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BARRY KING
HEAD COACH, INDIANA UNIVERSITY

In his 10th year as the Indiana women's water polo coach, Barry King has brought the Hoosiers from a club squad to a national power in his tenure at the helm of the Hoosiers. In the first nine years of the program, King has helped IU to four appearances in the national championships, including a Final Four appearance in 2003 and appearances at nationals in each of the Hoosiers' first three seasons as a varsity squad.

In 2002, 2004 and 2005, King and his Hoosiers were just shy of advancing to the NCAA Championships. In the middle of those two narrow misses, the Hoosiers advanced to their first NCAA-sponsored Final Four in 2003. The NCAA started sponsoring a national championship in water polo in 2001.

In 2006, the Hoosiers posted their fifth straight 20-win season, going 24-11 and finishing fifth at the CWPA Eastern Championships. Indiana wrapped up the season with a 10-8 victory over Brown, giving King his 200th career victory. Through nine seasons, King has an aggregate 200-105-2 record.

The 2006 season also saw Indiana land four players on the CWPA's All-Western Division team, including first teamers Janis Pardy and Brooke Zimmerman and second teamers Melissa Soria and Jackie Pyrz. Indiana went 21-4 over its final 25 contests, and was ranked in the top 20 for much of the season.

King has now guided his Hoosiers to eight All-America honors, 19 CWPA All-Division selections, 34 AWPCA All-Academic Team honors, 34 Academic All-CWPA and 64 Academic All-Big Ten honors in his nine years.

 MATT ANDERSON, HEAD COACH, UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN

Matt Anderson was named the second head coach of the Michigan water polo program on Oct. 1, 2002. Anderson immediately brought a hard-nosed philosophy and defensive intensity to the Wolverines. He has amassed a 134-61 (.687) record and won five CWPA Division titles in his five sesaons since arriving at Michigan.

Last season, Anderson led the Wolverines to their fifth straight CWPA Western Division crown thanks to a 6-4 overtime comeback win against Indiana. U-M broke single-season school records in points (835), goals (432), shots (1,223), assists (403), steals (661) and drawn ejections (277). Michigan's steal total bests the record from 2006 (470) by nearly 200. Anderson helped four players (Shana Welch, Kristen Davis, Julie Hyrne, Leah Robertson) to spots on All-Western Division teams, with Welch and Hyrne earning Eastern Championship All-Tournament second team honors.

In 2006, Anderson reached his third Eastern Championship final after posting a 29-12 record. His offense broke numerous school records, including most goals (399) and steals (470) in a season as a team. Anderson's squad won the CWPA Western Division Championship for the fourth straight season with a thrilling 4-3 win over the Indiana Hoosiers in Bloomington, Ind. As a result, Anderson won the the Western Division Coach of the Year for the third straight season.

The 2005 campaign saw Anderson set a precedent by coaching the program to its first NCAA Championship win in its second NCAA appearance, a decisive 13-7 win over Redlands. Anderson also helped the Wolverines to a dramatic first-place finish at the Western Division Championship, winning their final game 11-10 in overtime versus eighth-ranked Indiana and again narrowly defeating Indiana 8-7 in the final game of the Eastern Division Championships. For his efforts he was named the CWPA ‘Doc Hunkler' Eastern Coach of the Year.

ALBERT GARCIA
UCLA BRUINS, 2000-2004, 2-TIME NCAA CHAMPION, 2004 NCAA ALL-AMERICAN

Albert Garcia just recently finished his collegiate career at UCLA were he help lead his teams to three NCAA championship appearances (2000-2001,2004) winning twice (2000,2004). Albert was All-Conference twice (2001,2004), All-NCAA Tournament First Team twice (2001,2004), as well as All-American 2004.

After graduating from UCLA in 2004, Albert continued on to play with the U.S. National team. Albert participated in several international tournaments in Germany, Croatia, and Serbia and Montenegro, and Hungry. Albert also played professionally for La Latina in Madrid, Spain, where he was the leading scorer of the league.

Albert Garcia graduated from Long Beach Wilson High School where he trained under U.S. National Team Head Coach Ricardo Azevedo and Tony Martinho. While at Wilson High his teams won four consecutive CIF championships (96-99). Garcia was selected twice as 1st team All-American selection (98-99), as well as All-Moore League four years in a row, and league Most Valuable Player. While in High school Albert also competed on the US Jr. National team from 1996-200. He was also Captain of the Jr team that won Gold at Pan American games in Venezuela and a two-time Jr. World Championships Team member.

Albert’s coaching background includes assistant coaching at Long Beach Wilson High School and Shore Aquatics. While assisting at Wilson, the team won two CIF Division 1 championships. At Shore Aquatic he was an assistant for Robert Lynn and his team went on to place second at National Age Groups. Albert is also The Head Coach at Palos Verdes Peninsula High School for both the Men and Women Water Polo teams and has recently been named Coastal California Youth water polo team coach.