2009 Michigan Water Polo Team
Cap # |
Name |
Position |
Height |
Weight |
Hometown |
Major |
11 |
Levi Barry | 2m/Utility | 6'0" |
180 |
Portage, MI | Hair Growth Development |
17 |
Dan Basile | Driver | 6'0" |
185 |
Grosse Pointe, MI | Industrial Operations Engineering |
| Mike Czerwinski | Utility | 6'1" |
180 |
Dearborn, MI | Biomedical Engineering | |
14 |
Robbie Gomez | Driver | 6'1" |
160 |
Troy, MI | Business |
| Jack Hessburg | Driver | 6'5" |
170 |
Grosse Pointe Park, MI | Biomedical Engineering | |
16 |
David Hiemstra | Utility | 6'1" |
175 |
Ann Arbor, MI | Mechanical Engineering |
| Ben "Tay" Hubbard | Utility | 6'6" |
175 |
Ann Arbor, MI | Auto Repar | |
| Nick Inchaustegui | Utility | 5'11" |
155 |
Novi, MI | Clueless | |
| Lars Johnson | Utility | 5'8" |
175 |
Dearborn, MI | Pre-Med | |
| Vikram Linga | Utility | 6'1" |
140 |
Sandy Spring, MD | Chemical Engineering | |
| Dmitry Lubensky | Utility | 5'10" |
165 |
Buffalo Grove, IL | Economics | |
3 |
Nick Mansfield | 2m/Utility | 5'11" |
175 |
Rockford, MI | Engineering, Financial Math |
1 |
Mason Nistel | Goalie | 6'2" |
180 |
Sylvania, OH | Chemical Engineering |
| Sameer Oak | Driver | 6'1" |
153 |
Troy, MI | Biochemistry | |
| Tim Orzechowski | Driver | 5'10" |
155 |
Grandville, MI | Engineering | |
| Kenichi Osawa | Driver | 5'11" |
155 |
Ann Arbor, MI | Advanced Storytelling | |
9 |
Ryan Pryor | 2mD, Utility |
6'5" |
185 |
Holland, MI | Law |
13 |
Tim Raben | Driver | 5'10" |
150 |
Lutherville, MD | Math/Physics |
| Paul Reynolds | Utility | 6'2" |
175 |
Okemos, MI | Women's Studies | |
2 |
Sam "Panda" Rosen | 2m/Utility | 6'3" |
215 |
Evanston, IL | Industrial Operations Engineering |
4 |
Matt"Rock" Rowland | Utility | 6'2" |
185 |
St. Charles, IL | Microbiology |
19 |
Ben Spulber | Utility | 6'2" |
175 |
Wilmette, IL | Math/Economics |
| Jack Tesar | Driver | 5'9" |
150 |
Ann Arbor, MI | Swimsuit Modeling | |
18 |
Patrick "Idaho" Trabert | Utility | 5'10" |
160 |
Twin Falls,Idaho |
Naval Engineering |
1 |
Ray Viviano | Goalie | 6'3" |
167 |
Ann Arbor, MI | Psych/Neuroscience |
5 |
Matt Woelfel | Utility | 6'3" |
180 |
East Grand Rapids, MI | Lightbulb Management |
10 |
Ben "Bombs" Baumgarten | Driver | 6'0" |
140 |
Walled Lake, MI | Nuclear Engineering |
Drew Hansz
Entering his fourth year of coaching the men’s water polo team at U-M, Drew Hansz is best described as “a man who knows not his own strength, but what strength can produce.”
As an athlete, Hansz was a All-American in water polo at Birmingham Groves. At the collegiate level, Hansz was named All-Big Ten three times before graduating from the University of Michigan in 1995.
Outside of athletics, Hansz is an avid angler. His extravagant expeditions have taken him all over the world to places such as the Cayman Islands, Lac la Biche (Alberta, Canada), and the Hillsboro Inlet (Pompano Beach, FL). On a particularly prodigious fishing trip to Nahuel Huapi Lake in Argentina, Hansz encountered the legendary Patagonian plesiosaur, Nahuelito. Rather than capturing the creature and earning eternal glory, however, Hansz altruistically allowed the great monster to retain its freedom. Said Hansz, “I let a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity with Nahuelito slip away. Am I mad? You bet. Am I more focused on coaching Michigan water polo? Usually.”
Bob Sala
As coach, Bob Sala brings an arsenal of water polo savvy to Michigan water polo. His diligence to core fundamentals, tactical gamesmanship, and quick-witted humor have not only made him a fan-favorite, but earned him great respect from his players as well.
Along with coach Drew Hansz, Sala attended Birmingham Groves high school where he was a 3-time All-American (2 for swimming, 1 for water polo) before attending and playing water polo for Golden West College in Huntington Beach, California. Sala led the Rustlers to 2 CA state JUCO championships with a combined 2-year W/L record of 62-5. It was however, during a semester abroad in Edinborough, Scotland that Sala found his "second true calling" as a champion Snooker player.
Known as "The Birmingham Breaker," Sala emerged as one of the rising stars of the game. His crowning achievement came at the Totesport Grand Prix in 2004 when he took down world no. 1 Ronnie O'Sullivan to win the only major Snooker tournament of his career.
Sala retired from professional Snooker in 2006 in order to return to the US and coach the Michigan Water Polo team. Despite the vast differences in the two games, Sala believed his time in Europe taught him valuable lessons for water polo. "In both sports, patience and timing are key," said Sala, "plus, if you hit your opponent with a cue stick in snooker, you'd be ejected from the match; and in water polo if you punch your opponent in the face, you'd probably get kicked out of the game, too."
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