BRIDGEPORT, Pa. — Collegiate Water Polo Association (CWPA) collegiate club assignor Michael Francis announced the six officials selected to call the 2024 Women’s National Collegiate Club Championship at Colby College’s Harold Alfond Athletics & Recreation Center, on Friday-Sunday, April 11-13, in Waterville, Maine.
Corey Luigard (West Lawn, Pa.), Ellen Kueterman (Albany, N.Y.), Heather Walenga Wheeler (Ellicott City, Md,), Chad Quinn (Phoenixville, Pa.), Geoff Deasey (Wynnewood, Pa.) and Martin Murray (Gatineau, Quebec) garner assignment for the three-day, 30-game championship matching the champions of the Atlantic, Bay Area, Big Ten, Mid-Atlantic, Midwest, New England, New York, North Atlantic, Northwest, Pacific Coast, Rocky Mountain, Sierra Pacific, Southeast, Southwest and Texas Divisions along with the host White Mules.
For fans attending the National Collegiate Club Championship, a three-day tournament pass ($35) or a one-day pass ($15) for the league’s club championship will be available at the door. All children 12 and under are free of charge. Host students, faculty, and staff will be $5/day or $10 for the tournament with a current ID. All tickets are exclusively available at the door as there will be no presale in advance of the championship.
Fans who are unable to make the trip to Maine for the championship will be able to watch the event via a pay-per-view streaming platform. Additional information will be released next week.
The 16-team club championship tournament is the largest collegiate water polo championship in the nation. Seeds are determined by the order of finish by the divisions at the 2024 Women’s National Collegiate Club Championship hosted by Texas A&M University in College Station, Texas, on Friday-Sunday, May 3-5. The Bay Area Division – which was created prior to the 2025 season – replaces the dissolved Heartland Division at No. 9 in the field.
In the history of the championship, the University of Washington (2000), Michigan State University (2001, 2002, 2006), California Polytechnic State University (2003, 2004, 2005, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011), Fresno State University (2007), the University of California-Davis (2012, 2013, 2017, 2018), San Diego State University (2014), the University of California (2015, 2022), the University of California-Santa Barbara (2016), the University of Florida (2019) and the University of Michigan (2023, 2024) have previously claimed Women’s National Collegiate Club Championship titles.
This marks the first time a National Collegiate Club Championship will be held in Maine and the fourth time the event will occur in New England as Williams College in Williamstown, Mass. (2005 Women’s/2007 Men’s) and Middlebury College in Middlebury, Vt., (2015 Women’s) previously hosted the event.
The Men’s Division III Collegiate Club Championship previously occurred in New England as Wesleyan University in Middletown, Conn. (2002, 2006, 2018), Bowdoin College in Brunswick, Maine (2003, 2009, 2014), and Middlebury (2012, 2017) hosted the event prior to its discontinuation in 2019. In addition, Middlebury hosted the most recent/2023 Women’s Division III Club Championship.
Previous Women’s National Collegiate Club Championship Hosts (2000-to-Present)
2000 – University of Arizona (Tucson, Ariz.)
2001 – Miami University of Ohio (Oxford, Ohio)
2002 – Emory University (Atlanta, Ga.)
2003 – Carthage College (Kenosha, Wisc.)
2004 – California Polytechnic State University (San Luis Obispo, Calif.)
2005 – Texas A&M University (College Station, Texas)
2006 – Northwestern University (Evanston, Ill.)
2007 – Williams College (Williamstown, Mass.)
2008 – University of Oregon (Mt. Hood Aquatic Center, Gresham, Ore.)
2009 – University of California-Davis (Davis, Calif.)
2010 – University of Arizona (Tucson, Ariz.)
2011 – University of Notre Dame (Notre Dame, Ind.)
2012 – Florida State University (Tallahassee, Fla.)
2013 – University of Minnesota (Minneapolis, Minn.)
2014 – The Ohio State University (SPIRE Institute, Geneva, Ohio)
2015 – Middlebury College (Middlebury, Vt.)
2016 – University of California-Santa Cruz (Santa Cruz, Calif.)
2017 – University of Pittsburgh (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
2018 – University of Washington (Mt. Hood Aquatic Center, Gresham, Ore.)
2019 – University of Notre Dame (Notre Dame, Ind.)
2020 – None (COVID-19)
2021 – None (COVID-19)
2022 – Collegiate Water Polo Association (Huntsville Aquatic Center (Huntsville, Ala.)
2023 – University of California-Los Angeles (Los Angeles, Calif.)
2024 – Texas A&M University (College Station, Texas)
