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What’s New in the Pool?

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Coach Gaby brings an impressive Water polo resume, incredible work ethic and competitive drive to the SOCAL pool deck when she coaches the 14 U Boys. Prior to joining SOCAL as a coach Gaby had a successful high school career leading Foothill High School to 4 CIF Division 1 Championships.

During her University career at UCLA from 2004 to 2008, she helped lead the team to four consecutive NCAA Championships. During her

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Inside This Issue

What’s New in the Pool

Meet the Coach

SOCAL Players named to ODP National Teams

Junior Olympic Updates

SOCAL honored by City of Tustin

PCA Players of the Summer Session

SOCAL Athletes in the Community

Maccabiah Games Update

Fun Photos

The SOCAL Spotlight

Meet the Coach- Gaby Domanic

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2007 season Gaby and her team won the 100th championship for UCLA giving the school the prestige of being the first University to win 100 championships.

Gaby’s National team career includes 2001 and 2005 Jr. World championships in Perth, Australia, All-American team in 2005 Jr. Worlds, 2004 MVP at Jr. Pan American Games, Jr. Pan American championship El Salvador, San Salvador, World Championship and being part of the 2004 Athens Olympic Games as the alternate. After college Gaby played for a year on a professional league in Australia. Playing internationally has inspired a lifelong love of traveling in Gaby.

Gaby holds a Bachelors degree in Sociology and is currently working through a Nursing

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program for her Masters to become a Nurse Practitioner. Gaby loves helping others and is looking forward to a career in the medical industry where she can give back to her community.

A fun fact about Gaby is that she is a dog lover. She has an Italian Greyhound and a Jack Russell terrier mix. And if Gaby isn’t busy enough between coaching and going to school, she volunteers at her local rescue group.

When asked about why she likes to coach, Gaby said “I started playing for SOCAL when I was 9 years old. So it’s great to come back as a coach and give back to my community and the club team where my success all started. It’s an honor to coach and pass on my knowledge of the game to future Olympians.”

Volume 26, Issue 3 Summer 2013

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Brandon and Andy are “Model” Coaches Coaches Brandon Zwirner and Andy Coffman represented SOCAL in style when they were selected to model board shorts for the Orange County Register ‘s

“Endless Summer” fashion feature in the August 20th edition of the newspaper.

Women's Developmenta l National Team Dani Ayala Val Ayala Gracie Pevehouse Julia Rozolis-Hill Grace Thawley Bayley Weber

SOCAL WATER POLO HONORED BY CITY OF TUSTIN FOR BEING BEST CLUB IN THE UNITED STATES FIVE TIMES IN SEVEN YEARS

Men’s National Team Chandler Jarrels-Stickney Men’s Cadet National Team Max Weber Women’s Junior National Team Jillian Yocum Mckenna Mitchell Rachel Fattal

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SOCAL Water Polo was honored by the City of Tustin Mayor Al Murray and his councilmembers on June 4, 2013 for being the best water polo club in the United States.

16U Boys Take Home the Gold at NJOs!

Congrats to the Black and Gold! Continuing SOCAL’s Tradition of Success at JO’s

2013 ODP Pipeline National Team Selections Announced: SOCAL players named to all levels of ODP pipeline!

Congratulations to the following SOCAL players:

SOCAL Teams Finish Well at 2013 USCC's 18U Boys- 12th

16U Boys- 1st

14U Boys- 5th

12U Boys- 6th

18U Gir ls- 1st

16U Gir ls- 3rd

14U Gir ls- 2nd

12U Gir ls- 8th

10U Mixed- 9th

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Representing SOCAL and featured in the photograph with Mayor Al Murray are SOCAL players Lily Aguirre-Murray, Sachin Okuma, Kelsey Holland, Zane Scott and Coach Ed Reynolds.

Brandon and Andy are “Model” Coaches

Coaches Brandon Zwirner and Andy Coffman represented SOCAL well when they were selected to model boardshorts for the Orange County Register ‘s “Endless Summer” fashion feature in the August 20th edition.

2013 National Junior Olympic Results SESSION 1: Jul 27th - July 30th • 10u Girls - 6th (Platinum Div) • 12 Boys Black - 6th (Platinum Div) • 14 Boys Black - 11th (Platinum Div) • 14 Boys Gold - 12th (Silver Div) • 16 Boys Black - 1st (Platinum Div) • 16 Boys Gold - 8th (Silver Div) • 18 Boys Black - 1st (Gold Div) SESSION 2: Aug 1st - Aug 4th • 10u Mixed Black - 6th (Platinum Div) • 10u Mixed Gold - 13th (Silver Div) • 12 Girls - 9th (Platinum Div) • 14 Girls Black - 5th (Platinum Div) • 14 Girls Gold - 5th (Gold Div) • 16 Girls Black - 3rd (Platinum Div) • 16 Girls Gold - 14th (Platinum Div) • 18 Girls Black - 4th (Platinum Div) • 18 Girls Gold - 17th (Platinum Div)

Women’s Youth National Team Kacey Avalos Haley Wan Women’s Cadet National Team Emily Konishi Abaigeal Blake

Photo credit: KEVIN SULLIVAN, ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER

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10U- Colin Morgan Colin is the exact type of player that the Positive Coaching Alliance wishes to develop. He is team first oriented and at the same time always strives to make himself better. He leads by example in all that he does and is looked up to by his teammates because of this. A true pleasure to coach as he not only applies the coaching he is given, but also asks questions and watches how others play. 12U Boys- Noah Rowe Noah is the kind of player every coach wants. Takes instructions and works them into his game. Never gives less than100%. Always looking for ways to improve. 14U Boys- Sachin Okuma Sachin is a Triple Impact Competitor because he never got down on himself. He was always able to shake off a mistake or missed save and come back strong to make a big save. Through his perseverance, Sachin fulfilled his role for our team.

Sam works hard, has showed tremendous improvement throughout the year. He is a great teammate!!

SOCAL Athletes Help in the Community SOCAL Athlete Katie Hungerford leads Assisteens to teach kids with special needs to swim.

For the past several years the Assisteens, a division of the Assistance League of Tustin, has partnered with Tustin-based Blue Bouy Swim School to teach special needs children how to swim and be safe in the water. Katie Hungerford took the reigns this year from her 3-time past Co-Chairs Eleanor Lee and Hannah Lapkin and was joined by Julia Sellers to help with this rewarding project. For eight Sundays in late spring, Katie and crew teach the children swim strokes in a fun environment that includes waterpolo skills, games and races. Katie says it is fun! She really likes helping the kids and thinks it is great how something so small can make such a big difference in the kids’ lives.

Great job ladies!

14U Gold Boys- Sam Harrison

PCA Players of the Quarter Congratulations to our SOCAL PCA Players of the months of the Summer Quarter

These athletes were chosen by their coaches for demonstrating excellent sportsmanship, teamwork and dedication.

Katie, Eleanor, and Julia with their happy students!

2U Girls- Natalie Tuerk Natalie came to SOCAL WPF last Autumn and just passed her one year mark. Natalie distinguishes herself as a PCA winner for her respect for her teammates, her effort and her continuous learning. Natalie has a super great future in water polo and her competitive intensity improves her teammates and make her a “gamer”. 14 Gold Girls- Briana Portales Briana came back strong from an serious injury to put super extra effort into getting ready for high school. Briana dedicated herself to the “3A’s” -- anticipation, aggression, and attacking -- as her “effort yardsticks” and matured so much she made Varsity at Villa Park High. Despite the tugs of varsity high school, Briana closed out strong with SOCAL. 14 Black Girls-Grace Thawley Grace is embracing water polo like an approaching freight train. She is gaining speed, traction, and momentum so you better watch out. There will be no stopping this girl who has so much heart. Grace is the glue of TEAM, embraced the philosophy of John Wooden, and impacted her Coaches and Teammates with her wisdom and insight.

14U Boys- Nolan Ortega Is a Triple Impact Competitor because he was able to find a way to be competitive in every game while keeping his emotions under control. Nolan made some big strides in his emotional control and was therefore able to give his best for our team.

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SOCAL’s first Girls 10U team

SOCAL Spotlight Published quarterly Lisa Gorlinski, Editor Michele Scott, Ed Reynolds, Contributing Editors Printing courtesy of the THE REYNOLDS GROUP Restoring the Earth and Groundwater www.reynolds-group.com

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12U Boys plus little sister Ava Rowe-

Ready for JO’s

Maccabiah Games Update

“Waterpolo-“Oh, the Places You’ l l Go!”

Send It In! Student of the Month? Accepted to College? Helped your Community? We want to know! We’d love to share the accomplishments of our athletes outside the pool. Send your news to Lisa Gorlinski @ lisagorlinski@socalwaterpolo.org While we can’t promise we’ll print it, we’ll sure try!

Tell Your Friends- Waterpolo-Lite is Back for the Fall Season! Fun, non-competitive introductory program for beginners 8-12 years old. Register this Fall through Tustin Parks and Recreation See socalwaterpolo.org for more information

Congratulations to SOCAL Waterpolo’s Hannah Lapkin (Princeton ) who helped team USA win the Gold Medal in the first year of women’s waterpolo at the Maccabiah Games in Israel. When asked about her experience, Hannah said , “Israel was by far one of the greatest experiences of my life. Being able to represent the US in a country that means so much to me was truly amazing, and to win a gold medal on top of that was more than I could ever ask for!”

The 12U Girls had a great season!

18U Gold Boys

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