USA Water Polo Hall of Fame
Established 1976

Hall Of Fame Nomination Form - Hall Of Fame Guidelines

The United States Water Polo Hall of Fame was established in 1976 to honor the achievements of the United States’ premier water polo athletes, coaches and officials.  The inaugural USA Water Polo Hall of Fame class included esteemed water polo athletes and coaches such as Kenneth Beck, Austin Clapp, Lemonine Case and Paul Wacker.

Hall Of Fame Committee

Chris Dorst - Co-Chariman
Brent Bohlender - Co-Chairman
Jody Campbell
Dion Gray
Scott Schulte
Charles Schroeder
Maggie Kelly
Don McQuade

Hall Of Fame Alphabetical Listing

Hall of Fame Induction Dinner - June 12, 2010 - San Diego, CA



Class of 1976

Kenneth H. Beck
Lemoine S. Case
Austin R. Clapp
John J. Curren
Harold N. Dash
Phillip P. Daubenspeck
Dixon Fiske
Samuel J. Greller 
Lou DeBrenda Handley 
Robert E. Hughes 
Edward L. Jaworski 
William A. Kooistra 
Michael J. McDermott 
Perry McGillivary 
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 
Ronald Crawford 
Robert Horn 
Samuel Kooistra 
John Miller 
Jamison Handy 
Joseph Ruddy 
Raymond Ruddy
Ronald Sever



Class of 1979

Arthur Austin 
Charles Bittick 
Ralph Budelman 
James Gaughran
Fred Lauer



Class of 1980

Rutledge Bray 
Harry Hebner 
Charles McAllister 
Francis McDermott 
Charles McIlroy 
George Mitchel 
Clyde Swendsen
Donald Tierney



Class of 1981

Robert Frojen 
Donald Good 
Neill 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

Class of 1990

John R. Felix
William "Bill" W.R. Schoeder
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" Thornton

 

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

 

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 P. Kemp
Maureen "Mo" O'Toole

 

Class of 2004

Kirk Everist
Vaune Kadlubek
Maggi Kelly
Walter "Wally" Lundt
James "Moose" Mulcrone
Alex Rousseau
Lynn Wittstock