 1971 2009 1983 1971 2013 1987 1982 2008 2010 1980 1998 1988 1974 1972 1977 1979 1988 1984 2003 1981 1998 1973 1979 1980 1994 2002
ALL-TIME SERIES RECORDS Last Mtg. 1971 1979 1993 1991 2015 2014 1986 2005 2015 2014 2015 1977 1980 1985 1980 1990 1977 1993 2002 2015 2014 1984 1978 2015 1983 1977 2013 1987 1982 2010 2015 1989 2009 2015 1974 1972 1979 1988 2009 1984 2009 1981 2011 2015 1988 2015 1998 2002
Team Mercyhurst Missouri Missouri-Rolla MIT Navy New Mexico New Mexico State Northern Colorado Occidental Ohio State Orange Coast College Pacific Pepperdine Pomona-Pitzer Princeton Principia College Queens Redlands Regis San Diego State San Fernando Valley State San Francisco State San Jose State Santa Clara Stanford St. Francis Texas A&M UC Davis UC Irvine UCLA UC Riverside UC San Bernardino UC San Diego UC Santa Barbara UC Santa Cruz UNLV USC Utah Vanguard Washington Whittier Wyoming Yale
Record 2-0 1-0 3-0 1-0 8-21 13-9 2-0 1-0 7-1 1-0 1-0 7-30 4-39 23-2 3-4 1-0 1-1 27-10 1-0 1-0 1-0 1-0 2-0 40-12 0-21 3-6 5-1 38-35 1-17 0-23 12-0 1-0 16-64 4-30 14-3 3-0 0-20 23-0 1-0 1-0 15-2 12-6 1-0
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First Mtg. 2008 1979 1981 2006 1980 1971 1976 1976 1978 1979 1979 1971 1975 1991 1993 1981 2002 1991 1973 1977 1971 1982 1972 1971 1975 2003 1973 1974 1983 1979 1988 1990 1975 1972 1990 1977 1982 1971 2011 1999 1994 1971 1974
Last Mtg. 2013 1979 1983 2006 2015 1988 1976 1976 2011 1979 1979 2015 2015 2015 2007 1981 2003 2014 1973 1977 1971 1982 2015 2015 2012 2014 1984 2015 2015 2011 1993 1990 2015 2015 2008 1978 2014 1988 2011 1999 2015 1978 1974
THE FALCONS IN THE WWPA TOURNAMENT ALL-TIME CHAMPIONSHIP RESULTS 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001
Claremont Air Force UC San Diego Air Force UC San Diego Air Force Air Force UC San Diego Air Force UC San Diego Air Force UC San Diego Air Force Air Force UC San Diego Air Force UC San Diego Air Force UC Davis Air Force UC San Diego Air Force UC San Diego Air Force UC San Diego Air Force Loyola Marymount Air Force
1st 6th 1st 2nd 1st 2nd 1st 1st 2nd 1st 2nd 1st 2nd 1st 1st 2nd 1st 2nd 1st 3rd 1st 2nd 1st 2nd 1st 3rd 1st 4th
2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015
UC San Diego Air Force Loyola Marymount Air Force Loyola Marymount Air Force Loyola Marymount Air Force UC San Diego Air Force Loyola Marymount Air Force Loyola Marymount Air Force Loyola Marymount Air Force Loyola Marymount Air Force UC San Diego Air Force Air Force UC San Diego Air Force UC San Diego Air Force UC San Diego Air Force
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1st 3rd 1st 3rd 1st 7th 1st 9th 1st 7th 1st 3rd 1st 6th 1st 6th 1st 5th 1st 5th 1st 1st 5th 1st 5th 1st 3rd
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ALL-TIME RESULTS
SEASON BY SEASON SCORES 1971 (15-9) Colorado Alberta Pacific San Fernando Valley State Cal Poly-Pomona Santa Clara Colorado Wyoming Denver Denver Colorado State Utah Colorado State Wyoming New Mexico Wyoming Colorado State New Mexico Arizona BYU Wyoming New Mexico Wyoming New Mexico
W, 22-6 W, 1-0 (F) L, 8-15 W, 10-4 L, 9-15 W, 7-2 L, 8-10 L, 9-10 W, 15-4 W, 34-8 L, 6-11 W, 11-10 W, 6-5 L, 7-8 L, 4-6 W, 8-6 W, 7-5 W, 10-6 W, 14-5 W, 14-12 W, 22-5 L, 8-10 W, 10-5 L, 4-7
1972 (13-10) Colorado UC Santa Barbara Chapman UC Santa Barbara Wyoming Denver Colorado
W, 14-4 W, 12-6 W, 13-6 L, 6-9 W, 6-4 W, 17-5 W, 15-7
San Jose State Colorado State UC Santa Barbara New Mexico Denver Denver Arizona BYU New Mexico Colorado State Wyoming Colorado State New Mexico Idaho Wyoming Colorado State
W, 10-6 W, 10-7 L, 7-10 L, 5-7 W, 9-6 W, 6-5 W, 5-3 L, 5-8 L, 7-13 L, 7-8 L, 6-10 L, 6-11 L, 9-12 W, 15-3 W, 18-14 (OT) L, 14-15 (OT)
1973 (16-6) Long Beach State Chapman Cal State-Northridge UC Santa Barbara Wyoming Denver Texas A&M BYU Wyoming Texas A&M Colorado State Utah BYU Regis Wyoming BYU
L, 5-10 W, 24-4 W, 11-2 L, 6-9 W, 10-6 W, 24-3 W, 12-4 W, 16-5 L, 6-7 W, 12-10 (OT) W, 11-9 W, 15-6 W, 11-4 W, 32-1 L, 8-11 (OT) W, 10-5
Colorado State Arizona Colorado State New Mexico Wyoming New Mexico
W, 18-4 W, 14-3 W, 15-8 L, 8-9 W, 9-5 L, 0-13
1974 (20-6) Colorado Wyoming Denver Santa Clara Humboldt State Texas A&M Colorado New Mexico Arizona New Mexico Arizona Colorado State Wyoming UC Santa Barbara Wyoming UC Santa Barbara Denver Wyoming Yale Army Utah New Mexico Arizona California UC Davis UC Santa Barbara
W, 14-6 L, 10-12 W, 20-5 W, 14-4 W, 13-5 W, 6-2 W, 17-8 W, 15-3 W, 11-7 W, 13-8 W, 11-5 W, 12-1 W, 9-3 L, 6-7 W, 5-3 L, 5-11 W, 20-11 W, 9-2 W, 19-4 W, 19-4 W, 13-4 W, 10-6 W, 12-4 L, 3-12 L, 2-9 L, 7-11
1975 (11-7-1) UC San Diego Arizona UC San Diego Wyoming Stanford Long Beach State UC Davis Denver Colorado Denver Colorado State New Mexico Pepperdine Arizona New Mexico Arizona New Mexico Arizona Arizona
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W, 5-2 L, 2-5 L, 4-5 W, 6-3 L, 5-14 W, 7-5 L, 2-5 W, 14-9 W, 15-5 W, 22-8 W, 12-5 W, 23-15 L, 6-7 T, 11-11 W, 20-13 L, 6-11 W, 10-8 W, 8-7 (OT) L, 8-12
ALL-TIME RESULTS 1976 (15-7) Colorado New Mexico Claremont Arizona New Mexico State Pepperdine California New Mexico State New Mexico Arizona Colorado Colorado Utah Denver Pepperdine Colorado Denver Denver Northern Colorado New Mexico Utah Utah
L, 5-6 (OT) W, 16-15 (OT) W, 12-10 L, 5-12 W, 7-6 L, 5-8 L, 3-13 W, 13-3 L, 14-16 (OT) L, 8-12 W, 11-3 W, 8-4 W, 7-3 W, 18-2 L, 5-8 W, 15-9 W, 17-4 W, 12-5 W, 10-3 W, 9-7 W, 8-5 W, 10-2
1977 (13-6) Colorado Arizona Cal Poly-Pomona Texas A&M UNLV San Diego State Colorado Denver Colorado State Colorado Denver
W, 12-5 L, 3-8 W, 7-3 W, 8-3 W, 8-4 W, 11-9 (OT) W, 9-7 W, 24-3 W, 15-1 W, 17-7 W, 24-3
SEASON BY SEASON SCORES Utah Illinois-Chicago Circle Pepperdine Arizona Denver Pepperdine Cal State-Northridge Cal State-Long Beach
W, 10-3 W, 7-4 L, 5-12 L, 6-10 W, 10-7 L, 9-12 L, 8-9 L, 6-9
1978 (13-8) Colorado Occidental UNLV Claremont Arizona Colorado State Colorado Colorado UNLV Utah Colorado State Pepperdine Colorado State UC Santa Barbara Occidental Pacific Pepperdine Wyoming Stanford Bucknell Texas A&M
W, 9-3 W, 12-8 W, 10-5 W, 11-8 L, 5-13 W, 18-4 W, 9-6 W, 8-7 (OT) W, 14-12 W, 12-5 W, 10-2 L, 6-10 W, 19-6 L, 6-17 L, 4-5 W, 15-11 L, 9-17 W, 19-5 L, 2-20 L, 10-12 L, 6-11
Occidental Orange Coast Pepperdine Utah Arizona Ohio State Indiana Illinois-Chicago Circle Loyola (Chicago) Missouri California Bucknell Brown
W, 13-8 W, 19-9 L, 11-14 W, 16-6 L, 5-13 W, 17-8 W, 13-12 L, 9-14 W, 13-10 W, 21-7 L, 7-19 L, 9-11 L, 10-15
1980 (7-8) Loyola Marymount Cal Poly-San Luis Obispo Pepperdine Occidental UCLA Utah Pepperdine Loyola (Chicago) Indiana Navy UC Davis Fresno State Pacific Cal State-Hayward Army
W, 14-4 W, 14-3 L, 6-15 W, 5-0 (F) L, 6-12 W, 25-2 L, 8-15 L, 10-11 W, 17-7 W, 17-4 L, 8-13 L, 4-8 L, 13-14 L, 14-15 W, 5-0 (F)
1981 (13-10) 1979 (8-8) Cal State-Fullerton UCLA Pepperdine
W, 12-11 L, 4-15 L, 4-10
Cal State Fullerton Long Beach State Pepperdine Brown UCLA Indiana Pepperdine Utah Loyola (Chicago) Fresno State Indiana Principia College Loyola (Chicago) Kentucky Missouri Rolla California Santa Clara Pacific UC Davis Fresno State Long Beach State UCLA Brown
W, 8-7 L, 4-16 L, 3-17 W, 9-6 L, 7-12 W, 12-10 W, 11-10 W, 8-6 W, 8-7 W, 8-6 W, 6-5 W, 12-3 W, 7-6 W, 14-10 W, 10-6 L, 6-11 W, 9-8 L, 5-10 L, 9-11 (OT) L, 8-14 L, 6-15 L, 5-16 L, 8-9 (OT)
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SEASON BY SEASON SCORES 1982 (7-8) UCLA Loyola (Chicago) Stanford Fresno State UC Davis San Francisco State Utah UC Santa Barbara Pepperdine Indiana Missouri-Rolla Florida Long Beach State UC San Diego USC
L, 8-16 L, 6-10 L, 3-17 L, 4-5 (OT) L, 4-5 W, 15-2 W, 12-11 L, 4-10 W, 13-12 W, 12-11 W, 14-10 W, 5-0 (F) L, 5-10 W, 9-7 L, 5-15
1983 (8-13-1) Cal State Fullerton Long Beach State California Fresno State Pepperdine Stanford UC San Diego UC Santa Barbara Fresno State Indiana Utah Pepperdine Utah Pepperdine Arkansas-Little Rock Missouri-Rolla Dayton Loyola (Chicago) New Mexico UC San Diego Pepperdine UC Irvine
W, 10-7 L, 3-9 L, 0-5 T, 7-7 L, 5-7 L, 6-12 L, 7-8 L, 9-10 L, 5-7 W, 9-2 W, 10-5 L, 8-11 W, 11-3 L, 7-12 W, 19-1 W, 12-4 W, 29-0 L, 1-4 W, 10-4 L, 4-7 L, 7-12 L, 9-17
1984 (9-13) Pepperdine Loyola (Chicago) UCLA Colorado New Mexico Texas A&M Stanford UC Santa Barbara California UC Davis Pacific UC Davis Fresno State Indiana Utah Loyola Marymount Long Beach State Cal State Fullerton UC San Diego
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L, 5-17 L, 6-7 L, 5-10 W, 22-5 W, 15-7 W, 15-9 L, 4-13 L, 6-10 L, 3-16 L, 7-8 L, 4-10 W, 10-7 L, 2-7 W, 18-7 W, 14-7 W, 14-10 L, 9-10 L, 2-7 L, 8-9
Indiana Iowa State Loyola (Chicago)
W, 9-4 W, 15-6 L, 3-6
1985 (9-15) Long Beach State Claremont-Mudd-Scripps Fresno State Cal State Fullerton Santa Clara UC Santa Barbara UC Davis UC San Diego Navy Army Brown Bucknell Utah Indiana Pepperdine Cal State Fullerton UC San Diego Cal State LA Loyola Marymount Cal State LA Claremont-Mudd-Scripps UC Davis Loyola Marymount Santa Clara
L, 4-19 L, 8-9 L, 5-11 W, 7-5 W, 13-4 L, 3-12 W, 6-5 L, 7-10 L, 5-14 W, 7-6 L, 5-11 L, 3-7 W, 17-3 W, 8-1 L, 7-13 L, 4-6 L, 5-12 L, 7-10 W, 8-7 L, 6-10 L, 3-11 L, 8-9 W, 20-4 W, 13-6
1986 (8-19) Cal State LA Fresno State UC Irvine UC San Diego Pacific Loyola (Chicago) California Loyola (Chicago) UC San Diego Pacific Indiana UC Santa Barbara Utah Fresno State UC Irvine Cal State LA UC San Diego BYU Loyola Marymount UC Davis Fresno State Pacific Loyola (Chicago) Navy Stanford USC Brown
L, 2-10 L, 5-12 L, 10-14 L, 7-12 L, 8-11 L, 7-13 L, 3-13 W, 7-6 L, 5-6 W, 9-8 (OT) W, 15-4 L, 6-16 W, 18-3 L, 8-11 L, 5-13 L, 4-7 L, 4-12 W, 12-5 W, 21-6 W, 7-4 L, 4-7 L, 3-5 W, 4-3 L, 4-6 L, 5-23 L, 3-13 L, 13-19
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1987 (12-17) UC Santa Barbara Loyola Marymount Pepperdine Claremont-Mudd-Scripps Navy UC San Diego UCLA Dominican Pacific California Cal State LA Loyola (Chicago) Pacific Bucknell Navy Army Utah Arkansas-Little Rock Utah New Mexico Arkansas-Little Rock Utah Cal State LA Fresno State UC San Diego Brown Cal State LA Santa Clara UC Davis
L, 2-11 W, 11-4 L, 8-15 L, 9-10 L, 6-11 L, 3-11 L, 2-13 W, 5-0 L, 4-6 L, 9-15 W, 9-5 L, 6-9 L, 4-9 L, 8-11 L, 8-11 W, 7-2 W, 23-2 W, 9-7 W, 12-3 W, 17-5 W, 15-7 W, 9-7 W, 8-7 L, 6-14 L, 2-14 L, 9-10 (OT) L, 7-10 W, 17-6 L, 8-9
1988 (17-10) Navy Loyola Marymount UC Riverside Bucknell Loyola (Chicago) UC Irvine Stanford UC San Diego Claremont-Mudd-Scripps California Pacific UC Santa Barbara Brown Army Harvard Utah Indiana Utah New Mexico Utah Brown Iona UC Riverside Cal State LA Cal State LA Loyola (Chicago) UC San Diego
L, 6-8 W, 15-4 W, 19-4 L, 12-13 W, 9-8 L, 2-19 L, 9-22 L, 9-12 W, 9-5 L, 7-11 L, 5-10 L, 4-11 L, 4-9 W, 10-8 W, 9-6 W, 20-2 W, 11-2 W, 17-6 W, 17-5 W, 17-5 W, 9-8 W, 15-10 W, 14-7 W, 13-8 W, 13-5 W, 12-7 L, 6-9
ALL-TIME RESULTS 1989 (13-11) UC Riverside UC Santa Barbara Cal State LA UC San Diego Navy Army UC Irvine UC Santa Barbara Pepperdine USC Brown Harvard Stanford Fresno State Claremont-Mudd-Scripps Loyola Marymount UCLA Iona Pepperdine Claremont-Mudd-Scripps UC San Diego UC Riverside Cal State LA UC San Diego
W, 14-6 L, 2-10 W, 11-4 L, 8-9 (OT) W, 9-6 (OT) W, 12-7 L, 9-14 L, 7-9 L, 6-15 L, 4-15 W, 9-8 (OT) W, 9-5 L, 6-11 W, 7-6 W, 11-4 W, 11-9 L, 4-15 W, 12-10 L, 7-15 W, 14-6 L, 6-10 W, 12-8 W, 10-8 L, 5-6
1990 (20-8) Claremont-Mudd-Scripps W, 16-3 UC Davis W, 10-6 UC San Diego W, 8-7 Navy L, 5-6 UC Riverside W, 12-8 Army W, 12-6 Arkansas-Little Rock W, 13-8 Pacific L, 9-12 Pacific L, 9-11 Brown W, 12-6 UC Irvine L, 9-11 UC Davis W, 10-4 UC Santa Cruz W, 20-6 USC L, 8-11 Pacific W, 6-5 Santa Clara W, 10-3 UC Davis W, 10-8 Iona W, 18-8 UC San Bernardino W, 12-1 UC Irvine L, 10-12 (OT) Claremont-Mudd-Scripps W, 14-6 Cal State LA W, 11-9 (OT) Loyola Marymount W, 17-6 UC Davis W, 13-6 Cal State LA W, 14-5 Stanford L, 6-14 Navy W, 11-8 Pepperdine L, 13-16
SEASON BY SEASON SCORES 1991 (24-8)
1993 (10-14)
Claremont-Mudd-Scripps UC San Diego UC Davis Navy Arkansas-Little Rock Army Arkansas-Little Rock Army Long Beach State UC Riverside UCLA Loyola Marymount Brown Claremont-Mudd-Scripps UC San Diego Pomona-Pitzer Santa Clara Redlands Chaminade UC Riverside Iona Stanford Chaminade UC Riverside UC Santa Barbara UC Santa Barbara Loyola Marymount Pepperdine UC Irvine Loyola Marymount UC Davis UC San Diego
W, 18-4 W, 7-5 W, 13-7 W, 11-5 W, 16-13 W, 13-3 W, 20-6 W, 11-6 L, 7-8 W, 13-4 L, 6-9 W, 12-8 W, 13-6 W, 11-7 L, 7-8 W, 23-4 W, 20-10 W, 15-4 W, 14-8 W, 14-8 W, 9-6 L, 4-10 W, 11-8 W, 9-5 W, 8-5 L, 3-8 W, 18-8 L, 4-7 L, 7-16 W, 16-7 W, 8-7 L, 9-11
1992 (10-12) UC Riverside California Stanford Claremont-Mudd-Scripps UC Riverside UC San Diego USC Santa Clara UC Irvine UC San Diego Redlands Pepperdine USC UC Santa Barbara Chaminade UC Riverside Long Beach State UCLA Long Beach State Santa Clara UC Davis UC San Diego
W, 10-2 L, 3-12 L, 5-13 W, 9-7 W, 8-6 L, 6-9 L, 5-15 W, 12-1 L, 3-12 L, 6-11 W, 12-5 L, 6-10 L, 5-15 L, 7-12 W, 9-5 W, 8-5 L, 7-8 L, 8-19 W, 10-9 W, 12-7 W, 8-1 L, 8-9 (OT)
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Navy UC San Diego UC Davis UC Santa Barbara Arkansas-Little Rock UC San Diego Arkansas-Little Rock California Princeton Chaminade UC San Diego Long Beach State Princeton Long Beach State Cal Tech Claremont Redlands UC San Diego UC Santa Barbara UC Riverside Pepperdine Loyola Marymount UC Davis UC San Diego
L, 10-15 L, 8-16 L, 9-11 L, 7-13 W, 11-9 W, 14-12 (OT) L, 8-9 L, 6-17 W, 15-8 W, 12-8 L, 8-14 L, 8-10 L, 8-9 L, 6-10 W, 24-3 W, 12-7 W, 9-5 L, 7-13 L, 6-14 W, 11-8 L, 4-11 W, 16-10 W, 12-5 L, 13-15
1994 (19-11) UC Davis UC San Diego UC Irvine California UC San Diego Long Beach State Bucknell Navy Princeton Massachusetts Pacific Santa Clara UC Davis California Massachusetts Chapman UC San Diego UC Santa Barbara UCLA Chapman UC Irvine Claremont Long Beach State Loyola Marymount Whittier Chaminade UC San Diego Stanford Pepperdine Massachusetts
W, 15-10 W, 13-7 L, 7-9 L, 3-13 W, 11-3 W, 10-8 W, 13-10 L, 7-11 W, 15-14 (OT) L, 7-8 L, 3-9 W, 14-5 W, 13-6 L, 6-12 W, 6-5 W, 16-11 W, 11-5 L, 4-13 L, 9-11 W, 12-3 L, 8-9 W, 15-10 W, 11-8 W, 14-9 W, 14-6 W, 9-4 W, 6-5 L, 6-20 L, 5-10 W, 7-5
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SEASON BY SEASON SCORES 1995 (20-10)
1997 (12-16)
UC San Diego L, 5-8 Navy W, 8-2 UC Davis W, 10-7 Long Beach State L, 9-13 Stanford L, 7-12 UC San Diego W, 16-13 (OT) Pacific W, 6-5 (OT) UC Davis W, 13-9 UC Santa Barbara W, 6-4 Redlands W, 14-10 Harvard W, 11-4 Stanford L, 6-9 Santa Clara W, 17-6 Pacific W, 8-7 UC Davis L, 6-7 California L, 9-12 Massachusetts W, 9-7 Brown W, 8-5 Santa Clara W, 13-7 Pacific W, 6-4 UC San Diego L, 8-9 Pepperdine L, 10-14 Chapman W, 15-6 Redlands W, 13-1 Long Beach State W, 8-7 (OT) Claremont-Mudd-Scripps W, 14-10 UCLA L, 7-9 Loyola Marymount W, 17-7 UC Davis W, 11-10 UC San Diego L, 8-12
1996 (14-10) Whittier Long Beach State USC Pacific Pepperdine UC Davis UC San Diego UCLA Santa Clara UC Davis Santa Clara Pepperdine USC California Pepperdine Redlands Long Beach State UC Santa Barbara Claremont Pepperdine UCLA Whittier Santa Clara UC Davis
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W, 13-4 W, 11-9 L, 7-12 L, 6-15 L, 6-10 W, 15-13 W, 16-10 L, 7-16 W, 15-8 W, 9-7 W, 8-4 W, 10-5 L, 2-14 L, 2-9 L, 6-7 W, 9-4 L, 9-12 W, 5-4 W, 7-5 W, 8-7 L, 8-11 W, 17-8 W, 11-7 L, 11-12
UC San Diego UCLA Loyola Marymount UCLA UC Irvine Claremont Long Beach State UC Davis Whittier Long Beach State Santa Clara UC Davis UC Santa Cruz Pacific Brown Santa Clara Navy Santa Clara California UC Davis Pacific Redlands Claremont UCLA Long Beach State Santa Clara UC San Diego Claremont
1999 (21-12)
L, 8-11 L, 0-21 W, 13-12 (OT) L, 3-13 L, 8-17 W, 9-8 W, 10-8 W, 14-8 W, 12-8 W, 11-9 W, 14-8 L, 8-12 W, 14-8 L, 11-14 L, 7-10 W, 8-7 L, 8-10 L, 7-10 L, 9-10 L, 7-11 L, 11-14 W, 8-7 L, 3-6 L, 2-16 L, 6-13 W, 7-6 L, 4-7 W, 9-5
1998 (16-12) Redlands Claremont UC San Diego Loyola Marymount Stanford USC UC San Diego Navy Bucknell Bucknell California Brown UC Santa Barbara Massachusetts UC Santa Cruz George Washington Santa Clara UC Davis Pomona UC Irvine UC San Diego Redlands Loyola Marymount Long Beach State Claremont La Verne Redlands UC San Diego
W, 14-6 W, 13-6 L, 8-10 W, 4-3 L, 3-10 L, 3-16 L, 5-6 L, 6-7 W, 16-10 W, 18-11 L, 4-11 W, 8-6 L, 9-10 L, 2-8 W, 16-14 W, 14-11 W, 13-11 W, 17-8 W, 12-4 L, 4-11 L, 4-10 W, 14-3 W, 14-10 L, 7-12 W, 13-4 W, 14-8 W, 10-7 L, 8-10
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La Verne UC San Diego Loyola Marymount Santa Clara Cal Baptist UC Davis Navy UC San Diego Cal Baptist UC San Diego Redlands Claremont Washington UC Santa Cruz UC Irvine USC UC San Diego Pacific Santa Clara UC Davis Santa Clara UC Davis Redlands Claremont La Verne Cal Baptist Long Beach State Loyola Marymount Pomona Pepperdine Whittier Loyola Marymount UC San Diego
W, 16-5 L, 6-9 L, 6-10 W, 11-10 L, 9-10 W, 10-9 W, 10-6 L, 6-15 L, 4-5 W, 9-5 W, 8-3 W, 14-2 W, 14-2 W, 5-3 W, 9-6 L, 6-16 L, 4-10 L, 5-8 W, 15-10 W, 11-9 W, 13-8 W, 9-5 W, 9-6 W, 13-7 W, 11-6 W, 8-7 L, 5-9 L, 6-11 W, 11-6 L, 6-8 W, 14-7 W, 10-6 L, 7-10
2000 (14-13) Pomona La Verne Loyola Marymount UC San Diego Navy Pacific Stanford Pepperdine Navy Pomona Redlands Claremont La Verne Cal Baptist UC Davis Cal Baptist UC Davis UC San Diego Cal Baptist UC Santa Cruz UC Davis Loyola Marymount Santa Clara Cal Baptist UC Davis UC San Diego La Verne
W, 15-5 W, 10-8 W, 9-8 L, 6-9 L, 9-12 L, 7-10 L, 6-12 L, 2-14 W, 11-7 W, 15-6 W, 8-5 L, 7-8 L, 9-11 W, 9-6 W, 11-9 W, 8-7 W, 10-4 L, 9-12 L, 5-6 W, 10-7 W, 12-5 L, 6-12 L, 6-9 L, 5-11 W, 10-6 L, 4-6 W, 10-5
ALL-TIME RESULTS 2001 (12-13) BYU-Hawaii La Verne UC San Diego Loyola Marymount Pomona UC Santa Cruz Redlands Santa Clara Navy George Washington UCLA Pacific Santa Clara UC Davis Cal Baptist Navy UC Davis UC San Diego Loyola Marymount UC Santa Barbara Claremont Chapman UC Davis Loyola Marymount Redlands
W, 14-4 W, 14-6 L, 2-14 L, 6-13 W, 15-3 W, 12-7 L, 10-11 W, 7-4 L, 5-8 W, 10-5 L, 5-13 L, 5-6 W, 10-8 W, 4-3 L, 8-10 (OT) L, 5-8 W, 5-7 L, 3-8 L, 6-11 L, 6-10 W, 12-4 W, 7-2 W, 8-6 (OT) L, 4-13 L, 4-5
2002 (16-12) BYU-Hawaii USC Santa Clara Whittier Iona Queens Princeton Merchant Marines UC Davis UC San Diego Pomona Santa Clara UC Santa Cruz UC Irvine UC San Diego UC Davis UC Santa Cruz UC Santa Cruz UC Davis George Washington Cal Baptist Loyola Marymount Redlands La Verne Claremont Chaminade #10 UC San Diego BYU-Hawaii
L, 3-6 L, 4-17 W, 15-3 W, 13-6 L, 10-12 L, 8-10 L, 6-11 L, 10-11 W, 8-6 (OT) L, 2-9 W, 13-4 W, 13-1 W, 13-8 L, 4-13 L, 6-11 L, 6-7 W, 8-7 (OT) W, 16-7 W, 12-7 W, 12-7 W, 8-7 L, 7-13 W, 13-7 W, 9-5 W, 11-6 W, 8-4 L, 4-10 W, 9-6
SEASON BY SEASON SCORES 2003 (18-10) La Verne #6 UC Irvine Loyola Marymount (NR) Redlands Iona Navy St. Francis Johns Hopkins #13 Queens (N.Y.) BYU-Hawaii Pomona-Pitzer UC Davis Santa Clara UC Santa Cruz California Pacific Princeton George Washington Chapman Iona Cal Baptist #10 Loyola Marymount Whittier (NR) Redlands La Verne Redlands #8 Loyola Marymount #19 UC Davis
2005 (12-15) W, 14-3 L, 5-7 W, 7-6 W, 9-6 L, 3-7 L, 6-9 L, 6-7 W, 9-1 W, 12-5 L, 6-7 W, 13-2 W, 12-5 W, 15-2 W, 13-7 L, 5-14 L, 9-12 L, 6-7 W, 12-6 W, 17-4 W, 8-6 W, 12-9 L, 4-7 W, 11-3 W, 7-2 W, 12-1 W, 10-5 L, 8-9 W, 9-8
2004 (8-22) Whittier #10 UC Santa Barbara Redlands #14 UC Davis #3 UCLA #11 Navy #2 USC #11 Loyola Marymount #15 Pacific #16 Pacific #17 Redlands #2 USC #11 Princeton #12 Long Beach State #9 Pepperdine #18 Cal Baptist #18 Cal Baptist #18 Cal Baptist Santa Clara #13 BYU-Hawaii UC Santa Cruz #14 UC Davis #6 Loyola Marymount #17 Redlands Chapman Pomona UC Santa Cruz #10 UC San Diego #14 BYU-Hawaii #20 Santa Clara
W, 11-6 L, 3-9 L, 5-9 L, 5-10 L, 3-9 L, 7-14 L, 1-12 L, 10-11 L, 7-9 L, 8-14 W, 8-7 L, 3-10 L, 6-11 L, 6-8 L, 3-8 L, 11-12 (OT) W, 10-7 W, 10-9 L, 6-9 L, 6-11 L, 3-4 L, 6-11 L, 4-10 L, 5-6 W, 13-4 W, 11-4 W, 6-4 L, 7-10 L, 9-11 W, 9-6
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#6 Pepperdine Pomona-Pitzer UC Santa Cruz #8 Long Beach State #16 Redlands Whittier Santa Clara Occidental Brown #9 Loyola Marymount Iona Iona #4 Stanford #9 St. Francis #18 Santa Clara UC Santa Cruz #17 Santa Clara BYU-Hawaii #9 Pacific #10 UC Davis #11 Loyola Marymount Redlands La Verne Claremont #11 UC Davis UC Santa Cruz Pomona-Pitzer
L, 3-12 W, 7-3 W, 5-4 L, 3-11 L, 6-7 W, 12-11 W, 12-4 W, 13-7 L, 4-7 L, 7-12 W, 8-5 W, 11-7 L, 5-15 L, 7-8 L, 6-8 (OT) W, 6-4 W, 4-3 L, 10-11 (OT) L, 3-9 L, 3-10 L, 5-10 L, 4-5 W, 6-5 W, 5-4 L, 2-4 L, 6-7 W, 11-10 (OT)
2006 (14-17) #5 Pacific Whittier Claremont Pomona-Pitzer #20 Cal Baptist #12 Navy #12 Navy #4 Stanford MIT La Verne #20 Brown #19 Cal Baptist #2 California #8 UC Davis #2 California #5 Pacific #3 UC San Diego #8 UC Santa Barbara #14 Long Beach State #5 UC San Diego #13 UC Davis #16 Santa Clara #14 Long Beach State #7 Loyola Marymount #19 Redlands Chapman Claremont #17 Santa Clara La Verne UC Santa Cruz #19 Redlands
L, 9-12 W, 14-6 W, 11-7 W, 12-11 (OT) W, 11-3 L, 10-15 L, 7-11 L, 5-9 W, 16-2 W, 14-3 W, 11-5 W, 11-5 L, 4-10 L, 5-7 L, 4-18 L, 5-7 L, 7-10 L, 6-10 L, 7-8 L, 4-12 W, 6-5 L, 8-12 L, 7-8 L, 4-11 W, 9-4 W, 13-6 W, 10-8 L, 3-6 W, 10-5 L, 4-6 W, 13-9
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SEASON BY SEASON SCORES 2007 (15-14) #7 UC Santa Barbara L, 5-11 #8 UC San Diego L, 14-15 #19 Pomona-Pitzer W, 12-7 #10 Loyola Marymount L, 6-9 John Hopkins W, 12-6 Johns Hopkins W, 11-8 Johns Hopkins L, 9-12 #2 California L, 4-14 #11 Loyola Marymount L, 5-13 Santa Clara W, 11-4 #10 Navy L, 4-11 #15 Pacific L, 9-13 Cal Lutheran W, 16-8 #19 Cal Baptist W, 18-12 #15 Pacific L, 7-11 #2 California L, 2-11 Harvard W, 12-4 #9 UC Davis L, 2-4 George Washington W, 6-5 #11 Navy L, 7-10 #20 Princeton W, 7-5 #16 Bucknell W, 8-6 #12 Loyola Marymount L, 4-11 Chapman W, 19-5 La Verne W, 12-6 Claremont W, 5-3 (one half) #14 UC San Diego W, 11-10 #9 UC Davis L, 6-13 #15 Santa Clara W, 10-9 (OT)
2008 (17-15) #13 Pacific Claremont Redlands Pomona-Pitzer #3 Stanford #2 USC #10 UC Santa Barbara #13 Navy #17 Cal Baptist UC Santa Cruz Occidental Cal Lutheran #16 Redlands George Washington Pomona-Pitzer Mercyhurst Whittier Fordham Iona Iona #12 Santa Clara Cal Baptist #11 UC Davis #10 Long Beach State #6 Loyola Marymount Chapman
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L, 7-9 W, 13-2 L, 7-13 W, 8-5 L, 2-14 L, 1-19 L, 9-10 (2OT) L, 4-11 L, 9-14 W, 11-6 W, 13-7 W, 7-4 L, 8-10 W, 12-5 W, 8-6 W, 10-5 W, 16-2 W, 12-4 W, 15-8 W. 17-5 L, 7-9 L, 7-8 L, 10-12 L, 9-12 L, 6-16 W, 8-4
La Verne Claremont #11 UC Davis Chapman Claremont #16 Redlands
W, 16-4 W, 10-6 L, 4-6 W, 12-4 W, 13-9 L, 11-13 (OT)
2009 (18-14) #6 Loyola Marymount #1 USC Pomona-Pitzer #10 UC San Diego Cal Baptist Cal Baptist #15 St. Francis #15 St. Francis #6 UC Santa Barbara #12 Santa Clara #11 Pacific #10 Concordia #14 Concordia Whittier Redlands Occidental Cal Lutheran #13 Navy Iona George Washington Johns Hopkins #13 UC Davis Brown #19 St. Francis #16 Santa Clara Chapman #6 Loyola Marymount La Verne Claremont
L, 5-12 L, 5-16 W, 11-4 W, 14-12 L, 11-12 W, 8-7 W, 14-7 L, 8-12 L, 5-15 L, 6-10 W, 9-8 L, 5-6 (OT) L, 10-13 W, 10-8 W, 12-8 W, 14-4 W, 14-5 L, 10-12 W, 11-9 W, 14-5 W, 11-10 W, 8-7 (OT) W, 9-8 (OT) L, 12-15 L, 4-11 W, 10-2 L, 4-9 W, 17-7 W, 11-2
Whittier #20 Redlands #15 UC Davis
2010 (13-18) at #11 UC San Diego vs. La Verne vs. #6 Loyola Marymount vs. #10 Pacific Chapman Chapman vs. #2 UCLA vs. #10 Long Beach State vs. #11 UC San Diego vs, Pomona-Pitzer at #15 UC Davis at #18 Pomona-Pitzer vs. Cal Lutheran vs. Fordham at #3 UC Irvine at #10 Loyola Marymount vs. Redlands vs. Fresno Pacific vs. #20 Bucknell vs. #20 Brown vs. #11 UC Davis vs. #13 Santa Clara at #16 Cal Baptist vs. Concordia at Claremont at La Verne at #3 UCLA vs. Chapman vs. #12 UC Davis vs. Pomona-Pitzer vs. Redlands
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L, 9-10 W, 15-12 L, 8-10
L, 6-11 W, 13-6 L, 3-10 L, 5-10 W, 15-7 W, 11-7 L, 5-15 L, 9-10 L, 9-11 L, 8-10 L, 4-7 L, 7-9 W, 11-4 W, 12-6 L, 3-12 L, 3-9 W, 10-8 W, 10-5 W, 8-7 W, 11-10 L, 6-9 L, 6-8 L, 9-12 L, 8-14 L, 7-8 W, 12-4 L, 6-12 W, 15-5 L, 10-14 W, 10-8 W, 13-6
ALL-TIME RESULTS 2011 (11-17) vs. Cal Lutheran at #12 UC San Diego vs. #8 Loyola Marymount vs. La Verne vs. #3 UCLA vs. #13 Concordia vs. Vanguard vs. #9 Long Beach State #10 UC San Diego at Chapman vs. #2 UCLA vs. #12 UC San Diego vs. #15 Santa Clara at #13 Long Beach State #13 Loyola Marymount at #15 Santa Clara vs. Brown vs. #12 UC Davis vs. #3 Stanford #19 St. Francis #19 St. Francis at Whittier at Pomona-Pitzer at #7 Long Beach State vs. Occidental vs. #12 UC Davis vs. Redlands vs. Claremont
W, 15-3 L, 4-9 L, 5-7 W, 12-4 L, 4-21 L, 8-10 W, 11-9 L, 9-16 L, 6-13 W, 12-9 L, 5-18 L, 11-12 W, 12-10 L, 6-10 L, 7-10 L, 6-11 L, 10-12 L, 8-15 L, 3-16 L, 10-11 W, 9-8 W, 11-10 W, 9-5 L, 7-12 W, 17-1 L, 3-6 W, 11-8 W, 8-4
2012 (19-12) at Redlands vs. Chapman at Claremont vs. #9 Long Beach State vs. #3 Cal vs. #11 UC San Diego vs. #18 Concordia vs. #14 Santa Clara vs. #4 Cal vs. #12 UC Davis vs. #9 Long Beach State vs. #11 UC San Diego #18 Santa Clara #17 UC Davis at #11 UC San Diego vs. #12 Brown vs. #17 Bucknell vs. #4 Stanford vs. Fresno Pacific #19 Cal Baptist Fresno Pacific #19 Cal Baptist Fresno Pacific at Pomona-Pitzer at #11 Loyola Marymount at Whittier vs. Claremont
W, 13-8 W, 15-8 W, 8-7 L, 10-15 L, 2-19 L, 7-8 (OT) W, 10-8 W, 9-7 L, 4-21 W, 12-11 L, 7-13 L, 3-9 W, 14-9 W, 15-11 L, 9-10 L, 5-6 W, 9-6 L, 3-14 W, 17-15 W, 11-8 W, 16-7 W, 19-10 W, 19-12 W, 13-9 L, 8-9 W, 13-9 W, 14-6
SEASON BY SEASON SCORES vs. #11 Loyola Marymount vs. #10 UC San Diego at #1 USC vs. #11 St. Francis
W, 10-9 W, 9-7 L, 7-18 L, 8-14
2013 (6-14) vs. #6 Long Beach State L, 8-10 vs. #17 UC Davis L, 11-12 (3OT) vs. Redlands L, 11-12 (OT) vs. #1 USC L, 2-23 at #4 Cal L, 8-17 vs. #8 Loyola Marymount L, 11-12 vs. #11 UC San Diego L, 7-15 at Diablo Valley College W, 18-12 Cal Baptist W, 14-10 Pomona-Pitzer W, 9-8 Mercyhurst W, 11-8 at #18 Cal Baptist L, 7-9 at Pomona-Pitzer W, 15-12 at #9 Pepperdine L, 7-12 at #12 UC San Diego L, 10-15 at #13 Loyola Marymount L, 13-16 at #16 Santa Clara L, 7-13 at #12 UC Davis L, 7-13 vs. #15 Loyola Marymount L, 10-11 (3OT) vs. Cal Baptist W, 15-9
2014 (15-15) vs. #4 Cal L 10-19 vs. Cal Lutheran W 12-8 vs. #5 Pacific L 9-12 vs. #6 Long Beach State L 4-19 at Whittier College L 9-10 vs Pomona-Pitzer* W 17-10 vs Claremont-Mudd-Scripps W 11-9 vs Redlands W 16-11 vs #3 USC L 7-25 at #3 USC L 7-20 at #12 Loyola Marymount W 11-9 at #11 UC Davis L 10-11 at #13 Pepperdine L 7-15 #8 UC San Diego L 7-17 vs. #4 USC L 5-12 vs. #12 Pepperdine L 8-12 vs. #20 St. Francis W 13-12 ot vs.17 Loyola-Marymount W 12-9 at Pomona-Pitzer W 14-10 #14 Santa Clara W 13-10 at UC Davis L 11-12 vs Bucknell L 7-9 vs Fresno Pacific W 10-6 vs Santa Clara W 7-6 vs Brown L 13-18 Fresno Pacific W 16-11 vs Cal Baptist W 8-7 vs Loyola Marymount W 10-9 vs. Cal Baptist L 12-15 vs. Santa Clara W 12-10
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2015 (12-17) vs. #7 UC Santa Barbara vs. #8 Pepperdine vs. #5 Pacific vs. #9 UC Irvine vs. #6 UC Santa Barbara vs. #13 San Jose State vs. #10 UC Davis vs. #11 UC San Diego vs. Cal Lutheran vs. #15 Navy vs. # 8 Pepperdine vs. Whittier College #10 UC Davis vs. #8 Long Beach State vs. Concordia vs. #15 UC San Diego vs. #9 Pepperdine Loyola Marymount vs. #14 UC San Diego vs. #19 Harvard vs. #11 Brown Cal Baptist vs. Fresno Pacific vs. Santa Clara vs. Chapman University vs. Concordia University Fresno Pacific #16 UC San Diego #20 Cal Baptist
L 7-8 L 5-10 L 9-18 L 8-10 L 7-10 W 11-8 L 7-10 L 15-16 W 14-7 W 17-11 L 10-14 W 13-9 L 10-11 (3 ot) L 8-9 W 23-10 W 10-5 L 6-16 L 10-13 L 7-12 L 8-9 L 8-10 W 13-10 L 14-16 W 11-9 W 16-15 W 9-8 W 11-10 L 8-10 W 12-8
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THE AIR FORCE ACADEMY The United States Air Force Academy offers a four-year program of instruction and experience designed to educate, train and inspire men and women to become officers of character, motivated to lead the United States Air Force in service to our nation. Each cadet graduates with a bachelor of science degree and a commission as a second lieutenant in the Air Force.
Course of Study Cadets are exposed to a balanced curriculum that provides the knowledge, skills and responsibilities essential to a career Air Force officer. The entire USAFA experience is integrated and mapped to achieve a set of desired outcomes in every graduate. The core academic curriculum includes courses in basic sciences, engineering, social sciences and humanities. Cadets take additional elective courses to complete requirements for one of 32 major areas of study. About 50 percent of the cadets complete majors in science and engineering; the remainder graduate in the social sciences and humanities. Some of the most popular majors include management, aeronautical engineering, foreign area studies, history, behavioral science, civil engineering, astronautical engineering, electrical engineering and engineering mechanics.
Faculty Composition The majority of the Academy’s faculty members, more than 500 total, are Air Force officers. They are selected primarily from career-officer volunteers who have established outstanding records of performance and dedication. Each has at least a master’s degree and more than 55 percent have doctorates or other terminal degrees in their field of study. About 30 percent of the faculty are civilians who bring great depth of disciplinary and educational expertise and provide academic stability and continuity. Faculty members are intensely focused on cadet learning as an integral part of their officer development. The Air Force Academy has been ranked No. 1 in the nation for the most accessible and involved faculty. To provide greater contributions by a diverse faculty, the Academy has several distinguished visiting professors and endowed professors who serve one or more years. Officers from other services, as well as officers from allied countries are also members of the faculty. Distinguished civilian and military lecturers also share their expertise with the cadets during the academic year.
Athletic Program
THE AIR FORCE ACADEMY Military Education and Training An air, space and cyberspace-oriented military education, training and leadership program begins with basic cadet training and continues throughout the four years. Seniors are responsible for the organizational leadership of the cadet wing, while juniors and sophomores seek to develop team and interpersonal leadership and instructional skills. Cadets are projected into as many active leadership roles as possible to prepare them to be effective Air Force officers. Fundamental concepts of military organization -drill, ethics, honor, Air Force heritage and physical training -- are emphasized the first summer during basic cadet training. Freshmen then study the military role in United States society as well as the mission and organization of the Air Force. Sophomores receive instruction in communication skills and juniors study the combat and operational aspects of the Air Force. The Academy offers courses in flying, navigation, soaring and parachuting, building from basic skills to instructor duties. Some cadets may fly light aircraft with the Cadet Flying Team. Summer training for cadets is divided into three, three-week training periods. There are a variety of programs available and each cadet is required to complete two training periods each summer with leave during the other period. All new cadets take six weeks of basic cadet training in their first summer. Combat survival training is a required threeweek program during cadets’ second summer. For other second-summer training periods, cadets have options such as working with Airmen in an operational unit at an Air Force installation, airborne parachute training, soaring or basic free-fall parachute training. During their last two summers, all cadets are offered leadership training as supervisors or instructors in the summer programs listed above. Extracurricular activities also are an integral part of the education program. The cadet ski club, drum and bugle corps, cadet chorale and forensics are a few of the programs available.
Nominations Nominations to the Academy may be obtained through a congressional sponsor or by meeting eligibility criteria in other categories of competition established by law. For information on admission procedures, write to HQ USAFA/RRS; 2304 Cadet Drive, Suite 200; USAF Academy, CO 80840-5025 or go to:
www.usafa.edu
The Academy’s athletic program is designed to improve physical fitness, teach athletic skills and develop leadership qualities. To achieve its goals, the Academy offers some of the most extensive physical education, intramural sports and intercollegiate athletic programs in the nation. Cadets take at least three different physical education courses each year.
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History of The Academy In 1948, a board of leading civilian and military educators was appointed to plan the curriculum for an academy that would meet the needs of the newly established Air Force. The board determined that Air Force requirements could not be met by expanding the other service academies and recommended an Air Force Academy be established without delay. In 1949, then Secretary of the Air Force W. Stuart Symington appointed a commission to assist in selecting a site and on April 1, 1954, President Dwight D. Eisenhower authorized creation of the United States Air Force Academy. After considering 580 sites in 45 states, the commission narrowed the choice to three locations. The summer of 1954, Secretary of the Air Force Harold Talbott selected a site near Colorado Springs, Colo. Colorado contributed $1 million toward purchase of the property. In July 1955, the first Academy class entered interim facilities at Lowry Air Force Base, Denver, while construction began. It was sufficiently completed for occupancy by the cadet wing in late August 1958. Initial construction cost was $142 million. Women entered the Academy on June 28, 1976, as members of the class of 1980.
ACADEMY SENIOR LEADERSHIP
ACADEMY SENIOR LEADERSHIP Lt. Gen. Michelle D. Johnson is Superintendent, U.S. Air Force Academy, Colorado Springs, Colo. She directs a four-year academic, military training, athletic and character development program leading to a bachelor’s degree and commission as an Air Force officer. The general is a distinguished graduate of the U.S. Air Force Academy’s Class of 1981. After graduating from the Academy, she completed graduate studies as a Rhodes Scholar before earning her pilot wings in 1984. Johnson has held numerous command positions at the group, wing and numbered Air Force level, and came to the Academy after serving
Vice Superintendent Colonel David Harris
Commandant of Cadets Brig. General Stephen C. Williams
as the Deputy, Chief of Staff, Operation and Intelligence, Supreme Headquarters Allies Powers Europe, North Atlantic Treaty Organization, Casteau, Belgium. She has served in various assignments in air mobility, airlift and tanker flying operations and training, academic instruction and personnel. A command pilot, the general has more than 3,600 flying hours in the C-141, T-41, KC-10, C-17, C-5 and the KC-14 aircraft. The general’s military awards and decorations include the Defense Superior Service Medal with oak leaf cluster, Legion of Merit with oak leaf cluster, Meritorious Service Medal with oak leaf cluster, Aerial Achievement Medal, Air Force Commendation Medal, Air Force Achievement Medal, Combat Readiness Medal with oak leaf cluster, National Defense Service Medal with bronze star, Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal, Southwest Asia Service Medal with bronze star and the Global War on Terrorism Service Medal.
Dean of Faculty Brig. General Andrew Armacost
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Commander, 10th Air Base Wing Col. Troy Dunn
Command Chief CMSgt Max Grindstaff
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DIRECTOR OF ATHLETICS
DIRECTOR OF ATHLETICS JIM KNOWLTON
Jim Knowlton begins his second full year as the director of athletics at the Air Force Academy. Knowlton joined the Academy as the 11th director of athletics on March 22, 2015. He oversees 27 intercollegiate varsity sports, physical education, intramurals and all physical testing and evaluation at the Academy. Knowlton’s first year at the Academy was tremendously successful. The Falcons celebrated a school-best Learfield Director’s Cup standing of 52nd which led the Mountain West for the first time in school history and was tops among the three serive academies for the fifth straight year. Air Force celebrated five conference championships (men’s cross country, men’s indoor and outdoor track, men’s swimming and diving and lacrosse) which tied as the most in a single year in Academy history. A school-record 11 coaches were named coach of the year and 45 cadet-athletes earned All-American status, the best in school history. The Academy had four multi-sport All-Americans, including two first-ever Divison I women’s All-American honorees, and three athletes earn trips to the Olympic Trials. Senior marksman David Higgins became the first to earn a spot on an Olympic team as a cadet, earning a spot on the shooting team. Several other inititiaves were started that have the athletic department on the move. The athletic department vision has been put into a strategic plan that is in step with the Academy’s intent and posted on the athletic’s website. In addition, Knowlton has furthered the department’s culture of excellence and developed a culture and climate officer that has met with all 27 intercollegiate teams to teach healthy relationship training. An athletic department reorganization incorporated the department’s non-profit entity, the Air Force Academy Athletic Corporation (AFAAC), into the department easing processes and improving communication. The two worked together to extend the department’s Nike contract which doubled the financial support received from the previous contract for athletics.
Knowlton led several initiatives that have benefited all cadets, in addition to incollegiate athletes. The department started the Falcon Fuel program, installing re-fueling stations outside weight rooms for all 4,000 cadets at the Academy. Cadets can refuel their bodies before and after workouts with healthy snacks and drinks. The Air Force Pride Clubs saw donations double to over $1 million while intramural championships were moved to the best athletic venues including Falcon Stadium and Clune Arena. Prior to the Air Force Academy, Knowlton served as the director of athletics at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and was responsible for overseeing the Institute’s 12 men’s and 11 women’s NCAA intercollegiate varsity teams and three junior varsity squads, involving more than 600 student-athletes, as well as intramurals. In his time in Troy, Knowlton helped develop the strategic vision for the athletic department, implemented a new athletics branding initiative, increased two-way communication with the student-athletes, created and filled many key positions, and facilitated renovations to the Houston Field House as well as the construction of the $102M first phase of Rensselaer’s East Campus Athletic Village. Knowlton was selected as the National Association of Collegiate Director’s of Athletics (NACDA) Under Armour Division III Athletic Director of the Year in 2011. Knowlton also represented Rensselaer serving on several national committees, including the NACDA executive committee, the board of College Hockey, Inc. and as the chair of the NCAA Division I men’s Ice Hockey committee. Prior to joining Rensselaer, Knowlton served as the director of the Center for Enhanced Performance at the United States Military Academy in West Point, N.Y. In that position, he led a staff of 50 professionals who delivered training for peak performance in athletics, academics, and military endeavors to cadets, soldiers, and athletes both on and off the West Point campus. From 2003 to 2006 Knowlton served as both deputy and interim director for the athletics department at West Point, where he led a staff of more than 200 people and supervised 25 intercollegiate athletic programs with more than 1,000 student-athletes. During his tenure, West Point set the stage to earn its first NCAA national championship in more than 50 years.
One of the primary emphasis areas has been community outreach and the department has moved forward in several areas. A fan engagement committee was formed and athletic department staff and coaches have been active in the community speaking to special interest groups. The department moved a ticket and merchandise store to downtown Colorado Springs and the football team’s annual spring game was played at Fountain Fort Carson High School, bringing military leaders from Peterson Air Force Base and Fort Carson Army Base together with the Academy leadership. The department announced the first of a concert series in Falcon Stadium with Tim McGraw headlining a star-studded event in September. Several more are in the works, along with several other special event attractions to the base. One of the most noticable improvements to the fan experience is a new video board at Falcon Stadium. The new board is the largest in the conference and among the service academies.
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Knowlton received a bachelor’s degree in engineering in 1982 from West Point, where he was a four-year letterwinner and captain of the varsity hockey team. After 10 years of organizational leadership positions of increasing responsibility in the U.S. Army, Knowlton received a master’s in civil engineering from Cornell University. He returned to West Point in 1992 to teach in the civil and mechanical engineering department, after which he was selected to lead and manage larger and more complex organizations within the Army, ultimately leading a battalion of 750 men and women while stationed at Ft. Carson, Colo., before deploying to Iraq. Knowlton is a registered professional engineer in the state of Virginia. His awards and decorations include the Ranger Tab, the Air Assault Badge, and the Senior Parachutist Badge. Knowlton and his wife, Corey, have five sons: Jimmy, Patrick, Christopher, Mark and Shawn.
Director of Athletics Jim Knowlton with USAFA Superintendent Lt. Gen. Michelle Johnson.
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ACADEMY ATHLETICS
ACADEMY ATHLETICS Few schools in the country have an athletic program as extensive as the Air Force Academy’s.
Col. Brian A. Hill
Vice Director of Athletics
The goals of the athletic program are to enhance the physical conditioning of all cadets, to develop the physical skills necessary for officership, to teach leadership in a competitive environment and to build character. There are three divisions of the athletic program: intercollegiate athletics, intramurals and physical education. The intercollegiate program has 17 men’s and 10 women’s NCAA-sanctioned teams, facing some of the top competition in the nation. Men’s teams are football, baseball, basketball, ice hockey, cross-country, fencing, golf, gymnastics, indoor and outdoor track, lacrosse, rifle, soccer, swimming and diving, tennis, water polo and wrestling. The Academy fields women’s teams in basketball, cross-country, fencing, gymnastics, rifle, indoor and outdoor track, swimming and diving, soccer, tennis and volleyball. In addition, the Academy sponsors two nonNCAA programs; boxing and cheerleading. The majority of the Academy’s men’s and women’s programs compete at the NCAA Division I level in the Mountain West Conference. The Falcons compete in this conference against teams from Boise State, Colorado State, Fresno State, Hawai’i (football only), Nevada, New Mexico, San Diego State, San Jose State, UNLV, Utah State and Wyoming. All sports also compete against non-conference opponents, including many nationally ranked teams. The football team competes annually for the Commander-in-Chief’s Trophy, which is emblematic of service academy football supremacy. The Falcons have won the trophy 19 times, which is more than any other academy. The USAFA Cadet Field House is one of the most impressive athletic facilities in the country. It’s a modern, versatile structure with seemingly endless uses. The $5.6 million building is five stories high and 396 feet by 426 feet, the size of three football fields laid side by side. The structure is divided into three areas--basketball arena, ice hockey arena and multipurpose area. The three sections have a combined seating capacity of more than 9,000.
Col. Brian A. Hill is the vice athletic director at the Air Force Academy. A 1991 Academy graduate, he began his current assignment in June, 2015. Hill was the Vice Commander, 92nd Air Refueling Wing, Fairchild Air Force Base, Wash., from July 2013-June 2015. The 92nd ARW provides KC-135 aircraft and aircrews to support world-wide aerial refueling and airlift missions in support of the Department of Defense. Prior to this assignment, he was a student at the Air War College, Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala. Colonel Hill also served as Commander, 96th Air Refueling Squadron, Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii. Prior to his command assignment, Colonel Hill was the Deputy Executive Assistant to the Commander, Headquarters United States Pacific Command, Camp H.M. Smith, Hawaii. A veteran of Operations Iraqi Freedom, Enduring Freedom, Southern Watch, Joint Forge and Joint Endeavor, Hill earned his commission from the U.S. Air Force Academy in 1991. He is a command pilot with more than 3,100 hours in the T-1, T-3, T-37, T-38, C-130E/H and the KC-135R/T aircraft. Hill earned his master’s degree in physical education from the University of Northern Colorado in 1995 and a master’s in strategic studies from Air War College at Maxwell AFB, Ala. A three-year letterman on the Air Force football team, Hill was a team captain and second-team all-conference selection at inside linebacker in 1990. He was the Air Force Academy male MVP for the 1990-91 academic year. Hill and his wife, Suzette, have one son, Brayden, who is a junior at the Academy.
Clune Arena seats 5,858. The Cadet Ice Rink has a seating capacity of 2,470, while the multipurpose area seats 1,000 fans for track and field competitions. The $4.1-million renovation to the Cadet Track Stadium, the outdoor home of the Air Force track and field team, was completed in the fall of 2011 and is one of the premier track and field facilities in the nation. The Holaday Athletic Center, a $15.5 million completely donor funded indoor training facility, was completed in July 2011. The Cadet Fitness Center is a $9.5 million, Military Construction project, home of the Air Force Academy’s fencing practice facility and aerobics/ weight lifting facility that contains a nearly 33-foot climbing wall, opened in May 2012.
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THE FALCON
THE FALCON
Sports audiences across the country a highly intelligent, agile and powerful breed WHY THE FALCON? have been intrigued and delighted by the of performing falcon, and have flown at the aerobatics of the falcon, the flying mascot Academy since 2003. Speed of the U.S. Air Force Academy -- one of In addition to flying performances, Can attain velocities exceeding 200 only two schools with performing mascots miles per hour in stoops or dives on the falcons and cadet falconers visit dozens in the National Collegiate Athletic Asof schools, scouting groups, youth groups, their prey. sociation. The falcon can attain velocities airshows and other public events around the Power exceeding 200 miles per hour in swoops or country, educating youth and adults alike on Powerful and graceful flight, with falconry, raptors, the Air Force and the Air dives, turn sharply and streak only inches strong, deep wing beats; they maneu- Force Academy. above the ground, making it the fastest ver with ease, grace and evident enjoyand one of the most maneuverable of all On June 8, 1996, the Association of ment. birds. Graduates purchased a female white-phase Trained and handled by cadet falconers, gyrfalcon from Mr. Dan Konkle in Sheridan, Courage the birds soar and dive, sometimes zoomFearless and aggressive, falcons fiercely Wyo., and donated her to the Academy. The ing low over the heads of spectators. While defend their nest and young against in- cadet wing named this new mascot Aurora their public flying performances are pritruders. They have been known to un- from Roman mythology, the goddess of the marily limited to outdoor venues -- most hesitatingly attack and kill prey more dawn. She is now the official mascot for the often at football games and cadet wing paUnited States Air Force Academy and has than twice their size. rades -- the falcons appear at many other become the center of attention for the AcadKeen eyesight athletic contests in which cadet teams emy’s Falcon Mascot Program. At a mere 40 About eight times sharper than man. play. days old, this majestic creature weighed four Alertness, regal carriage and noble traMembers of the Class of 1959, the first pounds. Glacier, our previous white-phase dition. to enter the Academy, chose the falcon gyrfalcon Mascot from 1980-95, only weighed as the mascot of the cadet wing Sept. 25, two pounds. 1955, feeling that it best characterized Although any falcon can serve as an the combat role of the U.S. Air Force. They did not specify any Academy mascot, the white-phase gyrfalcon is native to Alaska, particular species; thus, any falcon can serve as mascot. Some of Canada, Greenland and the U.S.-Canadian border, and has always the characteristics which led to its selection were speed, powerbeen the official mascot of the Air Force Academy. Gyrfalcons ful and graceful flight, courage, keen eyesight, alertness, regal constitute only about five percent of the total number of falcons carriage and noble tradition. The falcon exemplified the qualities found in the United States. Of that five percent, only about 3-4 sought in Air Force Academy cadets: courage, intelligence, love percent are true white-phase gyrfalcons. of the wild sky, ferocity in attack, but gentle in repose, and disciFalconry is one of the extracurricular activities offered to capline. dets. There are usually 12 falconers, with four chosen from each Experts once said falcons could not be trained to perform new class at the end of the year to replace graduating seniors. before huge crowds, that the birds would panic and flee. Since The new falconers begin training in January under the leadership 1956, however, cadets have flown the birds at sporting events be- of experienced upperclassmen and the officer-in-charge. Withfore thousands of cheering spectators. Six weeks or more and an out proper instruction, novices can physically harm the birds average of 300 man-hours per bird are required to properly train or adversely affect their training. Falconers’ duties include daily a young falcon via operant conditioning. When a bird is in top checks of each bird’s health and condition, training sessions durcondition, it is able to fly for more than an hour and make reing which the birds are fed a measured ration of meat, frequent peated stoops at the baited lure swung by the cadet falconer. Alcleaning of the mews and routine maintenance of equipment. though they can be trained to perform, falcons are never totally During performances, the birds fly to a lure, a rectangulardomesticated and remain wild shaped leather pouch. The falcreatures with strong, individual coner whirls the lure in a circle on and independent spirits. a 30-foot cord; the bird quickly On Oct. 5, 1955, a splendid learns to strike it in mid-air, carry peregrine was the first falcon it to the ground and dine on the presented to the cadet wing. food. As the bird stoops toward It was named “Mach 1,” referring the lure in free flight, the lure is to the speed of sound. Today, jerked aside, causing the falcon 12 to 15 falcons are kept in the to fly up, circle and make another mews (enclosures for trained pass. This procedure is repeated hawks) north of the cadet area. several times before the bird is Current breeds of falcons at allowed to strike the lure in midthe Academy include several air. The falcon performs this task breeds which are native to North knowing that as soon as it catches America, including prairie falthe lure, it earns its meal for the cons, peregrine falcons, and the day. largest type of falcon, the gyrA small battery-powered transfalcon. The Academy recently mitter and a bell are attached to added several gyr-saker hybrids each leg so that, should the bird and a gyr-peregrine hybrid to its not come to the lure as it had ranks. Sakers are a strong and been trained, the cadet falconers agile mid-to-large size breed of will be able to follow and safely falcon, native to Eastern Europe recover the falcon. and Asia. Sakers have been cross-bred with the larger gyrfalcons in recent years to produce
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