The USA Water Polo Hall of Fame, located in Irvine, California, is a hall of fame dedicated to honoring players, coaches and officials who have contributed greatly to the game of water polo in the United States. It was established in 1976 by USA Water Polo, which is the national governing body in the country.
Committee
Brent Bohlender, Chair Adam Wright Brenda Villa Dion Gray Heather Moody Kirk Everist Natalie Golda Benson Scot Schulte
Inductees As of 2020, 230 individuals have been elected.
1970s
Class of 1976 Kenneth M. Beck Lemoine S. Case Austin R. Clapp John J. Curren Harold N. Dash Phillip B. Daubenspeck Dixon Fiske Samuel J. Greller Lou DeBrenda Handley Robert E. Hughes Edward L. Jaworski William A. Kooistra Michael J. McDermott Perry McGillivray Jay-Ehret Mahoney Wallace O'Connor John Robinson Urho (Whitney) Saari George E. Schroth James R. Smith Frank Sullivan Vernon "Vern" Tittle Herbert E. "Hal" Vollmer Paul Wacker Wallace P. "Wally" Wolf
Class of 1977 Frederick Bassett Marvin "Ace" D. Burns Ronald Crawford Joseph Farley Robert Horn Samuel Kooistra John Miller H. Jamison Handy Joseph Ruddy Raymond Ruddy Ronald Severa
Class of 1979 Arthur Austin Charles Bittick Ralph Budelman James Gaughran Fred Lauer
1980s
Class of 1980 Bob Bray Harry A. Bisbey Harry Hebner Charles McCallister Francis McDermott Charles McIlroy George Mitchell R. Max Ritter Clyde Swendsen Donald Tierney
Class of 1981 Robert Frojen Donald Good Neil Kohlhase Charlie Schroeder Albert Schwartz John Spargo Calvert Strong William Vosburg
Class of 1982 Carl Bauer Steven Barnett Andrew Burke Elmer Collett Kenneth Hahn Arthur Koblish Robert Koehler Francis Moorman John Parker Roy Saari Gary Sheerer Anthony Van Dorp Dean Willeford
Class of 1983 David Ashleigh Devere "Chris" Christensen Charles Finn William Kelly Bruce Kidder Edwin Knox Richard "Hoot" Newman William Ross Burton Shaw Herbert Wildman
Class of 1984 Peter Asch Bruce Bradley Stanley Cole James Ferguson Robert Helmick George Stransky Russell Webb Barry Weitzenberg
Class of 1985 A. M. "Pete" Archer Heber Holloway Marty Hull Arthur Lambert Terry Sayring
Class of 1986 David "Jay" Flood
Class of 1987 Peter Schnugg
Class of 1988 Eric Lindroth Gus Sundstrom George Van Cleaf
Class of 1989 Frank F. Connor Christopher "Chris" T. Dorst Ogden Reid John Siman Jon Svendsen William Hale Thompson
1990s
Class of 1990 John R. Felix William "Bill" W.R. Schroeder Ronald "Ron" L. Volmer Otto Wahle
Class of 1991 Andrew "Drew" McDonald Timothy A. Shaw
Class of 1992 Gary Figueroa Robert K. "Bob" Gaughran Becky Shaw Joseph Michael "Joe" Vargas
Class of 1993 William "Buck" Dawson Barbara J. Kalbus William "Eagle" McMarthy Kenneth M. "Monte" Nitzkowski James W. "Jim" Schultz
Class of 1994 Arthur D. "Art" Adamson Jules J. Ameno Douglas Lambert "Doug" Burke Jody D. Campbell Charles B. "Shorty" Dwight III Steven "Harpo" Hamann Charles "Chuck" Metz George Ratkovic Kevin Robertson Norton D. "Nort" Thorton
Class of 1995 Paul "Bear" Barren Peter J. "Pete" Cutino Tom Hermstad
Class of 1996 Charles H. "Charlie" Harris Ralph W. Hale M.D. Robert E. Lee Jr.
Class of 1997 Andrew F. "Andy" Habermann William U. "Bill" Harris Stanley E. "Stan" Sprague Kenneth "Ken" Lindgren
Class of 1998 Greg Boyer Richard J. Foster Steve Heaston Janice Krauser Sandra H. "Sandy" Nitta
Class of 1999 Jane Hale Edward W. "Ed" Reed Jr. Terry A. Schroeder James "Jim" Slatton Craig "Willy" Wilson
2000s
Class of 2000 William "Bill" Barnett Peter Campbell Dennis "Fos" Fosdick William "Bill" Frady Gordon "Gordie" Hall Ken "Ham" Hamdorf Richard F. "Doc" Hunkler Douglas "Doug" Kimbell Craig Klass John D. Williams
Class of 2001 Brent Bohlender Jeffery Campbell Christopher D. "Chris" Duplanty Mike "Evo" Evans Roger Nekton Michael "Mike" Schofield Scott Schulte Mary Sprague
Class of 2002 James Bergeson Donald H. Clooney Dante Dettamanti Jeffery N. Heidmous Dr. Alan Mouchawar
Class of 2003 William K. Anttila Laura Baker Theresa Bixby Richard Draz Dion Gray Frank Hassett David A. Heck Kathy Jo Horne Lynn Comer Kachmarik Kelvin Parker Kemp Maureen "Mo" O'Toole
Class of 2004 Kirk Everist Vaune Kadlubek Maggi Kelly Walter "Wally" Lundt James "Moose" Mulcrone Alex Rousseau Lynn Wittstock
2010s
Class of 2010 Bret Bernard Heather Moody Edward Rudloff Kathy "Gubba" Sheehy Peter Ueberroth Jamey Wright
Class of 2011 Robin Beauregard Michael Garibaldi Jennie Jacobsen-Huse Kyle Kopp Wolf Wigo
Class of 2012 Bill Brown Ellen Estes Lee Margo Miranda
Class of 2014 Edward Newland Jim Sprague Andy Takata Sandy Vessey-Schneider
Class of 2015 Natalie Golda Benson Richard Corso Amber Drury
Class of 2018 Guy Baker Scott Hinman Chris Humbert Heather Petri Brenda Villa
Class of 2019 Elizabeth Armstrong Ryan Bailey Jeff Powers Jessica Steffens John Tanner Lauren Wenger Adam Wright
2020s
Class of 2020 Gavin Arroyo Gary Robinett Kelly Rulon Bruce Wigo Elsie Windes
Class of 2021 Courtney Mathewson Kami Craig Ericka Lorenz Tony Azevedo Merrill Moses
Class of 2022 Layne Beaubien Kelli Billish-Fitter Bob Corb Russ Hafferkamp John Vargas
Class of 2023 Aaron Chaney Nicolle Payne Ron Richison Coralie Simmons Peter Varellas
Class of 2024 Kiley Neushul Chris Oeding Doug Peabody Ken Smith
Class of 2025 David Alberstein Ricardo Azevedo Denny Harper Melissa Seidemann Jesse Smith
Class of 2026 Carin Crawford Annika Dries Peter Hudnut Chris Judge
See also Peter J. Cutino Award, another water polo award in the United States International Swimming Hall of Fame Water Polo Australia Hall of Fame
References
External links Hall of Fame - USA Water Polo