Irvine, CA - March 28 - USA Water Polo is proud to announce the 2022 Zone Award Winners. The winners, representing zones from all across the country, honor contributions in variety of areas including coaching, officiating, volunteering, masters water polo, and more. From these zone award winners will come the USA Water Polo National Award winners. Congratulations to all of our award winners!
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Brenda Villa Award (Diversity, Equity & Inclusion - Individual)
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Central
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Bruce Hastie
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Sacramento Water Polo
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Coastal
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Leanne Drogin
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Pasadena Water Polo
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Midwest
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Nicole Lum
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Chicago Park District
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Mountain
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Brad Peercy
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Kearns
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Northeast
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Andrew Lewandowski
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Greater New Haven Water Polo
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Pacific
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Lance Leung
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Stanford Water Polo Foundation
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PacNW & Hawaii
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Vee Valle
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Northwest Water Polo
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PacSW
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Dan Way
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San Diego Shores
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Southeast
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Stephanie Johnson-Possell
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Orlando Thunder
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SoPac
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Dusan Djordjevic
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Southwest
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Taylor Cox
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Sandy Nitta Award (Elite Women's Coach)
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Central
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Natalie Benson
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Fresno State
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Midwest
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Ryan Pryor
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Augustana College
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Mountain
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Petra Pardi
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Arizona State University
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Northeast
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Ted Minnis
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Harvard University
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Pacific
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John Tanner
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Stanford University
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PacNWÂ & Hawaii
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Mike Wallen
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Puget Sound Polo
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PacSW
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Hope Mayer
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San Diego State University
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Southeast
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Carroll Vaughan
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Miami Riptides
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SoPac
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Molly Andrews
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Saddleback College
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Southwest
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Mark Lawrence
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Austin College
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Monte Nitzkowski Award (Elite Men's Coach)
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Central
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Daniel Leyson
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UC Davis
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Coastal
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Wolf Wigo
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UC Santa Barbara
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Midwest
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Colleen Lischwe
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McKendree University
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Mountain
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John Cogliandro
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Ottawa University Arizona
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Northeast
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Brian Bacharach
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Fordham University
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Pacific
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Dustin "Dusty" Litvak
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Princeton University
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PacSW
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Adalberto Vasquez-Coronado
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San Diego Mesa College
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Southeast
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Michael Goldenberg
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South Florida Water Polo
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SoPac
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Eric Perales
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Orange County Riptide
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Southwest
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Hugh Flanders
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Longhorn Aquatics
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Bill Barnett Award (Scholastic Men's Coach)
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Central
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Bruce Hastie
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Sacramento Water Polo
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Coastal
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Jesse Johnston
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Route 66 Aquatics
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Midwest
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Douglas Eichstaedt
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Lyons Aquatics Water Polo Club
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Mountain
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John Cogliandro
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TOPAZ Water Polo Club
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Northeast
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Gabriel Maldonado
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Greenwich Aquatics
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Pacific
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Brian Kreutzkamp
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Atherton Water Polo Club
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PacNWÂ & Hawaii
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John Orlando
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Puget Sound Polo
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PacSW
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Austin Farkas
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Poway Valley Water Polo
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Southeast
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Jimmy Aguilera
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Miami Whitecaps Water Polo
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SoPac
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Ross Sinclair
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Newport Beach Water Polo
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Southwest
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Robert Brown
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Lake Jackson Water Polo Club
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Doc Hunkler Award (Scholastic Women's Coach)
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Central
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Xanthe Plescia
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American River Water Polo Club
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Coastal
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Kristin Rodriguez
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Foothill Club
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Midwest
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Ian Hewett
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Third Coast Aquatics
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Mountain
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Kailin Isaacson
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Colorado Water Polo
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Northeast
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Miklos Gor-Nagy
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Asphalt Green Water Polo
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Pacific
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Ryan Chapatte
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Santa Cruz Waxem Water Polo
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Pacific
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Shelby White
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Santa Cruz Waxem Water Polo
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PacNWÂ & Hawaii
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Alexander Hacker
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Puget Sound Polo
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PacSW
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Evan Dean
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Seaside Water Polo
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Southeast
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Alex Bennett
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Orlando United WPC
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SoPac
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Natalie Seidemann
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CDM Aquatics Foundation
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Southwest
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Kassy Parker
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Ted Newland Award (Development Men's Coach)
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Central
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Scott McCall
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SKIP
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Coastal
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Garrett Potter
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Trojan Water Polo
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Midwest
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James Waeckerle
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Clayton Water Polo Club
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Mountain
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Mike Wensman
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Tucson Water Polo Club
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Northeast
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Jose Magro
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Capital DC Water Polo Club
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Pacific
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Michael Agostino
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680 Water Polo
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PacNWÂ & Hawaii
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Kristin Gellert
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Bainbridge Water Polo
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PacSW
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Cyrus Kahangi
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Del Mar Water Polo Club
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Southeast
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Gal Ben Kiki
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South Florida Water Polo
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SoPac
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Francisco 'Paco' Gonzalez
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North Irinve Water Polo Club
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Southwest
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Jason Gall
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North Texas Thunder Water Polo
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Brent Bohlender Award (Development Women's Coach)
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Central
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Nicholas Alexander
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Royal 559 Academy
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Coastal
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Jason Rosenthal
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South Coast Water Polo Club
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Midwest
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Olivia Miranda
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Columbus Water Polo
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Mountain
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Bela Hatch
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Kearns
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Northeast
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Edward Mendelsohn
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Greenwich Aquatics
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Pacific
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Cameron Jamison
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Lamorinda Water Polo
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PacNWÂ & Hawaii
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Farrah Kunkel
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Rain City Water Polo
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PacSW
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Kirby Kaptur
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La Jolla United WPC
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Southeast
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Kurt Predmore
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Florida East Coast Water Polo
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SoPac
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Tijmen Egtberts
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Tustin-Irvine Patriot Aquatics
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Southwest
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Thomas Markiewicz
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West Houston Water Polo
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Bret Bernard Award (Elite Referee)
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Central
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Rob Douglass
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Coastal
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Jenn McCall
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Midwest
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Ivan Munoz
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Mountain
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Joseph Peila
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Denver Water Polo
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Northeast
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James Wolff
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Greenwich Aquatics
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Pacific
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Easton Honaker
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East Bay Masters Water Polo
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PacSW
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Danielle Dabaghian
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Darkside
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Southeast
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Michael Goldenberg
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South Florida Water Polo
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Tom Hermstad Award (Scholastic Referee)
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Central
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Jenny Chavetta
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Coastal
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Chris Jimenez
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Midwest
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Jarod Lawson
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Clayton Water Polo Club
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Mountain
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Victor Nguyen
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Old Pueblo Water Polo
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Northeast
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Jesus Mejia-Mojica
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New York Athletic Club
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Pacific
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Rachel McCracken
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PacNWÂ & Hawaii
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Tyler Pagel
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PacSW
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Adam Eaton
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Old Pueblo Water Polo
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Southeast
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Stuart Sheldon
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Dynamo Water Polo
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SoPac
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Robert Matosic
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Southwest
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Andrew Pomier
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Aaron Chaney Award (Development Referee)
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Central
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Courtney Porter
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Coastal
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Quinn Peacock
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Santa Barbara 805
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Midwest
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Amanda Levy
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Mountain
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Ansel Blumenthal
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505 Master's Water Polo Club
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Northeast
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Chris Stevens
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Pacific
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Victor Nguyen
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PacNWÂ & Hawaii
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Dannette Schreib
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Puget Sound Polo
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PacSW
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Andrea Alexander
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Southeast
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Stephanie Beauchemin Villalobos
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SoPac
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Bret Stall
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Southwest
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Marco Torres Escalona
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HOPS
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Barbara Kalbus Award (Volunteer of the Year)
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Central
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Ron Osborn
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Central Valley Water Polo Club
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Coastal
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Eleanor Welke
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P.V. Water Polo Club
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Midwest
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Phil Meier
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West Suburban Water Polo Club
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Mountain
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Mika Jensen
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Northeast
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Erdem Karatekin
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Pacific
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Randy Kalbus
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PacNWÂ & Hawaii
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Veronica Roney
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Washington Wolfpack Water Polo
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PacSW
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Carolann "CJ" Hochbrueckner
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San Diego Shores Water Polo Club
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Southeast
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Jenny Metzdorf
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Patriot Water Polo
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Southwest
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Jim Browarski
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Zilla Water Polo
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Dion Gray Award (Female Masters Athlete of the Year)
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Central
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Kandace Waldthaler
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Davis Water Polo Club
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Coastal
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Jennifer Jamison
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Rose Bowl Water Polo Club
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Midwest
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Nicki Borella
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Clayton Water Polo Club |
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Mountain
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Vaune Kadlubek
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Team Vegas Water Polo
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Northeast
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Jill Lau
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Pacific
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Catey Pease
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PacNWÂ & Hawaii
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Chelsea Brown
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PacSW
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Carla Gilmore
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San Diego Athletic Club
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Southeast
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Amy Bennett
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South Florida Water Polo
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Southwest
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Vanessa Kerr
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HOPS
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Bryan Weaver Award (Male Masters Athlete of the Year)
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Central
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Jeremy Pope
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Central Valley Water Polo Club
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Coastal
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Jesse Morrison
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Santa Barbara Premier
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Midwest
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Chris Pzekota
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Mountain
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Chris Kreienkamp
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Old Pueblo Water Polo
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Northeast
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Mick Barry
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Pacific
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Chris Lathrop
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The Olympic Club
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PacNWÂ & Hawaii
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Sam Shabb
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Seattle Water Polo
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PacSW
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Amr Soliman
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Southeast
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Saahil Naik
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Orlando Thunder
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Southwest
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Juan Guapacha
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Pegasus Water Polo Academy
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Brenda Villa Award - Club (Diversity, Equity & Inclusion - Team)
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Central
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Sacramento Water Polo
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Coastal
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Rose Bowl Water Polo Club
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Midwest
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Chicago Park District
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Mountain
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Denver Squid
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Northeast
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DC Panthers Water Polo
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Pacific
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Stanford Water Polo Foundation
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PacSW
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San Diego Shores Water Polo Club
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Southeast
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Orlando Thunder
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SoPac
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Patriots Water Polo Club
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Club Sportsmanship Award
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Central
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SKIP
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Midwest
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NWC Water Polo Club
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Northeast
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Rockville/Montgomery Water Polo Club
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Pacific
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NorCal Aquatics
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PacNWÂ & Hawaii
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Puget Sound Polo
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PacSW
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Southern Water Polo
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Southeast
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Seminole Water Polo Club
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SoPac
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Newport Beach Water Polo
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Southwest
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Longhorn Aquatics
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