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Everist Guides USA Squad to a Sixth Place Finish!

The United States’ men’s water polo team, coached by Cal-Berkeley’s Kirk Everist, finished sixth at the World University Games on Sunday, July 12 in Belgrade, Serbia.  The American squad lost the fifth-place match and ended the tournament 3-3-1. 

In seven seasons at Cal, Everist won back-to-back NCAA titles in 2006 and 2007.  As a player, he led the Bears to a national championship in 1987 and 1988.  He won NCAA National Player of the Year honors in 1988 and was named an All-American from 1986-1988.