BRIDGEPORT, Pa. — USA Water Polo announced its 2025 Zone Award winners with several Collegiate Water Polo Association/Mid-Atlantic Water Polo Conference/Northeast Water Polo Conference athletes/alumni/coaches among the honored individuals.
The winners, representing zones from all across the country, honor contributions in a variety of areas including coaching, officiating, volunteering, masters water polo and more. The USA Water Polo National Award winners will come from this pool of zone award winners.
Brenda Villa Award (Diversity, Equity & Inclusion – Individual)
- Paciifc NW – Austin Sechrest (Harvard University alum)
Monte Nitzkowski Award (Elite Men’s Coach)
- Midwest – Ryan Pryor (Augustana College head coach/former University of Michigan collegiate club head coach)
- Northeast – Dustin Litvak (Princeton University men’s head coach)
- Southeast – Michael Goldenberg (CWPA Coordinator of Officials/former official)
- Southwest – Maxton Wade (Austin College assistant coach)
Sandy Nitta Award (Elite Women’s Coach)
- Hawaii – Candice Vorbeck (former McKendree University collegiate club head coach)
Bill Barnett Award (Scholastic Men’s Coach)
- Pacific – Seth Tasman (former Iona University athlete)
- Southern Pacific – Christian Macias (former United States Naval Academy athlete)
Doc Hunkler Award (Scholastic Women’s Coach)
- Midwest – Robert Juhas (former Salem University athlete)
- Southwest – Will Koelzer (former Austin College athlete)
Ted Newland Award (Development Men’s Coach)
- Northeast – Ilija Duretic (former St. Francis Brooklyn College athlete/Fordham University assistant coach)
Brent Bohlender Award (Development Women’s Coach)
- Northeast – Gabriel Maldonado (official)
Bret Bernard Award (Elite Referee)
- Mountain – Connor Roberson (official)
- Northeast – Irakli Sanadze (official)
- Southeast – Mark Veszi (official)
- Southwest – John Rightmyer (official)
Tom Hermstad Award (Scholastic Referee)
- Coastal – Mike McMahon (official)
- Mountain – Matt Langford (official)
- Pacific NW – Courtney Bird (official)
- Southeast – Mosaab Omar (official)
- Souhwest – Dustin Devaney (official)
Barbara Kalbus Award (Volunteer of the Year)
- Northeast – Andy Lewandowski (Yale University collegiate club head coach)
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