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Welcome Ricardo Azevedo to LOS AL W.P.C., its new Technical Commissioner !!!
(9/5/11)Club President & Executive Director, Bahram Hojreh , is officially announcing the hiring of its new Technical Commissioner today, Ricardo Azevedo. The deal has been in negotiation for some time and with Bahram's desire and agreement along with the approval & applaud of the rest of the coaching staff in a lunch meeting today, including Club Operations Associate - Justin Koeppen, we feel that the club will be headed towards a more progressive direction with Azevedo's involvement and influence. Details on Ricardo's duties will be more apparent in the near future, but for now, below is a brief bio of his accomplishments, titles and abilities.
Ricardo Azevedo born August 24, 1956 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, was recently a professional water polo coach in Camogli, Italy (a small town 30 minutes south of Genoa on the Mediterranean coast), where he was a key figure in the local club's major rise to success at all levels. Born in Brazil, Azevedo is the son of a Brazilian World Cup soccer player. Azevedo played on the Brazilian National Water Polo Team from 1974 to 1980. He was twice voted Brazil's "Player of the Year". In 1976, his team won the gold medal in the South American Games. Azevedo received his Bachelor of Arts degree from California State University, Long Beach in 1980 where he also played college ball.
After his playing career, Azevedo became a water polo coach, with stints at the Beach aquatics club, then later LB Shore Aquatics, St. John Bosco HS, LB Millikan HS, powerhouse LB Wilson HS where he lead the team to 9 CIF Div 1 championships in 10 years at the helm, and is now considered one of the premier coaches in the world. Azevedo was Head & Assistant Coach for the USA Men’s Water Polo Teams, USA Junior Teams, and at Long Beach State University (Men's & Women's). Azevedo became head coach of RN ElettroGreen Camogli in 2007, unexpectedly leading his young team to the division Championship title game in 2008. He has helped developed too many players that went on to the collegiate, national team and olympic status to mention here. Azevedo is unique among the global water polo community due to his language skills that have observed his coaching international teams in English, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, and Japanese.
Azevedo has coached several Olympians since their youth including his son Tony Azevedo who was a four-time All American and NCAA Player of the Year at Stanford University and serves as Captain of the USA Men's Water Polo Team for the 2008 Summer Olympics, and his daughter Cassie who was a two-time All-American water polo player at Long Beach State and is currently playing professionally in Europe.
Azevedo met his wife Libby when he was an exchange student at Long Beach, currently Libby has been running the Adult women's/mom's program at the LOS AL WPC for the past 4 years. Bahram Hojreh has been an assistant coach for Ricardo in the past, and is close to the family for all the years he has known them. So it is with great excitement that we welcome Mr. Ricardo Azevedo to our family at LOS AL W.P.C. !
Success Stories
LOS AL WPC qualifies 12 teams to '11 Junior Olympics & 3 teams to Masters Nationals *there are 15 seperate competitive teams in the LOS AL W.P.C., and all of them qualified for this summer's 2011 USWP National Championships. As the top developmental club in the USA and high rankings in teams qualifying for nationals, LOS AL WPC has a reputation of taking the less than average athlete and team and turning them into champions. -20&over Men's Team= Bronze@ Masters Nationals -20&over Women's Team= 4th @ Masters Nationals -30&over Men's Team= 6th @ Masters Nationals These teams from 10&U-21&U qualified for the 2011 National Junior Olympics: -10&U Coed Team -12&U Girls Team -12&U Boys Team -14&U Girls Team -14&U Boys Team -16&U Girls Team -16&U Boys Blue Team -16&U Boys Red Team -18&U Girls Team -18&U Boys Team -21&U Women's Team -21&U Men's Team DAVIDSON IS THE 2009 MPSF ( Mountain Pacific Sports Federation) PLAYER OF THE YEAR
2009 MPSF Player of the Year SCOTT DAVIDSON • #8 • Senior • Attacker • UCLA Scott Davidson becomes the first UCLA men's water polo player to earn MPSF Player of the Year honors since 2000, when Sean Kern earned the conference's top honor. Davidson enters the 2009 NCAA Tournament as UCLA's scoring leader with 42 goals in 28 games (1.50 GPG). The senior from Seal Beach, Calif., has scored in 22 of the Bruins' 28 contests, having registered 15 multiple-goal performances. Davidson scored a season-high four goals against No. 1-ranked USC on Nov. 7 before adding two goals in each of the Bruins' first two MPSF Tournament victories (Pepperdine, USC). He currently ranks fifth on UCLA's career scoring list with 147 goals in four seasons.
STANFORD, Calif. - Stanford women's water polo head coach John Tanner announced the signing of four exemplary student-athletes to National Letters of Intent Wednesday. The quartet of signees that will become members of the Stanford Class of 2014 consists of Kaley Dodson (Seal Beach, Calif./Los Alamitos HS), Kaitlyn Lo (San Anselmo, Calif./Sir Francis Drake HS), Lexie Ross (Laguna Beach, CA/Laguna Beach HS) and Kelsey Suggs (Ladera Ranch, CA/Tesoro HS). The foursome will make its Stanford women's water polo debut in the 2011 season. "These four give us a diverse, tough to guard group of athletes who are ready to play at the highest level of college water polo," Tanner said. "I am extremely excited about the skills, talent and drive they can bring to our program. Like all our current players, they are also fantastic students with a wide range of interests." Dodson, a 5-11 driver, is a two-time Division I All-CIF Southern Section selection (2008-09) heading into her senior season in 2010. On the international level, Dodson, a member of the U.S. Junior National Team, traveled with the squad to competitions in the Netherlands and Russia where she faced some of the top junior competition in the world. "Kaley has all the attributes to succeed at this level," Tanner said. "She is extremely fast and effective scoring in a variety of situations. She also has the length and leg support to be a valuable defender."
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