Islander on University of Redlands men’s water polo team collects ACWPC all-academic plaudits
The University of Redlands men’s water polo team had six Association of Collegiate Water Polo Coaches (ACWPC) Men’s All-Academic Award recipients for the 2009 season, as announced Wednesday by the ACWPC, including former Mercer Island High School player Teddy Trowbridge.
Honorees are broken up into three categories: outstanding, superior and excellent. Those who fall in the “outstanding” category have cumulative GPAs between 4.0 and 3.71, those who fall in the “superior” category have cumulative GPAs between 3.70 and 3.41 and those who fall in the “excellent” category have cumulative GPAs between 3.40 and 3.20.
Senior center Ryan Floersch, San Jose, Calif., senior central defender John Floersch, San Jose, Calif., senior driver Brent Dotters, Porterville, Calif. and senior goalkeeper Teddy Trowbridge, Mercer Island, Wash., all earned the “superior” distinction, while freshman driver Zac Chierici, Millbrae, Calif., and junior driver Tim Hendrickson, Los Altos, Calif., received the “excellent” distinction.
Trowbridge served as the program’s starting netminder for the third consecutive year in 2009 and ranked 10th nationally in saves with 234. A Computer Science major with a 3.408 GPA, Trowbridge reaped the fruit of his labor when he was named to the All-SCIAC Second Team and the ACWPC Honorable Mention All-America Team after a season where he enjoyed a formidable stretch run.
Redlands (18-18, 9-1 SCIAC) won its eighth SCIAC title in program history in 2009 and also placed seventh at the 2009 WWPA Championships.
Eastside FC boys U11 team takes second at state
The Eastside boys FC U-11 team finished second in the Washington State Cup on April 11.
In the final game, against Crossfire FC, Eastside scored first and held the lead until Crossfire found the goal four more times before a 5-5 regulation time score forced the game into overtime.
Members of the team from Mercer Island include: Freddy Kleeman, Lucas Meek, Hunter Bauman, Jack Delay and Mitchell Meade.
The team finished in first place while playing up in its U12 bracket before taking on the state cup.
All five players will be back next season.
