Win-Loss by decade:
1960's: 38-46*, 2 state titles
1970's: 82-69*, 1 state title
1980's: 134-65, 2 state titles
1990's: 195-21, 4 state titles
2000's: 205-21, 5 state titles
2010-present: 173-18, 4 state titles

* - Records for these decades are incomplete.

Varsity Game Recaps (2007-2016)

Game results and recaps from the 2007-2016 seasons (from the previous SLUH website).

2007 Season
2008 Season
2009 Season
2010 Season
2011 Season
2012 Season
2013 Season
2014 Season
2015 Season
2016 Season

JV Historical Results

Overall program record (through end of 2016 season): 684-120-1 (.850 win)

JV Year-End Tournament Wins*: 21

Win-Loss by decade:
1960's: 27-28**
1970's: 83-50**
1980's: 142-21
1990's: 144-16
2000's: 149-2
2010-present: 139-3-1

* - The JV year-end tournament has undergone several different iterations through the years. The current format pits a bracket-tournament featuring the Top 8 teams, as ranked by the coaches.
** - Records for these decades are incomplete.

Award Winners and Accolades

Missouri Water Polo Player of the Year Awards

Doug Hall Player of the Year Award Winners:
2002: Bill Dahlmann '03
2004: Tim Heafner '05
2008: Tim Dale '08
2015: Colin Derdeyn '15
2016: Chris Kreienkamp '16

Dick "Hoot" Newman Offensive Player of the Year Award Winners:
2004: Tim Heafner '05
2007: Jim Heafner '07
2008: William Page '09
2009: John Heafner '09
2012: Sam Erlinger '12
2016: Mark Franz '16

Wil Edens Defensive Player of the Year Award Winners:
2007: Kerry Read '07
2008: Michael O'Neill '09
2009: Michael O'Neill '09
2012: Pieter Derdeyn '12
2013: Justin Jellinek '13
2017: Thomas Nordmann '17

Fund the Number Program

Dear Fellow Water Polo alumni,

Last year’s Fund the Number program was a great success. We were happy to have helped raise money for the SLUH Annual Fund effort, but were more excited about reconnecting with so many former water polo players in meaningful ways. It’s why we’re excited to be offering the program once again this year.

If you’re new to the program, here’s how it works: just make a donation at www.sluh.org/donate of $25 or more to the Annual Fund and include “Water Polo Fund the Number” and your cap number in the COMMENTS box.

To thank you for your contribution to SLUH and to keep you connected to the Water Polo program, the student-athlete that is wearing your number this year will write you an update of the season at least twice during the year (as a reminder, water polo is now a Spring sport, so you won’t receive anything until around March 2017). Additionally a sign – similar to the one from last season, pictured above – with all the names of the Fund the Number donors will hang at our home pool at Forest Park CC during the season as a reminder to the team that tradition never graduates.

We are tremendously blessed to be a part of this incredible program at SLUH. We hope you will join us in giving back to the program that has meant so much to so many people through the years.

Finally, we hope that you will find time to come out to a game this year. Our schedule is still being finalized, but will be posted as soon as it is available on this new Athletics website..

We’re grateful for your continued support of SLUH and our water polo program. Please stay in touch.

Sincerely,

Paul Baudendistel ’90 | Varsity Water Polo Head Coach & Science Department Faculty
John M. Penilla ’99 | JV Water Polo Head Coach & Director of Annual Giving