Indiana University Athletics
Water Polo Hires Former Hoosier As Assistant Coach
6/28/2006 12:00:00 AM | Women's Water Polo
June 28, 2006
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. - Former Indiana water polo player Kandace Waldthaler will return to her alma mater to become the assistant coach of the IU water polo team, head coach Barry King announced on June 28. Waldthaler will replace former assistant coach Cara Schindler who announced her resignation earlier in the month.
"We are really pleased and excited with the addition of Kandace to the IU water polo program," King said. "During her two years at Indiana, she proved that she had an incomparable work ethic as a student-athlete, and we expect the same for her as an assistant coach."
Waldthaler made an immediate impact during her two seasons with IU's water polo program. Waldthaler earned third team American Water Polo Coaches Association (AWPCA) All-America honors during her senior season (2005). That year, she helped lead the Hoosiers to a 24-10 mark, including the program's first regular-season Collegiate Water Polo Association (CWPA) Western Division title. The Hoosiers also reached their highest ranking in school history at No. 6 and knocked off five top-10 opponents. Waldthaler led the Hoosiers in scoring with 55 goals. She also led the team in kickouts earned (55), made four-meter penalty shots (5) and hat tricks (9).
The Fairfield, Calif., native finished her career with 16 hat tricks, including her final four matches as a Hoosier. In her two-year career with IU, she finished ranked ninth on the career goals list with 96. Waldthaler was a two-time first team CWPA All-Western Division selection. In her final season as a Hoosier, she was named first team CWPA All-Eastern Championship after registering hat tricks in all three matches at the conference tournament.
Waldthaler was a success in the classroom as well as the pool during her Hoosier career. She was named to the AWPCA Superior All-Academic team.
