West Suburban Water Polo Club

Serving Naperville and Western Suburbs of Chicago, IL

COACHING STAFF

Email: Martin Bell
630.926.7127

Fall 2010 Co-Lead Coach High School Boys and Asst. Age Group Coach
Head Coach Hinsdale Central High School Boys Team (2009 - present)
Head Coach WSWPC 18 & Under Men (2004 – present)
Head Coach Neuqua Valley High School Men’s Water Polo Team (2007 – 2009)
IHSA Men’s Water Polo Sectional Coach of the Year (2008)
Head Coach & Founder of Naper Carriage Hill Water Polo Team (1999 – 2004)
Member of the University of Nebraska Club Water Polo Team (2001 – 2006)
All-Conference for Great Plains Division (2001-2006)
Member of Naperville Central Varsity Water Polo Team (1998 - 2001)
Captain of Naperville Central High Sschool Water Polo Team (2001)
Red & White Award Recipient for Water Polo (2001)
Teacher at Neuqua Valley High School (2007- 2009)
Graduated from The University of Nebraska – Lincoln with a B.S. in Social Science Education

Email: JOHN BLUMTHAL
630.561.2029

Fall 2010 Lead Coach 14U Boys Age Group
Boys Head Coach - Naperville North HS Men's Water Polo Team (2009 - present)
Head Coach of 18 & Under WSWPC Summer team (2006 – present)
Head Coach of Saybrook Water Polo (2001 – 2007)
Varsity Swimmer for The University of Iowa Men’s Swimming and Diving Team (2005 – 2006)
Played two years with The University of Iowa Men’s Club Water Polo Team (2003 – 2005)
Recruited by several NCAA Division One Programs including Air Force Academy, Naval Academy, and Bucknell University Naperville North High School Water Polo and Swim Team athlete (2000 - 2003)
Two-time Captain of NNHS Water Polo Team (2002 & 2003) and MVP Junior season (2002)
Graduated from The University of Iowa with a B.S. in Science Education.

Email: George Horn
708.217.7715

Fall 2010 Lead Coach 14U Girls Age Group.
Coach WSWPC (2005 – present)
Head Coach Naperville North High School Men’s Water Polo Team (2009 – present)
Varsity Water Polo and Swimming Scholarship Athlete to Loyola-University, Chicago 1985 - 1989.
Played in 2 NCAA championship tourneys, our highest national finish was 7th.
NCAA and USWP All-American Water Polo athlete
1984 Selected USA National Development Team Member from Colorado Springs national tryouts. Competed for USA against Mexico, Canada, and Puerto Rico.
Recruited by several NCAA Division One Programs including Loyola University and Air Force Academy
1981 - 1984 Brother Rice High School Water Polo and Swim Team Athlete. Won 4 Illinois State ISA Championships.
IHSA Water Polo Player of the Year as a Junior (1983) and Senior (1984). 1st Team High School All-American.
Chicago Aquatic Water Polo Club athlete for Jim "Moose" Mulcrone and Oak Parks Jim Locke
Chicago Aquatics 3rd Place finish at USWP Junior Olympics. 1st team All-American.
Full Time Employment: Oak Brook Bank, Oakbrook, Illinois
Resided in north Naperville with wife Suzie and four children

Email: Andy McWhirter
630.373.8228

708-466-5153

Fall 2010 Asst. Age Group Coach 12U Coed
Asst. Coach NVHS Boys Water Polo Team (2009-present)
Asst. Coach Carl Sandburg HS Water Polo Team (2006)
Asst. Coach NVHS Swim Boys Swim Team (2009-present)
Coach of Waubonsie Valley Aquatics Boys High School Summer League Team (2010-present)
High School Player, Founding Member, and Co-Captain of the Stagg High School Boys Water Polo Team
High School Varsity Swimmer (4 years) and Co-Captain of the Stagg High School Swim Team
Teacher at NVHS (2009-present)
Teacher at Crete-Monee HS (2006-2009)

NICK LANDIAK
630.885.1741

Fall 2010 Co-Lead Coach HS Boys and Asst. Age Group Coach
Coach Saybrook Bath and Racquet Club water polo team (2003-06)
Referee NSSWPL (2008-09)
4-year starter Penn State University Water Polo Team (2005-'07, '09)
Captain PSU Polo Team during first berth a nationals in 4 years, finished 12th in the country (2009)
Graduate of Penn State University with a Bachelors of Landscape Architecture (2010)
4-year Varsity water polo at Naperville North High School (2002-05)
Captain Naperville North Varsity water polo (2005). 12 yrs player. 8 yrs Coach

HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS COACHES:

Email: KIM BUCK
630.363.7694

Summer & Winter 2010 Lead Coach High School Girls
Assistant Coach - Naperville North HS Girls Water Polo (2009- present)
Varsity Water Polo player and Swimmer NNHS (2000-20004)
Took 4th in state for swimming and water polo senior year
High School MVP, All Sectional, All State, All American, Captain, Illinois Player of the Year (2004)
Holds several NNHS records and State Records
Scholarship starter at Arizona State University Div. 1 water polo team
College All MPSF (Mountain Pacific Sports Federation) Academic Team
Graduated ASU in 2008 with a B.S. in Molecular Biosciences and Biotechnology and minored in Spanish
Full Time Employment at Argonne National Laboratories as a Molecular Cellular Biologist
Coach Kim is available for Private Water Polo Lessons. One on one instruction will have a dramatic impact on your game - Kim concentrates on all levels of water polo from fundamentals to mechanics of competitive water polo. If you are interested, please contact Kim Buck, or 630.363.7694.

ASSISTANTS / SUBSTITUTES

Email: Mark Menis
630.399.1172

1997 until present, Founder and President West Suburban Water Polo Club
2009 - 2010, Assistant Coach, Naperville Central HS Men's Water Polo Team
2004 - 2005 USA National Cadet Coach (Serbia 2004, Pan American Games, Mexico City 2005)
USWP Midwest Zone Elite (2004) and Development (2003) Coach of the Year
2003 - 2008, USWP Midwest Zone Cadet Coach
1984 - 1996 Water Polo Coach Loyola Univ., George Williams College and Benedictine University
1993 - Illinois Water Polo Hall of Fame Inductee. 1998 - Loyola Academy Athletic Hall of Fame Inductee
1982 -1983 NCAA and USWP Water Polo All-American Player
1979, 1980 and 1981 USA Olympic Festival Athlete North Team
1979 - 1983 Swimming & Water Polo Scholarship Athlete Loyola University, Chicago, IL.
1974 - 1979 Loyola Academy, Wilmette, IL, Illinois Water Polo State Champion 1978
1978 Illinois Senior Player of the Year
Full Time Employment: Kinder Morgan, Inc, Lombard, IL (1983-present). Certified Public Accountant 1985.
Resides in Naperville with wife Nina and two children Elisa and Mark

Mark Sokolowski

630.649.0487