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About the Team

Menlo is consistently one of the top performing teams in Northern California now for over 25 years.

For all five years the top-tier Central Coast Section Open Division has been in place, Menlo has made the top-four every year, earning a trip to the Championship game in 2017. In addition, they have made the Northern California Open Division, essentially staking their claim to a top-eight Northern California finish. Over the past 25 years, Menlo has won five CCS Championships and 19 Peninsula Athletic League Championship titles.

Menlo’s water polo players pursue a singular, values-based goal: Be Your Best. The culture is one based on trust, the pursuit of excellence, and maintaining a big-picture view of the work they do as individuals and a team. They do this in the classroom as well, consistently earning a spot in the top-five GPAs of CCS Water Polo Teams and earning the top GPA twice. They consistently send players to top college programs every year having sent 65 recruited players to play on college programs since 2000.

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Head Coach

Jack Bowen

jack.bowen@menloschool.org

Assistant Coach

Eddie Simonin

The Coach

Jack Bowen, 2022

Jack Bowen (24th Season)

In Bowen’s 24 years at Menlo School, he has guided his teams to the CCS finals 16 times—five of those as champions. In addition, his teams have won the League Championship Title 19 times. He earned his 500th in the second game of the 2022 season.

Bowen has been honored as the CIF Model Coach, was selected as the Bill Barnett Distinguished Coach National Award by USA Water Polo and was nationally recognized by the Positive Coaching Alliance as the Double-Goal Coach in 2012—a national award for his positive impact on youth athletes—as well as CCS All-Sport Honor Coach in 2006. He played on the U.S. National Team (1994-1999) and served as the National Team assistant coach in 2002. Bowen was a two-time All-American and Academic All-American at Stanford and an NCAA MVP. Bowen, who teaches both Philosophy and Ethics at Menlo, has published several articles on sport ethics as well as four books—all in the area of philosophy. In addition, Bowen writes a blog for the Institute of Sports Law and Ethics, Positive Coaching Alliance, and Only Sky. His fourth book came out in 2018, “Sports, Ethics, and Leadership,” and he’s finishing his next book, also sports-focused, slated for publication in 2025.

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Water Polo News

 
June 6 | Athletics

Twenty from Class of 2024 set to play sports in college

Knights representing 18 colleges from California to Texas to Massachusetts

 
April 15 | Athletics

Fall sports start dates 2024

Start dates for fall sports: Cross country, flag football, tackle football, girls’ golf, girls’ tennis, volleyball, boys’ water polo, girls’ water polo

 
Fifteen Menlo students set to play NCAA athletics: Top row, from left, Bradford Tudor, Eric Yun, Cormac Mulloy, Willis Johnson, Mikey McG...
February 5 | Athletics

Fifteen commit to play intercollegiate athletics

More Knights student-athletes set to make official decisions in coming months 

 
January 5 | Athletics

Fall sports in review 2023

A look back at cross country, flag football, football, golf, tennis, volleyball, water polo

 
Menlo seniors Kenya Cassidy (UCLA water polo), Evan Burnett (Texas tennis) and Cleo Hardin (Northwestern volleyball) are set to continue...
November 9 | Athletics

Trio of Knights commit early to NCAA Div. I colleges

More student-athletes plan to commit in mid-winter

 
October 23 | Athletics

WCAL Tournament: Boys’ water polo tops Serra

Knights win 14-12 in opener

 
October 16 | Athletics

Postseason picture Fall 2023

 
Menlo freshman Sabina Sutaria tallied eight goals in Menlo's 17-13 win over St.Ignatius
September 28 | Athletics

Girls’ water polo beats St. Ignatius

Sutaria nets eight goals, 

 
Menlo's Kenya Cassidy takes aim at the Amanda MacDonald Invitational
September 23 | Athletics

Girls’ water polo returns to Amanda MacDonald Invitational title match

Knights defeat Woodside, Harker, St. Ignatius

 
Menlo senior Kenya Cassidy tallied five goals and four steals in Menlo's 8-7 win over Leland.
September 12 | Athletics

Girls’ water polo posts wins over Valley Chr., Leland

Knights defeat fellow CCS Open foes from last season

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Honors & Awards

CCS Champions

2000, 2001, 2005, 2006, 2010

League Champions

1982, 1989, 1990, 1993, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018

CCS Scholastic Champions

2002, 2012

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Coaches

Head coach: Jack Bowen 
Assistant coach: Eddie Simonin

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Boys’ water polo

CCS Champions

2000, 2001, 2005, 2006, 2010

League Champions

1982, 1989, 1990, 1993, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018

CCS scholastic champions

2002,  2012

About the Team

Menlo is consistently one of the top performing teams in Northern California now for over 25 years.

For all five years the top-tier Central Coast Section Open Division has been in place, Menlo has made the top-four every year, earning a trip to the Championship game in 2017.  In addition, they have made the Northern California Open Division, essentially staking their claim to a top-eight Northern California finish. Over the past 25 years, Menlo has won five CCS Championships and 19 Peninsula Athletic League Championship titles.

Menlo’s water polo players pursue a singular, values-based goal: Be Your Best. The culture is one based on trust, the pursuit of excellence, and maintaining a big-picture view of the work they do as individuals and a team. They do this in the classroom as well, consistently earning a spot in the top-five GPAs of CCS Water Polo Teams and earning the top GPA twice. They consistently send players to top college programs every year having sent 65 recruited players to play on college programs since 2000.

About the Coach

Jack Bowen  (24th season)
650.330.2001 (ext. 2773)

In Bowen’s 23 years at Menlo School, he has guided his teams to the CCS finals 16 times—five of those as champions. In addition, his teams have won the League Championship Title 19 times. He finished the 2021 season with 499 wins, and earned his 500th in the second game of the 2022 season.

Bowen has been honored as the CIF Model Coach, was selected as the Bill Barnett Distinguished Coach National Award by USA Water Polo and was nationally recognized by the Positive Coaching Alliance as the Double-Goal Coach in 2012—a national award for his positive impact on youth athletes—as well as CCS All-Sport Honor Coach in 2006. He played on the U.S. National Team (1994-1999) and served as the National Team assistant coach in 2002. Bowen was a two-time All-American and Academic All-American at Stanford and an NCAA MVP. Bowen, who teaches both Philosophy and Ethics at Menlo has published several articles on sport ethics and four books—all in the area of philosophy. In addition, Bowen writes a blog for the Institute of Sports Law and Ethics, Positive Coaching Alliance, and Only Sky. His fourth book came out in 2018, “Sports, Ethics, and Leadership,” and he’s finishing his next book, also sports-focused, slated for publication in 2023.