Another Hall Calls

STANFORD, Calif. – Brenda Villa will be part of USA Water Polo's 2018 Hall of Fame Class inducted on Friday, June 8 at ceremonies in Irvine, Calif.
 
It's the second hall of fame to call on the four-time Olympic medalist in the past month. Villa will also go into the International Swimming Hall of Fame on May 19.
 
A member of the Cardinal from 2001-03, Villa scored 173 goals and was three-time first team All-America selection and the 2001 National Player of the Year. An integral part of Stanford's first national championship team in 2002, Villa was named the Peter J. Cutino Award winner as the nation's top collegiate women's water polo player.
 
A four-time Olympian and two-time Olympic captain, Villa earned gold at the 2012 London Olympics, silver at the 2008 Beijing and 2000 Sydney Games and bronze in the 2004 Athens Games. A member of the U.S. Senior National Team from 1996-2012, Villa also boasts three FINA World Championships gold medals, five FINA World League Super Final titles and another three Pan American Championships golds.
 
Villa was voted both the FINA Female Water Polo Player of the Decade (2000-10) and the Pac-12 Player of the Century.
 
Joining Villa in this class are four-time Olympic medalist and three-time FINA World Champion Heather Petri and three-time Olympian and two-time FINA World Cup winner Chris Humbert. The coaching inductees are the late Scott Hinman, a veteran swim and water polo coach in Irvine in addition to a women's water polo advocate and Guy Baker, former UCLA water polo head coach and women's national team head coach and program director.