BRIDGEPORT, Pa. — The Collegiate Water Polo Association (CWPA) in conjunction with American Water Polo (AWP) will host a Water Polo Clinic with Olympian and NBC Olympic commentator Wolf Wigo on Saturday, November 17, at Fordham University’s Col. Francis B. Messmore Aquatic Center in the Vincent T. Lombardi Center during the 2018 Mid-Atlantic Water Polo Conference (MAWPC) Championship.
The clinic is open to all male and female athletes between the ages of 10-18 and collegiate club players.
The clinic will run from 9:00 to 11:00 a.m. at a cost of $75 per athlete.
Wigo’s appearance is a change from the previously announced line-up as he replaces fellow KAP7 co-founder and Olympian Brad Schumacher as the instructor for the clinic.
Individuals who attend the clinic will also receive four tickets for the MAWPC Championship, a championship program and Collegiate Water Polo Association (CWPA) souvenir mug, AWP and CWPA decals, the clinic instruction and a photo with
Wigo.
Following the clinic, an All-Star game with athletes from across the Mid-Atlantic Region will be held. Athletes who are invited to compete in the All-Star game can register to compete below at a cost of $50. Athletes that choose to participate in both the clinic and All-Star game can register at a cost of $75.
Individuals seeking hotel rooms near Fordham for the championship/clinic weekend should visit the CWPA Hotel site available by CLICKING HERE.
For additional information on the clinic and/or All-Star game, contact the league office via email at office@collegiatewaterpolo.org or by phone (between the hours of 9:00 a.m.-to-6:00 p.m. on Monday-through-Friday) at 610-277-6787.
About Wolf Wigo:
A New York City native, Wigo’s parents were both swimmers so at an early age he and his sister would travel to the pool at the West Side Y in New York City and compete with the Gotham Aqua Kings. After success in swimming (he was named “Swimmer of the Decade” at New York’s Bronx High School of Science), Wigo took up water polo because he enjoyed the team spirit and competition. He played on the St. Francis College Youth Water Polo Club in Brooklyn Heights, New York. By age 13, he was the youngest player on the New York Athletic Club team, earned back-to-back NYAC Utzinger Awards, and was a Prep All-American three years in a row. While still in high school, Wigo was a member of the only 17-and-under team from outside California to win the national Junior Olympics in water polo.
Wigo was chosen for the United States National Water Polo team in 1993. In 1996, he became the first player from east of the Rockies to make the US Olympic team in water polo since 1956. Wigo competed in the Olympic Games in 1996, 2000 and 2004, and was team captain from 2001 to 2004. In 2000 at Sydney, Australia, he was the team’s leading scorer with 16 goals. Wigo helped the U.S. Men’s National Team win the 1997 FINA World Water Polo Championship. Between the 2000 and the 2004 Olympics Wolf was a star on the Ethnikos Piraeus team in Athens, Greece.
A member of the U.S. National Team since 1993, Wigo competed in the Olympic Games in 1996, 2000 and 2004, was leading team scorer in the 2000 Sydney games and team captain from 2001-2004. Since 2005, he has been the head coach of the University of California-Santa Barbara men’s water polo program.
Other distinctions include:
- Top US scorer at 1995 (22 goals in 8 games) & 1993 World University Games.
- Leading overall scorer in 1995 US Olympic festival.
- Leading US scorer at 1993 Junior World Championships.
- Two year winner of Utzinger Award, the prestigious citation from the NYAC.
- Named to the Hall of Fame of the New York Athletic Club.
- Four-year AWPCA All-American (1991, 1992, 1993, 1994).
- 1994 NCAA Player of the Year
- American Water Polo Coaches Association National Scholar-Athlete.
- Stanford University Biff Hoffman Award for the school’s top senior male athlete.
- Three-time USA Water Polo Male Athlete of the Year, (1999, 2000, and 2003).
- First Team All-World by NBC Sports and USA Water Polo (2000).
