Western Water Polo Association

The Western Water Polo Association (WWPA) is a single sport intercollegiate college athletic conference sponsoring men's and women's water polo. The WWPA is affiliated with the NCAA, and includes 15 member institutions, mostly in California, with one institution each in Colorado, Illinois, and West Virginia and two in Erie, Pennsylvania. The league has eight teams in its men's league and nine in its women's league, with only Fresno Pacific and UC San Diego fielding teams for both sexes in the WWPA. The three easternmost schools, Gannon, Mercyhurst, and Salem, also field teams for both men and women, but only the women's teams are in the WWPA, with the men's teams instead playing in the Collegiate Water Polo Association.

Western Water Polo Association
AssociationNCAA
Founded1981
CommissionerChristy Medigovich (since 2013)
Sports fielded
  • 1
    • men's: 1
    • women's: 1
DivisionNational Collegiate
No. of teams15
RegionWestern United States, Illinois, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia
Official websitethewwpa.com

The WWPA members play a regular season of conference and non-conference games, followed by a championship tournament at the conclusion of both the men's and women's seasons, with the winner earning the league's automatic bid to the NCAAs.[1]

Members

NCAA water polo is a fall sport for men and a spring sport for women. For women's members, the year of joining is the calendar year before the first season of competition. For men's members, the year of departure is the calendar year after the final season of competition. Departing members are highlighted in pink. All four departing men's members will leave in 2023 when the West Coast Conference, full-time home to Loyola Marymount and Santa Clara, begins sponsoring men's water polo.[2]

Men's teams
Institution Location Nickname Joined Primary
Conference		 Division
United States Air Force Academy Colorado Springs, Colorado Falcons 1981 Mountain West NCAA D-I
Biola University La Mirada, California Eagles 2022 Pacific West NCAA D-II
California Baptist University Riverside, California Lancers 2013 WAC NCAA D-I
University of California, Davis Davis, California Aggies 1981 Big West NCAA D-I
University of California, San Diego La Jolla, California Tritons 1981 Big West NCAA D-II
Concordia University–Irvine Irvine, California Eagles 2016 Pacific West NCAA D-II
Fresno Pacific University Fresno, California Sunbirds 2014 Pacific West NCAA D-II
Loyola Marymount University Los Angeles, California Lions 1987 West Coast NCAA D-I
Santa Clara University Santa Clara, California Broncos 1981 West Coast NCAA D-I

Women's teams
Institution Location Nickname Joined Primary
Conference		 Division
Biola University La Mirada, California Eagles 2022 Pacific West NCAA D-II
California State University, East Bay Hayward, California Pioneers 2002 California NCAA D-II
California State University, Monterey Bay Seaside, California Otters 2005 California NCAA D-II
Fresno Pacific University Fresno, California Sunbirds 2017 Pacific West NCAA D-II
Gannon University Erie, Pennsylvania Golden Knights 2014 Pennsylvania State NCAA D-II
McKendree University Lebanon, Illinois Bearcats 2017 Great Lakes Valley NCAA D-II
Mercyhurst University Erie, Pennsylvania Lakers 2015 Pennsylvania State NCAA D-II
Salem University Salem, West Virginia Tigers 2018 Independent NCAA D-II

Former members
Institution Location Nickname Joined Left Primary
Conference		 Division (M) (W)
University of California, San Diego
(UC San Diego)		 San Diego, California Tritons 2015 2020 Big West NCAA D-I Y
Sonoma State University[3] Rohnert Park Seawolves 2015 2020 CCAA NCAA D-II Y

References
  1. "The WWPA". Western Water Polo Association. Retrieved June 4, 2011.
  2. "West Coast Conference Adds Men's Water Polo" (Press release). West Coast Conference. July 19, 2022. Retrieved July 27, 2022.
  3. https://news.sonoma.edu/article/ssu-discontinue-men%E2%80%99s-and-women%E2%80%99s-tennis-and-water-polo-teams


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