San Diego State - Whitney

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Dear Sandy:

The 12th annual SDSU Aztec Alumni water polo game is set to take place Saturday January 30th at noon at the beautiful SDSU Aztec Aquaplex.

As we move into the second decade of the new millenium, we would like to give special recognition to the 2000 Aztec Water Polo team, as we begin a new decade of excellence for our program. Stay tuned as we will also honor an "all-decade" team voted on and selected by SDSU alumni and friends.

The 2000 team survived Y2K, and everyone managed to get through college without a cell phone. We traveled with walkie talkies to communicate between vans, and found our destinations with old fashioned maps. We played home games at Bud Kearns Municipal Pool in Balboa Park, where every game was a standing room only crowd (no bleachers), and the locker room had that nice open air feel (no roof).

Our overall record was 18-16, with a 4-5 record in the MPSF. We placed 5th out of 10 teams at the MPSF championships hosted by San Jose State, and qualified for the Collegiate National Championships (pre-NCAA sponsored championship)hosted by Indiana University, where we placed 6th out of 16 teams.

Co-Captains Larisa Baltgalvis and Curran Teigan were named to the 2000 Collegiate Water Polo Association All-American team for their outstanding play during the season. Larisa's career mark of 235 goals remains #2 on the all-time record board, and Curran's 904 career saves remains #1 all-time for goal keeper saves. These enduring marks have inspired many great Aztec players who have followed in their footsteps.

We've come a long way since 2000, and we hope you will be able to join us and share your memories of Aztec Water Polo at our beautiful home pool, the Aztec Aquaplex on January 30th at noon.




Back Row L to R: Megan Dunbar, Kristen Haddock, Nicole Morasky, Curran Teigan, Alexis Salkin, Heather DeFelice, Whitney Winlow, Natalie Nipper, Heidi Matsumoto, Shannon Halpin.

Middle Row L to R: Kelly Falcone, Heidi Bradley, Becky Sensney, Brenna Wylie, Heather McFarland, Amber Prestegard, Lisa Swain, Casey Finnegan, Jackie Lopez.

Front Row L to R: Belen Monterrubio, Larisa Baltgalvis, Abby Carlson

Best wishes,

Carin








Carin Crawford
Head Coach
Women's Water Polo
San Diego State University
ccrawfor@mail.sdsu.edu
www.goaztecs.com
619-594-0649