This is a hands on tournament very important to the training process and is mandatory for all first year officials. New officials with questions can contact Perry, [email protected].
This week, Illinois Water Polo and the Metro Catholic Aquatic Conference are trying to raise awareness for the Illinois Water Polo Dave Perry College Scholarship. This scholarship is for athletes graduating from high school and planning on participating in Division I water polo in college. This is the only scholarship of its kind in Illinois. Since 2013, eight student athletes from eight different high schools (who all went to eight different colleges and universities to study and play water polo) have been awarded the $1500 scholarship. This year, IWP will again be providing two $1500 scholarships. Illinois Water Polo is proud to sponsor this scholarship as a way to help Illinois athletes achieve their dreams of playing water polo in college as well as honoring the legacy of Dave Perry.
Click here to download this year’s flyer for the Dave Perry Scholarship Awareness Week.
Illinois Water Polo is looking for all interested players, coaches, fans, and officials of water polo to consider becoming involved in IWP as the organization looks to restructure the by-laws so as to better help grow and develop water polo in Illinois. Our next meeting is Sunday, April 30th at 7pmin the Fenwick library. We will be creating a team to investigate the by-laws and make needed changes to ensure that Illinois Water Polo is set up in the best way to continue to provide direction and growth of the sport of water polo in the state of Illinois at the player, coach, club, and high school level. Any interested players, coaches, fans, and officials of water polo are encouraged to attend this Sunday’s meeting.
Contact Damon Newman at [email protected] if interested.
British designer India Hicks’ line of affordable luxury jewelry, handbags, beauty and accessories products will be on display during Saturday, May 6th’s water polo matches at Fenwick High School.
20% of all sales donated to the Dave Perry College Scholarship
The Dave Perry College Scholarship fundraiser will be held on Saturday, May 6 at O’Sullivan’s (7244 Madison St., Forest Park, IL 60130).
This is the only scholarship of its kind in Illinois and is a great remembrance of our late, great coach, Dave Perry. The scholarship is for graduating seniors who will be playing NCAA Water Polo the following year in college. Started in 2012, the scholarship has given out $8,000 to help water polo players continue to play and study at the collegiate level. Scholarship applications will be available (once they are available, we’ll provide a link here instead of saying “will be available”).
For more information, please visit IWP’s Dave Perry College Scholarship page.
