Ross Sinclair (water polo)

Ross Sinclair [1]
Personal information
Full nameRobert Sinclair III
NationalityAmerican
Born (1985-04-12) April 12, 1985 (age 39)
Laguna Beach, California
United States
Alma materUC Santa Barbara
Height5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Weight175 lb (79 kg)
Sport
CountryUnited States
SportMen's water polo
PositionField
University teamUC Santa Barbara men's water polo
Club
Coached byWolf Wigo
Updated on 04:38, 22 September 2014 (UTC)

Ross Sinclair (born April 12, 1985) is a former professional American water polo player and current water polo head coach.

Playing career

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Youth and collegiate

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Sinclair was born in Laguna Beach, California and played water polo at Newport Harbor High School. At Newport Harbor, he won the CIF Championship in 2000 and was twice named Sea View League Most Valuable Player in 2002 and 2003. He was also named Second Team All-CIF Southern Section in 2002 and 2003.[2] Following graduation, he enrolled at the University of California, Santa Barbara.

While in Santa Barbara, he played for the UCSB men's water polo team from 2003 to 2007.[3] He was named a Third Team All American his final two seasons in 2006[4] and 2007,[5] which made him the 45th UCSB men's water polo player to earn All American status and the first under Wolf Wigo.[6]

Club

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His play impressed various pro teams and once he completed college he turned pro.[7] He signed with Hunter Hurricanes of the Australian National Water Polo League and played in his first match on January 24, 2008.[8] He ended the season with 63 goals, good for second highest in the league.[9]

In the off-season, Sinclair joined Enfants de Neptune de Tourcoing based in Tourcoing, France.[10] The stay was short-lived however as a string of poor results and an uncertain future led to Sinclair leaving the club.[11][12]

Sinclair rejoined the Australian NWPL and signed with Victorian Tigers. His output dropped to 29 goals for the 2009 season.[13]

Sinclair skipped the 2010 NWPL season, but rejoined Hunter Hurricanes for 2011,[14] where he scored 46 goals.[15]

For the 2012 season, Sinclair turned out for Drummoyne Devils,[16] where he appeared in 17 games and scored 20 goals.[17] He rejoined Hunter Hurricanes for his third tour of duty in 2013, where he netted a further 23 goals.[18]

Coaching career

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Sinclair was named head girls' water polo coach of Corona del Mar High School in May 2013.[19]

Sinclair was named head boys water polo coach of Newport Harbor High School in 2015

Sinclair was named head girls water polo coach of Newport High School in 2018 after Brian Melstrom's announced retirement shortly after winning Division II against Santa Barbara.[20]

References

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  1. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2018-08-27. Retrieved 2017-10-22.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. ^ "Water Polo All-Southern Section Division I". Los Angeles Times. December 27, 2002. Retrieved September 21, 2014.
  3. ^ "UCSB Men's Water Polo Record Book" (PDF). UC Santa Barbara Gauchos. Retrieved September 21, 2014.
  4. ^ "2006 Men's Varsity All-America". Collegiate Water Polo Association. Retrieved September 22, 2014.
  5. ^ "2007 Men's Varsity All-America". Collegiate Water Polo Association. Retrieved September 22, 2014.
  6. ^ "Ross Sinclair Earns All-American Honors". UC Santa Barbara Gauchos. January 5, 2007. Retrieved September 22, 2014.
  7. ^ D'Urso, William (August 16, 2003). "Long road shapes Newport Harbor player into CdM coach". Orange County Register. Retrieved September 21, 2014.
  8. ^ Virgen, Steve (January 21, 2008). "Sinclair fulfills dream as pro". Daily Pilot. Archived from the original on September 11, 2015. Retrieved September 21, 2014.
  9. ^ "Season Stats - Goals". Fox Sports Pulse. Retrieved September 22, 2014.
  10. ^ Caillat, Jean-Michel (November 2008). "Les Enfants de Neptune dans leurs nouvelles eaux!" (PDF) (in French). Label Ville. Retrieved September 22, 2014.
  11. ^ "Saint-Jean d'Angély fait entrevoir les enfers aux ENT" (in French). La Voix du Nord. November 30, 2008. Retrieved September 22, 2014.
  12. ^ "Water-Polo - Pour colmater les fuites, le club tourquennois laisse partir Dale et Sinclair, ses Californiens". Roubaix.Maville.com (in French). La Voix du Nord. December 16, 2008. Retrieved September 22, 2014.
  13. ^ "Season Stats - Scoring Summary". Fox Sports Pulse. Retrieved September 22, 2014.
  14. ^ "California dreaming for Hunter Hurricanes". Newcastle Herald. December 1, 2010. Retrieved September 22, 2014.
  15. ^ "Season Stats - Scoring Summary". Fox Sports Pulse. Retrieved September 22, 2014.
  16. ^ "Hurricanes wary of old teammate". Newcastle Herald. February 25, 2012. Retrieved September 22, 2014.
  17. ^ "NL Team Stats - Men". Drummoyne Devils. June 2, 2012. Retrieved September 22, 2014.
  18. ^ "Season Stats - Scoring Summary". Fox Sports Pulse. Retrieved September 22, 2014.
  19. ^ Virgen, Steve. "Ross Sinclair named CdM girls' water polo coach". Daily Pilot. Archived from the original on September 22, 2014. Retrieved September 22, 2014.
  20. ^ "Newport Harbor names Ross Sinclair as girls water polo coach". 7 March 2018.
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