Despite only seven years of existence the Regals water polo team could put together a starting lineup that would consist of six First Team All-Americans including one SCIAC and NCAA Player of the Year. Cal Lutheran won its first ever SCIAC title in 2009 only six years after the inception of the program.
The Cal Lutheran women's water polo team received five Collegiate Water Polo Association (CWPA) Division III All-America selections, the most in the program's seven-year history. Seniors Meredith Butte and Joy Cyprian highlight the Regals chosen with each earning first team honors doing so for the third consecutive season.
Meredith Butte and Bobby Sanders of the Cal Lutheran women's water polo team have been named to the 2010 ESPN the Magazine College Division Academic All-American Women's At-Large Team, as voted by CoSIDA and announced on Thursday.
Meredith Butte, Joy Cyprian and Bobby Sanders of the CLU women's water polo team were named to the ESPN/CoSIDA Academic All-District District VIII At-Large Team, released earlier today. The 24 total members were selected from 13 different sports from all three seasons during the academic year.
The CLU athletics department will be honoring its finest athletes over the past 10 years by releasing Cal Lutheran All-Decade Teams throughout the upcoming summer. The reigning SCIAC Champion football team will be the first of 19 programs to have its all-decade team announced, schedule to be released on Monday, May 24.
Three members of the Cal Lutheran women's water polo team were chosen to 2010 All-SCIAC Team after the Regals finished third place in the conference standings. Seniors Meredith Butte and Joy Cyprian earned first team selections while sophomore Kelsey Bergemann earned second team honors.
For two years, Joy Cyprian never once mentioned it to her classmates or her professors. But Cyprian's status was finally revealed in the summer between her sophomore and junior year at Cal Lutheran.
The Cal Lutheran Scholar-Athlete Society held its annual banquet on May 8 and inducted 91 student-athletes for achieving at least a 3.4 cumulative GPA during the 2009-10 academic year. Seven CLU senior athletes were honored after making their fourth appearance in as many years.
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