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Moraga, CA
Coralie Simmons
May 31–June 1, 2008
$250 Extended Day |
GIRLS ONLY
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Campolindo High School is home to one of the state's best Olympic sized facilities. Situated in Moraga, CA, the Soda Aquatic Center opened its doors in November 1999. Home of Elite's first weekend of camps in 2007, Soda is a fantastic camper location as the facilities include ample deck space, two full size locker rooms, and a team room.
Elite Camp Staff
CORALIE SIMMONS
HEAD COACH, SONOMA STATE
2000 US OLYMPIC TEAM, 2-TIME NATIONAL PLAYER OF THE YEAR
Coralie Simmons is quite arguably the best women’s player of this generation. Taking her talents from the pool to the deck, she is in her first season as head coach of the Sonoma State women's water polo team. Previously an assistant at UCLA and the University of Hawaii, Simmons brings a wealth of national and international experience to Elite Polo.
A two-time National Player of the Year at UCLA, Simmons guided the Bruins to their fourth national title in 2001 (in the inaugural NCAA title match). She was the recipient of the Pete Cutino Award, given annually to the top NCAA male and female players, and earned NCAA Tournament MVP honors.
A member of the U.S. Olympic Team in 2000, Coralie helped the United States bring home a silver medal at the Olympics in Sydney, Australia. She tied for the team lead in scoring with nine goals at the Games. The previous summer she helped the United States capture a silver medal at the Pan-American Games with Simmons being the only team member to record a goal in all six Pan-Am Games (she also led the U.S. squad with 10 total goals).
Simmons was named the National Collegiate Player of the Year in 1997 and 1998. The Hemet, Calif., native earned All-America first-team honors, All-MPSF first-team accolades and first-team National Collegiate Championship honors in 1998 when she led the team with a school-record 74 goals in 115 attempts and posted a team-best 64 percent shooting average. In the national title game, Simmons scored three goals to help UCLA defeat California (May 10, 1998).
LOU TULLY
HEAD COACH, SAN JOSE STATE
LouTully is in his tenth season as San Jose State University’s women’s water polo head coach. As the only coach of the Spartans, he has taken a program from infancy and developed a national-caliber team that finishes regularly in the top-20 of the final national poll. Four times in the last eight seasons, San Jose State has produced a .500 or better win-loss record. San Jose State players have earned All-American recognition eight times under his leadership.
Successful at the high school, community college and club levels, he joined San Jose State in 1996 after coaching the boys and girls teams at Leland High School in San Jose.
Tully began his coaching career in 1966 at Menlo Junior College where he coached water polo and swimming. He spent 11 years coaching at various local high schools including a league championship at Mt. Pleasant High School in 1977 and at Leland High School in 1997. Tully has coached high school All-Americans including Mike Castaneda, Steve Lynn, Norman Villanueva, Tres Threatt and Brent Vanderkam. In addition to coaching the Spartans, Tully has overseen and coached the San Jose Splash for 12 years, a club team for local junior women’s players that he started.
A long-time water polo official, Tully has officiated at every level including the Junior Olympic Nationals, U. S. Senior Men’s and Women’s National Championships, community college state championships and NCAA Division I men’s and women’s matches. Tully currently serves on the board of the Peninsula Referees Association.
The 1967 San Jose State graduate majored in physical education and played four seasons of collegiate water polo. He went on to earn his master’s degree in physical education from San Jose State in 1972. Tully also holds a California Life Teaching Credential. He and his wife, Susan, have two adult children, Megan and Ian. The Tullys reside in San Jose.
KEITH WILBUR
HEAD COACH, SANTA CLARA UNIVERSITY
Menlo Park native Keith Wilbur is in his sixth season as head coach of the men's and women's water polo teams. Wilbur joined Santa Clara in July 2002. For the women's team, Wilbur has piled up 104 wins in five seasons, while taking the team to new heights.
Since his first season overseeing the women's program in spring 2003, Wilbur has been behind the continued improvement of the program, highlighted by an historic 2006 campaign in which the team finished 25-8 and took third place at the WWPA Championships, both program bests. The squad also reached No. 15 in the national rankings, and for his efforts, Wilbur was named WWPA Coach of the Year.
Last year, the Broncos had another strong season, posting a 22-16 record, while placing fourth at the WWPA Championships. Wilbur won the Coach of the Year award for a second consecutive year and both Kristin Barnes and Katie Radvanyi were All-WWPA First Team selections. Andrea
In his third year as the Broncos' head coach in 2005, Wilbur took his team to a program-best fourth-place finish at the Western Water Polo Association championships and coached Catherine Flynn to All-WWPA First Team accolades, the first water polo player from the Mission Campus to earn such recognition. During the 2004 season, Wilbur guided the women to a 21-16 record and a fifth-place finish at the WWPA Championships.
Wilbur graduated from Princeton in 1996 with a degree in Economics. As a player, he was a team captain as a senior, leading the Tigers defensively from the cage to three Ivy League Championships and the 1992 East Coast Championships. Wilbur was also a member of the U.S. National Team in 1997-98 and competed at the 1997 World University Games in Sicily, Italy.
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