USPA INTERCOLLEGIATE
POLO CLUB CATALOG 2018 Start your college search here! 1
WELCOME TO THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF INTERCOLLEGIATE POLO! Whether you are a seasoned interscholastic player
women’s teams competing in separate divisions
who has been in the program since 5th grade, or
across four regions advancing their way through
a young NYTS player looking to try your hand at
regular season and tournament play, all vying for
arena polo, this resource is for you! Please allow
a chance at the national championship.
these following pages to give you a brief introduction to our 38 established USPA Intercollegiate Polo Programs. Whether you are looking for a big school or small, archeology or zoology, we offer a wide range of institutions across the United States and Canada to fit your needs.
The intercollegiate program continues to see growth year after year and receives tremendous support from the Board of Governors of the USPA to afford us the opportunity to support existing programs and launch new initiatives such as the USPA Intercollegiate Scholarship Program.
The USPA Intercollegiate Polo Program is steeped in history with the very first National Chamionship having been held in 1922. Yale and Princeton were the sole competitors, Princeton coming out the victor. Today there are 22 men’s teams and 28
As you begin your college journey, please reach out to anyone on the I/I team with any questions or comments. We are here to help!
Passion. Dedication. Excellence.
Amy Fraser
DIRECTOR, INTERCOLLEGIATE & INTERSCHOLASTIC POLO
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Cal Poly Polo Club . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
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Oregon State University Polo Club . . . 6
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Polo Club of Montana State . . . . . . . 7
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Stanford University Polo Club . . . . . . 8
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University of Southern California . . . 10
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Washington State University Polo Club . 11
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Westmont Polo Club . . . . . . . . . . 12
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SOUTHEASTERN A
Emory University Polo Club . . . . . . 25
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Michigan State University Polo Club . 26
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Polo Club at Virginia Tech . . . . . . . 27
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University of Kentucky Polo Club . . . 28
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University of Louisville Polo Club . . . 29
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University of Miami Polo Club . . . . . 30
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University of Michigan . . . . . . . . . 31
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University of Wisconsin-Madison . . . 32
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Virginia Polo Team, Inc . . . . . . . . . 33
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Washington & Lee Polo Club . . . . . . 34
NORTHEASTERN A
Alfred State Polo Club . . . . . . . . . 35
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Brown University Polo Club . . . . . . 36
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Cornell Polo Club . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
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Harvard University Polo Club . . . . . 38
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Colorado State University Polo Club . . 15
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Princeton University Polo . . . . . . . 39
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Oklahoma State University . . . . . . . 16
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Roger Williams University Polo Club . 40
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Southern Methodist University Polo Club 17
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Skidmore College Polo Club . . . . . . 41
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Texas A&M University Polo Club . . . . 18
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UCONN Polo Club . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
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Texas Christian University . . . . . . . 19
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University of Massachusetts Polo . . . 43
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Texas State University Polo Club . . . 20
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University of Pennsylvania Polo Club . 44
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Texas Tech Polo Club . . . . . . . . . . 21
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University of Western Ontario Polo . . 45
University of Texas Polo Club . . . . . 22
M Yale Polo & Equestrian Center . . . . . 46
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WESTERN REGION Washington State University Polo Club Oregon State University Polo Club
Stanford University Polo Club
Cal Poly Polo Club Westmont Polo Club University of Southern Califorina
University of Idaho Polo Club of Montana State
CAL POLY POLO CLUB Facility
Los Osos, CA
TYPE Outdoor
Varsity Men | Varsity Women | JV | Club
LOCATION Off Campus
TYPE Student Organization
DISTANCE FROM SCHOOL 7 miles
MEMBERS 22
Horses: 30
GPA 3.92
tristanoland@gmail.com www.calpoly.edu
School SIZE 22,000 Students SAT 1300
POLO CLUB INFO groups/72448523020
Team
Did you know?
CONTACT Trista J. Noland tristanoland@gmail.com
COACH Megan Judge
We are 5 minutes from the ocean and surfing; 2 hours from skiing; and 3 hours from LA and SF.
We regularly practice and play on the grass fields in Santa Ynez and Santa Barbara.
Our alumni are veterinarians, doctors, attorneys, entrepreneurs and executives all over the country.
(805) 801-9410 megan@centralcoastpolo.com
Cal Poly Polo Club | WESTERN REGION | 5
OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY POLO CLUB Facility TYPE TBD
Varsity Men | Varsity Women | JV | Club
LOCATION TBD
TYPE Club Sport
DISTANCE FROM SCHOOL TBD
MEMBERS 21
Corvalis, OR
Horses: TBD
GPA 3.58
polo@oregonstate.edu www.oregonstate.edu
School SIZE 29,000 Students SAT 1180
POLO CLUB INFO OregonStatePolo
Team
Did you know?
COACH: TBD CONTACT Troy Haslem (360) 624-7139 haslemt@oregonstate.edu
Students come from all 50 states and more than 80 countries
6 | WESTERN REGION | Oregon State University Polo Club
OSU is one of only two land, sea, space, and sun grant research institutions in the United States
Highest GPA of any Oregon School
POLO CLUB OF MONTANA STATE Facility TYPE Indoor
Varsity Men | Varsity Women | JV
LOCATION On Campus
TYPE Club Sport
DISTANCE FROM SCHOOL 2 miles
MEMBERS 14
Bozeman, MT
Horses: 8
GPA 3.6
poloclubofmsu@gmail.com
www.montana.edu
School SIZE 17,000 Students SAT 1200
POLO CLUB INFO Montana State University Polo Club
Team
Did you know?
COACH Rob Brooks (406) 580-4203 brooksleather@aol.com
CONTACT
Montana State University was founded in 1893Montana’s LandGrant University.
There are more than 100 miles of trails in and around campus that are easily accessible.
The University has hosted the National College Rodeo Finals for more than 30 years now.
Elizabeth Johnson (701) 425-3532 poloclubofmsu@gmail.com
Polo Club of Montana State | WESTERN REGION | 7
STANFORD UNIVERSITY POLO CLUB Facility
Stanford CA
Team
TYPE Outdoor
Varsity Men | Varsity Women | Club
LOCATION Off Campus
TYPE Club Sport
DISTANCE FROM SCHOOL A few miles
MEMBERS 15
Horses: 23
School SIZE 18,000 Students SAT 1520
POLO CLUB INFO stanfordpoloclub@lists.stanford.edu StanfordPoloClub
GPA 3.95
Did you know?
www.stanford.edu spc.stanford.edu
COACHES Mike Zeliger & Heather Lake Mike: (508) 454-1099 michael.zeliger@klgates.com
Stanford has one of the best financial aid programs of the Ivy leagues (though we’re not actually an Ivy league institution)
8 | WESTERN REGION | Stanford University Polo Club
Most students live on campus all 4 years -- it is rare to live off campus
Stanford technically has no mascot. The tree was a student invention and the color cardinal is not officially our mascot either.
UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO Facility TYPE Outdoor
Varsity Men | Varsity Women | JV | Club
LOCATION Off Campus
TYPE Club Sport
DISTANCE FROM SCHOOL 12 miles
MEMBERS 15-20
Moscow, ID
Horses: 7-14
GPA 3.4
uofihorsepolo@hotmail.com www.uidaho.edu
Did you know?
COACH Weston Rogers (208)-771-1146 westonr@me.com
CONTACT Rachel Rosasco
School SIZE 11,780 Students SAT 1120
POLO CLUB INFO uofipolo
Team
Students are from 50 states and 79 countries
Undergraduates can choose from majors within 8 colleges, and grad students can earn degrees in more than 80 master’s programs.
Sports teams are called the Vandals, thanks to an old newspaper account of the 1917 basketball team vandalizing opponents on the court.
(209)-753-8250 rosa2679@vandals.uidaho.edu
University of Idaho | WESTERN REGION | 9
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA Facility
Los Angeles CA
Team
TYPE Outdoor/Covered
Varsity Men | Varsity Women | Club
LOCATION Off Campus
TYPE Club Sport
DISTANCE FROM SCHOOL 25 miles
MEMBERS 15
Horses: 9-12
School SIZE 18,000 Students SAT 1450
POLO CLUB INFO uscpolo@gmail.com uscpolo
GPA 3.73
Did you know?
www.usc.edu www.uscpoloclub.org
COACH Ardeshir Radpour (818) 437-1600 ardeshir@radpour.com
USC is the only university in the world to have a gold medalwinning athlete in every summer Olympiad since 1912.
10 | WESTERN REGION | University of Southern California
The only university to have an alum nominated for an Oscar every year since the Academy Awards’ inception in 1929.
When USC began, tuition was just $15.00 a term, and students were not allowed to leave without the consent of the university president.
WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY POLO CLUB Facility TYPE Outdoor
Varsity Men | Varsity Women | JV
LOCATION Off Campus
TYPE Club Sport
DISTANCE FROM SCHOOL 30 minutes
MEMBERS 25
Pullman, WA
Horses: 8 POLO CLUB INFO
www.wsu.edu 53398.orgsync.com/org/ wsuhorsepoloclub
COACH Annie Frosolone (360) 969-5715 annie.frosolone@gmail.com
CONTACT
School SIZE 20,000 Students SAT 1110 GPA 3.31
wsupolo@yahoo.com WSUpolo
Team
Did you know? WSU started as an agricultural college and remains a popular choice for agriculture and pre-vet students, but it is also well-known for its engineering, neuroscience, business, and communications programs.
WSU is home to a one-of-a-kind bear center that takes in unreleasable grizzly bears and researches bear biology and ecology.
The university is famous for its Cougar Gold cheese and Ferdinand’s ice cream, produced on campus with milk from the university dairy.
Sarah Willsey sarah.willsey@wsu.edu
Washington State University Polo Club | WESTERN REGION | 11
WESTMONT POLO CLUB Facility
Santa Barbara CA
Team
TYPE Outdoor
Varsity Men | Varsity Women
LOCATION Off Campus
TYPE Club Sport
DISTANCE MEMBERS 6 FROM SCHOOL 7 miles/10 mins
Horses: 15
School SIZE 1,300 Students SAT 1300
POLO CLUB INFO jeffpolo54@gmail.com Westmont-Polo-Team
GPA 3.92
Did you know?
www.westmont.edu
COACH Jeff Scheraga (315) 256-5797
12 | WESTERN REGION | Westmont Polo Club
We are 5 minutes from the ocean and surfing; 2 hours from skiing; and 3 hours from LA and SF.
We regularly practice and play on the grass fields in Santa Ynez and Santa Barbara.
Our alumni are successful veterinarians, doctors, attorneys, entrepreneurs and executives all over the country.
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WINNING ALWAYS MAKES THINGS MORE FUN, NO DOUBT, BUT I VALUE THE EXPERIENCES I GAINED WITH MY TEAMMATES MUCH MORE THAN THE RESULTS. THE INDOOR GAME QUICKLY CAUGHT MY EYE WITH ITS EMPHASIS ON TEAMWORK AND STRATEGY…”
- ANDREW BEGG
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CENTRAL REGION
Colorado State University Polo Club
Oklahoma State University Texas Tech Polo Club Texas Christian University University of Texas Polo Club
Southern Methodist University Polo Club
Texas A&M University Polo Club
Texas State University Polo Club
COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY POLO CLUB Facility
Team
TYPE Indoor
Varsity Men | Varsity Women | JV | Club
LOCATION Off Campus
TYPE Club Sport
DISTANCE FROM SCHOOL 5 minutes
MEMBERS 40
Fort Collins, CO
Horses: 30 POLO CLUB INFO
SAT 1210 GPA 3.59
coloradostatepolo@gmail.com CSUPolo www.colostate.edu
School SIZE 33,000 Students
Did you know?
equinescience.agsci.colostate. edu/polo-club
COACH: TBD President: Bennett Moore (205) 383-7081 bennettmoore97@gmail.com
Downtown Fort Collins inspired Disneyland’s Main Street.
Colorado State’s New On-Campus Football Field
Horsetooth Reservoir and Roosevelt National Forest are both close to Fort Collins
Advisor: Jason Bruemmer (970) 491-8409 jason.bruemmer@colostate.edu
Colorado State University Polo Club | CENTRAL REGION | 15
OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY Facility TYPE Outdoor
Varsity Men | Varsity Women | JV | Club
LOCATION Off Campus
TYPE Club Sport
DISTANCE FROM SCHOOL 5-10 miles
MEMBERS 20
Stillwater, OK POLO CLUB INFO
Team
Horses: 18
School SIZE 21,000 Students SAT 1160
okstatepolo@yahoo.com
GPA 3.52
oklahoma.polo go.okstate.edu
Did you know?
COACH David Ragland (405) 833-5783 dragok@aol.com
CONTACT Devan Groves (815) 219-9726 dgroves96@gmail.com
16 | CENTRAL REGION | Oklahoma State University
The OSU Student Union is the largest comprehensive university union in the world.
OSU’s Colvin Center has been named one of the top six collegiate sports facilities in the nation.
OSU has students representing all 50 states and 120 countries
SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY POLO CLUB Facility
Flower Mound, TX
Team
TYPE Indoor/Outdoor
Varsity Men | Varsity Women | JV | Club
LOCATION Off Campus
TYPE Club Sport
DISTANCE FROM SCHOOL 40 minutes
MEMBERS 20
Horses: 20
School SIZE 12,000 Students SAT 1370 GPA 3.64
POLO CLUB INFO polotom@usapolo.com SMU-Polo-Team www.smu.edu
COACH Tom Goodspeed (619) 993-5553 polotom@usapolo.com
Did you know? SMU’s eight libraries house the largest private collection of research materials in the Southwest, with more than four million volumes.
Students can elect to study abroad with over 150 programs and in 50 countries.
Alumni have won Tony, Grammy, Emmy and Academy awards and a Pulitzer Prize.
Southern Methodist University Polo Club | CENTRAL REGION | 17
TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY POLO CLUB Facility
College Station, TX
TYPE Indoor/Outdoor
Varsity Men | Varsity Women | JV | Club
LOCATION Off Campus
TYPE Club Sport
DISTANCE FROM SCHOOL First: 5 mins/Second: 45 mins
MEMBERS 12-13 (Club 50-60)
Horses: 20
GPA 3.55
omarpolio@tamu.edu www.aggiepolo.com
Did you know?
COACH Mike McCleary (979) 219-0162 mpmpolo@txcyber.com
School SIZE 66,000 Students SAT 1250
POLO CLUB INFO aggiepolo
Team
It’s a campus tradition to put a penny on the foot of the Sul Ross statue for good luck on their exam
CONTACT Omar Polio (713) 261-9981 omarpolio@tamu.edu
18 | CENTRAL REGION | Texas A&M University Polo Club
The Big Event, which is appropriately named, is the largest single-day event with over 20,000 student pitching in to participate in community and service.
Texas A&M has a Midnight Yell pep rally every year, where the lights are turned off for a period and students kiss their date in the dark! If you don’t have a date, you flick a lighter to signal other singles.
TEXAS CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY Facility
Team
TYPE Outdoor
Varsity Men | Varsity Women | JV | Club
LOCATION Off Campus
TYPE Club Sport
DISTANCE FROM SCHOOL 60 minutes
MEMBERS 23
Oak Point, TX
Horses: 30
School SIZE 10,323 Students SAT 1260
POLO CLUB INFO
GPA 3.58
tcupoloclub@gmail.com TCU Polo Team www.facebook.com/TCUPolo/
COACH Vaughn Miller (214) 533-5411 coach@prestonwoodpolo.com
PRESIDENT Paige Browning
Did you know? TCU offers more polo than almost any college in America! We play both indoor and outdoor polo up to 3 times a week! TCU is a Divsion 1 school dominant in a variety of sports: football, baseball, basketball, rifle team and individual golf.
In the Fall of 2017, TCU will have completed construction on a brand new Greek village including 13 sorority houses and 11 fraternity houses.
TCU is located on 272 acres with only 8,500 undergraduate students and a 13:1 student to faculty ratio. The size and notoriety of our campus gives students the big school feeling with a small, private school experience. Â
(951) 816-9044 paige.n.browning@tcu.edu
Texas Christian University | CENTRAL REGION | 19
TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY POLO CLUB Facility
Team
TYPE Outdoor
Varsity Men | Varsity Women | JV | Club
LOCATION Off Campus
TYPE Club Sport
DISTANCE FROM SCHOOL 15 minutes
MEMBERS 28
San Marcos, TX
Horses: 16
School SIZE 38,808 Students SAT 1100
POLO CLUB INFO countylinepolo@gmail.com TexasStatePoloClub
GPA 3.28
Did you know?
www.txstate.edu texasstatepolo.wix.com/ txstatepoloclub
COACH Seth Bray
The San Marcos River is a clear spring fed river that flows through our campus.
(512) 914-8490 countylinepolo@gmail.com
20 | CENTRAL REGION | Texas State University Polo Club
If we are not playing polo, we are tubing and enjoying the San Marcos River.Â
We are centrally located in between Austin and San Antonio which travel time takes short minutes to get to either town.
TEXAS TECH POLO CLUB Facility
Team
TYPE Outdoor
Varsity Men | Varsity Women | JV | Club
LOCATION Off Campus
TYPE Club Sport/Student Organization
DISTANCE FROM SCHOOL 15 miles
MEMBERS 30
Lubbock, TX
Horses: 30
School SIZE 37,000 Students SAT 1180
POLO CLUB INFO texastechpolo16@gmail.com Texas Tech Polo
GPA 3.44
Did you know?
http://ttu.orgsync.com
COACH Walker Rainey (325) 669-9105
The Polo barn is less than 15 minutes from campus
Lubbock has over 260 days of sunshine a year Â
All sporting events are free for students
wwrainey1944@gmail.com
Texas Tech Polo Club | CENTRAL REGION | 21
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS POLO CLUB Facility
Team
TYPE Indoor/Outdoor
Club
LOCATION Off Campus
TYPE Club Sport/Student Organization
DISTANCE FROM SCHOOL 30 miles
MEMBERS TBA
Austin, TX
Horses: 6
School SIZE 40,000 Students SAT 1350
POLO CLUB INFO
GPA 3.75
hollywood@utexas.edu texaspoloteam www.utexas.edu
Did you know?
utexas.collegiatelink.net/ organization/texaspoloteam
COACH Ethan Galis (817) 991-1366 ethan.galis@gmail.com
PRESIDENT Holly Wood (713) 997-0636 hollyalexandrawood@gmail.com
22 | CENTRAL REGION | University of Texas Polo Club
There are 7 Museums on Campus
Over 1,300 student organizations
There are 119 Undergraduate Degree options
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IN REGARDS TO THE KIND OF POLO THAT COLLEGE OFFERS, IT DEFINITELY TEACHES YOU ABOUT PLAYING AS A TEAM, PLAYING HARD, AND LEARNING HOW TO RIDE DOZENS OF DIFFERENT HORSES.” - FELIPE VIANA
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SOUTHEASTERN REGION University of WisconsinMadison
Michigan State University Polo Club
University of Louisville Polo Club
University of Michigan
Washington & Lee University
University of Kentucky Polo Club
Virginia Polo Team, Inc.
Polo Club at Virginia Tech
Emory University Polo Club
University of Miami Polo Club
EMORY UNIVERSITY POLO CLUB Facility
Atlanta, GA
POLO CLUB INFO
Team
TYPE Outdoor
Varsity Men | Varsity Women | JV
LOCATION Off Campus
TYPE Club Sport
DISTANCE FROM SCHOOL
MEMBERS 12
45 mins/26 miles
School Horses: 8
www.facebook.com/EmoryPolo/
SAT 2030–2270 GPA 3.71 – 3.97
emorypolo@gmail.com Emory University Polo Club
SIZE 7,600 Students
Did you know?
COACH Frankie Questel (619) 971-4591 fquestel88@gmail.com
CONTACT
Our unofficial mascot is a skeleton named Dooley.
Our quad is in the shape of a Coke bottle.
The Dali Lama is a Presidential Distinguished Professor and teaches a class once every four years at Emory.
Monica Schweizer (617) 309-8565 monica.marie.schweizer@emory.edu
Emory University Polo Club | SOUTHEASTERN REGION | 25
Michigan State
Polo
MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY POLO CLUB ®
Facility
Mason, MI
Team
TYPE Indoor
Varsity Women | JV | Club
LOCATION Off Campus
TYPE Student Organization
DISTANCE FROM SCHOOL
MEMBERS 30
10-15 mins/8-9 miles
School Horses: 12
POLO CLUB INFO
SIZE 50,000 Students SAT 1190 GPA 3.68
msupolo@msu.edu Michigan State University Polo Club www.msu.edu/~msupolo/
COACH Paul & Sarah Knapp (616) 617-9391 sarah@boutiqueemmanuel.com
Did you know? MSU has over 200 academic programs with several highly ranked degree granting colleges, including the College’s of Education, Business, Nursing, and James Madison (a poli-sci and pre-law college).
26 | SOUTHEASTERN REGION | Michigan State University Polo Club
MSU was ranked #1 in college sports overall in 2015 and we are consistently ranked in basketball, football, baseball, and hockey.
MSU also has over 700 student organizations, from Underwater Hockey to the Quidditch Club to the Multicultural Business program, including many honors organizations.
POLO CLUB AT VIRGINIA TECH Facility
Team
TYPE Outdoor
Varsity Women | Club
LOCATION Off Campus
TYPE Student Organization
DISTANCE FROM SCHOOL 10 minutes
MEMBERS 30
Blacksburg, VA
School
Horses: 9
SIZE 26,000 Students SAT 1280
POLO CLUB INFO
GPA 3.64
poloclubatvt@gmail.com PoloClubAtVirginiaTech www.vt.edu
Did you know?
vtpoloclub.weebly.com
COACH: TBD CONTACT Anisa Gamble
The main campus has 216 buildings and even an airport
In 2015, Princeton Review names VT with #1 Best Food
There are more than 80+ bachelor degrees.
anisag96@vt.edu
Polo Club at Virginia Tech | SOUTHEASTERN REGION | 27
UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY POLO CLUB Facility
Lexington, KY
Team
TYPE Indoor/Outdoor
Varsity Men | Varsity Women | JV | Club
LOCATION Off Campus
TYPE Club Sport
DISTANCE FROM SCHOOL 25 minutes
MEMBERS 20
Horses: 11-14
School SIZE 30,000 Students SAT 1210
POLO CLUB INFO wildcatpolo1@gmail.com U of Kentucky Polo
GPA 3.68
Did you know?
www.uky.edu ukpolo.webs.com
COACH: Jorge Vasquez PRESIDENT Ben Lynch benjamin.lynch1551@gmail.com
Lexington is the “Horse Capital of the World” and is home to the KY Horse Park and Keeneland Race Track
28 | SOUTHEASTERN REGION | University of Kentucky Polo Club
The Men’s Basketball team is the winningest program in the country.
Students can get involved in over 350 organizations including Greek Life
UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE POLO CLUB Facility
Louisville, KY
TYPE Outdoor & Covered Arena
Varsity Men | Varsity Women
LOCATION Off Campus
TYPE Club Sport
DISTANCE FROM SCHOOL 45 minutes
MEMBERS 10-15
Horses: 6-8
GPA 3.6
brittany.adamspope@louisville.edu www.louisville.edu
COACH Mark Klan 502-396-6444 mjklan@bluegrass.net
CONTACT Dr. Brittany Adams-Pope
School SIZE 23,000 Students SAT 1190
POLO CLUB INFO polo.club.uofl
Team
Did you know? A 128,000 sq. ft. cutting-edge center includes an exercise facility, six basketball courts, a multi-activity court, jogging track, aerobics studios, fitness labs, a gaming area, and classrooms.
UofL is one of only 16 schools nationally to be named among America’s “Best of the Best” LGBTQ-friendly universities in Campus Pride Index, and the only university in the south to earn designation.
Churchill Downs is home to the Kentucky Derby and is minutes from campus
(502) 852-7270 brittany.adamspope@louisville.edu
University of Louisville Polo Club | SOUTHEASTERN REGION | 29
UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI POLO CLUB Facility
Coral Gables, FL
Team
TYPE Outdoor
Varsity Men | Varsity Women | Club
LOCATION Off Campus
TYPE Club Sport
DISTANCE FROM SCHOOL 75 miles
MEMBERS 25
Horses: 30
School SIZE 17,000 Students SAT 1360
POLO CLUB INFO umiamipolo@gmail.com UMiamiPolo
GPA 3.6
Did you know?
www.Miami.edu
COACH Senter Johnson (203) 253-0949 senterjohnson@gmail.com
UM’s colors are green, white and orange, representing Florida’s orange tree! Green for the leaves, white for the blossoms and orange for well, the orange.
As a football tradition, Miami players and fans hold up four fingers at the beginning of the 4th quarter at every home football game to indicate they own the last quarter
PHOTOS BY: GAIL DAMON
30 | SOUTHEASTERN REGION | University of Miami Polo Club
University of Miami’s on-campus Sports Hall of Fame houses an authentic Seminole war canoe that was hand carved and painted by tribes people in 1955.
UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN Facility TYPE Indoor/Outdoor
Varsity Men | Varsity Women | Club
LOCATION Off Campus
TYPE Student Organization
DISTANCE FROM SCHOOL 30 minutes
MEMBERS 15
Ann Arbor, MI
Horses: 12
GPA 3.83
mipoloclub@gmail.com www.umich.edu
School SIZE 40,000 Students SAT 1450
POLO CLUB INFO MIPoloClub
Team
Did you know?
COACH Emmalyn Wheaton (517) 303-1606 detroitpoloschool@hotmail.com
CONTACT
We are the #1 Public University in the United States!
Ann Arbor is consistently voted a top ten College Town.
We have a great relationship with the Detroit Polo Club that benefits all of our members.
Caleb Pilukas (248)-228-4299 calebjp@umich.edu
University of Michigan | SOUTHEASTERN REGION | 31
UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON Facility
Madison, WI
POLO CLUB INFO
Team
TYPE Indoor/Outdoor
Varsity Men | Varsity Women | Club
LOCATION Off Campus
TYPE Club Sport
DISTANCE FROM SCHOOL
MEMBERS 20
Indoor: 15-20 mins Outdoor: 15-20 mins
School Horses: 16
SIZE 31,000 Students SAT 1370 GPA 3.85
poloclubuw@gmail.com PoloClubUW poloclubuw.weebly.com
COACH Claudio Gauna Nestor (630) 302-7455 gaunanestor@yahoo.com
CONTACT
Did you know? Every winter the two opposing dorm locations (Southeast and Lakeshore) have an epic snowball fight on Bascom Hill
Ruth Dumesic (608) 444-5979 jdumesic@wisc.edu
32 | SOUTHEASTERN REGION | University of Wisconsin-Madison
We are located minutes away from State Street which has several parades throughout the year including Freakfest during Halloween
Madison aims to give it’s members frequent opportunities to play in games and also offers outdoor polo during the summer season
VIRGINIA POLO TEAM, INC Facility
Charlottesville, VA
TYPE Indoor/Outdoor
Varsity Men | Varsity Women | JV | Club
LOCATION Off Campus
TYPE Club Sport
DISTANCE FROM SCHOOL 5 miles
MEMBERS 38-42
Horses: 60-70
GPA 4.23
llopez@vapolo.org www.virginia.edu www.vapolo.org
COACH Lou Lopez (434) 409-2637 llopez@vapolo.org
School SIZE 22,391 Students SAT 1410
POLO CLUB INFO VirginiaPoloClub
Team
Did you know? The Virginia Polo Center is a 75 acre facility consisting of a 400’ X 150’ outdoor arena with lights, a 250’ x 100’ indoor arena, and a regulation Bermuda grass field.
There is a 1,500 square foot club house with a 4 bedroom 2 bath residence named the Beh (pronounced bay) house.
Winners of 11 Men’s nationals Championships, and 10 Women’s National Championships.
Virginia Polo | SOUTHEASTERN REGION | 33
WASHINGTON & LEE POLO CLUB Facility
Lexington, VA
Team
TYPE Indoor/Outdoor
Varsity Men | Varsity Women | JV | Club
LOCATION Off Campus
TYPE Club Sport
DISTANCE FROM SCHOOL 8 minutes
MEMBERS 20
Horses: 6 POLO CLUB INFO
School SIZE 1,800 Students SAT 1450
eblinga19@mail.wlu.edu
GPA 3.96
Washington and Lee Polo Club www.wlu.edu
Did you know?
COACH Rodger Rinehart (540) 460-8068 rodger@jfbrownrealestate.com
CONTACT Amanda Ebling
We have recently been revived since our original founding in the 1960’s. We’re rapidly on the rise towards once again becoming a competitive intercollegiate team.
(314) 323-7816 eblinga19@mail.wlu.edu
34 | SOUTHEASTERN REGION | Washington & Lee Polo Club
We have a great friendship with UVA’s Virginia Polo Center, which is only an hour away from us. We frequently visit to work, play, and stay overnight in their clubhouse!
We practice and play in 150’ x 300’ coliseum which can seat up to 4,000 people. We can’t wait to host the student body and Lexington community at our games!
NORTHEASTERN REGION
Skidmore College Polo Club Cornell Polo Club University of Western Ontario Polo
Alfred State Polo Club
University of Massachusetts Polo
Harvard University Polo Club
UCONN Polo Club
Roger Williams University Polo Club Brown University Polo Club
University of Pennsylvania Polo Club
Yale Polo & Equestrian Center Princeton University Polo
ALFRED STATE POLO CLUB Facility
Team
TYPE Indoor/Outdoor
Varsity Women | Club
LOCATION Off Campus
TYPE Club Sport
DISTANCE FROM SCHOOL 50 miles
MEMBERS 3
Piffard, NY
Horses: 13
School SIZE 3,500 Students SAT TBD
POLO CLUB INFO
GPA 3.04
campbeAC@alfredstate.edu AlfredStatePolo www.alfredstate.edu
Did you know?
COACH Terry Mehlenbacher (585) 729-8037 t-mehl@rochester.rr.com
CONTACT Rob Donnan (585) 746-6897 rob.donnan6897@gmail.com
36 | NORTHEASTERN REGION | Alfred State Polo Club
Alfred State is in a rural area that centers a lot of their offered classes with hands-on programs.
Alfred State’s Western Team has been made me a validity NCAA sport.
Alfred State has a brand new tubing hill on campus!
BROWN UNIVERSITY POLO CLUB Facility
Team
TYPE Outdoor
Varsity Men | Varsity Women | JV | Club
LOCATION Off Campus
TYPE Club Sport
DISTANCE FROM SCHOOL 30 minutes
MEMBERS 15
Portsmouth, RI
Horses: 14
School SIZE 9,380 Students SAT 1500
POLO CLUB INFO
GPA 4.08
brownpoloclub@gmail.com BrownPoloClub
Did you know?
www.brown.edu www.brownrec.com/sports/polo
COACH Minnie Keating, CPI minnie@nptpolo.com
Brown has an open curriculum, meaning that students may choose whichever classes they wish to take without being restricted by any core requirements.
Brown has the oldest undergraduate engineering program out of all the Ivy League universities.
Every year, the Brown Concert Agency holds a concert known as ‘Spring Weekend’ on the main green. Past headliners have included Fetty Wap, Tinashe, Diplo and Childish Gambino.
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CORNELL POLO CLUB Facility TYPE Indoor
Team
LOCATION On Campus
Varsity Men | Varsity Women | JV | Club | First Year
DISTANCE FROM SCHOOL
TYPE Varsity Sport
1.5 miles/2 minutes
MEMBERS 42 (Club: 20)
Ithaca, NY
Horses: 50
GPA 3.18
dle6@cornell.edu www.cornell.edu
Did you know?
COACH David Eldredge (607) 280-0229 dle6@cornell.edu
38 | NORTHEASTERN REGION | Cornell Polo Club
SIZE 14,300 Students SAT 1050
POLO CLUB INFO Cornell Polo
School
Cornell is the only public-ivy league school.Â
Slope Day celebrates the final day of spring classes with live music. Performers include: Ludacris, Kendrick Lamar, Drake, Pussycat Dolls, Ben Folds, Kanye West, O.A.R., Snoop Dogg, The Game
Cornell has over 900 student organizations.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY POLO CLUB Facility
Team
TYPE Indoor/Outdoor
Varsity Men | Varsity Women | JV
LOCATION Off Campus
TYPE Club Sport
DISTANCE FROM SCHOOL 60 minutes
MEMBERS 25
Hamilton, MA
Horses: 18
School SIZE 6,655 Students SAT 1540
POLO CLUB INFO
GPA 4.1
harvardpolo@gmail.com HarvardPolo www.harvard.edu
Did you know?
harvardpolo.com
COACH Crocker Snow Jr. (978) 356-4422 crockersnowjr@earthlink.net
The Harvard Library—the largest academic library in the world
Harvard was established before calculus had even been invented.
In 2013, Harvard’s financial aid increased to a record total of $182 million.
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PRINCETON UNIVERSITY POLO Facility
Team
TYPE Indoor/Outdoor
Varsity Men | Varsity Women
LOCATION Off Campus
TYPE Club Sport
DISTANCE FROM SCHOOL 40 minutes
MEMBERS 10
Princeton, NJ
Horses: 10
School SIZE 8,180 Students SAT 2240
POLO CLUB INFO princetonuniversity.polo @gmail.com PrincetonPoloClub
GPA 3.9
Did you know?
www.princeton.edu poloclub.princeton.edu
COACH Hesham El-Gharby (908) 285-1210 heshame@earthlink.net
The Princeton University Chapel is the third largest University chapel in the world.
CONTACT Nikolas Weissmueller (609) 865-0358 ntw@princeton.edu
40 | NORTHEASTERN REGION | Princeton University Polo
Twenty-six thousand alumni, family and friends attend Reunions every year. At Princeton, every class has a reunion every year.
Princeton has won more Ivy League titles than any other member of the League.
ROGER WILLIAMS UNIVERSITY POLO CLUB Facility
Team
TYPE Indoor/Outdoor
Varsity Men | Varsity Women
LOCATION Off Campus
TYPE Varsity Sport
DISTANCE FROM SCHOOL 6 miles
MEMBERS 6
Bristol, RI
Horses: 14
School SIZE 4,800 Students SAT 1200 GPA 3.34
POLO CLUB INFO tedtorrey@me.com Roger Williams University Polo Club
Did you know?
www.rwu.edu
COACH Ted Torrey (401) 848-4536 tedtorrey@me.com
Overlooks Mount Hope Bay in Bristol, Rhode Island, is a short trip from Providence, Boston and New York
Freshman and Sophomores are required to live on campus
RWU has 20 Varsity teams
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SKIDMORE COLLEGE POLO CLUB Facility
Saratoga Springs, NY
TYPE Indoor/Outdoor
Varsity Men | Varsity Women | JV | Club
LOCATION Off Campus
TYPE Club Sport
DISTANCE FROM SCHOOL
MEMBERS 40
10 minutes
School Horses: 16
Skidmore Polo Club
SIZE 2,500 Students SAT 1300-1320 GPA NA
POLO CLUB INFO Worthwein@aol.com
Team
Did you know?
www.skidmore.edu
COACH Will Orthwein (518) 526-5708 Worthwein@aol.com
42 | NORTHEASTERN REGION | Skidmore
Skidmore offers more than 1,000 different courses
Nearly 70% of students participate in an internship during their Skidmore career, a number of which are funded by the College.
Saratoga Springs is known for its “health, history and horses”
UCONN POLO CLUB Facility TYPE Indoor-Heated Barn
Varsity Men | Varsity Women | JV | Club
LOCATION On Campus
TYPE Club Sport
DISTANCE FROM SCHOOL 5 minute walk
MEMBERS 15
Storrs, CT
Horses: 24
UConn Polo
School SIZE 27,000 Students SAT 1300
POLO CLUB INFO anders.carlton@uconn.edu (P) & julianna.gallo@uconn.edu (VP)
Team
GPA 3.67
Did you know?
www.uconn.edu polo.rso.uconn.edu
COACH Patrick Marinelli
Top 20 public university
UConn makes its own ice cream on campus and it’s amazing!
One of the best polo arenas and programs in the country
Pmarinelli@farmingtonpolo.com
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UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS POLO Facility
Amherst, MA
Team
TYPE Outdoor
Varsity Women | JV
LOCATION Off Campus
TYPE Student Organization
DISTANCE FROM SCHOOL 15 minutes
MEMBERS 15
Horses: 7-10
School SIZE 23,000 Students SAT 1290
POLO CLUB INFO
GPA 3.83
umasspolo@gmail.com UMass Polo www.umass.edu
Did you know?
COACH Hilary Blythe crbhjm@gmail.com
CONTACT
UMASS is one of the major public research universities in America
Hannah Okonsky hokonsky@umass.edu
44 | University of Massachusetts Polo | NORTHEASTERN REGION
Sustainability is our way of life. Nationally, our campus is rated gold for sustainability leadership
90 miles from Boston and 175 miles from New York City
UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA POLO CLUB Facility TYPE Outdoor
Varsity Men | Varsity Women | JV
LOCATION Off Campus
TYPE Student Organization
DISTANCE FROM SCHOOL 7 miles
MEMBERS 12
Philadelphia, PA
Horses: 12
COACH Lezlie Hiner (267) 971-5734 wtr@worktoride.net
SIZE 22,000 Students
GPA 3.93
upennpolo@gmail.com www.upenn.edu
School SAT 1510
POLO CLUB INFO upennpolo
Team
Did you know?
It is a tradition to throw toast on the field during all home football games
It is a freshman myth to never cross the compass embedded into the center of Locust Walk or else you will fail your first set of midterms.
Donald Trump, Tory Burch, Noam Chomsky, John Legend, and the current president of Harvard are all Penn alumni.
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UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO POLO Facility
Southern Ontario, Canada
Team
TYPE Indoor/Outdoor
Varsity Men | Varsity Women
LOCATION Off Campus
TYPE Club Sport
DISTANCE FROM SCHOOL 100 miles/
MEMBERS 12
2 hour drive
School Horses: 24
POLO CLUB INFO
SIZE 25,500 Students SAT 1100 (2400 scale) GPA 3.74
fmassalin@vrgcapital.com Western University Polo Club www.uwo.ca
Did you know?
COACH Scott Weir (416) 930-1389 skwpolo@mac.com
CONTACT
Founded in 2015 by the current players
Fernando Massalin (416) 581-8850 fmassalin@vrgcapital.com
46 | NORTHEASTERN REGION | University of Western Ontario Polo
First Canadian Intercollegiate team to reach Nationals in its inaugural year
All members previously played for the Toronto Interscholastic team.
YALE POLO & EQUESTRIAN CENTER Facility TYPE Indoor LOCATION Off Campus DISTANCE FROM SCHOOL 20 minutes
Bethany, CT
Team Competitive Men | Competitive Women | JV | Club TYPE Club Sport MEMBERS
Intercollegiate: 25
Horses: 18
High School:10 Club: 15
School
POLO CLUB INFO branden.vanloon@yale.edu
SIZE 13,000 Students
yalepolo
SAT 1540
www.yale.edu
GPA 4.19
yalepolo.wix.com/yalepoloteam
Did you know?
COACH Branden Van Loon (607) 592-5360 branden.vanloon@yale.edu
3rd oldest university but home to the oldest collegiate daily newspaper
Yale is home to an exclusive Secret Society called, Skull and Bones. Members have included George Bush Sr and Junior and John Kerry.
Yale freshmen are treated to a formal holiday banquet each year just like Harry Potter-style Hogwarts feast.
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USPA POLO SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM PA S S I O N. D E D I C AT I O N. E XC E L L E N C E .
SIX $4,000
scholarships awarded annually (Auto Renewable)
Open to current interscholastic & intercollegiate players
TO APPLY YOU’LL NEED:
1. 3.0 GPA 2. Two letters of recommendation 3. Short essay DEADLINE: MAY
FOR FULL SCHOLARSHIP GUIDELINES & APPLICATION DETAILS, PLEASE VISIT 48
uspolo.org