Women's Water Polo Recruiting Center

The following information and links have been provided to help prospective student-athletes get to know Stanford University and our water polo program. Here are the steps you need to take:

1. Familiarize yourself with the NCAA rules and register with the NCAA Initial Eligibility Center.
Please use the links below to find out more about the NCAA's recruiting guidelines, as this is only a summary. In order to maintain your collegiate eligibility, you must abide by the rules..

Freshmen & Sophomores- We can not: initiate correspondence via mail, fax or phone, have face to face contact, or receive or return phone calls of any kind. We may send you one general letter and questionnaire during this time and have face to face offsite contact when you are on our campus. You may also attend any camps we offer.

Juniors - We can begin to correspond in writing and email beginning September 1 of your junior year. You and members of your family may make an unofficial visit to campus at any time and meet with the coaching staff. We may not have contact with you or your family members off campus. We may not initiate a phone call but if you call and reach us we may speak with each other.

Seniors - In addition to the ongoing correspondence we were able to have your junior year we can now make face to face contact (with some NCAA limitations). You are able to take official visits (when the school may pay for your trip to campus). We can also come visit you in your home.

NCAA Initial Eligibility Center:

NCAA Initial Eligibility Center

2. Complete a Prospect Information Form
Information Form

3. Send us Data
Please send us a copy of your transcript (unofficial is fine), any test scores you have, a resume and your game schedule when you are in season. Please include your cap #.

Stanford Women's Water Polo
Stanford University
Arrillaga Family Sports Center
Stanford, CA 94305

4. Sign up for and take the SAT
An important element of the Stanford application process is the SAT / ACT. We recommend that you take the SAT multiple times your junior year. We also suggest taking preparatory courses or studying on your own before taking the exam. Please do not wait until June to take the SAT / ACT. The last time to take your standardized test for most seniors is October. When you receive your test scores, please make sure you send us the breakdown of your scores.

Stanford accepts your best score no matter what sitting. For example, if you take the SAT in October and your scores come out as:

Reading - 600
Math - 600
Writing - 700

And then take the test again in December with scores of:

Reading - 700
Math - 610
Writing 640

Your final scores, as accepted by Stanford, would be:

Reading - 700
Math - 610
Writing - 700

SAT
Test Dates and Registration Table

ACT

5. Learn more about Stanford University and Stanford Women's Water Polo

Stanford University Links:

Stanford University Homepage

Undergraduate Admissions

Prospective Student Website

Undergraduate Education

Office of Financial Aid

Stanford Student Information

Online Campus Tour

Stanford Facts

Office of Religious Life

Stanford Women's Water Polo Links:

Stanford Roster

2010 Schedule

Women's Water Polo Press Releases

6. After looking at the above links, if you have any questions please contact us at:
Head Coach John Tanner
Email - jtanner@stanford.edu
Office - 650-725-9015
Cell - 650-274-8406

Asst Coach Susan Ortwein
Email - sortwein@stanford.edu
Office - 650-725-9016
Cell - 650-468-9016