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"We want you in our program.  We know you have a choice and take our responsibility very seriously."

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Something To Shoot For

Player yr goals
Christina McEwen  2005 132 
Brittany Cornwell 2008 129
Josh Klein  2006 108 
Josh Klein 2007 100
Blake Cornwell 2005 100 

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2008 Girls Freeway League Standings

1. LaHabra 9-1
2. Sonora 9-1
3. SunnyHills 6-4
4. Fullerton 5-5
5. Troy 3-7
6. BuenaPark 0-10

2007 Boys Freeway League Standings

1. SunnyHills 3-1
2. Sonora 3-1
3. Troy 2-2
4. BuenaPark 2-2
5. LaHabra 1-3
6. Fullerton 0-5

2007 Girls Freeway League Standings

1. SunnyHills 10-0
2. LaHabra 8-2
3. Sonora 6-4
4. Troy 3-7
5. Fullerton 3-7
6. BuenaPark 0-10

2006 Boys Freeway League Standings

1. LaHabra 5-0
2. Troy 4-1
3. Sonora 3-2
4. SunnyHills 2-3
5. BuenaPark 1-4
6. Fullerton 0-5

2006 Girl's Freeway League Standings

1. Sonora 10-0
2. SunnyHills 8-2
3. LaHabra 6-4
4. Troy 4-6
5. Fullerton 2-8
6. BuenaPark 0-10
 

2005 Boy's Freeway  League Standings

1.LaHabra 5-0
2.SunnyHills 4-2
3.Troy 4-2
4. Sonora 3-3
5.Fullerton 1-4
6.BuenaPark 0-5
 

2005 Girl's Freeway League Standings

1.SunnyHills 10-0
2.Sonora 6-4
3.LaHabra 6-4
4.Fullerton 5-5
5.Troy 3-7
6.BuenaPark 0-10
 

Guardian Lancers

2009

Andrew Lim  '09
Carlie Lyng '09
Devan Lyng '09
Sarah Shin '10
Rachel Lee '10
Amanda-Rina Tuccio '10

2008

Alyssa Pecora '08
Gretchen Williams '08
Katelyn Forester '08
Jesse Klein '09
Philip Hodge '08
Ryan Sheikh '09
Andy Matsuyama '08

2007

Ariel Gentalen '08
Rachel Vinus-Glazer '07
Cynthia DeWees '07
Jazzmyn Benitez '07
Brittany Cornwell '09
Jordan Bonifacio '07
ScottSmith-Matungol'08
Aaron Ninokawa '08

2006

Karina Toriz '07

2005

Jennifer Crampton '05
Sarah Shawesh '05
Shauna Sinclair '05
Cindy Cheng '06
Shannon McEwen '07
Bobby Verry '05
Joe Choi '05
Peter Ahn '07

2004

Amber Tice '05
Christina McEwen '05 
Jesse Meyer '04

2003

Linda Kim '04
Sam Chang '05
Jon Kim '04

2002

Margaret Lim '03
Jessica Ajoux '03
Nicole Layana '03


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Sunny Hills Lancers, 2007 Freeway League Boys Champions!

Ten And..........Oh!  Congratulations 2007 Lancers Freeway League Champs!

 

Snny Hills Water Polo 

The Only Thing Missing Is "U"

Welcome to SHwaterpolo.com, the official site of Sunny Hills Water Polo. On this site, you can find out about training schedules, game times and other important information regarding Sunny Hills Water Polo

The Guardian Lancer Award

The highest award that a player can receive in our program is the Guardian Lancer Award.  We hope that at some point in a Lancer Water Polo player's career, he or she grows to sense the meaning of being a Water Polo player at Sunny Hills High School.  At that point he or she crosses over the line from being a player to someone who seeks a legacy.  A point where that player understands the traditions, standards and principles that we are about.  At this point that player puts aside personal goals, personal agendas and the "what's in it for me" attitude that all humans possess, and becomes one who seeks to protect the integrity of what we do.  This person understands that our team goals are in place to make everybody a better person, and this player seeks to protect those goals. This person makes sure the overall program progresses.  This person is concerned about the overall picture, this person cares about the legacy that he or she will leave.  This person is the role model for other players in the program who are searching for an identity. This person has become a Guardian of our program.

Sunny Hills Water Polo is about tradition.  Boys have played Water Polo at Sunny Hills for 42 years, (1964-2006,) Girls have played Water Polo at Sunny Hills for eight years. It is about doing things right in all facets of one's life.  When enough people do enough things the right way, the winning becomes a natural manifestation. 

Things we are proud of:

  • All Of The Good People This Program Has Produced

  • 4 CIF Championships (Boys)

  • 14 Times CIF Runner Up (Boys)

  • 30 Freeway League Championships (Boys)

  • 24 Straight Freeway League Championships (Boys) 1969-1993

  • Freeway League Champions 2001 & 2005, & 2007! (Girls)

  • Freeway League Championship Boys 2007!

  • (2) CIF Final Four (Semi Finals) '08 & '09

  • (2) CIF Quarter Finals '05 & '07 (Girls)

  • CIF Playoff Qualifiers 7 times (Girls)

  • Jessica Ajoux Freeway League Female Athlete Of The Year-2003

  • Christina McEwen Leading Scorer In Orange County (132 goals)-2005

  • Josh Klein Freeway League Player Of the Year 2007

  • Shannon McEwen Freeway League Player Of the Year 2007

  • Shannon McEwen 8th Team All American 2007

  • Christina McEwen Freeway League Player Of the Year-2005

  • Omar Amr '92, 2004 United States Olympian (Water Polo)

 

Congratulations!

  • Jill Lomheim '97-2008 Hacienda-La Puente School District Teacher of The Year

  • Jill Lomheim '97-2008 Los Angeles County Teacher of The Year

  • Adriel Huesereau '02 (Seaworld-Shamu's Trainer!)

  • Andrew Tinseth '90 (Dad)

  • Edwin Barrera '98 (Coach-Florida District 5  Champions Boys and Girls)

  • Dr. Omar Amr '92  

  • Dr. Sarah Sinclair '00

  • Carlo Franzia '93 (Dad x 2)

Congratulations Class Of 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004 and 2003

  • Devan Lyng '09-University of Colorado

  • Ryan Sheikh '09-Air Force Academy

  • Carlie Lyng '09-Cal State Long Beach

  • Taylor Atnip '09-Colorado School of Mines

  • Phillip Hodge'08-Stanford

  • Alyssa Pecora '08-Cal State Monterey Bay

  • Shannon McEwen '07-UC Santa Barbara

  • Cindy Cheng'06-Long Beach State

  • Kevin Hong '06-UC Berkely

  • Blake Cornwell '06-Fullerton CC/?

  • Christina McEwen '05-Loyola Marymount

  • Sam Chang '05-Harvard

  • Jennifer Crampton '05-Cal Poly Pomona

  • Amber Tice '05-Cal. State Fullerton

  • Joe Choi '05-Annapolis (Naval Academy)

  • Shawn Jun '04-US Naval Academy

  • Jon Kim '04-Pomona Pitzer

  • Alex Su '04-Pomona Pitzer

  • Jesse Meyer '04-Mt. San Antonio/?

  • Mike Peltzer '04-UC Irvine

  • Sarah Kim '04-University of Hawaii

  • Linda Kim '04-Fullerton CC/UCLA (Starting 05)

  • Jessica Ajoux '03-Princeton

  • Margaret Lim '03-UC Irvine

  • Nicole Layana '03-UC Irvine

We Are Saddened

 

Sunny Hills Boy's Water Polo. 2005 Freeway League Season

Sunny Hills Girl's Water Polo.  2005 Freeway League Champions, & CIF Quarterfinalists 

 

SH Water Polo News

07/02/09 Boys And Girls Teams Each Pass 50 Game Mark- In the drive to play 100 games before their high school seasons, both boys and girls teams have surpassed the 50 game mark.  These games represent tremendous exposure and valuable experience for our players. 
06/15/09 Liang Earns 1st ACE Of Summer For Lancers- Sophmore, Calvin Liang earned the summer season's first ACE as he created five exclusions in the Lancer's three game tournament over the weekend.  Earning 5 kick outs makes a player an ACE (as in fighter pilot ACE,) and doing that five times makes a player a "Top Gun." 
06/05/09 U16 Girls Finish Qualify For Summer Junior Olympics- US Water Polo notified Fullerton Hills Water Polo that it had qualified for this Summer's National Junior Olympics.  Lancers playing on the team will face some stiff competition as only the nation's best teams compete in this event.  Stay tuned for more details.

05/21/09 Sunny Hills Water Polo Announces New Platinum Award- Starting this spring water polo season (May18-June 4th) Sunny Hills Water Polo will begin to recognize all Lancer water polo players who achieve perfect attendance for our team functions such as practice, team meetings and competitions.  For some time now the coaching staff has been looking for a way to reward those who make the commitment to our water polo program their top priority.

The Platinum Lancer Award consists of a medal, suitable for pinning to one’s letter jacket and a special mention of the proclamation in any letter of recommendation that the student athlete may ask the coaching staff to write on their behalf.  The coaching staff believes that perfect attendance is the ultimate “selfless act” that a player can make to his or her teammates.  It establishes an “all in” attitude, and strengthens the bond that players must have with each other in order to be successful.

In looking for ways that we can continue to add value to the water polo experience for our players, the coaching staff believes that The Platinum Lancer Award will help to strengthen a student-athlete’s college resume.

Multiple Awards!  We will break our training sessions down to the following periods in order to allow players to earn multiple awards.  Our training sessions will be as follows:

Ø      Spring Session (2): May 18-June 4

Ø      Summer Session: June 15-July 23

Ø      Fall Session (1): August 24th-Sept 4th (Boys Double Days)

Ø      Fall Session (2): Sept 7-Nov13 (Boys WP season/Girls WP club season)

Ø      Winter Session (1): Nov. 16-Nov 28 (Girls Double Days)

Ø      Winter Session (2): Nov. 30-Feb 13 (Girls WP season/Boys WP club season)

Ø      Spring Session (1): Feb 22-May 7 (Boys and Girls Club season)

That’s right; it is conceivable that a player could earn 6 Platinum Lancer Awards during a single calendar year!  That would be amazing.

It is the hope of the Lancer Water Polo Coaching Staff that players will take advantage of this opportunity.  Can you imagine writing on your college resume that “I am a 6 time Platinum Lancer Award Winner?”  That would be impressive!

I only wish we had come up with this years ago.  We have had so many great Lancers who have given of themselves to help establish our great traditions.  I would have liked to recognize past Lancers with this award.”-Coach Nighswonger

 

05/04/09 Former Lancer Coach, Legend Jim Sprague To Coach Alumni Team!-If you are a Sunny Hills Alumni and have been on the fence whether to attend the October 17th Alumni game or not, former Lancer great, Jim Sprague has announced that he will attend and will coach the Alumni team.

Sprague, a legendary coach, began coaching at Sunny Hills in the early 1960's and finished in 1988.  During that time he led Sunny Hills to 4 CIF championships and numerous runner up finishes.

Lancers, young and old will want to mark this date on the calendar, it should be a very special event.

05/04/09 Choi To Graduate From Naval Academy-Guardian Lancer and Class of '05 Lancer Water Polo player Joe Choi will graduate from the United States Naval Academy later this month.  Choi will then be sent to language schools were he learn both Japanese and Korean.

Choi earned his Guardian Lancer Award during the 2005 season, when lead the Lancers to a 2nd place Freeway League finish.  Way to go Joe!

05/04/09 Alumni Rosters Filling Up!-Responses are coming in daily regarding our Alumni Games which are slated to take place Saturday October 17th.  So far, the furthest response back we have is from the class of 1977! (someone who will be celebrating his own 50th Anniversary!)

If you would like to be updated on our Alumni game and the Sunny Hills 50th Anniversary celebration please click here.

04/22/09 Lyng Chooses Colorado!-Lady Lancer Goalie, Devan Lyng has announced that she will attend the University of Colorado in Boulder, Colorado when classes start in the fall.

Lyng, a "Guardian Lancer," has been a valued leader in the Lancer girls water polo program also competes in swimming and tennis.

Congratulations Devan!

04/20/09 Water Polo Reminder: Sign Up For Tournaments-ALL Lancer Water Polo players are reminded to sign up on the "bulletin board" for upcoming tournaments.  In an effort to find out how many teams we should enter it is helpful to have a head count before we enter an event.

There are a number of excellent playing opportunities coming up and players are encouraged to take advantage!

Look for the bulletin boards at the pool during 6th period.  If you haven't seen a bulletin board yet, just e-mail Coach and he will sign you up.

04/08/09 Ryan Sheikh Accepts Air Force Offer-Lancer water polo standout, Ryan Sheikh announced on Monday that he has accepted an appointment to the United States Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs.  Sheikh, who played in goal for the Lancers this past season, has displayed outstanding leadership in our program, earning the title "Guardian Lancer" during the 2007 season.  Congratulations Ryan!
04/06/09 Girls U16 Team Finishes 7th At Mikasa Cup-In a tune up event for JO Qualification, the Sunny Hills girls playing for Fullerton Hills Club finished in 7th place at this past weekend's Mikasa Cup in Irvine.  Competing against many of the clubs they will face in JO competition, the girls played strong games against elite u16 clubs.

In the 7th place game, trailing 3-0, the Fullerton Hills squad rallied to win 12-11 against a strong Foothill club.

This marks the first attempt to qualify a team, predominantly made up of Sunny Hills players for the Summer Junior Olympic Tournament.

03/30/09 Game Times For Mikasa Cup Posted-The game times for next weekend's Mikasa Cup have been posted.  Please click on the following links to see your game times:
U16 Girls U17 Boys U17 Girls
03/25/09 Former Lancer, Lomheim, Teacher of The Year!-Former Lancer, Jill Lomheim '97 was recently named Hacienda-La Puente Unified School District Teacher of The Year for 2008.  She parlayed that honor to include being named Los Angeles County Teacher of The Year!  That is totally awesome!

Jill is also currently training to compete in triathlons!  Which just goes to prove that we really do produce the best people in our programs!

Former Lancers making a difference!  Way to go Jill! 

03/11/09 Over 30 Show Up For JO Training On Opening Night-Fullerton Hills opened it's spring session on Tuesday with a focus on qualifying u16 and u18 teams for this summer's US Water Polo Junior Olympics.  The opening night was a resounding success as over 30 players attended the workout.

If you are interested in getting involved contact Coach N.

03/10/09 Lyng Gets The Call, Will Play Water Polo At CSULB-Senior Carlie Lyng announced she will attend California State University Long Beach next season and will play for Head Coach, Gavin Arroyo's Lady-49ers!  The announcement was made at the Sunny Hills Girls Water Polo Banquet last night.

Lyng, who was also named to the 2nd Team All Freeway League and the 3rd Team All CIF Division V was notified yesterday shortly before the team banquet.  WAY TO GO CARLIE!!

03/10/09 Lancers Earn All League/All CIF Honors-Sunny Hills has placed five girls on the All Freeway League and All CIF Division 5 Teams.  The following girls have earned these prestigious honors:

  • Brittany Cornwell-1st Team All Freeway League/1st Team All CIF Division 5
  • Sarah Shin-1st Team All Freeway League/2nd Team All CIF Division 5
  • Alex Hoetker-1st Team All Freeway League/1st Team All CIF Division 5
  • Jesse Klein-2nd Team All Freeway League/2nd Team All CIF Division 5
  • Carlie Lyng-2nd Team All Freeway League/3rd Team All CIF Division 5
03/06/09 Atnip Declares-Sunny Hills Boys Water Polo Player, Senior Taylor Atnip has announced that he will attend The Colorado School of Mines next year.  The Colorado School of Mines is a is a public teaching and research university devoted to engineering and applied sciences with special expertise in the development and stewardship of the Earth's natural resources. CSM is located in of Golden, Colorado. 

Atnip will play club water polo while pursuing a degree in Chemical Engineering.  WAY TO GO TAYLOR!

02/26/09 Lancers Fall Short In Second Straight Trip To Final Four-Convinced they could compete with Los Osos in the CIF Semi-finals, Sunny Hills ran into a very determined group of Grizzlies on Wednesday as the Lancers were defeated 12-5 in the CIF Semi Finals.

It was Sunny Hills second straight trip to the final four.  

After falling behind 3-0 to start the game, the Lancers rallied back to within one goal at 3-2, midway through the first quarter.  Earning a ejection, Sunny Hills had a chance to tie the score, but a shot went wide of the goal, and Los Osos kicked it into gear from that point on.

Sunny Hills finishes it's season with a record of 23-7.

02/23/09 Boys Complete Nearly Full Season....In The "Off Season."-What do you do during your off season?  If you are a member of the Sunny Hills High School Boys team...(click here) 
02/21/09 Final Four Baby!  Lancers Gain Convincing Win Over Yucaipa-The Lady Lancers played their best game of the season Friday night defeating Yucaipa High School 10-4 to move into the CIF D-V Semi Finals.  Next Wednesday's game marks Sunny Hills' second straight final four appearance.

Sunny Hills used a balance of disciplined defense and patient offense to pull away in the fourth quarter.  Yucaipa scored a late 3rd quarter goal to draw within three goals was blanked by the Sunny Hills defense in 1st, 2nd and 4th quarters when the Lancers outscored them 4-0.

The win sets up a meeting between number one seed, Los Osos and the Lancers for next Wednesday, February 25th at the Woolett Aquatics Center in Irvine.

  1 2 3 4 F
Yucaipa 0 0 3 0 3
SunnyHills 2 2 2 4 10
02/19/09 Lancers Take First Round Win.  Play Yucaipa Friday-Sunny Hills defeated La Sierra of Riverside 11-4 on Wednesday to move into the round of eight.  The Lancers started slow but finished strong as all 18 members were rotated into the game.

Next up, Sunny Hills will play Yucaipa, (Citrus Belt League's #1) in a CIF quarterfinal match on Friday, February 20th at 5:00 pm at The La Mirada Regional Aquatics Center, located at 13806, La Mirada Blvd. in La Mirada.

In another interesting note, the Freeway League qualified four teams for the CIF tournament.  All four teams won on Wednesday and all four teams will play home matches on Friday.

02/16/09 Girls Will Travel To La Sierra In The First Round-The Lady Lancers have drawn a first round road match for the CIF playoffs.  The Lancers will play at La Sierra High School, the 2nd place team in the Inland Valley League.   Game time is expected to be 3:15.  If the Lancers win their first match, they will play a home match in the quarterfinals.
02/13/09 Varsity Takes Care Of Business, Now Waits For CIF-In one it's most impressive outings of the season, the Sunny Hills Lady Lancers handled Sonora High School by a score of 14-6 on Thursday.

The win improves Sunny Hills' record to 21-6 overall and 8-2 in the Freeway League.

Sunny Hills will now wait for Monday's CIF draw which should be available at CIFss.org at 11:00 AM pst.

02/13/09 Frosh Soph Posts Perfect League Season!-With it's 5-3 victory over Sonora, Coach Crampton's Frosh Soph team completed an impressive 10-0 Freeway League run this season-Congratulations to all members!
02/11/09 Lancers Defeat Buena Park, Reach 20 Wins!-One of the team goals set for each season is winning 20 games.  The Lady Lancers eclipsed that mark with an 11-8 victory over Buena Park on Tuesday.  Coupled with a Sonora loss to Troy, the Lancers have clinched at least 2nd place in the Freeway League.

The Lancers will square off with Sonora  on Thursday to finish out the Freeway League Season.  Game time is 3:15 for Varsity, 4:15 for JV and 5:15 for the frosh soph.

02/09/09 Frosh-Soph Captures 2nd Place At Western Tourny!-The Sunny Hills Frosh Soph team captured the 2nd place hardware at the Western Frosh Soph Tournament this past weekend.  

Outstanding play was reported by the entire team in a tournament that included a rare 1-0 win in the semi-finals over Katella High School. 

02/06/09 Crazy Day In Freeway League Thursday-While the Lady Lancers lost their second close game in a row, other league developments are making next week's final two games very important.

Troy survived its' match with Buena Park, winning by a score of 8-5.  Fullerton, fresh off of it's victory over Sunny Hills on Tuesday fell to Sonora 8-7.

Next week's key Freeway League games are as follows:

  • Tuesday: SH @ BP / LH @ Ful / Troy @ Son.
  • Thursday: Son @ SH / BP @ LH / Troy @ Ful.

Current Standings:

  • 1st La Habra 7-1
  • Sunny Hills 6-2
  • 3rd Sonora 5-3
  • 4th Fullerton 4-4
  • 5th Troy 2-6
  • 6th Buena Park 0-8
02/04/09 Lancers Lose Heartbreaker-The Lancers faced an inspired Fullerton High School team on Tuesday and were dealt their first Freeway League loss, a 7-5 decision.

The Lancers, (19-5 and 6-1,) are now in a tie for first place in the Freeway League and face La Habra (also 6-1) on Thursday.

Current Freeway League Standings

  • 1st Sunny Hills 6-1
  • 1st  La Habra 6-1
  • 3rd Sonora 4-3
  • 4th Fullerton 4-3
  • 5th Troy 1-6
  • 6th Buena Park 0-7
01/30/09 Lancers Clinch Playoff Spot, Defeat Troy 9-5-The Lady Lancers earned a well deserved victory over Troy on Thursday with a strong defensive effort.  In addition to holding Troy's top scorers to just 3 goals, the Lancers cut down on bad shots, and used good patience on offense.

The win clinches a playoff spot for Sunny Hills, and marks the beginning of a series of attained preseason goals.

Current Freeway League Standings

  • 1st Sunny Hills 6-0
  • 2nd La Habra 5-1
  • 3rd Sonora 3-3
  • 4th Fullerton 3-3
  • 5th Troy 1-5
  • 6th Buena Park 0-6
01/28/09 Lancers Pick Up Steam, Defeat Sonora-After a slow start that saw them fall behind 2-0, the Lady Lancers got on track and defeated Sonora by a score of 10-6 on Tuesday.  The Lancers struggled to get into rhythm early and trailed after one quarter.  Strong defending took over in the second quarter as Sunny Hills outscored the Raiders 10-4 over the final three quarters.

Freeway League Standings after the first round:

  • 1st Sunny Hills 5-0
  • 2nd La Habra 4-1
  • 3rd Sonora 3-2
  • 4th Fullerton 2-3
  • 5th Troy 1-4
  • 6th Buena Park 0-5

It was also learned that Sunny Hills has now officially moved up in the Division V CIF Rankings:

  1. Los Osos
  2. Arlington
  3. Sunny Hills
  4. La Habra
  5. Upland
  6. Yucaipa
  7. Santa Monica
  8. Redlands
  9. Sonora
  10. Fullerton
01/23/09 Lady Lancers Defeat Buena Park, Sonora Is Next-Buena Park was the only match for Sunny Hills during final exams week.  Thursday the Lancers met the Coyotes and defeated Buena Park by a score of 12-5.

The Lancers played the entire roster in the victory.

After four games in Freeway League competition, the standings are as follows:

  • 1st Sunny Hills 4-0
  • 2nd La Habra 3-1
  • 3rd Sonora 3-1
  • 4th Troy 1-3
  • 5th Fullerton 1-3
  • 6th Buena Park 0-4
01/16/09 Sunny Hills Impressive In Showdown Match With La Habra-Destiny always seems to dictate that Sunny Hills will play La Habra with "giant implications" on the line.  In 2008, it was the CIF Semi-finals.

Thursday was no different, as the 2-0 Lancers rolled into La Habra to face the 2-0 Highlanders in a match to determine the early lead in this season's Freeway League Title race.

Sunny Hills used a balanced scoring attack along with a strong defensive scheme to defeat La Habra 10-7.  In the match, La Habra earned eight 6-5 opportunities and two penalty shots, however the Sunny Hills 5-6 defense saved the day.

Next up, matches with Buena Park on Thursday, January 22nd and Sonora, who upset Fullerton 10-9, Tuesday, January 27th 

  1 2 3 4 F
SunnyHills 2 3 3 2 10
La Habra 2 1 2 2 7

We want you to join our Water Polo Family.  If U - R looking for fun and excitement, but don't mind a little hard work, then U - R our kind of "people!"  Training gets started for high school players on May 16th while incoming players can start as soon as they finish the eighth grade..  We have a lot of fun, and you will meet a lot of new friends.  Snny Hills Wate Polo-What's missing?

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Water Polo Helps Lancers Gain Early Admission To Universities!

Members of the Sunny Hills Water Polo program have been admitted to prestigious universities due in large part, to their commitments to playing Water Polo.  Early acceptance to Princeton, special acceptance to UC Irvine and acceptance to USC, Loyola Marymount and Florida-Atlantic are options that our players have been provided.  Imagine, making a university wait for you to decide! 

"Its all about what a student can bring to a university," states Coach Nighswonger.  "Think about it, there are no poor students who apply to Princeton or UCI.  Those schools get stacks of qualified applicants.  It then becomes a matter of what a student can do for the school.  Those with only grades are being turned away at an alarming rate!"  

Nighswonger is very proud that our players are seeing real rewards for being dedicated to our program. "When you are an athlete, your application is pulled by the coach who wants you on his/her team.  This means that you do not compete for admission with every other qualified applicant.  Another very important point is many Eastern schools have both Men's and Women's Water Polo, yet the West Coast is really the only place where the sport is played at a high level.  Football, Soccer, Baseball and Soft Ball are played in every region of the country."

It does stand to reason, then that Water Polo Players in our program have a tremendous advantage on getting into a prestigious school!

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