Adam Wright (water polo)

Adam Wright is an American water polo player and an assistant college water polo coach. He is a member of the United States men's national water polo team at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. In the championship game, the USA team won the silver medal, defeated by Hungary.

College

Wright attended UCLA and played water polo for the NCAA championship team. During his years at UCLA, his team won back-to-back NCAA championships in 1999 and 2000. During his senior year, he was named as honorable mention on the All-America team and was on the All-MPSF second-team for his 39 goals on 76 attempts.

As a junior in 1999, he was named to the All-America third-team and All-MPSF second-team. He had 48 points (second on the team), 27 assists (first), and 39 steals. At UCLA, Wright was coached by Guy Baker, the current USA women's water polo team coach.

Career

Wright is now an assistant coach on the UCLA Bruins men's and women's water polo teams. He was a member of the 2004 and 2008 USA water polo team [ [http://www.usawaterpolo.org/NationalTeams/MensNationalTeam.aspx USA Water Polo Men's National Team] ] .

Wright, a driver, played tough defense and was a good scorer. At the 2007 Pan American Games, he had four goals to help the American team gain a berth in the Beijing Olympics. Additionally, he scored five goals at the 2007 FINA World Championships. After graduation from UCLA with degrees in history and sociology, Wright played water polo for Bissolati Cremona (2007), Civitavecchia in Italy (2006), Nuoto Catania in Sicily (2005-06), and Dynamo in Moscow (2004-05).

Early years

He attended Long Beach's Wilson High School and played on the school's water polo team. The team won the 1994 Division I CIF championship when he was there and Wright was named 1995 CIF Division I Player-of-the-Year. During his high school playing years, Wright scored 309 goals and was given the All-American honors for three seasons. He was coached by Ricardo Azevedo, his Olympics teammate Tony Azevedo's father, at Wilson.

Personal

Wright was born in Huntington Beach, CA and has listed Seal Beach, CA as his hometown. He is 6'3" tall and weighs 195 lbs. He was married in 2006. His father, Steve, was a pitcher in a minor league baseball team and his brother, Randy, was on UCLA's championship teams of 1995 and 1996.

References

External links

[http://www.usawaterpolo.org USA Water Polo]