Huntington Beach, Calif. – November 8, 2012—USA Water Polo, the national governing body for the sport in the United States, and Total Waterpolo, a rising force in the coverage of interscholastic and collegiate water polo, have joined forces in a content sharing agreement. As part of the pact, USA Water Polo will highlight on its website and popular social media outlets selected and exclusive stories from TotalWaterpolo.com and its Twitter feed (@TotalWaterpolo). The agreement gives USAWP members and fans greater access to news from throughout the US water polo community. The new page can be found at http://usawaterpolo.org/totalwaterpolo.aspx
"I'm very pleased to have been asked to partner with USA Water Polo," said James Smith, founder of Total Waterpolo. "Our goal has always been to meet the growing demand for information about high school and college water polo everywhere in the US, so it's gratifying that USA Water Polo values our work enough to ask us to contribute to their effort to cover and promote the sport we all love."
Total Waterpolo will now also be a preferred outlet for official news from USA Water Polo, including press releases and other communications via its social media outlets. USAWP has nearly 15,000 followers on its @USAWP Twitter account, and over 52,000 likes on Facebook (facebook.com/usawp).
About Total Waterpolo Founded in 2008 to comment on water polo at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, Total Waterpolo now provides news, scores, and rankings for interscholastic water polo throughout the US. The blog and Twitter feed have become influential resources as water polo continues its steady growth in the country. The site's founder, James E. Smith, has been involved in the sport since 1980 having played at Long Beach Wilson High School and UC San Diego. He is currently the Head Coach of boys' varsity and middle school teams at Priory School in Portola Valley, CA. An MBA recipient from the McDonough School of Business at Georgetown University, he has published pieces in The Asian Wall Street Journal, The Washington Times, and The Journal of Commerce.
About USA Water Polo USA Water Polo, Inc. is the national governing body for water polo in America, overseeing our United States Olympic program as well as 20 different championship events annually, such as Junior Olympics and Masters National Championships. With more than 40,000 members, USAWP is also the sanctioning authority for more than 500 Member Clubs and more than 400 tournaments nationwide. USAWP is committed to the development of the sport throughout the US. It fosters grass-roots expansion of the sport, providing a national system of affiliated clubs, certified coaches and officials.
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