Awards
2018 Awards
- Division 1, 2018 All-State
- Division 2, 2018 All-State
- Division 3, 2018 All-State
- Girls Division, 2018 All-State
- 2018 Boys State Champion: Blue Devils A
- 2018 Girls State Champion: Wildcats A
- 2018 Division 1 Player of the Year: Hayes Beamon, APS Knights
- 2018 Division 1 Goalie of the Year: Ethan Howe, Norcross
- 2018 Division 1 Coach of the Year: Kyle Smith, Norcross
- 2018 Division 2 Player of the Year: Andrew Jenkins, Pace
- 2018 Division 2 Goalie of the Year: Noah Fleece, Collins Hill
- 2018 Division 2 Coaches of the Year: John Ague, Pace and Paul Jenny, Collins Hill
- 2018 Division 3 Player of the Year: David Grice, Pace
- 2018 Division 3 Goalie of the Year: Aaron Boyer, Chamblee
- 2018 Division 3 Coach of the Year: James Herring, Wildcats
- 2018 Girls Player of the Year: Grace Sherman, APS Knights
- 2018 Girls Goalie of the Year: Kaitlyn Kasper, Collins Hill
- 2018 Girls Coach of the Year: Jarod Stentiford, Collins Hill
- 2018 Referees of the Year: Paul Musille and Don Wikle
Standings
2018 Standings – Division 1 (as of 10/7/18 – Final)
| Final Standing | Regular Season | Team | GHSWPA Record |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Norcross Blue Devils A | 15 – 0 (1.000) |
| 2 | 3 | Forsyth Tritons A | 9 – 6 (0.600) |
| 3 | T4 | APS Knights A | 9 – 7 (0.563) |
| 4 | T4 | Lakeside Vikings A | 8 – 8 (0.500) |
| T5 | 2 | Wildcats A | 10 – 5 (0.667) |
| T7 | 6 | SPX Lions A | 2 – 12 (0.143) |
| n/a | 7 | Southern Crescent | 0 – 12 (0.000) |
2018 Standings – Division 2 (as of 10/7/18 – Final)
| Final Standing | Regular Season | Team | GHSWPA Record |
|---|---|---|---|
| T5 / D2-1 | 1 | Collins Hill Eagles A | 16 – 1 (.941) |
| T7 / D2-2 | 2 | Pace Academy Knights A | 13 – 5 (0.722) |
| D2-3 | 3 | North Springs Spartans | 13 – 3 (0.813) |
| D2-4 | T4 | GAC Spartans | 11 – 5 (0.688) |
| D2-T5 | T4 | Calhoun Yellow Jackets | 10 – 4 (0.714) |
| D2-T5 | 6 | Lakeside Vikings B | 8 – 6 (0.571) |
| D2-T5 | T7 | Cambridge Bears A | 6 – 8 (0.429) |
| D2-T5 | T7 | Norcross Blue Devils B | 6 – 8 (0.429) |
| D2-T9 | T7 | Lovett Lions A | 5 – 8 (0.385) |
| D2-T9 | 10 | Wildcats B | 4 – 9 (0.308) |
| D2-T9 | 11 | Forsyth Tritons B | 3 – 9 – 1 (0.269) |
| D2-T9 | 12 | Dalton Catamounts | 2 – 11 (0.154) |
| D2-T9 | 13 | APS Knights B | 1 – 12 (0.077) |
| D2-T9 | 14 | Wesleyan Wolves | 0 – 12 – 1 (0.038) |
2018 Standings – Division 3 (as of 9/30/18 – Final)
| Final Standing | Regular Season | Team | GHSWPA Record |
|---|---|---|---|
| D3-1 | 1 | SPX Lions B | 15 – 0 (1.000) |
| D3-2 | T2 | Lakeside Vikings C | 11 – 4 (.733) |
| D3-3 | T2 | Wildcats C | 11 – 4 (0.733) |
| D3-4 | T2 | Chamblee Bulldogs | 10 – 5 (0.667) |
| D3-T5 | T5 | APS Knights C | 5 – 8 (0.385) |
| D3-T5 | T5 | Collins Hill Eagles B | 5 – 8 (0.385) |
| D3-T5 | 7 | Pace Academy Knights B | 5 – 9 (0.357) |
| D3-T5 | T8 | Cambridge Bears B | 4 – 10 (0.286) |
| D3-T9 | T8 | Forsyth Tritons C | 3 – 10 (0.231) |
| D3-T9 | 10 | Lovett Lions B | 1 – 13 (0.071) |
2018 Standings – Girls (as of 10/7/18 – Final)
| Final Standing | Regular Season | Team | GHSWPA Record |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | Wildcats A | 13 – 1 – 1 (0.900) |
| 2 | 1 | Lady Eagles A | 14 – 1 (0.933) |
| 3 | 3 | APS Knights A | 11 – 4 – 1 (0.719) |
| 4 | 4 | Forsyth Tritons | 9 – 7 (0.563) |
| T5 | 5 | Lakeside Vikings | 7 – 8 (0.467) |
| T5 | 7 | Wildcats B | 5 – 10 (0.333) |
| T7 | 6 | Lady Eagles B | 5 – 9 (0.357) |
| T7 | T8 | Greyhound | 1 – 12 – 1 (0.107) |
| 9 | T8 | APS Knights B | 0 – 13 – 1 (0.036) |
2018 Results
2018 News___________________________________________________________________________
10/30/18: On behalf of the GHSWPA Coaches, it is our pleasure to announce Paul Musille and Don Wikle as our 2018 Referees of the Year. Paul and Don exemplified the best qualities of the Referee Corp by providing many hours of service and high levels of professional application of their skills. We are all grateful for their support. Congratulations to our recipients.
10/25/18: Congratulations to those student-athletes named to the All-State Teams for the 2018 GHSWPA season! Also, congratulations to those named as Players, Goalies and Coaches of the Year for their respective Divisions!
10/23/18: ICYMI: Thank you to all of the league and team volunteers out there! Coaches, parents, team reps, referees, photographers, Board members, table workers, concessions and hospitality workers, and equipment transporters… the 2018 season could not have happened without you! Thank you for your dedication to an awesome sport!
10/18/18: Reminder: 2018 PostSeason Meetings, Saturday, October 20th, running from 8:30a – 2:30p (see schedule for details), at North Springs; Required for Coaches and Team Representatives; See email sent today for meeting agenda.
10/13/18: Congratulations to the 2018 GHSWPA All-Stars!
10/9/18: The final league standings for the 2018 season have been posted.
10/7/18: Congratulations to the 2018 GHSWPA Division 1 and Womens Champions!
9/30/18: Congratulations to the 2018 GHSWPA Division 2 and Division 3 Champions!
9/27/18: Congratulations to the 2018 GHSWPA Regular Season Division Champions!
Division 1: Norcross Blue Devils A
Division 2: Collins Hill Eagles A
Division 3: SPX Lions B
Girls: Lady Eagles A
9/25/18: Game scores and updated league standings through September 23rd have been posted.
9/25/18: GHSWPA Action Co-Photos of the Week: [submit other action photos]
9/18/18: Game scores and updated league standings through September 16th have been posted.
9/18/18: GHSWPA Action Photo of the Week: [submit other action photos]
Photo credit: Erin E. Carton
9/12/18: The 2018 State Tournament t-shirts and hoodies are available now for pre-order! Contact your coach or team rep this week to get your order included with your team.
Prices and types are: $20 short sleeve t-shirt, $24 long sleeve t-shirt and $38 hoodie sweatshirts. All teams for all Divisions are listed on the back. T-shirts will be of similar quality as last year: Gildan Adult Softstyle® 4.5 oz, 100% preshrunk ringspun cotton. Sweatshirts will be cotton/poly blended hoodies.
There will be some for sale at the Championship Tournaments, but that is only as supplies last. To guarantee your item(s), please pre-order through your team.
9/11/18: Game scores and updated league standings through September 9th have been posted.
9/11/18: GHSWPA Action Co-Photos of the Week: [submit other action photos]
Photo credit: Jeff Wheeler
Photo credit: Erin E. Carton
9/4/18: Game scores and updated league standings through September 2nd have been posted.
8/27/18: GHSWPA Action Photo of the Week: [submit other action photos]
8/26/18: Game scores and updated league standings through August 26th have been posted.
8/22/18: GHSWPA Action Tri-Photos of the Week: [submit other action photos]
Photo credit: Barry Kryski
Photo credit: Barry Kryski
8/21/18: Game scores and updated league standings through August 19th have been posted.
8/15/18: GHSWPA Action Co-Photos of the Week: [submit other action photos]
8/14/18: Game scores and updated league standings through August 12th have been posted.
8/8/18: The very popular GHSWPA Action Photo of the Week is back for the 2018 season! Simply take a photo of a GHSWPA student-athlete or team, submit the photo to GAPolo.com with caption, and maybe your photo will get picked for the week! Photos will be released on the website mid-week during the season!
8/7/18: Congratulations to the student-athletes from Georgia named as a 2017-18 American Water Polo Scholar Athlete! In order to be named, student-athletes must have met the following criteria:
- At least a 3.20 cumulative grade point average (on a 4.0 scale) or 87/100
- Must have played in an AWP event, league (like the GHSWPA) or tournament
- Any age is eligibleGHSWPA clubs are encouraged each spring/summer to submit their eligible student-athletes for recognition. Congratulations to those awarded this year and keep up the good work!
GHSWPA clubs are encouraged each spring/summer to submit their eligible student-athletes for recognition. Congratulations to those awarded this year and keep up the good work!
8/1/18: ICYMI: The 2018 GHSWPA League Schedule has been posted online. Competitions get underway during the week of August 6th and conclude with the GHSWPA Championship tournaments in September and October.
Highlights of the timeline include the first ever GHSWPA Division 2 Championship event September 29th and 30th at Dynamo, and the 2018 GHSWPA Division 3, Girls and Division 1 Championship Tournaments, occuring on September 29th/30th and October 6th/7th respectively. The State Championship will once again be played at the Cumming Aquatic Center.
Meetings, trainings, clinics and weather make-up slots wil be included in the posted schedule as they are finalized. Make sure to utilize the instant-search feature by team name on the schedule page for easier access to a specific team’s schedule and results.
Team reps, coaches, parents, players, referees and adminstrators are encouraged to review the schedule and begin planning ahead. If you have questions, please contact our Scheduling Coordinators.
7/17/18: DWPC Qualifies Record Four Teams for USAWP Junior Olympics: 60 Dynamo Water Polo Club Youth Players head to the USA Water Polo Junior Olympic Championships, July 21-29 in San Jose, CA.
Sixty young athletes from Atlanta and beyond will represent the Peach State at the U.S.A. Water Polo Junior Olympic national championships in San Jose, CA. The tournament, known as “JOs,” is the pinnacle of U.S. age group water polo competition. With 10,000+ participants, JOs is the largest youth water polo tournament in the world and is roughly the same size as a Summer Olympic Games. Each of the four DWPC Youth teams will compete against teams from across the country.
Four Dynamo Water Polo Club Youth teams is a significant increase over 2017, when one team qualified. DWPC Youth 18U Girls, 18U Boys, 16U Girls, and 16U Boys teams all qualified at the 2018 USAWP Southeast Zone Qualifying tournament, held June 8-10 in Orlando, FL. A total of thirty-four teams entered the tournament. DWPC qualified the second-highest number of teams for JOs.
The DWPC Youth rosters include players from nine different Georgia High School Water Polo Association clubs: Atlanta Public Schools Knights, Cambridge Bears, Chamblee Bulldogs, Collins Hill Eagles, Forsyth Tritons, Lakeside Vikings, Norcross Blue Devils, Southern Crescent, and the Wheeler Wildcats.
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5/23/18: The league’s Divisions for the upcoming 2018 season have been released!
Division 1 (seven teams) has added one team, Forsyth A, who was the Division 2 Champion in 2017, and lost two teams, Collins Hill A and GAC Spartans, who were moved down to Division 2 per league policy based on the previous season’s results.
Division 2 (fourteen teams) has seen an explosion in growth for 2018, with APS Knights, Cambridge, Collins Hill, Dalton, GAC, Lakeside, Lovett and North Springs all being new. St. Pius’s B team has been moved to Division 3 per that club’s projected participation numbers for the season.
Division 3 (ten teams) will experience a slight shrinking from twelve teams as compared to the 2017 season. This is a result of six teams moving up to Division 2, which is the natural progression of the league season-to-season. However, welcome to the league Forsyth C, Lovett B, Pace B and new club Chamblee!
The Girls Division (nine teams) has experienced growth as well, with the split of the APS Knights and Wildcats squads in to A and B teams.
Overall, the GHSWPA will operate with 40 teams in 2018, compared to 35 teams in 2017. 2018 competition scheduling is now underway based on the new Divisions.
5/19/18: The K7 Atlanta Skills and Drills Clinic is back for August 2018, and will once again feature top Collegiate, Club, and International coaches! Note that the price has been reduced to just $225, and organizers expect this year’s clinic to sell out fast!
Instructors:+ Genai Kerr – USA Water Polo Olympian
+ Johnathon Hewko – USC National Champion
+ Katie Larson – University of Florida Head Coach
+ additional nationally recognized instructors TBDThe camp is structured in a manner to expose the athletes to new techniques and put them to use right away. All of the skills necessary to reach the next level will be addressed, from 6v5 to 5v6 to transition to counter to reading the “D” frontcourt.The Turbo/Kap7 Clinic, hosted by Dynamo Water Polo, is an excellent chance to improve your level of play dramatically in one weekend! Sign up early as space is limited — sold out 2014, 2015, 2016 and 2017.
4/27/18: American Water Polo is accepting nominations for the 2017-18 American Water Polo Scholar Athlete Award. They are honoring any AWP athlete who qualifies under these set of criteria:
- Student-athlete must have at least a 3.20 cumulative grade point average (on a 4.0 scale), or if no GPA scale is used, then an 87/100 is required, or comparable on another grading scale with explanation
- Athletes must have played in an AWP event, league (like the GHSWPA) or tournament
- Athletes of any age are eligible
- Athlete must present his or her report card or transcripts in one of following ways:
- Email: member@americanwaterpolo.org (PDF, screen capture image)
- Fax: 610-277-7382
- Mail: 129 West 4th Street, Bridgeport, PA 19405
Each year, GHSWPA teams are encouraged to submit their eligible student-athletes for recognition. The deadline to submit nominations for this year’s award is June 30th, 2018.
4/2/18: Reminder: Spring water polo near you — Check out the scrimmage and learning opportunities below, and reach out to the related contact person to sign up your team or players for one game or many. Even if your team is not practicing this spring, consider joining in a one-off game to keep the momentum going for next fall! So many great opportunities to play water polo in the coming months!
Location: GAC Natatorium
Host: SPX and GAC
Players: Middle-school players, aged 14-and-under
Format: Intended for new or progressing middle school players
Cost: Costs will be $75 per player
Sign up: Contact Fr. Dan Rogaczewski at frdanroga@gmail.com
2/7/18: Reminder: The 2018 GHSWPA Spring Meeting will be on Saturday, February 24th, 2018, at 9:00a, at Pace Academy. Coaches and Team Reps for the 2018 season should plan on attending. An agenda will be sent via email prior to the meeting.
1/28/18: Record 17 GA Players Named To USAWP SE Zone ODP Teams — release courtesy of Stuart Sheldon
USA Water Polo named a record seventeen players with Georgia ties to the six Olympic Development Program (ODP) teams/alternates for the Southeast Zone.
The USAWP ODP selection process included two camps (Atlanta, Boca Raton) and a tournament (Boca Raton) from October to January. Players were required to attend at least one of the three events, where they were evaluated by Zone ODP coaches and members of the USAWP National Team coaching staffs.
Here are team members and alternates with Georgia ties, by gender and age division (USAWP Club/GHSWPA Team) listed in alphabetical order by last name:
Girls Youth (Birth years 2001-2002)
Grace Lecoursier (Dynamo), Isabella Nuñez (Dynamo/Lakeside), Allison Vermaak (Dynamo/Wildcat), Ava Callis (Dynamo/Collins Hill)
* Alternate – Molly Haynes (Dynamo/APS)
Girls Cadet (2003)
Elizabeth Blass (Dynamo/Lakeside)
Girls Development (2004-2005)
Maya Dickson (Dynamo/APS), Maria Fitzsimmons (Dynamo/Collins Hill), Sarah Fitzsimmons (Dynamo/Collins Hill), Elise Smith-Davids (Dynamo/APS)
Boys Youth
Brian Kent (Scots/Wildcat), Nicholas Linder (Dynamo/Norcross), Ethan Roman (Dynamo/APS)
* Alternates – Arman Abdul (Dynamo), Drew Sheldon (Dynamo/APS)
Boys Cadet
Hayes Beamon (Dynamo/APS)
Girls ODP All-Stars (Birth Year 2000) – Grace Sherman (Dynamo/APS) is one of 56 girls from across the U.S. named to four All-Star teams. Each team is coached by a National Team coach.
* Alternates may be called up to join their respective team at any time up to February 11th.
Boys ODP teams travel to Northern California to compete in the ODP National Championships February 23-25 in Pleasanton/Livermore. Girls ODP teams travel to their ODP National Championships March 9-11 in the same location. At the ODP National Championships, teams play against their counterparts from the twelve other Zones across the country. National Team coaches invite select ODP players to attend National Team Selection Camp events in May where they may be invited to join one of the USA National Teams.
Congratulations to these seventeen talented, dedicated players, as well as the rest of the record 80+ Georgia players who participated in the 2017-2018 ODP process.
12/27/17: Please find below a list of open positions within the GHSWPA we would like to fill by the Spring Meeting. Please help spread the word within any parent groups and specifically to anyone that has expressed an interest in helping with league management. Interested parties should contact the GHSWPA Board.
Vice President (elected position) — filled at Spring Meeting
Treasurer (elected position) — filled at Spring Meeting
League Development Director (elected position)
AWP/KAP7 Coordinator (appointed position)
D1/D2 Tournament Coordinators (appointed positions)
D3/Girls Coordinators (appointed positions)
Spring League Coordinator (appointed position)
Referee Coordinators (structure pending Board development)
12/27/17: The 2017 season has been filed within the archives. Onward and upward, as the 2018 planning is underway!
12/14/17: The GHSWPA is proud to announce that we have renewed our sponsorship agreement with KAP7 International, Inc. through December 2021.
KAP7 will continue to be the official ball of the GHSWPA, and will provide balls and related discounts to the league and its member clubs. In return, the GHSWPA will continue to allow KAP7 / Turbo ads to be placed within its assets, such as the league’s website, venues and championship program.
From Bradley Schumacher, President, KAP7 International, “[we are] proud to be the Georgia High School Water Polo Association’s official water polo ball. We are pleased with the relationship and… [we] look forward to another 5 years.”